2017: What I Read

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2017, Alan Bennett, Anita Brookner, Ann Patchett, Anna Pitoniak, audiobook, Caroline Smailes, Curtis Sittenfeld, Eliza Robertson, Elliot Perlman, Emily Maguire, Gillian Best, Jennifer Down, Kjersti Annesdatter Skomsvold, Matt Haig, Mohsin Hamid, Sally Rooney, TBR, Tom Perrotta December 30, 2017

Here’s my year in books (with thanks to the Goodreads record keeping tool): Continue reading →

Underwhelmed…

Posted by Kate W in Fiction and tagged with 2017, Australian, book jackets, book review, British, fiction, Gillian Best, historical, review, Rod Jones, swimming December 12, 2017

Two books, high expectations for both – unfortunately I was underwhelmed… Continue reading →

Six Degrees of Separation – from Pride and Prejudice to Swing Time

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with book jackets, Booker Prize, Claire Fuller, Courtney Brkic, Edan Lepucki, Francine Pascal, Gillian Best, Jane Austen, Six Degrees of Separation, Zadie Smith August 5, 2017

It’s time for #6degrees. Join in and thrill us with your clever links!

Given that we’ve recently marked 200 years since Jane Austen’s death, it seemed fitting to begin this month’s chain with the universally loved Pride and Prejudice. Continue reading →