835 ratings | 43 reviews | avg rating:4.14

more photos (1)

Kate’s Year In Books

Kate’s 2025 Year in Books

Take a look at Kate’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.

Go to Kate’s 2025 Year in Books

Kate Garrett’s Followers (60)

Kate’s Bookshelves

to-read (1)
currently-reading (26)
read (871)
did-not-finish (0)
folklore-and-mythology (3)
mine (8)
non-fiction (9)
other (0)
pirates-and-maritime-history (1)
poetry (39)
See all bookshelves »

Kate’s Friends (366)

Ryan

795 books | 353 friends

lapeaufoule

313 books | 72 friends

Luke Worthy

1,450 books | 107 friends

Rebecca

237 books | 44 friends

Clio Velentza

1,369 books | 172 friends

Justin Tate

2,099 books | 4,859 friends

Caz

14,924 books | 419 friends

Warren

2,578 books | 66 friends

More friends…

2026 Reading Challenge

2026

READING

CHALLENGE

Kate Garrett has read 18 of 46 books.

39%

Kate Garrett

Goodreads Author

Born

June 22, 1980

Website

http://www.kategarrettwrites.co.uk

Twitter

mskateybelle

Genre

Poetry, Nonfiction, Spirituality

Influences

Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, Jack Kerouac, Sharon Olds, Gary Sn ...more

Member Since

October 2011

URL

https://www.goodreads.com/kategarrett

edit data

Kate is a writer, mama, and witch who plays tabor & bodhran, is obsessed with history & folklore, reads tarot, makes things, keeps fish, does whatever the cat says, and haunts 800 year old churches.

Learn more
Ask the Author

To ask Kate Garrett questions, please sign up.

Combine Editions
Kate Garrett’s books

Average rating: 4.75 · 144 ratings · 36 reviews · 51 distinct works

	The Saint of Milk and Flames 4.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2019	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	This Body I Live In (Slim Volume #3) by Kate Garrett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Liz Hedgecock (Goodreads Author), Michele Brenton (Goodreads Author) 4.86 avg rating — 14 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	losing interest in the sound of petrichor it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Density of Salt 4.80 avg rating — 10 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deadly, Delicate it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	To Feed My Woodland Bones [A Changeling's Tale] 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Love Lost (Slim Volume #1) by Kate Garrett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Liz Hedgecock (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Michele Brenton (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bewitched (The Pankhearst Singles Club #6) 4.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You've never seen a doomsday like it it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Full Moon & Foxglove: An Anthology of Witches & Witchcraft by Kate Garrett (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Becca Goodin (Editor), Grant Tarbard (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Kate Garrett…

1 post
Kate Garrett's Blog: a butterfly, pausing...

'Splice the mainbrace' - a poem for Talk Like a Pirate Day

Hi People of Goodreads.

I've never used my blog on this site before, but it's Talk Like a Pirate Day, and I'm working on a book of pirate poems (very much for adults), Decked in Jackstays, which will be published by Pankhearst sometime in 2016.

So I decided to share around an unpublished poem from that collection, 'Splice the mainbrace' (which is 18th century - or thereabouts - nautical slang, calli Read more of this blog post »

3 likes · Like • 1 comment • flag

Published on September 19, 2015 04:50 • Tags: historical-fiction, kate-garrett, pirates, poem, poetry, rum, talk-like-a-pirate-day, writing

Kate is Currently Reading

Kate Garrett is currently reading

A Room Called Earth

by Madeleine Ryan (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 11, 2026 01:33AM

Kate Garrett is currently reading

The Book of Witching

by C.J. Cooke (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 08, 2026 11:16PM

Kate Garrett is currently reading

The Scapegoat

by Daphne du Maurier

bookshelves: currently-reading

Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Jul 06, 2026 11:06PM

rss
Kate’s Recent Updates

Kate Garrett is currently reading A Room Called Earth by Madeleine Ryan (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 11, 2026 01:33AM · like
Kate Garrett is currently reading The Book of Witching by C.J. Cooke (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 08, 2026 11:16PM · like
Kate Garrett is currently reading The Scapegoat by Daphne du Maurier	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 06, 2026 11:06PM · like
Kate Garrett is currently reading I'll Never Be Young Again by Daphne du Maurier	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 06, 2026 11:04PM · like
Kate Garrett rated a book really liked it Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 06, 2026 07:04AM · like
Kate Garrett rated a book it was amazing The King's General by Daphne du Maurier	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jul 02, 2026 06:27AM · 1 like · like
Kate Garrett is currently reading THE PLAYS OF J. M. BARRIE: PETER PAN. by J.M. Barrie	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 30, 2026 12:07PM · 1 like · like
Kate Garrett is currently reading The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 30, 2026 12:05PM · 1 like · like
Kate Garrett rated a book really liked it Gone to Earth by Mary Webb	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 26, 2026 07:29AM · like
Kate Garrett is currently reading Ordinary Saints by Niamh Ni Mhaoileoin	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Jun 15, 2026 11:17PM · like

More of Kate's books…

Kate’s Quotes

“There's no such thing as perfect writing, just like there's no such thing as perfect despair.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hear the Wind Sing

tags: despair, insightful, writing

473 likes

“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.”
― Albert Camus

tags: civilization, writers, writing

2096 likes

“I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.”
― Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

tags: life, navigation

39349 likes

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus

tags: attributed-no-source, happiness, meaning-of-life

14092 likes

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
― Albert Camus

tags: autumn

2843 likes

More of Kate’s quotes…