Six Degrees of Separation – from True History to Amy’s Children

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with Bernhard Schlink, Dymphna Cusack, epistolary, Florence James, Frances Cha, Meg Mason, Michelle Zauner, Ocean Vuong, Olga Masters, Peter Carey, Six Degrees of Separation, Women's Prize for Fiction May 7, 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 →

My Latest Listens

Posted by Kate W in Non-fiction and tagged with 2022, American, Argentina, audiobook, Chris Luke, Colm Toibin, grief-lit, Irish, Korean, LGBTIQ, memoir, Michelle Zauner April 25, 2022

Life in Trauma by Dr. Chris Luke Continue reading →

Sample Saturday – three about families

Posted by Kate W in Non-fiction, Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with foodie fiction, LGBTIQ, memoir, Michelle Zauner, Nadia Owusu, Sample Saturday, Torrey Peters January 8, 2022

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, all three come from Vogue’s list The Best Books to Read in 2021. Continue reading →

The Top 57 from the Best Books of 2021 List of Lists

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2021, Akwaeke Emezi, Amor Towles, Anthony Doerr, Anthony Veasna So, Ashley C. Ford, book list, Brandon Hobson, Brandon Taylor, Brian Broome, Casey Mcquiston, Chang-Rae Lee, Claire Vaye Watkins, Clint Smith, Colm Toibin, Colson Whitehead, Damon Galgut, Dantiel W. Moniz, Dawn Turner, Dawnie Walton, Elizabeth Kolbert, Elizabeth Strout, Francis Spufford, Gabriela Garcia, Gary Shteyngart, Hanif Abdurraqib, Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Imbolo Mbue, Jason Mott, Joan Didion, Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Jonathan Franzen, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Katie Kitamura, Kazuo Ishiguro, Kirstin Quade, Lauren Groff, Lauren Oyler, Louise Erdrich, Maggie Shipstead, Melissa Broder, Michelle Zauner, Nadia Owusu, Patricia Engel, Patricia Lockwood, Patrick Radden Keefe, Qian Julie Wang, Rachel Cusk, Richard Powers, Rivka Galchen, Robert Jones Jr, S. Cosby, Sally Rooney, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Tiya Miles, Torrey Peters, Tove Ditlevsen, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Zakiya Dalila Harris December 20, 2021

Presenting the 2021 Commonly-Agreed-by-the-People-Who-Publish-Best-of-2021-Book-Lists-Before-December-31 top 57 books.

(This is my annual community service to book-bloggers – a list of the books that appear most frequently on the 45 lists that I listed on Best Books of 2021 – A List of Lists – enjoy!). Continue reading →