Category Archives: Muriel Spark
Reality and Dreams – Muriel Spark
If ever I am in a slight reading funk my two rules for getting me back in the swing of reading are that the book should be short and the author one I know and trust. So after falling into … Continue reading
Filed under Muriel Spark, Out of Print Novels, Penguin Books, Review
Loitering With Intent – Muriel Spark
Muriel Spark was an author who seemed perfect for the pile of shorter novels I have on the bedside to read in between The Green Carnation submissions. Every time I read her not only am I delighted by her darkness, … Continue reading
Filed under Muriel Spark, Review, Virago Books
The Finishing School – Muriel Spark
Whilst the delightful, yet never ending and un-commutable, reading of ‘The Passage’ continues in the background at Savidge HQ I have been managing to fit in some smaller reads in between parts over the last few weeks. One such book … Continue reading
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The Driver’s Seat – Muriel Spark
I have been meaning to discuss ‘The Lost Man Booker Prize’ even if just in a small way for some time. So when I noticed that someone had ordered my copy of ‘The Driver’s Seat’ by Muriel Spark and I needed to … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2010, Muriel Spark, Penguin Books, Penguin Classics, Review
Library Loot & Temptation Test
I was unsure how to use the library with my book buying ban as it doesn’t really stick to my ‘reading through the books I own’ goal. However after some thought I decided that not only would this be helpful … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Haruki Murakami, Muriel Spark, Virginia Woolf
The Girls of Slender Means – Muriel Spark
After I was looking for novella’s the other day I was quite shocked to note that I hadn’t read a book by Muriel Spark since 2007 and my pre-blogging days in fact I was introduced to her by Novel Insights … Continue reading
Filed under Muriel Spark, Penguin Books, Review
