Six Degrees of Separation – from The Book of Form and Emptiness to

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Adrienne Raphel, Ian McEwan, jennifer egan, Jessica Moor, Katherine Tamiko Arguile, Kimberley Allsopp, Ruth Ozeki, Six Degrees of Separation August 6, 2022

It’s time for #6degrees. Start at the same place as other wonderful readers, add six books, and see where you end up.

This month we begin with The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki. Continue reading →

Sample Saturday – three nonfiction picks

Posted by Kate W in Non-fiction, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Adrienne Raphel, German, John Kampfner, nonfiction, Sample Saturday, Tom Vanderbilt May 15, 2021

Sample Saturday is when I wade through the eleventy billion samples I have downloaded on my Kindle. I’m slowly chipping away and deciding whether it’s buy or bye. Continue reading →

I’m waiting for… 2021 edition

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2021, Adrienne Raphel, Alice Pung, Alison Bechdel, Anthony Bourdain, Bri Lee, Charlotte Wood, Christos Tsiolkas, Claire Fuller, Claire Thomas, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Emily Bitto, Gwendoline Riley, Jacqueline Maley, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Jennifer Down, Kristin van Ogtrop, Lisa Harding, Lisa Taddeo, Maggie Shipstead, Mari Andrew, Michelle de Kretser, Patricia Lockwood, Peter Ho Davies, Rachel Cusk, Rick Morton, Sam van Zweden, Sarah Krasnostein, Susan Mihalic, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Thomas Grattan, Vendela Vida January 1, 2021

Proving that I don’t actually care about my never-really-shrinking-TBR-list is this list of new releases that are on my radar for 2021. Continue reading →