One novella and one novel (so far) for German Literature Month XV. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Kate Atkinson
Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week
01. Yay! MTC’s 2026 season launch. I was thrilled to hear Joanna Murray-Smith speak about her new play, an adaption of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya. And cannot wait for the stage production of Forster’s A Room With a View. Continue reading
Sample Saturday – four August releases
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 was alerted to all four thanks to Susan’s round-up of August releases. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from Trust to Childless
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 Trust by Hernan Diaz. Continue reading
My Latest Listens
Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson Continue reading
The Top 54 from the Best Books of 2022 List of Lists
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
20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)
Cathy at 746 Books is hosting the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge again this year. As Cathy states, it’s the most relaxed reading challenge you’ll participate in (swap books out, change your target, do whatever). Continue reading
Things that are making me happy this week
01. Many elements of this graph. Continue reading
Reading Roulette
Cathy at 746 Books posted a Reading Roulette yesterday, noting that it had been four years since her last roulette post… And I thought that it had also been some time since readers had picked my next read. I checked. Also four years!
I’ve picked six books from the big stack next to my bed – what should I read next? Continue reading
Ten years, ten top books
It hadn’t occurred to me to make a list of my top ten books of the decade until I saw such lists popping up everywhere. Given that books, blogging and lists go together like sand and sea, it’s ridiculous that I haven’t been working on my list for months! Continue reading