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Catherine’s 2024 Year in Books
Take a look at Catherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Catherine McCarthy
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Wales, The United Kingdom
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Writing is an incredible way to encourage you to focus your thoughts and demons into something positive.
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Mosaic
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2023
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Immortelle
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2021
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6 editions
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The House at the End of Lacelean Street
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2024
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7 editions
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Mists and Megaliths
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A Moonlit Path of Madness
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Door and Other Twisted Tales
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The Wolf and the Favour
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Death of a Clown
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Hope Cottage
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The Gatekeeper`s Apprentice
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2015
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Return to Hades and Other AdventuresQ. Which myths/legends from your childhood do you remember as being significant?
A. Clash of the Titans was a favourite movie from my childhood, and it got me interested in Greek myths, especially the haunting tragedy of Medusa. I loved the animal headed gods of the Egyptians and their depiction of the afterlife. Hans Christian Anderson appealed to me because of Read more of this blog post »
A. Clash of the Titans was a favourite movie from my childhood, and it got me interested in Greek myths, especially the haunting tragedy of Medusa. I loved the animal headed gods of the Egyptians and their depiction of the afterlife. Hans Christian Anderson appealed to me because of Read more of this blog post »
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"excellent! a darkly atmospheric gothic novella set among the wind-swept sea coast of Wales. moonlight, graveyards, folk magic, suspicious priests and these gorgeous pottery works of graveside memorials: immortelles."
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| Okay, let me begin by saying that I had to put aside the racism (particularly in The Wendigo) and sexism (particularly in The Man Whom the Trees Loved) due to the fact that they were written more than a century ago, when the world was a very differen ...more | |
"Captain Samantha Vines is broke and a recovering alcoholic. She doesn't have enough money to get her boat back in the water, where she then can earn more. As a result, she accepts a job from an old friend-piloting an enormous sailboat from Seattle to"
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"Re-read on 2022. Still in love with this book. Even though the element of surprise is gone now, it didn't lose a single bit of its beauty.
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“suppose my mother taught me a lesson that day; be grateful for what comes your way and don’t expect too much from life. A cynical viewpoint, some might think, especially in one so young.”
― Immortelle
― Immortelle
“During the nineteenth century, graveside memorials, known as immortelles, became popular throughout Western Europe. Arrangements of ceramic or beaded flowers, as well as other motifs and trinkets, were displayed beneath glass domes on the graves of those interred as symbols of resurrection and, of course, immortality. As a rule they were not personalised, though the following story imagines them to be...”
― Immortelle
― Immortelle
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| On The Same Page : Record Your Books - 2024 Edition | 16 | 44 | Mar 15, 2024 01:16PM | |
| On The Same Page : October 2024 Commit to One Book Monthly | 15 | 12 | Oct 20, 2024 10:05PM | |
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“Most people will tell you growing up means you stop believing in Halloween things - I’m telling you the reverse. You start to grow up when you understand that the stuff that scares you is part of the air you breathe.”
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“suppose my mother taught me a lesson that day; be grateful for what comes your way and don’t expect too much from life. A cynical viewpoint, some might think, especially in one so young.”
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― Immortelle
“Short stories are tiny windows into other worlds and other minds and other dreams. They are journeys you can make to the far side of the universe and still be back in time for dinner.”
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