Monthly Archives: June 2011
A Daphne Du Maurier Discovery
Though this might not be as earth shatteringly amazing as the woman who found some of Daphne Du Maurier’s lost short stories which became ‘The Doll’, I did have my own amazing Daphne Du Maurier moment the other day, well I … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Daphne Du Maurier, Discovering Daphne, Things In Books
June’s Incomings…
Yes yet another month has flown by and it’s that time when I ask for you thoughts on the books that have come through the letterbox, or snuck in hidden in my bag etc. I was thinking that it wasn’t … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Fiction Uncovered
A Room Swept White – Sophie Hannah
I have to say that I think this year above any other, well that I can think of, is the year where my taste buds for crime novels has been, erm, criminal. I can’t get enough! I have experimented with some … Continue reading
Filed under Hodder & Stoughton, Review, Sophie Hannah
Books as Art…
What are people’s thoughts on books as art? I ask this as recently one of my mancunian ‘arty’ friends recently made an installation in a Liverpool hospital featuring books encased on sealed shelves in the colonoscopy ward waiting room… I … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Random Savidgeness
The TV Book Club Summer Reads 2011
I realised I haven’t mentioned either the Richard and Judy Summer Reads or the TV Book Clubs summer selections. I did comment on Jackie of Farmlanebooks post about them saying if they had merged the two then it would be … Continue reading
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Purple Hibiscus – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Purple Hibiscus’, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s debut novel, is one I have been meaning to read ever since I was completely blown away by her Orange Prize Winning ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’. That book really took me by surprise, I … Continue reading
Filed under Book Group, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Harper Collins, Review
Cambridge, Books & Women’s Words
Well it’s just under 48 hours until I head to off to Lucy Cavendish College for ‘Women’s Word 2011’. I mentioned this a while ago to you all when I posted ‘Why Men Don’t Read Books By Women?’ a while ago (how … Continue reading
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There But For The – Ali Smith
I have had an interesting relationship with Ali Smith before leading up to reading ‘There But For The’. I really liked her last novel ‘The Accidental’ (pre-blogging days) though was also delightfully puzzled by it, I loved ‘Girl Meets Boy’ … Continue reading
Filed under Ali Smith, Books of 2011, Hamish Hamilton, Penguin Books, Review
Bookmarked… A New Northern Literary Salon
While I have been in and out, and in and out, and in and out of hospital, I have been planning and plotting, planning and plotting, and planning and plotting. One of the things that I noticed they didn’t really … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Bookmarked, Random Savidgeness
The Upright Piano Player – David Abbott
Well, it seems like if you hanker after some great debut fiction then the list of ‘The Culture Show’s 12 Debut Novelists’ is pretty much the ideal place to go because so far, apart from one which maybe I should try … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2011, David Abbott, Maclehose Publishing, Quercus Publishing, Review
Look At Me – Anita Brookner
You may remember that Thomas of ‘My Porch’ and myself are having a special day celebrating all things Anita Brookner. I decided I should get a few read in the lead up, and the first of those was ‘Look At … Continue reading
Filed under Anita Brookner, International Anita Brookner Day, Penguin Books, Review
Fancy Winning Some Brookner Books?
We are just slightly under a month away from International Anita Brookner Day on July 16th. If you are wondering just what it is, then pop here. For those of you who have yet to begin the very, very easy challenge … Continue reading
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Savidge Reads Grills… Sofi Oksanen
Someone was asking me the other day how I choose the authors for my ‘Savidge Reads Grills…’ and my response is that because this is a blog that’s about my personal reading life I only want the authors whose books … Continue reading
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