Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2022, British, COVID-19, Emily Bronte, film, German, gin, John Irving, movie, swimming, television November 6, 2022

01. My baby who’s been away the longest returned home this week. He spent five months in Europe – his favourite places were Montenegro (which is where the pic above was taken), Lapland (below), and the city of Brussels. Continue reading →

Six Degrees of Separation – from The End of the Affair to Wellville

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Dani Shapiro, Graham Greene, John Irving, Julia Armfield, Kat Arney, Michael Ondaatje, Patrick Radden Keefe, Six Degrees of Separation, T.C. Boyle, TBR March 5, 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 →

I’m waiting for… 2022 edition

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2022, Amy Bloom, Brooke Dunnell, Carlene Bauer, Catherine Prasifka, Chuck Klosterman, Claire Louise Bennett, Clover Stroud, Daniel H. Pink, Delia Ephron, Douglas Stuart, Grant Ginder, Hanya Yanagihara, Hernan Diaz, Jean Chen Ho, Jessamine Chan, Jessie Burton, John Irving, Jonathan Safran Foer, Julia May Jonas, Julie Otsuka, Kathryn Schulz, Kendra James, Lisa Taddeo, Liska Jacobs, Ottessa Moshfegh, Patrick Radden Keefe, Rojas Contreras, Sarah Manguso, Sloane Crosley, Tom Perrotta, Victoria Hannan January 5, 2022

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 2022. Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bernhard Schlink, Booker Prize, COVID-19, eighties, German, gin, Jenny Erpenbeck, John Irving, Judith Schalansky, Lucy Fricke, Melbourne Writers Festival, music, Rachel Cusk, Sigrid Nunez, Stefan Zweig, television September 19, 2021

01. We have beach. We have picnics. Continue reading →

Things that are making me happy this week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Anne Enright, Charlotte Wood, cooking, COVID-19, Elizabeth Strout, film, Jenny Odell, John Irving, Melbourne, Melbourne Writers Festival, movie, Patrick Radden Keefe, podcast, television July 23, 2020

01. Final mask-free walk with my walking buddy, Sam. Continue reading →

Sample Saturday – newish releases

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bonnie Tsui, Gail Godwin, John Irving, Lara Feigel, Sample Saturday, swimming July 11, 2020

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. As you can see this week, I have many weak spots… Continue reading →

I’m waiting for… 2020 edition

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2020, Abbie Greaves, Ada Calhoun, Alice Pung, Ann Napolitano, Anna Wiener, Anne Enright, Ceridwen Dovey, Clementine Ford, Craig Silvey, Eilene Zimmerman, Ellena Savage, Emma Jane Unsworth, Emma Straub, Esther Safran Foer, Evie Wyld, Frances Cha, Francine Toon, Gabrielle Carey, Janelle Brown, Jenny Offill, John Irving, Julia Baird, Kathleen MacMahon, Liam Pieper, Lidia Yuknavitch, Lily King, Lionel Shriver, Liz Moore, Margaret Bearman, Matthew Norman, Michael Christie, Miranda Popkey, Ottessa Moshfegh, Richard Fidler, Samantha Irby, Sofie Laguna, Souvankham Thammavongsa, Stephanie Danler, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Therese Fowler, Trent Dalton January 1, 2020

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 2020.

There’s nothing new on my list (other bloggers have posted curated lists of 2020 releases and there are loads of comprehensive lists floating around, such as SMH) – I’m posting it simply to have a record of books to follow-up during the year.

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Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, Bri Lee, John Irving, Wheeler Centre November 13, 2019

01. The bushfires burning out-of-control across vast areas of New South Wales and Queensland are unprecedented for this time of year and are of unprecedented intensity, yet still the politicians in power won’t mention the ‘c’ words… (image by photographer Martin Von Stoll). Continue reading →

Sample Saturday – a midlife crisis, a town, and violent children

Posted by Kate W in Fiction, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Brady Udall, dystopian, John Irving, Liz Jensen, Sample Saturday, Shalom Auslander May 25, 2019

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. This week I’ve selected three from the last pages of my Kindle (meaning they’ve been there for years!) – I have no idea how I came across any of them. Continue reading →

Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bookish (and not so bookish) Thoughts, cooking, holidays, John Irving, podcast, Poland, Swedish, swimming, swimming pool April 10, 2019

01. Isn’t John Irving’s writing process bananas?! (I can’t wait for Darkness as a Bride.) Continue reading →