Category Archives: Granny Savidge Reads

May 7, 2012

This Could Be Where It All Started…

Today I visited a bookshop in Southport that, if the Savidges could dish them out, should have a blue plaque above the door for services to readers and reading… The reason for this is that ‘Broadhursts of Southport’ was were … Continue reading →

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October 15, 2011

It’s Granny Savidge Reads 70th Today…

I thought you would all like to join in wishing her a very Happy Birthday. I will be seeing her today so will pass the wishes on (she might be cross I have told you all her age but I can live with … Continue reading →

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July 16, 2011

Granny Savidge Reads… On Anita Brookner

“I liked Hotel du Lac, I think I would appreciate it more now, . [After taking it off her shelves] Ooh did it win the Man Booker Prize… In fact maybe I should re-read it soon… I saw her once … Continue reading →

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September 15, 2010

The Lacuna – Barbara Kingsolver (Reviewed by Granny Savidge)

As many of you may or may not know I tried (really hard) and failed with The Orange Prize winning ‘The Lacuna’ by Barbara Kingsolver earlier in the year. I was actually quite narked at myself initially because I hate to … Continue reading →

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May 17, 2010

Granny Savidge Reads (The First Column)

Oh dear! As my late, lamented mother-in-law would say. As in ‘We are going to France for two weeks Mother’- oh dear… or ‘we are buying a new  washing machine, Mother’, Oh dear! What has this to do with a … Continue reading →

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