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8 Beautiful Backlist Books to Read Now

Catherine — Mon, 13 Apr 2020 04:10:37 +0000

After a little digression on Friday, it’s back to books! Reading may be your escape during quarantine, but for many the economic issues caused by the pandemic means buying the newest releases isn’t a great idea. So, today I’ve got eight beautiful backlist books I read and loved years ago. Several I’ve never talked about […]

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February Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Fri, 01 Mar 2019 08:25:35 +0000

February—what a month! On the personal side there was what was known in Seattle as Snowmageddon: 10 days when we were slammed with 3 different storms that left us with 15” inches of snow, unplowed roads, and empty grocery stores. I realize all you readers in places where snow is the norm are laughing right […]

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April Reading Recap

Catherine — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 07:27:35 +0000

Don’t faint, but I’m not going to complain about my reading this month! Nope. Suffice it to say, April was a month of more highs than lows. It was also one for the record books. I read more non-fiction this month than I have all year. Thanks to super recommendations from bloggers I trust and the Seattle […]

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October Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Wed, 01 Nov 2017 07:54:31 +0000

Goodbye, October! This was another one of those months where, when I looked up it was the 20th and I had no idea where the days went. Is that an age thing? Because I never used to notice it so much. Anyway, I didn’t read as many books in October, for two reasons. One, I’m […]

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It’s Not You, It’s Me: Commitment Issues

Catherine — Fri, 22 Apr 2016 06:30:33 +0000

When I was young, I got around—reading three or four books at the same time, juggling plots, themes, and characters with abandon, but now I’m a responsible reader—no longer one of those flighty, ‘I’m-going-to-read-around’ kind of gals. Or so I thought, but the last two months have found me playing fast and loose with […]

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A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding

Catherine — Mon, 07 Dec 2015 08:03:46 +0000

Imagine, if you can, your entire life changing in a flash. Literally, and by ‘flash’ I mean a blinding light the force and magnitude of an atomic bomb. This is what happens to Amaterasu Takahashi in Jackie Copleton’s new novel A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding. She and her family live in Nagasaki and on […]

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Unbecoming

Catherine — Wed, 02 Dec 2015 08:44:03 +0000

Unbecoming follows a young woman named Grace from present day Paris to New York City and even Garland, Tennessee, slipping back and forth as her story and life unspool. In Paris, she is not even Grace but calls herself Julie and works for a woman who restores antiques and pays cash. As a young […]

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The Other Typist

Catherine — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 08:58:54 +0000

Suzanne Rindell sets her novel The Other Typist in 1920s New York City where Rose is one of a new kind of working woman, earning her living as a typist for the police department. She is an orphan living a quiet simple life despite working in a job that exposes her to some of […]

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July Reading Recap

Catherine — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 07:52:10 +0000

Yes, it’s August first and this is a July reading recap but I like to make sure the month is well and truly over before I post something called a “recap”. That’s just me. July was an interesting month. Despite hitting a patch of reading blahs when I couldn’t find anything I wanted to read […]

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Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives

Catherine — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:05:15 +0000

Apparently, I’m getting all adventurous and flexible in my old age. Penguin Books was kind enough to send me a new anthology of crime fiction short stories. Crime? Short stories? Neither is a genre I read. I don’t look down on them either, but there are only 24 hours in a day. So, it was […]

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