Six Degrees of Separation – from Beach Read to Elizabeth Finch

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2023, campus-lit, Ceridwen Dovey, Donna Tartt, Emily Henry, grief-lit, Hernan Diaz, Isobel Beech, Julian Barnes, Six Degrees of Separation, Victoria Hannan January 7, 2023

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

The Top 54 from the Best Books of 2022 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2022, Abdulrazak Gurnah, Akwaeke Emezi, Amy Bloom, Barbara Kingsolver, Bonnie Garmus, book list, Celeste Ng, Charmaine Wilkerson, Cormac McCarthy, Douglas Stuart, Ed Yong, Elif Batuman, Elizabeth McCracken, Elizabeth Strout, Emily Henry, Emily St. John Mandel, Gabrielle Zevin, George Saunders, Hanya Yanagihara, Hernan Diaz, Hua Hsu, Ian McEwan, Ingrid Contreras, Jennette McCurdy, jennifer egan, Jessamine Chan, Joanna Quinn, Jonathan Escoffery, Julia May Jonas, Julie Otsuka, Kate Atkinson, Kate Beaton, Kathryn Schulz, Kevin Wilson, Leila Mottley, Lydia Millet, Maggie O'Farrell, Margo Jefferson, Meghan O’Rourke, Morgan Talty, Moshin Hamid, Namwali Serpell, NoViolet Bulawayo, Ocean Vuong, Olga Tokarczuk, R. F. Kuang, Rachel Aviv, Rob Delaney, Sarah Thankam Mathews, Shehan Karunatilaka, Siddhartha Mukherjee, Stacy Schiff, Tess Gunty, Xochitl Gonzalez, Yiyun Li December 22, 2022

Presenting the 2022 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2022-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 54 books.

(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 52 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2022 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). Continue reading →

Six Degrees of Separation – from The Snow Child to Pioneer Girl

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Ada Calhoun, Chloe Hooper, Emily Henry, Eowyn Ivey, Kristin Otto, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Lynne Kelly, Margo Neale, Six Degrees of Separation December 3, 2022

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

Six Degrees of Separation – from Our Wives Under the Sea to Double Love

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with eighties, Emily Henry, film, Francine Pascal, Hadley Freeman, jennifer egan, Julia Armfield, Kimberley Allsopp, movie, Peter Carey, Robin Hardwick, Six Degrees of Separation April 2, 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 Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield. Continue reading →

Drawing a Line Under 2020 Reading – Part 2

Posted by Kate W in Fiction, Non-fiction and tagged with 2020, book review, Emily Henry, fiction, Jessica Lee, Leigh Stein, memoir, review January 22, 2021

Am I done with 2020 yet? Almost… Continue reading →