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May Reading Recap

Catherine — Fri, 30 May 2025 07:22:06 +0000

May turned into quite a month for my reading and beyond. There’s plenty to share, but for now, I’ll stick with some of the books that stuck with me (and a couple that missed the mark). Daniel is a criminal profiler who works finding serial killers. He’s chosen this line of work because he’s […]

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This is a Love Story

Catherine — Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:46:46 +0000

For someone who’s been leery about literary fiction for the past six months I have two novels this week that epitomize the genre and what I love about it. With Central Park as the backdrop, This is a Love Story unfolds in alternating chapters from the novel’s three main characters: Abe, Jane and Max. Abe […]

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The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis

Catherine — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 08:56:28 +0000

A novel that includes the Egyptian wing of the Metropolitan Museum, Vogue editor Diana Vreeland, and ancient Egypt is not one I’m likely to miss out on. Fiona Davis’s The Stolen Queen follows two women and two timelines right up until they intersect on the night of the Met Gala in 1978 when a priceless […]

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The Sicilian Inheritance by Jo Piazza

Catherine — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 07:55:20 +0000

Sara is at a low point when her favorite aunt dies. Her well-reviewed restaurant has closed, she’s bankrupt, and her husband is leaving her and wants custody of their daughter. It’s a mixed blessing when she’s given a letter left to her by the aunt containing a final request, a deed for a piece of […]

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What Wild Women Do: A Novel

Catherine — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 08:51:35 +0000

When Rowan and her fiancé Seth stall out in their dreams of being a screenwriter (her) and a novelist (him) they decide to take a break from the dreary reality of moving back home to Michigan and rent a rustic cabin in the Adirondacks for a month. This simple decision, made to save money, leads […]

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The Shadow of Perseus

Catherine — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 07:07:09 +0000

For some, the retelling of Greek myths may have run its course, but for others (me!) I’m still on board to read mythology from a different perspective. My first 5-star novel of the year was Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes, a fiercely feminist, wickedly funny adaptation of the Medusa myth. Now, author Claire Heywood is tackling […]

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January Reading Wrap-up

Catherine — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 05:35:43 +0000

My January reading was as all over-the-board as the weather here in Ann Arbor. Some of it depressed me as much as the foot of heavy wet snow we got, but then there were some days (and books) that were pure sunshine. My art—it’s about choosing when I release the shutter. It’s not […]

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Fates and Traitors

Catherine — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 08:00:42 +0000

Fates and Traitors is a novel about John Wilkes Booth as told from the vantage point of the three women who were most important in his life and one near stranger who let him into her life. There is his mother, Mary Ann Booth; his sister, Asia; and Lucy Hale, his secret fiancé. Mary Surratt is […]

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Just One Evil Act

Catherine — Wed, 27 Aug 2014 07:18:42 +0000

Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers is not a woman well-known for her fashion sense or healthy living. Neither is she able to keep her mouth shut when she disagrees with what is being said—no matter who is saying it. What she has in excess is loyalty and when a dear friend’s daughter is taken away by […]

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Compound Fractures

Catherine — Tue, 29 Oct 2013 02:00:32 +0000

The last couple of weeks have been big reading weeks. Intense reading weeks. Worth every minute and page but leaving me fairly drained. So when I saw that Stephen White had come out with a new Alan Gregory mystery in August I decided to break away and revisit a favorite character. Compound Fracturesis the […]

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