Nan McCarthy

author of Since You Went Away, Chat, Connect, Crash, & Live ’Til I Die

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This was a fun read. Sometimes you just need to read a good old-fashioned murder mystery. Snowblind is the first book in Ragnar Jónasson’s Dark Iceland series featuring rookie cop Ari Thór. The unforgiving winter landscape of a snow-packed village in northern Iceland is as much a character in the novel as the small-town personalities who populate the narrative. Originally written in Icelandic, my only quibble with the book is the sometimes clumsy translation into English. Nonetheless I zipped through the story and am looking forward to reading the rest of the books in the series. #Snowblind #RagnarJonasson #DarkIcelandSeries #IcelandicNoir #crimefiction #murdermystery #whodunit #lovetoread #bookstagram #booksofinstagram
1978. I was 16. Bad photos, good memories. What a loss. #NotreDame #NotreDameCathedral #ParisFrance
#LittleFreeLibrary #SandyRunLake #morningwalk
When your sister asks you to bring her a book 😈 (I haven’t read this one yet but am looking forward to borrowing it.) #MySisterTheSerialKiller #OyinkanBraithwaite #contemporarynoir #thriller #lovetoread
When you’re writing Part Three of a four-part series and you make dossiers on your characters so you can keep track of everybody. #amwriting #lovetowrite #keepingitanalog #sinceyouwentaway
It’s good to be Irish ☘️#stpaddysday #stpaddysparade #kcirish #brooksideparade
I loved this book for a lot of reasons. Michelle Obama grew up in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago—the same neighborhood where my mom grew up, and about three miles from the neighborhood where I was born (Cottage Grove Heights). Reading about her childhood brought back a ton of memories of my early years on the South Side of Chicago as well as stories my mom told us about her own childhood. It was also really fun reading all the behind-the-scenes stories of Michelle’s career, how she met Barrack, and what it was like raising two kids in the White House. The only part where the book lagged a little for me was near the end where Michelle wrote about her many accomplishments as First Lady. I was already aware of a lot of this stuff—I’m especially grateful to her & Jill Biden for their work supporting military spouses (Joining Forces)—but I was more interested in the personal stories and things that weren’t already public knowledge. I get why it was necessary to include all that in her bio—she accomplished a lot! This was an outstanding, compelling story about a fascinating woman during an important moment in American history. If you love biographies / autobiographies as much as I do, I highly recommend Becoming. • #MichelleObama #Becoming #autobiography #nonfiction #SouthSideChicago #SouthShore #JoiningForces #militaryspouses #milspouse #lovetoread
If you’re willing to suspend your disbelief over a few plot points, this was a super fun read. Five women enter the remote Australian bushland on a corporate retreat; only four come out alive. Talk about office politics! 😂 I loved the police investigator character (Aaron Falk) in Harper’s first book, The Dry, and Falk is no less enchanting in this one. If you’re looking for an entertaining, quick read, give Harper a try. I’m looking forward to reading her newest book, The Lost Man. • #JaneHarper #ForceOfNature #TheDry #AaronFalkseries #suspensefiction #pageturner #lovetoread

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  • Since You Went Away, Part Two: Spring
  • Student Interview: Writing & the Writing Life
  • How I Got the Idea for Since You Went Away
  • Buy: Since You Went Away (Part One: Winter)
  • Since You Went Away, Part One: Winter
  • Shit On a Shingle
  • Shot and a Beer
  • Live ’Til I Die: Student Interview
  • Vegetable Soup
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  • A Very Dry Martini
  • Bacon & Eggs
  • The Last Time I Saw My Dad Alive
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  • To My Sons: What I Would Like for Mother’s Day
  • New ebook editions of Chat, Connect, Crash now available
  • Buy: Chat (book 1)
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  • Chat: book one
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  • Timeline: a publishing history of Chat, Connect, & Crash
  • A Hero’s Welcome: Parades & Promises
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Philosophy on How to Write A Book
  • excerpt: Live ‘Til I Die: a memoir of my father’s life
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