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Katherine Valdez

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Katherine Valdez is author of the award-winning stories “Head For The Hills” and “Your Average, Everyday Hero” at Zathom.com, flash fiction "Expiration Date" in the anthology Baby Shoes: 100 Stories by 100 Authors (Amazon), the essay "Voice Lessons" (Pooled Ink: Celebrating NCW's 2014 Contest Winners), flash fiction "The Monster In Her Bedroom" (Havok Magazine Issue 1.1), and the short story "Little Red Riding Hood Seeks Vengeance" (Open Doors: Fractured Fairy Tales).

She blogs about movies, books, and embarrassing encounters with best-selling authors at www.KatherineValdez.com (“The Effect of Andrew McCarthy on the Female Brain" and "Close Encounters with David Sedaris" (Writers Digest/Chuck Sambuchino's Guide to Literary Agents Blog) and i ...more

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Love is Girly, and It’s Not Her Thing: THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE

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Things You Save in a Fire

by Katherine Center

St. Martin’s Press (2019)
310 pages

This is the second book by Katherine Center that I’ve read in one day.

One day.

That’s how engaging, compelling, and funny it is. The first was The Bodyguard, which is equally awesome. (More about that in a future review.)

What I’m trying to say is, “Read. This. Book. Now.” Esp

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Average rating: 3.85 · 65 ratings · 5 reviews · 5 distinct works

	Open Doors: Fractured Fairy Tales by Fran Fischer (contributor), Sarah Clark Monagle (contributor), B.J. Lee (Goodreads Author) (contributor) 3.86 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baby Shoes: 100 Stories by 100 Authors by Joe R. Lansdale (Goodreads Author), Linda Needham (Goodreads Author), Walter Jon Williams (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Discovery of I: A Workbook With A Transformative Journey of Self-Discovery, Healing, and Embracing Your Authentic Self 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pooled Ink: Celebrating the 2014 NCW Contest Winners by LLC Northern Colorado Writers, Jennifer Top (Editor), Katherine Valdez (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Open Doors: Fractured Fairy Tales] [Author: Publishing, Wayman] [November, 2012] by Kai Strand (Goodreads Author), Deb Claxton, Eve Gaal (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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If Not for My Baby

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“She'd fall back asleep dreaming of hurricanes whipping the palm trees around her childhood home, trying to run from the Godzilla-sized beast that rushed to devour her. But her feet were stuck in invisible cement. As she struggled to scream, she'd startle awake and feel the staccato beats of her heart thumping double-time.

Only then would she remember: she brought him into this world.

- The Monster In Her Bedroom, Havok Magazine, Issue 1.1”
― Katherine Valdez

tags: fairy-tales, flash-fiction, godzilla, monsters

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“So when she looked in the mirror one day, and saw the beginning of thorny protrusions on her legs, a slight greenish tinge to her skin, she sighed.

It was inevitable. - The Monster In Her Bedroom, Havok Magazine, Issue 1.1”
― Katherine Valdez

tags: fairy-tales, flash-fiction, monsters

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“When life expectancy hit 95 years of age, married people around the world shouted, "Enough!" And just like that, the institution of marriage was reinvented.”
― Katherine Valdez, Baby Shoes: 100 Stories by 100 Authors

tags: flash-fiction, marriage, satire

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“When people fall in love, they burst into flames.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

tags: love

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“Is it always like that?" I ask, breathless. “No,” he says. “It's never like that.” I hear the wonder in his voice. And just like that, everything changes.”
― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

tags: breathless, kiss, young-adult

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“If I could, I would kiss him every second of every day. For all the days.”
― Nicola Yoon, Everything, Everything

tags: kiss, young-adult-fiction

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“Happily ever after, or even just together ever after, is not cheesy,” Wren said. “It’s the noblest, like, the most courageous thing two people can shoot for.”
― Rainbow Rowell, Fangirl

tags: happiness, happy-endings, love

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“Meeting your soul mate is like walking into a house you've been in before - you will recognize the furniture, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves, the contents of drawers: You could find your way around in the dark if you had to.”
― Jandy Nelson, I'll Give You the Sun

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