diff --git a/client/app.js b/client/app.js
index 2dc72eb..4ef0fdf 100644
--- a/client/app.js
+++ b/client/app.js
@@ -3,13 +3,25 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {Navbar} from './components'
 import Routes from './routes'
 
-const App = () => {
+const App = (props) => {
+  /*
+  if (props.unknownError) {
+    return <div>ERROR: {props.unknownError.message}. Please contact support.</div>
+  }
+  if (props.unauthenticatedError) {
+    return <Login/>
+  }
+  */
   return (
     <div>
       <Navbar />
-      <Routes />
+      {props.unknownError ? <div>Error</div> : <Routes/>}
     </div>
   )
 }
 
-export default App
+const mapState = (state) => {
+  return { unknownError: state.error.unknownError }
+}
+
+export default connect(mapState, undefined)(App)
diff --git a/client/components/EditProduct.js b/client/components/EditProduct.js
index f1b61c1..bcfeaf6 100644
--- a/client/components/EditProduct.js
+++ b/client/components/EditProduct.js
@@ -141,7 +141,8 @@ const mapDispatchToProps = (dispatch, ownProps) => ({
 const mapStateToProps = (state, ownProps) => {
   return {
     selectedProduct: state.products.selectedProduct,
-    isAdmin: state.currentUser.isAdmin
+    isAdmin: state.currentUser.isAdmin,
+    badRequest: state.error.badRequest
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/client/components/home-page.js b/client/components/home-page.js
index d32abae..2da4295 100644
--- a/client/components/home-page.js
+++ b/client/components/home-page.js
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ import {
   Pagination
 } from 'semantic-ui-react'
 
+// GET /products
+// state.products = [/* all the products */]
+
+// REVIEW: how large is allProducts
 const ProductsOnCurPage = (allProducts, curPage, itemsPerPage) => {
   return allProducts.slice(
     (curPage - 1) * itemsPerPage,
diff --git a/client/store/categories.js b/client/store/categories.js
index 670af10..43a852d 100644
--- a/client/store/categories.js
+++ b/client/store/categories.js
@@ -9,19 +9,24 @@ const getCategories = categories => ({
   categories
 })
 
+const error = error => ({ type: 'ERROR', error })
+
 // Initial State
 const initialState = []
 
+
 // Thunk Creators
 export const fetchCategories = () => async dispatch => {
   try {
     const {data} = await axios.get('/api/products/categories')
     dispatch(getCategories(data))
   } catch (error) {
-    console.log(error)
+    dispatch(error(error))
   }
 }
 
+// REVIEW: discuss alternate patterns for reducer cases
+//         and the value of consistency
 const dispatchers = {
   [GET_CATEGORIES]: (state, action) => action.categories
 }
diff --git a/client/store/index.js b/client/store/index.js
index bf8c955..991b488 100644
--- a/client/store/index.js
+++ b/client/store/index.js
@@ -12,6 +12,28 @@ import storage from 'redux-persist/lib/storage'
 import autoMergeLevel2 from 'redux-persist/es/stateReconciler/autoMergeLevel2'
 import orders from './orders'
 import reviews from './reviews'
+//import errors from './errors'
+
+function errorReducer (state={}, action) {
+  if (action.type === GET_USER) return { ...state, unauthenticatedError: undefined }
+  if (action.type !== 'ERROR') return state
+
+  const error = action.error;
+  if (error.response && error.response.status) {
+    if (error.response.status === 401) {
+      return {...state, unauthenticatedError: error }
+    }
+    else if (error.response.status === 403) {
+      return {...state, unauthorizedError: error }
+    }
+    else if (error.response.status === 400) {
+      return {...state, badRequest: error }
+    }
+  }
+  if (error) {
+    return {...state, unknownError: error}
+  }
+}
 
 const reducer = combineReducers({
   users,
@@ -20,7 +42,8 @@ const reducer = combineReducers({
   categories,
   cart,
   orders,
-  reviews
+  reviews,
+  error: errorReducer,
 })
 
 const middleware = composeWithDevTools(
diff --git a/client/store/orders.js b/client/store/orders.js
index 6187e68..d64de12 100644
--- a/client/store/orders.js
+++ b/client/store/orders.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ export const editOrder = updatedOrder => ({type: EDIT_ORDER, updatedOrder})
 
 // THUNK-TIONS
 export const fetchOrders = () => {
+  // REVIEW: gotta handle errors
   return async dispatch => {
     const {data} = await axios.get('/api/orders')
     dispatch(setOrders(data))
diff --git a/server/api/orders.js b/server/api/orders.js
index 0b8e7bc..b7b8e07 100644
--- a/server/api/orders.js
+++ b/server/api/orders.js
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ router.get('/', adminCheckMiddleware, async (req, res, next) => {
 
 // Associated non-admin User instance should also have access to these specific routes
 
+// REVIEW:
+//   GET /orders/user/:userId
+//   vs
+//   GET /users/:userId/orders
 router.get('/user/:userId', loginCheckMiddleware, async (req, res, next) => {
   try {
     const whichOrders = await Order.findAll({
diff --git a/server/api/products.js b/server/api/products.js
index b849c5c..723eb3d 100644
--- a/server/api/products.js
+++ b/server/api/products.js
@@ -5,15 +5,71 @@ module.exports = router
 
 // All users can view all products and product by id
 
+// PUBLIC api
+//  - no matter who requests this endpoint
+//  - no matter when they request this endpoint
+//  - everybody should see tha same data
+//  - based purely on the url (include query string)
+//
+//  GET /products?page=2&category=sharpeners
+//    [...]
+//
+//  GET /products?page=2&category=sharpeners
+//    [...]
+//
+// PRIVATE api
+//  - only some people CAN request this
+//  - different people get different data back
+//
+//  GET /me
+//    { name: 'collin' }
+//    { name: 'finn' }
 router.get('/', async (req, res, next) => {
   try {
-    const allProducts = await Product.findAll({include: [Category]})
-    res.json(allProducts)
+    // GET /products?page=2
+    const page = req.query.page || 1
+    const perPage = 10
+    const currentPage = 1
+    const offset = (currentPage - 1) * perPage;
+    // select * from products limit 10 offset ${offset} order by updateAt desc
+    // REVIEW: pagination
+    const pageOfProducts = await Product.findAll({
+      include: [{model: Category, fields: ['title']}],
+      limit: perPage,
+      offset: offset,
+      orderBy: 'updatedAt desc'
+    })
+    res.json(pageOfProducts)
   } catch (err) {
     next(err)
   }
 })
 
+// includes
+// home page
+//   - list of products
+//   - prints title, image, price, category
+//
+// short-list
+//   - bullett list of title
+//
+// GET /products?page=1&category=sharpeners&include[]=Category&CategoryFields[]=title&CategoryFields[]=id
+// GraphQL
+// const query = `
+// query {
+//   products {
+//     id
+//     title
+//     price
+//     categories {
+//       id
+//       name
+//     }
+//   }
+// `
+// const result = await runGraphQL(query)
+// result.data.products[0].categories[0].name
+
 router.get('/categories', async (req, res, next) => {
   try {
     const allCategories = await Category.findAll()