Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Apr 08
Book Review – The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie This author was recommended to me by a reader I trust with the comment that he was way funnier reading his work than most stand-up comedians. Half the books I “read” these days are audiobooks, so I went and got one. I thought this …
Apr 07
Empty Mulberry Wands Box
This is the empty box I’m going to use for the cover of MULBERRY WANDS, the sequel to ALTERNATE SUSAN. I made it much bigger this time, but still with the same proportions so I didn’t have to do much editing on gimp to make it work as the cover of the book. I …
Mar 31
Book Review: The Numbers Game
The Numbers Game: The Commonsense Guide to Understanding Numbers in the News, in Politics, and in Life by Michael Blastland This is a really cool book that interprets common statistical and information-gathering misunderstandings in a way that everyone can understand. Maybe that doesn’t make it sound interesting, but trust me, it is. This book will …
Mar 27
Book Review: The Golem and the Jinni
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker I absolutely adored this book. I found it in my list of “books added” accidentally, having marked it there from a goodreads giveaway and then forgotten. Faced with a need for a good book, I bought it from audible and started listening to it the same day. …
Mar 25
Swirled Blue Glass Cup
With this cup, I was trying to reproduce one of the glass cups I gave away last year, only I couldn’t remember what it looked like or how I did it, except that it was blue. This looks nothing like what I remember. I think the other cups I liked were clear blue and …