Monthly Archives: January 2011
Damp Books… Help!
I have something of an urgent call for help for all of you book lovers out there, so do please read on and recommend away as you know how much it means especially in a state of a small but … Continue reading
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The Passion of New Eve – Angela Carter
I am sure you will have all heard of and popped by and seen all the posts surrounding ‘Virago Reading Week’ which the lovely Rachel of Book Snob and Carolyn of A Few Of My Favourite Things have organised. Initially … Continue reading
Filed under Angela Carter, Review, Virago Books
January’s Incomings…
I haven’t done a post on the latest incomings at Savidge Reads for quite a while. In part because my new temporary HQ didn’t seem to get any post for a while, and then it got deluged which was lovely, … Continue reading
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Wide Sargasso Sea – Jean Rhys
I think my favourite book of last year has to have been ‘Jane Eyre’ such an incredible read that every time I have seen a review of it or talked about it since I have wanted to open the book … Continue reading
Filed under Jean Rhys, Penguin Books, Penguin Classics, Review
Bookshops I Love; Simply Books
I haven’t really had a chance to get out and about quite as much as I would have liked of late what. However in between docs appointments, hospitals visits and generally feeling rubbish I did manage to find a bookish … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Bookshops I Love
Caribou Island – David Vann
You may remember that back in 2009 I read a wonderful debut work (I say work because it was a mix of short stories and a novella and yet some thought was a novel) by the author David Vann. When … Continue reading
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Funny But Substantial Fiction – The Prose Practice
The other dayI received some direct messages from Twitter all the way from Austin, Texas which were asking for some reading suggestions, and as I was both slightly stumped and intrigued in the idea of such a genre I thought I would … Continue reading
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A New TV Book Show…
A very quick post between lots of pre-scheduled posts (which are proving invaluable between doctors appointments, hospital visits and generally feeling rather rubbish) as I wanted to share a link with you that made me feel very happy when reading … Continue reading
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Truth or Fiction – Jennifer Johnston
I don’t know about all of you but I do think Sundays should be quite a restful day, maybe lots of reading in bed and pottering around? So instead of doing my book thoughts in order of what I have … Continue reading
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Young Adult, Teen & Crossover Fiction…
I think it’s quite well documented here on Savidge Reads that I have a few little glitches in my personal reading taste; the last one I mentioned was of course audio books. Non-Fiction used to be a real issue, yet … Continue reading
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Blaming – Elizabeth Taylor
I have been told by many a friend and reader of this blog that I ‘simply must read Elizabeth Taylor’. You can call me slow on the uptake but until I had done some research the only Elizabeth Taylor that … Continue reading
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Presumptions, Assumptions & Hype
Book group this week has really got me thinking. You see when I started the latest choice ‘Water For Elephants’ my expectations for the novel were rather low, and so when I had finished it and really enjoyed it I … Continue reading
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Water For Elephants – Sara Gruen
I bought a copy of ‘Water For Elephants’ a few years ago after having heard lots of acclaim for it all over the place on its initial release and not really having taken its premise in. The idea of a … Continue reading
Filed under Hodder & Stoughton, Review, Sara Gruen
