Author Archives: Kate, Associate Editor

About Kate, Associate Editor

Kate loves traveling (and books about traveling), watching "Doctor Who" and reading anything by Tana French and Kelly Link.

From "A Million" to "Number Four"

If you read James Frey’s much-contested memoir, A Million Little Pieces, or his followup novel, Bright Shiny Morning, and thought to yourself, This guy should be writing young adult books!—well, you were way ahead of me. But indeed, Frey and … Continue reading

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What We're Reading Wednesday

Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby September 2009, Riverhead Three members of my family gave copies of Barbara Kingsolver’s The Lacuna for Christmas gifts this year; I had to borrow back the copy I’d given my mom in order to finish … Continue reading

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Fantastic Fantastic Mr. Fox

I went out to see Fantastic Mr. Fox last night, and I am happy to report that it is, in fact, fantastic. The animation is lively and unusual, and the script is full of grace notes and genuinely funny moments, … Continue reading

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A new network of Novellers

The Onion has another brilliant idea: Noveller, the social networking site that allows users to post novels to all their friends and followers throughout the day. “You know, before we came up with Noveller, we had all these friends creating … Continue reading

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What We're Reading Wednesday

Blackout by Connie Willis February 2010, Spectra Eileen, Polly and Mike are historians at Oxford in 2060, where a time-travel machine can send researchers into the past to study history as it happens. Eileen is observing the children evacuated to … Continue reading

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An energetic book event

Last night I went to a book release event for a new book about America’s relationship with energy—a subject near to my heart after spending the last few (unseasonably cold) weeks without heat in my apartment. The book is Power … Continue reading

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A Year (or 52) in the Life

As a new addition to the BookPage staff, I’m trying to familiarize myself with as many new and recent books as I can. One of the books that caught my eye is an advance copy of Robyn Okrant’s Living Oprah: … Continue reading

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