Monthly Archives: July 2011
Reading With Authors 2011
Back in February (I am surprised it was this long ago) I mentioned the fact that after having loved doing the Not The TV Book Group I fancied doing it again, sadly the other hosts weren’t sure what they could commit … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Reading With Authors 2011
July’s Incomings…
I decided that after seeing all of your thoughts and responses on incoming posts, and discovering that you like them, I would carry on doing them monthly. However what has changed is the way I deal with books that have arrived. … Continue reading
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The Baker Street Phantom – Fabrice Bourland
There was quite a lot of buzz when ‘The Baker Street Phantom’ by Fabrice Bourland came out last year. I remember seeing posters for it absolutely everywhere in London and being intrigued by the idea of a supernatural 1930’s twist … Continue reading
Filed under Fabrice Bourland, Gallic Books, Review
Forgetting Zoe – Ray Robinson
Fictional stories of child abductions have become more prevalent in books in the last few years, as has the device of writing from children’s perspectives in these novels (such as in ‘Room’) or in other ‘current topics’ (I am thinking … Continue reading
Filed under Ray Robinson, Review, William Heinemann Books
The Green Carnation Prize is One Today…
A very brief post, as I am ironically in the depths of Green Carnation Prize reading (we have probably had at least double what we did and there are many more still coming), to say that The Green Carnation Prize … Continue reading
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Wait For Me! – Deborah Devonshire
There are certain books you have high expectations of which fall short of what you hoped for, and then there are those books that utterly exceed what you could ever have wished. ‘Wait for Me!’ the memoirs of Deborah Devonshire … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2011, Deborah Devonshire, John Murray Publishers, Non Fiction, Review
We Love This Book
If you are visiting Savidge Reads, be it on a return visit or just by the joys of a search engine or two, the chance is that you like books. So when a new little something bookish is brought to … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Random Savidgeness
Savidge Reads Gets Criminally Star Struck
As I mentioned on my book giveaway post this week it has been a funny old one. Some of it has been a bit rubbish for various reasons but there was one HUGE highlight. I found out quite randomly that … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Random Savidgeness, SJ Watson, Tess Gerritsen
Guess Where I’ve Been… And Win Some Books
It’s been a funny old week so apologies for the unusual quiet on Savidge Reads. But lets not go into detail… It did start (if weeks start on Saturdays) with a real treat as I was having some quiet respite … Continue reading
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Bookmarked Literary Salon Launches… It’s ‘Debut Night’
I have been desperate to tell you all about this for weeks and weeks, but until everything was signed, sealed and sorted I didn’t want to jinx it. So excuse the slight self promotion as I bring you the exciting … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Bookmarked Literary Salon, Sarah Winman, SJ Watson
Car Boot Books
There is a great British tradition in the UK simply known as the ‘car boot’. Many a time in my childhood I would head off, in the earliest hours of the morning, with my Grandad ‘Bongy’ to go and sell … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Random Savidgeness
