Catherine K

'25 February - theme: Black History Month

Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes I was sent this book for free as an Arc from goodreads. It was called Will and contained no illustrations so I don't know if they are any good! It was a great read for black history month,

'25 January - theme: Finish an abandoned book

MaddAdam by Margaret Atwood Margaret Atwood is easily one of my top 5 authors, probably even holder of the Number one spot on my list. So it might seem surprising to find her in the abandoned book category. This book is the third in the MaddAdam trilogy, preceded by Oryx

December - theme: Winter (Snow)

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Høeg Time Magazine's "Book of the Year" in 1992. Unfortunately it is not 1992 anymore and while this book might have seemed fresh and genre defining back then, I've read the girl with the dragon

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Here One Moment by Liane Moriarty First off, thanks Caitlin for getting all the Liane Moriarty audiobooks over the last few years and sharing them with me. You probable don't know it but you got me into her. Now I still think 9 perfect strangers is the best

November - theme: Political

It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis A Guardian quote on the cover calls this book "eerily prescient" and it's right. Those are the only two words really needed to describe this book. I found this book extremely hard to get into and if

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Dirty Thirty by Janet Evanovich 30! Yes, she has written and I have read 30 of these guys! Like The Simpsons or SouthPark the characters never age while technology and society changes around them. I have been reading these since I was in Year 8/9! I read the first

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The No-Show by Beth O'Leary Thanks Caitlin for the loan of this surprisingly good book. I thought it would be a typical rom-com chick lit kinda deal. It was a bit more complicated than that. Nicely written and easy to read, it felt reminiscent of Marian Keyes with

October - theme: Historical Fiction

Raphael, Painter in Rome by Stephanie Storey It's occurred to me while reading this book that I might like historical fiction. That might sound odd but I've always had the opinion of that genre is fine but it's not for me. Well, this book