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Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2026, Daniel Kehlmann, gin, holidays, International Booker Prize, longlist, Matteo Melchiorre, Olga Ravn, swimming, television March 1, 2026

01. It’s the holiday edition! All I’ve done for nine days is sit on the beach and read books. I commented to a friend that I feel very fortunate that my ‘happy place’ is relatively simple to achieve. Continue reading →

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Things That Are Making Me Happy This Week

Posted by Kate W in Stuff and Nonsense and tagged with 2026, Austrian, book group, cooking, holidays, Melbourne, music, Olga Ravn, reading challenge, television, Truman Capote February 1, 2026

01. They’ve planted a meadow at the Convent. It’s small but lovely. Continue reading →

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The Wax Child by Olga Ravn

Posted by Kate W in Fiction and tagged with 2026, Arthur Miller, book group, book review, Danish, fiction, Hannah Kent, historical, Olga Ravn, review, translated January 28, 2026

It’s been a while since I’ve had a reading experience as visceral as what I had when I read Olga Ravn’s The Wax Child. Continue reading →

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