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Battle of the Titans: Mini-Reviews

Catherine — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 08:35:51 +0000

No battle and no giants here. Instead, I’ve got quick reviews of two chunkster books I read this fall. Chunkster being the technical term for big-ass, over 500 pages each, tomes. Both are set in prehistoric times and are the kind of books you’ll either settle into or set aside. I’ve read a lot […]

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Ask Not by Maureen Callahan

Catherine — Fri, 14 Nov 2025 08:54:48 +0000

Reams of paper have been expended in dissecting the Kennedys in all their tragedy and fame. Now, author Maureen Callahan joins the fray with a knockout punch in Ask Not. The book’s subtitle is The Kennedys and the Women They Destroyed, but in case Callahan’s being too subtle this is a scathing exposé about the […]

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Serial Killers: Mini-Reviews

Catherine — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 07:46:45 +0000

Happy Halloween Eve! I thought I’d pre-game tomorrow night’s creepy mood by sharing two reviews of novels about serial killers. You know, the kind of books you want to read with the lights on. In the middle of the day. And not alone. Marie Tierney’s Deadly Animals is set in a small town […]

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March Reading Recap

Catherine — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:56:08 +0000

Hello, fellow readers! I’m not sure I’ll get to say this again, but despite a completely miserable and toxic month in the news, my March reading was calmly solid. I only had one book I didn’t finish, am fully immersed in a fabulous fantasy series, and read six books that were successful (3.5 stars or […]

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The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch

Catherine — Wed, 20 Nov 2024 08:53:02 +0000

If you’ve read the Jane Austen novel Pride & Prejudice or seen the movie you know that Lydia Bennet was one of the most annoying little sisters in the fictional world, nearly bringing down her family’s reputation with her foolish behavior and hasty decisions. But what if there was more to her than that? Melinda […]

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September Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:04:26 +0000

Having binged the final two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel this was the only possible graphic I could use for my September recap. Plus, it’s been quite chilly and grey here. So many big book releases this month and I didn’t read most of them. I’m embracing the new normal of my reading—whatever keeps me turning […]

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Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones

Catherine — Fri, 09 Feb 2024 08:25:05 +0000

In 1979 a serial killer in Atlanta began targeting Black children. This disturbing truth is the premise for Leaving Atlanta by Tayari Jones. A painfully powerful novel it chronicles the lives of three 10-year-olds living in the neighborhoods where children were vanishing. For each, the disappearances and murders will have an impact on their lives, […]

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In Light of All Darkness

Catherine — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:46:33 +0000

The Polly Klaas kidnapping and murder in California was thirty years ago, but is still known today as the event that changed how the criminal justice system responds in child abduction cases. Kim Cross documents the aftermath of the Klaas kidnapping alongside the actions of investigators, police, and the FBI in her new book In […]

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Belgravia by Julian Fellowes

Catherine — Thu, 02 Nov 2023 07:52:00 +0000

I decided to leave the gloom of October behind and start November with an uncomplicated, lovely novel that opens in a time that seems quiet to us, but was tumultuous for those living it. The novel is Belgravia and it begins with a very real event, the Duchess of Richmond’s ball in Brussels in 1815. […]

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The Light Pirate

Catherine — Mon, 02 Jan 2023 08:58:28 +0000

Frida’s baby isn’t due for another month, but as Wanda, a Cat 4 hurricane, bears down on the family’s home in a small Florida town she decides to make her entrance to the world. To mark the event Frida names her Wanda, hoping the storm’s power and strength will manifest in her daughter. What she […]

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