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The Invisible Hour

Catherine — Thu, 31 Aug 2023 07:08:22 +0000

I had asked to be forgiven in the past, but I was someone else now. I was the girl who knew how to escape, the one who could become invisible, who believed that a single dream was more powerful than a thousand realities. Ivy Jacob is a dreamy, book loving 16-year-old who steps into the […]

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The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman

Catherine — Thu, 14 Oct 2021 04:26:27 +0000

What you put out into the world came back to you threefold. In The Rules of Magic Jet Owens and her siblings Franny and Vincent were dealing with their family’s curse about falling in love. Decisions were made and prices were paid. Now decades later both Jet and Franny live in the family’s house on Magnolia […]

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8 Fall 2021 Books I’m Ready to Read

Catherine — Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:54:55 +0000

My apologies, I’ve been remiss this year. Here it is the middle of September and I haven’t shared anything about the books of fall I want to read. Quite honestly, I’m still struggling with my vision. The cataract surgery in my right eye did not go as expected. The cataract is gone, but so […]

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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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Magic Lessons by Alice Hoffman

Catherine — Mon, 19 Oct 2020 04:03:34 +0000

A healer, living alone in the woods, discovers a baby girl left in a basket in a snowy meadow near her home. The infant is guarded by a large black raven, letting the woman know this is no average baby. She is the beginning of the Owens women clan and this is Magic Lessons, Alice […]

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8 Fall 2020 Books I’m Ready to Read

Catherine — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 04:28:48 +0000

September is here and fall (sort of) so I’ve got to pull myself out of my summer funk and get re-energized for reading. I feel as if I need to keep apologizing, because despite my best efforts at taking review breaks, I’m still struggling to get my mojo back and to post regularly. I […]

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The Rules of Magic

Catherine — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 07:16:40 +0000

Whatever is meant to be is bound to happen, whether or not you approve. Frances, Bridget (Jet) and Vincent are born and raised with no sense of family. Their parents, actively discourage any discussion of grandparents or other relatives. Even worse, their mother, Susanna, gives them odd rules for living, including: no walking in moonlight, […]

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Mrs. Houdini

Catherine — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 07:43:21 +0000

Bess Rahner met Ehrich Weiss the summer of 1894 at Coney Island where both were performers—she a singing and dancing girl and he doing an escape act with his brother. Little did she know that this brash, confident young man would become Harry Houdini and she would be his wife. Mrs. Houdini, by Victoria Kelly, […]

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The Book of Speculation

Catherine — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 07:52:48 +0000

Debut novelist Erika Swyler does not waste any time before throwing the reader into the deep end of The Book of Speculation. The novel begins with Simon Watson, a librarian with the ability to hold his breath for underwater for almost ten minutes at a time, a skill passed on to him by his mother […]

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