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I know I haven't posted which books I read over the summer. I promise you they were vast and varied, and I didn't write them down. One of...
Kim Catron
Oct 2, 20221 min read
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THE ANTHROPOCENE REVIEWED BY JOHN GREEN
"The Anthropocene is a proposed term for the current geological age, in which humans have profoundly reshaped the planet and its...
Kim Catron
Jul 20, 20222 min read
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HOME BEFORE DARK BY RILEY SAGER
Our flight was cancelled last month as we tried to make our way back home from Orlando (another blog for another day), and the hotel we...
Kim Catron
Jul 12, 20221 min read
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LIBBY- for online books!
I've been spending a lot of time lately in the car on long drives (think 7 hours each way, 22 hours each way-- you get the picture). Most...
Kim Catron
Jun 16, 20222 min read
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Author Heather Gudenkauf
I discovered Heather Gudenkauf about five years ago. And then as usually happens with me, author names got out of my brain as do titles,...
Kim Catron
Mar 31, 20221 min read
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THE LAST HOUSE ON THE STREET BY DIANE CHAMBERLAIN
The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain is southern fiction thick in the historical civil rights era. It is about chances...
Kim Catron
Mar 31, 20221 min read
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The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
Jane Eyre is by far my favorite novel. It is the one I come back to and reread every summer, lingering over the lines and the sweeping...
Kim Catron
Jan 30, 20221 min read
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A PORTION FOR FOXES BY DANIEL MITCHELL
I met Daniel Mitchell many years ago during my MFA program. It was evident to me then, listening to his works in progress, that he was...
Kim Catron
Jan 1, 20221 min read
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When Ghosts Come Home by Wiley Cash
If you haven't read Wiley Cash before, start now. He won't disappoint. Set in North Carolina in the 80s, Cash does a great job of...
Kim Catron
Nov 18, 20211 min read
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The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman
The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman lent itself nicely to a quick weekend flight to Florida to visit a friend. I started it on the...
Kim Catron
Oct 1, 20211 min read
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GIRLS OF BRACKENHILL BY KATE MORETTI
"Some castles are haunted by more than ghosts" is what is written on the back side of the cover on Kate Moretti's newest novel Girls of...
Kim Catron
Sep 8, 20211 min read
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When All is Said by Anne griffin
This can be a very short book recommendation. GO OUT AND DOWNLOAD THIS BOOK. That's really all I need to say, except there is a lot of...
Kim Catron
Jul 4, 20212 min read
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The Secret of Hummingbird Cake by Celeste Fletcher McHale
This was the first audio book I listened to on the start of my 31 hour solo road trip last week. I downloaded it free from my libary...
Kim Catron
Jul 4, 20211 min read
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The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica
I had 31 hours of solo car drive to do last week, (Yes, you read that correctly, 31 of a solo car drive ) so I opted for some audio...
Kim Catron
Jul 4, 20211 min read
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Mrs. Dalloway by virginia Woolf
"Mrs. Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself." And from there the everyday life of Clarissa Dalloway is present for all to read....
Kim Catron
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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The Sanatorium by Sarah Pearse
Another debut novel by a new writer! The Sanatorium is a a crime thriller set against the backdrop of an old sanatorium turned into spa...
Kim Catron
Apr 11, 20211 min read
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The light we lost by Jill santopolo
It seems lately I've taken to reading "debut" novels by authors who instantly become national bestsellers. Jill Santapolo already has...
Kim Catron
Apr 5, 20211 min read
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To Kill a mockingbird by harper lee
If you somehow managed to make it through high school without ever reading To Kill a Mockingbird, then I would have to say as a reader,...
Kim Catron
Mar 28, 20212 min read
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American Dirt by jeannine cummins
I know there has been a lot of controversy regarding cultural appropriation in Jeanine Cummins' novel American Dirt, but I want to just...
Kim Catron
Mar 16, 20211 min read
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When I was you by Amber Garza
As I read this book, I saw it playing in my head- a movie reel forwarding frame to frame. Although I can't seem to find any indication...
Kim Catron
Feb 27, 20211 min read
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