Catherine Cheek

Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.

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Book Review: Annoying

Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca This is the sort of book I tend to revert to when I need something to read, the way other people go for their favorite imprint of romance or their favorite mass-market paperback author. Pop science about a field tangentially related to neurology? I’m there. …

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Book Review: House of Dark Shadows

House of Dark Shadows by Robert Liparulo I got this from audible as a “first of a series” special, and since I’m a sucker for YA, Middle Grade, and anything about haunted houses, this seemed the most promising of the lot. It does have a dark, mysterious house. In fact, this house is even better …

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Book Review: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves

We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’ve always used the goodreads star rating: 5=it was amazing 4=really liked it 3=liked it 2=it was okay 1=did not like Which means that I ruin the scale for all the books I review, because most people seem to …

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Adam’s Cup

This is the cup that my friend chose as his favorite of the ones I made in the class I took in February, so this is the one I gave him for his birthday.  The only sad thing is that he has good taste, and this is my favorite cup too.  At least I still …

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Book Review: The Worst Hard Time

The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl by Timothy Egan This is a very important book for anyone who cares at all about American history and/or American political policy. It chronicles the dust bowl from when it was nothing but Comanche-owned grassland until the end of …

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