Monthly Archives: April 2009
The Lesser of Two Bookish Evils
What I love about Booking Through Thursday is that it always makes me think. I generally end up waffling on (as I am sure I will do today) and find varying tangents to discuss. It makes me think out the … Continue reading
The Name of the Rose – Umberto Eco
So… the latest Savidge Reads Big Reads (nee Savidge Big Weekenders) and one which as I mentioned on Monday I very nearly came to give up on. However despite my initial struggles with The Name of the Rose by Umberto … Continue reading
Filed under Review, Umberto Eco, Vintage Classics
Maisie Dobbs & The Detective Series
After reading the first in the series of Patricia Cornwell’s Scarpetta Series Phenomenon I asked for you all too kindly recommend other detective series that I might find a treat. I didn’t realise there were publishers listening however it appears … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, John Murray Publishers
Thats What Friends Are For
Isn’t it odd how you can be given book advice from the people that you least expect? I know today should be my review of the Savidge Big Weekenders but once again I haven’t finished the book (are you all … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
The White Tiger – Aravind Adiga
Now I have decided with the Man Booker Winners that as I read them I am not going to compare them to what else was long listed and short listed that year which I might have read. I don’t actually … Continue reading
Filed under Aravind Adiga, Atlantic Books, Books of 2009, Man Booker, Review
Books for the new Budget…
Now I promise that I won’t go all political in this blog as that’s not really what it is about. However I did have an email a couple of weeks ago from someone who wishes to remain nameless who sent … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Offshore – Penelope Fitzgerald
I personally think that when you open a book that you know very little about and start to read it you give it a much fairer chance than you would a book that everyone has been raving about which I … Continue reading
Filed under Flamingo Books, Fourth Estate Books, Man Booker, Penelope Fitzgerald
The Winner Takes It All (Hummed in B Flat)
I completely and very rudely forgot to blog about a recent arrival (this blog could have lots of Abba connotations – for no reason – if I am not careful, blame a random Abba-fest on the iPod) here at Savidge … Continue reading
Filed under Mari Strachan
Why Do We Read?
Today’s question on Booking Through Thursday is a bit of a mammoth one and one I don’t know quite how to answer, so as usual I will probably go off at quite a tangent so apologies if so. The question … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
All Reading Is On Hold…
Until I have finished reading what I came home to find had been delivered today and what has now moved past everything on my TBR pile to climb straight to the top… Yes the new collection of Daphne Du Maurier … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Daphne Du Maurier
Memoirs of a Midet – Walter de la Mare
If it hadn’t been for the lovely people at Telegram Books emailing me to see if I would like to read any of their books then I would quite possibly have never read Memoirs of a Midget and yet it … Continue reading
Filed under Review, Telegram Books, Walter De La Mare
Getting To Know You
I dont do Meme’s very often but the lovely author David Llewellyn sent me this one on facebook, apparently he thinks I am a ‘literary geek’ which is quite flattering, so as running very short on time today to write … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Whoops… More Books
A few days ago I mentioned that myself and Jackie from Farmlanebooks were planning to read all the Man Booker winners. We still haven’t come up quite with the how’s and the when’s but one thing that we did do … Continue reading
Filed under Book Spree, Book Thoughts, Man Booker
Public Reads…
Now a fair while back at the beginning of March I did a blog about ‘Conversation’s About Books’ one I had overheard in a charity shop and the other on a tube. Rather than make you go all the way … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
