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January Reading Wrap-Up

Catherine — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 08:28:54 +0000

Wrap-up is the perfect word for this January. One, it is COLD here in Seattle. Flannel sheets cold which makes for cozy reading. Two, for the first time in a very long time a month has felt like it lasted a year. I went from my normal head shake over “where did this month go” […]

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Hello, Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Catherine — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:47:32 +0000

William has known life with only one love, basketball. Due to a family tragedy when he was born his parents refused him love or any kind of interaction beyond his physical needs. Discovering a place where he’s accepted is the only lifeline he has to normalcy. His basketball talent leads to a scholarship to Northwestern […]

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Indian Horse: A Novel

Catherine — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 08:15:14 +0000

I love discovering new writers, the voices of people with stories I’ve never imagined. In the past two years I’ve been fortunate to read more from Native American authors like Tommy Orange and Oscar Hokeah, with their singular style. I can now add Richard Wagamese to this list. A Canadian writer and member of the […]

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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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Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

Catherine — Wed, 31 Aug 2022 04:14:21 +0000

There’s always a lot of excitement when a new Taylor Jenkins Reid novel comes out, but this year the hype is ramped up by its timing. Carrie Soto is Back is about a former Grand Slam titlist coming out of retirement to defend her record. This week the U.S. Open begins with the intense buzz […]

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Beautiful on the Outside by Adam Rippon

Catherine — Wed, 04 Dec 2019 05:31:59 +0000

I read a lot of dark and difficult books. Given my light and sunny personality, who knows why, but I like it. However, this year my nonfiction has included Bad Blood, She Said, Burn it Down, and Fall and Rise—all well-done books, but not in a happy way. Somehow the universe knew I needed some […]

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Us Against You by Fredrik Backman

Catherine — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 07:25:35 +0000

There’s a loser in every relationship. We may not like to admit it, but one of us always gets a little more, and one of us gives up a little more readily. Given that I have very little interest in sports related fiction, it was no small feat on Fredrik Backman’s part that he […]

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Beartown by Fredrik Backman

Catherine — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 08:12:30 +0000

“You can’t live in this town, you can only survive it.” There’s only one thing you need to know about Beartown: hockey. Its people live, eat, and breathe by the laws of hockey. Beyond that there isn’t much to it—only a few steady jobs, no tourists, and surrounded by forest in a part of Sweden […]

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