I could write a long boring list of excuses as to why it has taken me so long to...

I don't know what I was expecting – normally New Yorker profiles are illuminating in their sheer length and...

My sister bought this for a friend, but made the mistake of leaving it at my house so it...

  via the book inscriptions project An interesting question, and an interesting article by Amanda Katz for NPR on the subject...

Marriage, sweet marriage... Actually 12 years, for me – coincidentally – but who's counting. Meanwhile for book club we...

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An edible cookbook, a book that glows in the dark and a book that has to be destroyed before...

While not much liking either, I marginally prefer the US cover to the UK, so that's what I'm posting...

We might be a bunch of nice middle-class folk with sensible jobs, but maybe inside every WhatKatyRead member is...

'If we're going to go through all the trouble of making a bookshop, then why not make the atmosphere...

Life is filled with tiny mysteries. But what did WhatKatyRead make of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by...

Sweet,...

'He already knew he could coach. All you had to do was look at each of your players and...

Some beautiful book plates: and my...

If you recognize this formula then you probably don't need to read Whoops! by John Lanchester. At WhatKatyRead this...

I was just in Paris for a few days, and saw a great exhibition on Latin American photography books,...

Favourite US literary mag The Believer now have a...

A trip to east London yesterday when I spent the day working on a new book project at my...

Poor James Thackara, Philip Hensher really hated The Book of Kings. It's an old review, but I came...

Oh my, this must have taken them a long time to make. Sadly I can't just pop round to...

A Christmas-present from my sister-in-law Emily who turns out to be one of Peter Jensen's muses. Not surprising, really,...

Very sad to hear of the death of Eve Arnold, although peacefully in your sleep at 99 after a...

Mostly post consists of bank statements and uninviting things like insurance renewal reminders, so it's a treat, is it...

Interesting perspective from Geoff Dyer on Julian Barnes's Sense of an Ending in December's New York Times Book Review...

From Paul...

Confessions was recommended by Sally for our December read. I have a confession to make myself, which is that...

Motherhood I'd have to say is a relentlessly unglamorous business. You're tired and preoccupied most of the time, quite...

It's not always straightforward finding the magazines that I like, so quite often fat envelopes appear in the mailbox...