Monthly Archives: September 2011
September’s Incomings…
I have to admit I actually had to hunt around the whole house to check that my eyes weren’t deceiving me when it came to putting this month’s incoming books post together. I couldn’t quite believe the two very humble … Continue reading
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Discovering Daphne… A Reminder
Back in the month of June, which seems oddly much longer ago than it really was, the lovely Polly of Novel Insights and myself announced that we were going to be hosting ‘Discovering Daphne’ a whole month of Daphne Du … Continue reading
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Putting A Voice To The Face/Blog/Prize…
They normally say that its nice to put a face to the name, or a face to the voice or some such thing (pick that silly sentence apart at will, I am very tired) and as part of the Green … Continue reading
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The Green Carnation Prize Longlist 2011
Sorry I have been off blog for a few days. Brussels completely relaxed me, though I didnt get as much reading done as I would have liked, and then I have come back to the whirl of books and been … Continue reading
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Reading With Authors #8: At Swim, Two Boys – Jamie O’Neill; With SJ Watson
Firstly Steve thanks for coming all the way to Brussels to join me, especially after you’ve just been travelling to Oz and back. It was a very last minute work trip but I have found a nice quiet café … Continue reading
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J’adore Brussels…
I have not been in Brussels long, in fact not even half the time I’ll be here, yet I am already quite smitten. It’s a beautiful city (two people I know said it was dull… Wrong), the people are lovely, … Continue reading
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The Strangers Child – Alan Hollinghurst
I have been sitting on this review for months, well ok not literally sitting on it but certainly debating if I should put it up. I then thought, as I am out of the country, why not? You see my … Continue reading
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Savidge Reads Grills… Rebecca Makkai
With my Savidge Reads Grills guests I like to have authors, and their books, that I am really passionate about. Rebecca Makkai has become such an author since I read her delightful debut ‘The Borrower’ a few weeks ago. Easily … Continue reading
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Give Away… The Borrower – Rebecca Makkai
I don’t only like to share books I love with you by writing about them, when I can I also really like to give you the chance to win some of them too. Well, thanks to the lovely people at … Continue reading
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The Borrower – Rebecca Makkai
I really try to tone down and contain the amount of times I say ‘oh I’ve read the most amazing book, you must read it’ either on this blog or out in the real world. One such book is ‘The … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2011, Rebecca Makkai, Review, William Heinemann Books
Bookmarked Crime Night… The Report
Last week was the second Bookmarked Literary Salon and what a criminally good night it was. You all know how much I love a good crime novel so to have the legendary Val McDermid and wonderful debut novelist M.J. McGrath … Continue reading
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The Queen of Whale Cay – Kate Summerscale
I would like to pretend that after having read ‘The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher’ I had popped Kate Summerscale’s first non-fiction novel ‘The Queen of Whale Cay’ onto my to be read list. That wouldn’t be true. In fact for … Continue reading
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Reading With Authors #7: Even The Dogs – Jon McGregor; With Isabel Ashdown
Hello Isabel, welcome to the penultimate ‘Reading with Authors’ blog. After being in the snowy Arctic last week I thought we might settle in South Manchester again, though I apologise as you have driven quite a way and we … Continue reading
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Books by Belgians or Based In Brussels… Can you Help?
If all goes to plan I will be off to Brussels at the end of next week on a mini break (for work, so not so much of a break actually). That sounds more leisurely than it actually is as … Continue reading
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