The Top 47 from the Best Books of 2017 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2017, Alan Hollinghurst, Ali Smith, Angie Thomas, Anthony Horowitz, Ariel Levy, Arundhati Roy, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀, book list, Carmen Maria Machado, Catherine Lacey, Celeste Ng, Claire Messud, Dan Chaon, Elif Batuman, Elizabeth Strout, Gabriel Tallent, George Saunders, Hari Kunzru, James McBride, Jami Attenberg, Jeff Vandermeer, jennifer egan, Jesym Ward, Jon McGregor, Jonathan Dee, Joshua Ferris, Julie Buntin, Kamila Shamsie, Katherine Heiny, Katie Kitamura, Lesley Nneka Arimah, Lidia Yuknavitch, Lisa Ko, Min Jin Lee, Mohsin Hamid, Naomi Alderman, Nicole Krauss, Omar El Akkad, Ottessa Moshfegh, Paul Auster, Rachel Khong, Roxane Gay, Sally Rooney, Samantha Schweblin, Sarah Perry, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Zinzi Clemmons December 10, 2017

This is my community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on all of the lists (32 of them) I listed on Best Books of 2017 – A List of Lists.

So here it is, the 2017 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2017-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 47 books. Continue reading →

Sample Saturday – the short stories about women edition

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with book jackets, Helen Ellis, Katherine Heiny, Sample Saturday, Sara Taylor, short story February 6, 2016

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.

The Shore by Sara Taylor Continue reading →

Sample Saturday – a psychic, infidelity and a deserted island

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with David Mitchell, Katherine Heiny, Sample Saturday, Scarlett Thomas, short story March 14, 2015

The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell

Why I have it: Because it’s on #ALLTHELISTS (including this one). Continue reading →