Monthly Archives: November 2009
Another Sensational Shuffle
You may have noticed that yesterday I didn’t do a Sensation Sunday as part of the Sensation Season. Well blame The Converted One! It’s not as dramatic as it sounds but with the big ’three o’ for The Converted One being today … Continue reading
Filed under Sensation Novels
The Year of the Flood – Margaret Atwood
I have been meaning to read Margaret Atwood’s latest novel The Year of The Flood for ages. I don’t know exactly why it took me so long to get around to opening the first few pages. I think part of … Continue reading
Filed under Bloomsbury Publishing, Books of 2009, Margaret Atwood, Review
The Book Buying Ban… The Update (Part II)
Only earlier this week I mentioned that though it was in many ways painful and was taking some serious avoidance my month of no book buying hasn’t been quite as difficult as I thought it would. This is both thanks … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
Yes, yes, I know I have always been completely scornful of the Twilight Saga but hear me out before you judge me! I actually initially read Twilight back in 2008 and as you can see from my thoughts at the … Continue reading
Filed under Little Brown Publishing, Review, Stephenie Meyer
Books of 2009… A Teaser
I have to say I don’t normally do something like this during a blogging year. Instead I normally do a Savidge Reads Dozen (thirteen though like the Man Booker) Top Reads at the end of the year here is last … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Books of 2009
Little Boy Lost – Marghanita Laski
If there is a Persephone Classic that I think I have heard the most about it of course would be Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (which I still haven’t read though I will) because of the film. However if … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Marghanita Laski, Persephone Books, Review
Lady Into Fox – David Garnett
I pulled this book down from a random shelf in a great library binge. Partly because of the intriguing ‘Lady Into Fox’ title and then I saw the cover and fell in love with it. I have always been a … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, David Garnett, Hesperus Press, Review
The Woman in White – Wilkie Collins
It is always a slight worry that if you re-read a favourite novel, and The Woman in White is indeed one of my favourites, then you may just not love it as much as you did the first time and … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Penguin Classics, Review, Sensation Novels, Wilkie Collins
Bit of a Book Catastrophe
There has been a bit of a drama at Savidge Reads Towers in the last 24 hours as with some unscheduled rain we have had some what of a leak. To illustrate the point I am using this picture (I can’t actually … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts
Book Groups… The Good & The Bad
Firstly before I go any further what-so-ever I wanted to just say that I don’t claim to be an authority on Book Groups. The posts that I have been doing on them are simply my opinions and experiences of Book … Continue reading
Filed under Book Group, Book Thoughts, Give Away
The Body in the Library – Agatha Christie
I realised that actually The Body in the library isn’t the second Miss Marple written by Agatha Christie after I picked it up from my Christie post the other day. I also realised I have completely broken my ‘read things … Continue reading
Filed under Agatha Christie, Harper Collins, Review
Books for Book Groups…
After my previous post on a few things Book Group orientated and The Riverside Readers I said that I would come back with a post on my personal top Book Group reads as well as discussing my top Book Group … Continue reading
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