Catherine Cheek

Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.

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Magnet Set 4

I used to use scraps from my little books for the background paper in these, but the scrapbook papers commonly available are just as nice. You can’t see them perfectly well anyway. The one at the top with the orange flowers is one of my favorites.

Book Review: Red Glove

Red Glove by Holly Black I absolutely adored the first of this series, WHITE CAT. In fact, I thought it was one of the best books I read the whole year. I bought this one in hardcover before I even read it–something I rarely do. When you read a book that knocks it out of …

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Book Review: Clash of Kings

A Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin It’s been many years since I read a 1000 page book in two days, so that tells you something of how I enjoyed this novel. GRRM really knows how to make a person care about characters. Some of the characters I adore, such as Daenerys and Arya. …

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Magnet Set 3

These magnets contain some of my niftier findings.  I took apart a watch to get the gears in the upper right. They aren’t as fun as all-metal gears, but plastic watch gears aren’t radioactive, unlike some of the radium dusted (it glows! In the dark!) ones from last century.  I like the transistors too, and …

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Book Review: Game of Thrones

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin For the first time in my life, I actually read a book because of the television show it was based off of instead of the other way around. I’d resisted reading this series for a long time, one because it is high fantasy, and two because my …

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