Design: unusual books
ReviewsAn edible cookbook, a book that glows in the dark and a book that has to be destroyed before...
Book Club: Crooked Letter Crooked Letter
ReviewsWhile not much liking either, I marginally prefer the US cover to the UK, so that's what I'm posting...
Book Club: Just Kids by Patti Smith
ReviewsWe might be a bunch of nice middle-class folk with sensible jobs, but maybe inside every WhatKatyRead member is...
Bookshops: Tsutaya
Reviews'If we're going to go through all the trouble of making a bookshop, then why not make the atmosphere...
Book Club: The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
ReviewsLife is filled with tiny mysteries. But what did WhatKatyRead make of The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet by...
Books: The Art of Fielding
Reviews'He already knew he could coach. All you had to do was look at each of your players and...
Books: Paris vs New York
ReviewsNot yet published here in the UK, but I'm sure it will be all the rage when it does...
Book Club: Whoops!
ReviewsIf you recognize this formula then you probably don't need to read Whoops! by John Lanchester. At WhatKatyRead this...
Paris, Le Bal
ReviewsI was just in Paris for a few days, and saw a great exhibition on Latin American photography books,...
Book lovers
ReviewsA trip to east London yesterday when I spent the day working on a new book project at my...
‘Couldn’t write “bum” on a wall’…
ReviewsPoor James Thackara, Philip Hensher really hated The Book of Kings. It's an old review, but I came...
The Joy of Books
ReviewsOh my, this must have taken them a long time to make. Sadly I can't just pop round to...
Books: Peter Jensen
ReviewsA Christmas-present from my sister-in-law Emily who turns out to be one of Peter Jensen's muses. Not surprising, really,...
Eve Arnold
ReviewsVery sad to hear of the death of Eve Arnold, although peacefully in your sleep at 99 after a...
Things to read: a box full of books
ReviewsMostly post consists of bank statements and uninviting things like insurance renewal reminders, so it's a treat, is it...
Sense of an Ending debate
ReviewsInteresting perspective from Geoff Dyer on Julian Barnes's Sense of an Ending in December's New York Times Book Review...
What Katy Read Review of the Year
Reviews2011 was a busy year for What Katy Read in terms of fitting it in around new baby Emiko....
Book Club: Confessions of an English Opium Eater
ReviewsConfessions was recommended by Sally for our December read. I have a confession to make myself, which is that...
Things to read: MilK
ReviewsMotherhood I'd have to say is a relentlessly unglamorous business. You're tired and preoccupied most of the time, quite...
Things to read: Frankie
ReviewsIt's not always straightforward finding the magazines that I like, so quite often fat envelopes appear in the mailbox...
BOOK CLUB: The Sense of an Ending
ReviewsAs expected, lots of good discussion on The Sense of an Ending last night at book club. Reviews and...
Books: Fiction or Non-Fiction?
ReviewsVery good and thought-provoking article by Zoe Williams in The Guardian on Saturday. Do we grow out of reading...
Newspapers: The End of Print?
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Like most people who love to read I've always been fond of newspapers. There's something calm and reassuring about...
Book Club: Burley Cross Postbox Theft
ReviewsLenka and Michael are artists who plan to send every household in the world a handwritten letter. They've sent...
Books: Hungry Hearts and Other Stories
ReviewsLuckily for this blog I'm not the only Katie in What Katy Read. Katie Arscott joined us a few...