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Catherine’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Catherine’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Catherine C. Wu’s Followers (8)
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Catherine C. Wu
Goodreads Author
Member Since
September 2024
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The Moon Goddess's Smile
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* Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. To add more, click here.
Author interview on Podcast
Dr. Katherine Hayes is the host of Murder, Mystery and Mayhem Laced with Morality, a popular podcast. Even though no character died from murder in my debut novel, The Moon Goddess's Smile, I'm so grateful that she invited me for an author interview to discuss my book and the writing process. You can click the link below to listen to the latest episode of the podcast, which was aired on January 18,
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Catherine’s Recent Updates
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Catherine C.
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Alchemised
by SenLinYu (Goodreads Author) Goodreads Choice Awards Nominee in Readers' Favorite Romantasy, Readers' Favorite Debut Novel, Readers' Favorite Audiobook |
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Thank you so much for your careful reading and great insights! For reasons beyond me, I didn't see your review until now. I'm so glad that this book r
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"I love this book for so many reasons. As an immigrant woman who moved to the U.S. for higher education, and as a first-generation Cambodian born after the Khmer Rouge genocide, which was influenced by Mao Zedong’s cultural revolution, I could relate "
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"Catherine Wu 's interesting characters reveal themselves in dialogue and narrative that persuades the reader onward into enjoyment of the story from the beginning. Themes are developed gradually through family history and 20th century Chinese history"
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Apr 11, 2026 02:10PM
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"This is a beautiful multi-generational coming of age story about the weight of collective cultural grief and the often unspoken expectations we put upon ourselves because of it. Wu's characters really shine in their authenticity, even small side char"
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Catherine C.
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| This is a fast-paced thriller with amazing historical details of Atlanta, Georgia in the 1930s, and the South in general. The protagonist is well drawn out, with interesting backstory and some almost comical weaknesses which render him unsuitable for ...more | |
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Catherine C.
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“Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books.”
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
― The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
“Why were we expected to speak English perfectly while praising Americans for even the clumsiest dribble of Chinese?”
― Beautiful Country
― Beautiful Country
“I put these stories to paper for this country's forgotten children, past and present, who grow up cloaked in fear, desolation, and the belief that their very existence is wrong, their very being illegal. I have been unfathomably lucky. But I dream of a day when being recognized as human requires no luck -- when it is a right, not a privilege. And I dream of a day when each and every one of us will have no reason to fear stepping out of the shadows.”
― Beautiful Country
― Beautiful Country
“There was consolation: The people you loved, they were always there with you, she had learned. Sometimes, she could be in front of a train kiosk or the window of a bookstore, and she could feel Noa's small hand when he was a boy, and she would close her eyes and think of his sweet grassy smell and remember that he had always tried his best. At those moments, it was good to be alone to hold on to him.”
― Pachinko
― Pachinko
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Beta Reader Group
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A place to connect writers with beta readers. Sometimes writers get so involved in the plot they can't see the wood for the trees. Hang on a sec'--th ...more
