Category Archives: Nancy Mitford
The Bookshop at 10 Curzon Street: Letters Between Nancy Mitford and Heywood Hill 1952-73 edited by John Saumarez Smith
There is nothing worse than a book funk, those dreaded times where no matter what you might have on your bookshelves/at the library/in the local charity shop nothing, but nothing, seems to tempt you. Thank goodness then for friends’ bookshelves, as … Continue reading
Christmas Pudding – Nancy Mitford
It is a rather fortuitous coincidence that my 500th review on Savidge Reads should be a Nancy Mitford, it seems somehow wholly appropriate that it should be the case. I can’t quite believe it is 500 reviews on here to … Continue reading
Filed under Capuchin Classics, Nancy Mitford, Review
Love in a Cold Climate – Nancy Mitford
I am sure that you are well aware by now that I am something of a Mitford maniac. Ever since reading their collected letters a few years ago (one of my very favourite reads) I have watched endless documentaries about … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2011, Nancy Mitford, Penguin Books, Penguin Classics, Review, Vintage Books
Books to Watch Out for in 2010
Last year I did a post on the books that I was looking forward to in 2009. This year I thought, along with my new slightly though not very much more minimal TBR, I would go with a more simplistic … Continue reading
Second Hand Gems
I have two new additions to my TBR pile and they are books that when I saw I knew I had to have and frankly didn’t care what they would cost me. In the end they only cost me £1.50 … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Lewis Carroll, Nancy Mitford
The Bolter – Frances Osborne
Now you should all know that I have a small obsession about all things Mitford, which at the moment with the amount of books filled with letters, essays and diary entries from these sisters is very lucky for me. The … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2009, Frances Osborne, Nancy Mitford, Review, Virago Books
Mitford & Maupin Missions
My complete and utter favourite book of last year was undoubtedly The Mitford’s: Letters Between Six Sisters, I don’t think I have ever enjoyed any non-fiction as much in all my reading years. At the time it wasn’t the Mitford’s … Continue reading
1000 Novels Everyone Must Read… So Far
So The Guardian (and Observer) are treating us to the ‘1000 Novels Everyone Must Read’ over seven days. I wasn’t sure how this would work it being that 1000 divided by seven means 142.85714 books per day. However what they … Continue reading
The Pursuit of Love – Nancy Mitford
My first Nancy Mitford novel to read has had a lot of pressure upon it to be good. Everyone I have mentioned it to who has read it has commented on how fantastic it is and also I came away … Continue reading
Filed under Nancy Mitford, Penguin Books, Penguin Classics, Review
The Mitfords: Letters Between Six Sisters – Charlotte Mosely
Now if you are sat there thinking ‘he can’t have read that mammoth book in only a few days’… I haven’t. This has actually been a book I have been devouring in fits and starts for almost a month, well … Continue reading
Filed under Books of 2008, Charlotte Mosley, Evelyn Waugh, Harper Collins, Nancy Mitford, Review
Breaking The Book Ban Once More
Oh dear… Its happened again. I was merely walking past the Aladdin’s Library near the gym in Tooting Bec (so far my better/less bookier half hasn’t noticed this flaw in the gyms location) and it happened all over again. I … Continue reading
Filed under Book Thoughts, Nancy Mitford, Susan Hill
