Catherine "Kater" Cheek is a writer and artist.
Catherine Cheek
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Jun 19
Book Review: The Secret Life of Groceries
The Secret Life of Groceries: The Dark Miracle of the American Supermarket by Benjamin Lorr This is a very well researched non-fiction book about the grocery industry. Lorr breaks the chapters up into sections touching on nearly every aspect of the grocery industry, from supply to shipping and niche marketing. There’s a chapter about what …
May 06
Book Review: Savage Appetites
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe Honestly, I’m not sure if I’m a true crime fan or not. Let me get one thing straight: I hate serial killers. They are gross and disgusting and I think it’s seriously messed up that people treat them like celebrities. If I …
Apr 26
Book Review: Paved Paradise
Paved Paradise: How Parking Explains the World by Henry Grabar Not since Tom Vanderbilt’s Traffic have I felt so engaged by a book about driving. Not just driving, but about the least-sexy part of driving: parking. If you live (as I do) in an American city in which driving is not a luxury but a …
Apr 02
Book Review: The Icepick Surgeon
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean The only time I remember enjoying a book about science history this much was when I read Sam Kean’s other book, The Disappearing Spoon, which is full of exciting tales from the periodic table. I …
Jan 24
Book Review: We Could be Heroes
We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen Zoe Wong and Jamie Sorenson both have psychic powers, but Zoe uses hers to beat up bad guys in her spare time while Jamie robs banks. The catch is that neither of them have any memories from before two years earlier. When they meet up at a memory …