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
Tag Archives: Nick Richardson
Foodies Read 2014 Wrap-up
I just scraped in to complete the 2014 Foodies Read reading challenge, hosted by I’d Rather be at the Beach. Continue reading
Kitchen Table Memoirs by Nick Richardson
Nick Richardson, editor of Kitchen Table Memoirs, and I are in heated agreement – a house doesn’t really feel complete until the kitchen table is installed. My kitchen table – a honey-coloured Jarrah piece that comfortably seats eight (but can squeeze in 10 if you squash the littlies along the bench seat) – is where we eat breakfast and dinner everyday. I also study at the kitchen table; work there if I have something important or tricky to write; and sit there to read. I decided long ago not to be precious about the Jarrah – I’m not chopping vegetables on the tabletop but nor do I get my knickers in a twist if a bowl shunted from one end to the other is a bit scratchy. Continue reading
Six Degrees of Separation – from The Luminaries to Tony Hogan.
In 1929, Hungarian writer Frigyes Karinthy wrote a short story called Chains in which he coined the phrase six degrees of separation. Of course the 1993 film, Six Degrees of Separation, starring the incomparable Stockard Channing, cemented the phrase (and concept) into everyday parlance. Based on the concept of six degrees of separation, Emma Chapman and Annabel Smith created a neat meme, where bloggers share links between books, in six moves.
This month, the chain begins with The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton. I haven’t read it and my reason is pathetic – it’s just such a big book and I’ve done a few big books of late. That said, it is on my reading list (propping up the chunky end along with Harry Quebert). But the beauty of this meme is that having read the book is not a prerequisite. Continue reading