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May Reading

Catherine — Wed, 31 May 2023 07:30:35 +0000

May is over? Are we sure? The last time I looked it was the 13th. Thankfully, all the gorgeous flowers and colors here were a distraction from what was another month of meh reading. It would seem I’m getting crankier as I age because I’ve already DNFed 13 books this year, almost as many […]

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Winterland: A Novel

Catherine — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:42:21 +0000

Does anyone else remember the USSR dominance in women’s gymnastics in the 1970s? When a name like Ludmilla Tourischeva might be the only Russian an American knew? A new novel, Winterland, takes place in the years when the balletic old guard of gymnasts like Tourischeva is giving way to fearless sprites like Olga Korbut. It’s […]

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NSFW: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:50:04 +0000

I recently read NSFW a debut from Isabel Kaplan and I’m fairly certain my visceral reaction to the novel is a response becoming more and more common to me and to many of the women I know given recent events in America. Which is to say, I found the novel to be triggering in a […]

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August Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 04:15:59 +0000

August, what a month for reading. Even better—not just quantity, but quality. All this despite the fact that I cancelled my second cataract surgery because I found the results from the first so unsatisfactory. I’m making do with the new fuzzy implanted lens and a contact lens in my other eye. Not where I thought […]

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We Begin at the End

Catherine — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 04:04:24 +0000

Somehow, in the past two weeks I stumbled into two novels that were antithetical to my usual, lighter summer reading. Both are standouts, but require the right head space. Monday was The Paper Palace and today it’s We Begin at the End—the story of Walk, a small-town chief of police, and Duchess, a teenage girl who’s […]

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Dear Miss Metropolitan

Catherine — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 04:23:24 +0000

I was a prisoner for so, so long. Years. How was that humanly possible? Why didn’t anyone find me? How had my page been torn out the book for so long? Sometimes, when I finish a book, the review flies right out of my mind onto the page. Then there are the books that […]

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One Two Three by Laurie Frankel

Catherine — Mon, 07 Jun 2021 04:12:40 +0000

Bourne has always been a small town, but after the chemical plant polluted its waters, killing off citizens with cancers and producing a generation of children all impacted by carcinogens and other destructive pollutants, the town drew further into itself. It’s been seventeen years since that disaster and for 16-year-old triplets, Mab, Mirabel, and Monday […]

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Tudor Time: Mini-Reviews

Catherine — Fri, 17 Apr 2020 04:53:36 +0000

April roared in with an exploding pandemic, a dangerous fool incapable of leading our country, and extended orders to stay home in Michigan. Normally, the kinds of things that stretch to the limit my delicate balancing act with stability. The good news is I had a family to keep me distracted. Not my own (sadly), […]

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Summer Fun Reading: Mini-Reviews

Catherine — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 07:17:04 +0000

Summer fun reading means something different to everyone. For some it’s a chance to finally slow down and sink into longer, deeper reading, but for others it’s a time of toss-away reading—books that you’re not invested in, that you don’t care if they get left behind at the beach, pool, or vacation spot. It’s not […]

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September Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 07:21:03 +0000

What a month! I read much less, but found some great, less publicized books that were exactly what I needed. Sadly, the end of the month has found me floundering as American politics have taken over. Despite knowing it would be difficult I felt I owed Dr. Ford the respect of listening to her testimony. […]

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