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The English Masterpiece

Catherine — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 08:54:20 +0000

I don’t listen to a lot of audiobooks so it’s a delight when I take the time and it works out. The English Masterpiece is set in 1970s London and Lily is the assistant to Diana Gilden, the director of the modern art collection at the Tate Museum. This job is Lily’s chance to prove […]

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Georgia by Dawn Tripp

Catherine — Thu, 10 Jul 2025 07:02:00 +0000

When I become interested in a subject, especially when it’s a woman, I turn to historical fiction. I’m not sure why—maybe diving right into nonfiction makes me feel like I’m back in school? At the very least my compromised ability to pay attention means fiction of any kind is the right starting point. Thankfully, I […]

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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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One Woman Show

Catherine — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:26:57 +0000

Caroline Margaret Brooks Whitaker Wallingford de Braganza Deen (aka Kitty), the epitome of 20th century American wealth, is depicted through art in the novel, One Woman Show. How does one represent a woman as art in a written format? Author Christine Coulson, whose imagination is as expansive as the art at the Metropolitan Museum of […]

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The Art Thief by Michael Finkel

Catherine — Tue, 18 Jul 2023 07:47:04 +0000

I love books about art, whether they’re fiction or nonfiction so Michael Finkel’s The Art Thief was an easy reading choice. It’s the true story of a modern day art thief in France and is a heady combination of both fiction and nonfiction in that it’s true, but reads with the pace and plot twists […]

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All the Beauty in the World

Catherine — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 08:42:37 +0000

Patrick Bringley is in his 20s and working at his dream job at The New Yorker magazine when a tragedy strikes his family that leaves him unable to give the job what it requires. His grief is such that he quits, looking for a way to make money, but also to escape. All the Beauty […]

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Sirens & Muses: A Novel

Catherine — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 04:38:57 +0000

The bucolic landscape surrounding Wrynn College of Art a private, elite school in New England disguises an atmosphere of intensity in Antonia Angress’ novel, Sirens & Muses. Louisa and Karina are sophomores and roommates, but that’s where their surface commonality ends. Louisa is from New Orleans and can only afford school through loans and part-time […]

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March Reading Recap

Catherine — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 04:46:41 +0000

I’m being optimistic with this March graphic as Michigan is mired in low temperatures right now. Earlier we had 70 degrees, but that was a tease from Mother Nature. Now, the sunshine (and reading) are best enjoyed from inside. A circumstance I’m happy to use as an excuse to curl up on the couch! […]

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Metropolitan Stories by Christine Coulson

Catherine — Mon, 19 Apr 2021 04:18:42 +0000

Regardless of where you live, if you love the art and artifacts of human history, then you’re probably familiar with Metropolitan Museum of Art. When I lived in NYC it was one of my favorite places to go and explore. Where you could sit on a bench for as long as you wanted and look […]

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The Talented Miss Farwell

Catherine — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 04:07:18 +0000

Sometimes, despite being gifted, life doesn’t work out the way you want. For Rebecca Farwell her father’s ineptitude in business and later, a stroke, mean that despite her talent with numbers college is not an option. Instead, she keeps their farm equipment company in Pierson, Illinois solvent and even pays off the farm when her […]

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