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Kathryn’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Kathryn’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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Kathryn Betts Adams
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Book Giveaway
Thanks to the many who entered the Giveaway for a signed copy of my memoir, The Pianist's Only Daughter! I have just received the names and addresses of the winners and will be mailing them their copies by Tuesday.
Those who didn't win, I hope you'll give the book another look and I invite you to consider ordering it on Kindle or in paperback.
The Pianist's Only Daughter: A Memoir
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Those who didn't win, I hope you'll give the book another look and I invite you to consider ordering it on Kindle or in paperback.
The Pianist's Only Daughter: A Memoir
Read more of this blog post »
Kathryn’s Recent Updates
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Kathryn Betts Adams
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Group 392. In This World - Mod Gene
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Hi - my 3rd round review of Amor Fati by Zoe Collins is on Goodreads:
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Kathryn Betts Adams
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"I really enjoyed Beyond the Fetters. Earthy and Dolly’s stories are raw and grounded in real struggles with family, tradition, and identity. The journal entries added a deeper emotional layer, which I loved. Moments such as “Detachment is a mere word"
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| I will not recap the plot of Heartwood here, as many reviewers have already done so. I will say that I found Amity Gaige's writing to be beautiful, lyrical and moving, and the book as a whole to be beautifully and artfully structured. This is a piece ...more | |
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Kathryn Betts Adams
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2 other people
liked
Balroop Singh's review
of
Winter Journeys: A Novel of Music and Memory:
"Winter Journeys is not just the journey of the protagonist; it poignantly connects with Winterreise and the 24 songs that were composed by Franz Schubert. The way moments of the present and the past merge in this story, bringing memories and the pain"
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Kathryn Betts Adams
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2 other people
liked
Gene Kendall's review
of
The Pianist's Only Daughter: A Memoir:
"THE PIANIST’S ONLY DAUGHTER by Kathryn Betts Adams is an honest and moving memoir that covers an uncomfortable topic most of us will eventually face. I’ll note at the beginning that the cover – reminiscent of clean, mid-century 1950s graphic design –"
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Kathryn Betts Adams
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| This is a lovely but unusual book, a novel that deeply explores a German song cycle. It happens that I love Schubert's "Die Winterreise" song cycle with poetry by Wilhelm Muller, and even used part of it in my own memoir, so I was particularly drawn ...more | |
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Kathryn Betts Adams
rated a book it was amazing
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| This is a lovely but unusual book, a novel that deeply explores a German song cycle. It happens that I love Schubert's "Die Winterreise" song cycle with poetry by Wilhelm Muller, and even used part of it in my own memoir, so I was particularly drawn ...more | |
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Thank you for such a detailed, thoughtful and kind review! ~KBA
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| Review Group: * Group 373. General - Mod. Trish | 230 | 77 | Mar 06, 2025 01:08PM | |
| Review Group: Group 392. In This World - Mod Gene | 122 | 70 | 6 hours, 2 min ago |
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