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Week-Before-Halloween Weekend Reading – All Hallows’ Eve

CatherineOctober 22, 2021October 22, 2021Leave a comment

Charles Williams was a contemporary of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, so All Hallows’ Eve is a cerebral kind of horror that you won’t be able to get through in one weekend – but you could finish it in a week and get to the end before Halloween. (The link … Continue ReadingWeek-Before-Halloween Weekend Reading – All Hallows’ Eve

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Fifteen Days to Halloween! Your Weekend Reading

CatherineOctober 16, 2021October 16, 2021Leave a comment

Shirly Jackson wrote some scary stuff. You’ve probably hear of The Lottery; it seems like that was required reading in school for many of us. It’s definitely creepy. Why not try her novel We Have Always Lived in the Castle? Mary Katherine (Merricat) Blackwood is the first-person narrator; she is … Continue ReadingFifteen Days to Halloween! Your Weekend Reading

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Your FREE Weekend Reading – Dracula on Demand

CatherineOctober 8, 2021October 8, 2021Leave a comment

I’ve never actually read Bram Stoker’s Classic Dracula, in spite of my sister’s telling me the book is great. It’s free to read on the Project Gutenberg website (you can even send it to your Kindle if you want) and I don’t think it’s terribly long. . . maybe I’ll … Continue ReadingYour FREE Weekend Reading – Dracula on Demand

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Your Weekend Reading – Thirty Days to Halloween!

CatherineOctober 1, 2021October 1, 2021Leave a comment

This is the perfect time to read or re-read Ira Levin’s horror masterpiece. … Read More >Your Weekend Reading – Thirty Days to Halloween!

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Your Weekend Reading – The Equinox Edition

CatherineSeptember 23, 2021September 23, 2021Leave a comment

A Wrinkle in Time is the perfect choice for autumn fantasy reading! Best read while it’s raining. Try the graphic novel for a fresh reading experience. … Read More >Your Weekend Reading – The Equinox Edition

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Your Weekend Reading – 09.16.2021

CatherineSeptember 16, 2021September 15, 2021Leave a comment

I don’t know about your neck of the woods, but in my part of the world the weather is summerlike and looks to be that way through the weekend. With that in mind, here are some ideas for lighter, short novels to read if you’ve got some down time – … Continue ReadingYour Weekend Reading – 09.16.2021

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Weekend Reading Returns

CatherineSeptember 9, 2021September 9, 2021Leave a comment

With cooler weather on the not-so-distant horizon, I’m resurrecting Weekend Reading suggestions; keep an eye out for new ideas, which will be posted every Thursday or Friday throughout fall and winter. I will probably cross-post on my Michigan blog as well. It’s still summer and in my neck of the … Continue ReadingWeekend Reading Returns

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Winter Weekend Reading

CatherineFebruary 5, 2021September 5, 2021Leave a comment

For me, winter reading requires a novel with enough grit for a deep dive. Now more than ever, I admit to my use of literature as an escape hatch, and I would love to share my escape routes with you – so I’m offering a few suggestions ranging from classics … Continue ReadingWinter Weekend Reading

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Weekend Reading – The Lady Jewel Diviner

CatherineJanuary 29, 2021September 5, 20211 Comment

I ran across Rosalie Oaks’ The Lady Jewel Diviner on Reedsy Discovery, and I’m sad that I missed this title when it was available for review! Still, I bought it ($3.99 for the Kindle version) and will be reading it this weekend. This is the story of a woman in what … Continue ReadingWeekend Reading – The Lady Jewel Diviner

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Your Weekend Reading for a (Ghostly) Holiday Season

CatherineDecember 12, 2020Leave a comment

Are you looking for some holiday-themed weekend reading? I’ve mentioned in other posts that ghost stories were a Victorian tradition. Why not read one or two this weekend? All are free on Amazon except The Christmas Angel, which is $1, and they’re mostly quite short. Here are some to get you … Continue ReadingYour Weekend Reading for a (Ghostly) Holiday Season

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Your Weekend Reading – the Friday the 13th Edition

CatherineNovember 14, 2020September 5, 2021Leave a comment

So you need something to read this weekend – something short, maybe, that you can finish by Sunday night, and preferably free? Check out these this short list of free Kindle books (really free – not Kindle Unlimited or Prime free), which are either of a length to be finished … Continue ReadingYour Weekend Reading – the Friday the 13th Edition