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Cat dad. Past-parent to two pretty cool adults. Emigre to Vermont from the lower 47.
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Mike Mahaffie rated Matchless: 4 stars
Matchless by Gregory Maguire
Entwines the classic fairy tale of the little match girl with a story of Frederik, whose mother is seamstress to …
Mike Mahaffie rated The messenger: 3 stars
The messenger by Jan Burke
Two centuries ago, Tyler Hawthorne bargained for his life. In exchange, he became a Messenger, one who hears the final …
Mike Mahaffie rated Devil's dream: 4 stars
Devil's dream by Madison Smartt Bell
From the author of All Souls' Rising which The Washington Post called "A serious historical novel that reads like a …
Mike Mahaffie rated Wishin' and Hopin': 4 stars
Wishin' and Hopin' by Wally Lamb
"Set in the fictional town of Three Rivers, Connecticut, the story of fifth grader Felix Funicello in the months leading …
Mike Mahaffie rated The lieutenant: 3 stars
The lieutenant by Kate Grenville
A gripping story about friendship, self-discovery, and the power of language, set along the unspoiled shores of 1788 New South …
Mike Mahaffie rated Then she found me: 3 stars
Then she found me by Elinor Lipman
April Epner teaches high school Latin, wears flannel jumpers, and is used to having her evenings free. Bernice Graverman brandishes …
Mike Mahaffie rated The Family Man: 4 stars
Mike Mahaffie rated Ground up: 3 stars
Mike Mahaffie rated The last Dickens: 3 stars
The last Dickens by Matthew Pearl
In his most enthralling novel yet, the critically acclaimed author Matthew Pearl reopens one of literary history's greatest mysteries. The …
Mike Mahaffie rated How I Becamea a Famous Novelest: 3 stars
How I Becamea a Famous Novelest by Steve Hely
"This is the story of [Pete] Tarslaw's effort to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time, and what its …
Mike Mahaffie rated Shooters and chasers: 3 stars
Mike Mahaffie rated Chemistry for beginners: 3 stars
Chemistry for beginners by Anthony Strong
For Dr Steven J. Fisher, love is no more than a chemical equation - and he's nearly solved it. A …
Mike Mahaffie rated The casebook of Victor Frankenstein: 3 stars
The casebook of Victor Frankenstein by Peter Ackroyd
When two nineteenth-century Oxford students--Victor Frankenstein, a serious researcher, and the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley--form an unlikely friendship, the result …
Mike Mahaffie rated Persona non grata: 3 stars
Persona non grata by Ruth Downie
Gaius Petreius Ruso and his companion, Tilla, become embroiled in a family scandal when Severus, the family's chief creditor, winds …