20 Books of Summer (except that it’s Winter)

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Andrew Ridgeley, Ann Napolitano, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀, Craig Brown, Curtis Sittenfeld, Elizabeth Strout, Frances Cha, Jenny Odell, Jess Hill, Kate Atkinson, Kathleen MacMahon, Laura Freeman, Liz Moore, Meg Mason, Naomi Wood, Paek Nam-Nyong, Pip Williams, reading challenge, Sigrid Nunez, Taffy Brodesser-Akner May 31, 2020

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 →

Reading Roulette

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with campus-lit, Doug Dorst, historical, J.J. Abrams, Kate Atkinson, Laura Freeman, library, memoir, Naomi Wood, nineties, Sigrid Nunez, Taffy Brodesser-Akner April 9, 2020

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 →

A Year of Sample Saturdays 2018

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Amy Kaufman, Caitriona Lally, Chloe Benjamin, Craig Brown, Gwendoline Riley, Hermione Hoby, Jon Ronson, Kristen Iskandrian, Laura Freeman, Leslie Jamison, Ottessa Moshfegh, Patricia Lockwood, Roger Deakin, Rose Tremain, Sample Saturday, Tayari Jones December 22, 2018

I’ve read 93 Kindle samples this year – downloading sample chapters is better than impulse buying books… I think. Of the 93 I’ve read, I’ve said ‘yes’ to 44. Of those that I’ve said yes to, five I now own and one I’ve read. Continue reading →

Sample Saturday – a memoir, a cure, and a tycoon

Posted by Kate W in Book vs Film, Non-fiction, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with film, J. D. Vance, John Pearson, Laura Freeman, memoir, movie, Sample Saturday March 10, 2018

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. Continue reading →