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The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson

Catherine — Wed, 11 Mar 2020 04:48:05 +0000

It’s May 1940, but Hitler is already on the move, invading and collecting countries like Monopoly properties. In Great Britain, Prime Minister Chamberlain has lost the confidence of his party and is going to be replaced. It is a momentous time in the world and in British history. Winston Churchill fulfills his lifelong dream of […]

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Recursion

Catherine — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 05:52:49 +0000

Blake Crouch’s new novel, Recursion, has left me stumped. In order to review a book, I need to be able, to some degree, to understand it and in this case I’m not sure I do. It’s about time travel and its impact. Sort of. Maybe. I think… It’s 2007 and Helena Smith is a neuroscientist […]

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5 Fall Thrillers: Mini-Reviews

Catherine — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 07:29:11 +0000

As the fall weather settles in and Halloween approaches what better time to discuss thrillers? The kind of books that make you settle into a favorite chair with a hot drink while it’s grey and rainy outside. Given that new releases have been a bit flat this year, I’m mixing up my reviews with three […]

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Great Summer Reading: The Windfall

Catherine — Mon, 26 Jun 2017 07:51:03 +0000

The first month of summer is wrapping up so before things get too far along I have a week’s worth of great books to share. Each one makes for perfect summer reading! It is every entrepreneur’s dream to have their creation sell for a boatload of money. For Mr. Jha the dream comes true […]

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The Heirs: A Novel by Susan Rieger

Catherine — Mon, 29 May 2017 07:22:57 +0000

Sometimes, misinterpreting book blurbs can be a big mistake, leading to disappointment and frustration. Then there are the amazing times when a book sounds like one thing and turns out to be something even better. I’ve had both experiences and while the former can make you swear to never read another synopsis or blurb, […]

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March Reading Recap

Catherine — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:47:46 +0000

I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t tell lion or lamb about March all month. We had warm warms and cold colds. My reading kind of felt the same way. On the one hand I read another 5 star book, but by and large consistency was not the name of the reading game […]

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The Fifth Petal: A Novel

Catherine — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 08:39:11 +0000

I carry no weight, no worth, no influence. I represent nothing. I do not exist…But remember this as you flee: You brought me into existence. I am not the cause, I am merely the effect. The Fifth Petal is set in contemporary Salem, Massachusetts making it a heady concoction of witches, evil, superstition, […]

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Dead Wake

Catherine — Wed, 11 Mar 2015 07:09:54 +0000

When it comes to taking historic international events and looking behind the scenes there are few who do it as well as Erik Larson. Even when the event itself is substantial in its importance he is able to dig into it and find an aspect to make it even more momentous and, at the same time, […]

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2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas

Catherine — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 08:54:22 +0000

Author Marie-Helene Bertino creates an unusual and charming story in 2 A.M. at The Cat’s Pajamas in that while it takes place in the 24 hours before Christmas Eve the only thing Christmas-like about it is that it brings together a disparate group of travelers, all looking for salvation. There is nine-year-old Madeleine; Lorca, the owner of […]

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Mother Mother

Catherine — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:38:30 +0000

Koren Zailckas doesn’t waste any time. In her first novel Mother, Mother: A Novel she takes no more than one hundred pages to pull the mask off Josephine Hurst, a woman who believes she is the pinnacle of modern motherhood—raising two lovely daughters (one destined for Broadway) and a son so gifted she has to […]

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