Category Archives: Jonathan Cape Publishers
The Night Bookmobile – Audrey Niffenegger
If anyone is ever going through a reading funk, which I had been of late if I am honest, then the first book that I would recommend for them as a prescription and possible cure would have to be ‘The … Continue reading
Luka and the Fire of Life – Salman Rushdie
I had been meaning to read another Salman Rushdie for ages, ever since I read and was shocked by how much I loved ‘Midnight’s Children’ some time ago, yet I promptly didn’t read anything else, and yet I seem to … Continue reading
Annabel – Kathleen Winter
Sometimes the only way you can describe the effect that a book has on you is to say you were bowled over and that is exactly how I felt when I had turned the last page of ‘Annabel’ the debut … Continue reading
The London Train – Tessa Hadley
I am going to do something today that I really tend not to do. Mind you when I asked you all for your feedback on Savidge Reads moving forward (and do feel free to fill in the form if you … Continue reading
Tamara Drewe – Posy Simmonds
I so, so, so wanted to go and see the ‘Tamara Drewe’ film when it came out earlier this year, however sadly for lots of reasons I never got around to it. Mind you I now think that this was … Continue reading
Solar – Ian McEwan
I think I am one of the few people I know (in the flesh) to have read quite a few of Ian McEwan’s books and not to have yet felt I have been let down by any. I know plenty of people who … Continue reading
After The Fire, A Still Small Voice – Evie Wyld
One of the things that I have really loved about 2009 is extending the network of bloggers that I have met. This of course has lead me to some books and authors that I would possibly have missed. One such … Continue reading
Her Fearful Symmetry – Audrey Niffenegger
I don’t normally review books before they come out officially as though I like to get people excited about a book I always think if you do it too far in advance people will forget or you may just alienate … Continue reading
The Quickening Maze – Adam Foulds
There have been some books that I have been really daunted by on the Man Booker Longlist and some that I have been really looking forward to. The Quickening Maze by Adam Foulds was one of the latter. It ticked … Continue reading
The Wilderness – Samantha Harvey
I have to admit that Samantha Harvey’s debut novel is the perfect example of how reading books at the right time can really make a difference. When I first tried the novel, though I have a real affinity with stories … Continue reading
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