Kate's Book Nook

02/02/2025

Since tomorrow is Groundhog Day, let’s settle this debate! 😂

07/31/2024

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07/31/2024

Do you ever go through a reading drought? I’ve been reading WAY less this year than normal. I’d usually have read 40 or more books by this point in the year, but I’m at fewer than 20.

I’ve replaced a lot of my book time with phone time. I don’t feel bad about that per se, but I think it’s not great for my mental health. Reading has always been one of my simple joys. I need to get back!

07/01/2024

Whatcha reading? I finished Winston Chu Vs. the Whimsies yesterday, and started Hook’s Daughter this morning.

06/21/2024

Phones had dials and curly cords.

06/20/2024

How are you keeping cool during the heatwave? I’ve got my iced coffee on deck, and I’m staying inside.

06/20/2024

Any travel plans for the summer? My travel will be in my imagination via books 📖

12/29/2023

Sounds about right.

12/29/2023

Have you seen this yet? The edits crack me up!

You’ve heard of Elf on the Shelf, now here’s…

(EDIT: This post has reached our friends across the pond and confused some people. So, in the UK (where this character was created), we call this elusive fellow ‘Wally’, not ‘Waldo’. There’s your clue…)

(SECOND EDIT: in the UK we call a device for wheeling and transporting books about a ‘trolley’, not a ‘cart’. It’s almost as if we’re located in England 😅)

(THIRD EDIT: Dear people not in the UK. It seems this post has gone beyond our little island. We are a library based in Norfolk, England. In the UK he is called Wally. In the UK he is on a trolley. He is a Wally on a Trolley. Wally and Trolley rhyme, and the joke makes sense to almost 70 million people. Also the author is English, and he was called Wally first. Thank you for coming to our TED talk, thank you for all the comments 😂)

(FOURTH and hopefully final EDIT: Australia and New Zealand have joined the chat and are pro-Wally and Trolley. Shoutouts to our buddies in Ireland too. It’s been genuinely hilarious going through the replies, there are too many comments to keep up with (I mean technically admin is still on Christmas leave), so all we’ll say is PLEASE keep comments nice and civil in this increasingly important and topical debate. It’s just for fun, and we love you whether you think this is Wally, Waldo, Charlie, Walter, Holger, Vallu - whatever. We’re just pleased our boss is going to be delighted with the engagement numbers 😂)