Category Archives: Faber & Faber
Foster – Claire Keegan
When I spotted a copy of Claire Keegan’s ‘Foster’ in the library I instantly remembered that Claire of Paperback Reader had read it and really admired it a few years ago. At a mere 88 pages I decided that this would … Continue reading
Filed under Claire Keegan, Faber & Faber, Review
Family Values – Wendy Cope
Poetry? On Savidge Reads? Yes, you well might be shocked. I have to admit I am often left utterly bemused by poetry. I have never really got it. I’ve always found it a little pretentious. (Did I just hear someone … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2011, Faber & Faber, Poetry, Review, Wendy Cope
Gillespie and I – Jane Harris
‘Gillespie and I’, the long awaited second novel by Jane Harris, is both a readers dream and a book thought/reviewers nightmare. You see somehow I am going to have to (no really, you have to) make you read this and … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2011, Faber & Faber, Jane Harris, Review
Smut – Alan Bennett
One of the bonuses of having read so much (with all my hospital and recovery time of late) is that I have managed to get lots and lots of reading done and have lots of reviews at the ready. However … Continue reading
Filed under Alan Bennett, Books of 2011, Faber & Faber, Profile Books, Review
The Birth of Love – Joanna Kavenna
Isn’t it funny how the title of a book can put your off it a little? I have to admit that when I saw that Joanna Kavenna, an author I had prior heard very little about, was on the Orange … Continue reading
Filed under Faber & Faber, Joanna Kavenna, Orange Prize, Review
Cover Her Face – P.D. James
One of the crime authors I was going to ask your advice about yesterday was the author P.D. James. That was until I realised that actually I had one of her novels, indeed her debut in fact, ‘Cover Her Face’ … Continue reading
Filed under Faber & Faber, P.D. James, Review
Never Let Me Go – Kazuo Ishiguro
I’ve been mulling all things Savidge Reads and blog orientated of late and in doing so, though I haven’t quite finished, have decided that over the forthcoming months much more whim reading and pulling from the shelves and out of … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2010, Faber & Faber, Kazuo Ishiguro, Review
An Expert in Murder – Nicola Upson
I am sure there are some books that you have on your TBR piles which you mean to get round to reading for ages and ages yet for some reason, and despite the best intentions, the mood never quite takes … Continue reading
Filed under Faber & Faber, Nicola Upson, Review
The Scandalous Life of the Lawless Sisters – Philip Ardagh
Yesterday I mentioned that I was stuck in some kind of book slump /funk and that every book I seem to be picking up to hit the road with or read between each part of ‘The Passage’ is just not … Continue reading
Filed under Faber & Faber, Philip Ardagh, Review
A Life Like Other People’s – Alan Bennett
It seems timely when a certain book arrives and you are in just the mood to read it, which has happened with Alan Bennett’s most recent memoir ‘A Life Like Other People’s’. It has been a bit of a Bennett … Continue reading
Filed under Alan Bennett, Books of 2009, Faber & Faber, Profile Books, Review
Twilight – William Gay
We all have to admit that we can guilty of buying books for their covers, I know I am. My latest read Twilight by William Gay was one, though bizarrely when I used to work next door to the TLS … Continue reading
Filed under Faber & Faber, Review, William Gay
