My top 5 for the year, so far, are: “The Coast Road” by Alan Murrin “Christ on a Bike” By Orla Owen “Whale Fall” by Elizabeth O’Connor “Clear” by Carys Davies “How to Say Babylon” by Safiya Sinclair. Book tingle really is a thing.😁
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Hooray! Two mutual favourites. I am really keen to read The Coast Road very soon and have Christ on a Bike and Whale Fall on the TBR. So now all the more excited to read them.
@hollyb118
Ай бұрын
Really love listening to you discuss the books you’ve read! Thank you for your candid and real reactions.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Awwww that is very kind of you to say! Thanks Holly!
@phoenixjones660
Ай бұрын
Ooooh, goody! 🎉 You're back ( ish)....and with a goodie!! 😂 Sunday evening, post supper chill sorted, ta Simon. Hope all is good with you and accompanying menagerie 🥰 🌻😎 back after 🍽️
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
He is back, ish. Well maybe back just with one video a week like the olden days. We shall see!
@nikkimay1103
Ай бұрын
THANK YOU - your support for TML means so much. And now my TBR is even bigger xx
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
A pleasure, such a wonderful book, thank YOU for writing it. And always a joy to add books to other peoples TBR’s. Hehehe. 🦜
@onourpath
Ай бұрын
Well, my favorite this year is I Who Have Never Known Men! My god, what a book! I have Clear on my nightstand, and I'm ordering Stoneyard Devotional, Echoes (I adore Evie Wyld,) and Pity next! 💚
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
What a book indeed. It was my favourite by a country mile… until I read Clear. Ha. Hope you enjoy that when you get to it. And the Wyld and the Wood.
@ClareReads
Ай бұрын
SIMON! Your videos are killing my bank balance as that’s another ton of books I need to buy 😂
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Whoops. If it helps they’re going to be less regular so the damage won’t be so often 🤣
@ClareReads
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads 🤣🤣
@monisharmuk
Ай бұрын
So true!!
@Book_Hugger
Ай бұрын
Yes! The ending of Clear was unpredictable to me, but lovely
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Yes, that was my experience too and I loved it for that all the more.
@GeraldineRowe
Ай бұрын
Top five books I've read so far this year (in no particular order as it keeps changing): Glorious Exploits - Ferdia Lennon Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck The Bee Sting - Paul Murray Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy Two Years before the Mast - Richard Henry Dana
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Hooray for Glorious Exploits, what a brilliant book! 🏺
@carolewatson2113
Ай бұрын
My top five this year (in no particular order): Cleopatra and Frankenstein, The God in the woods, All the colours in the dark, Brotherless night, Weyward (closely followed by In Memoriam - sorry, Simon!)
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
We all love what we love! And lots of you are in that In Memoriam cult, though I can't believe you had to mention it to me when it wasn't even in your top five, hahahaha. I am very much looking forward to The God in the Woods. I haven't heard of All The Colours in the Dark so I shall look that up.
@cindyhaiken5644
Ай бұрын
What a fantastic list. I think Clear is Davies’ best novel, which is saying something, and I also thought the ending was unexpected and incredibly well done. Definitely the mark of a great book is how long it stays with you. Favorite reads this year so far include The Curse of Pietro Houdini by Derek Miller, Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan and You Are Here by David Nicholls. So glad to have your Sunday videos back to brighten up the end of the weekend!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I absolutely loved the ending of Clear, in fact it may be one of my favourite endings of a book ever. There, I have said it. I loooooved David Nicholls You Are Here, read it in July though ;)
@melaniecaldicott8643
Ай бұрын
Great video - fantastic list! Hope you've had a good break and looking forward to some more content when the time is right for you. Top 5 books of the year - 1. I Who Have Never Known Men - Jacqueline Harpman 2. England is Mine - Nicolas Padamsee 3. Soldier Sailor - Claire Kilroy 4. The Echoes - Evie Wyld 4. Brotherless Night - VV Ganeshenanthan
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Oooh we’ve some mutual favourites and I know mum really loved England is Mine so I’m doubly intrigued for that now!
@iamtherealjulia
Ай бұрын
I read “I Who Have Never Known Men” thanks to you…loved it! My recommendation to you would be Remarkably Bright Creatures. A “pallet cleanser” as you say, but oh so good for your heart. Speaking of hearts…Shark Heart was a good ride too ❤
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Yes, I have Shark Heart to read and am very much looking forward to it, hope to read it over the summer - though summer here is being a really patchy minx. More grey days than sunny ones so far. So pleased you loved I Who Have Never Known Men and thrilled I pointed you in the direction of it, woohoo!
@LesleyMcDonald-f7f
Ай бұрын
Loving the t-shirt! I have Clear coming through the door tomorrow, can't wait Thanks
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I hope you love it as much as I did!
@tlam3309
5 күн бұрын
Yep, I think that was a decent summary of the Charlotte Wood. It was a bit of a slog but by the end it was totally worth it!
@SavidgeReads
5 күн бұрын
I dint find it a slog, sorry you did though glad overall you liked it.
@hannahlosttheplot
27 күн бұрын
I picked up Glorious Exploits after hearing you and your mum talk about it, and THANK YOU because I think it's the best thing I've read this year. Totally took me by surprise, I've can't think of a book that balances enjoyment and emotional impact as well as it. So wonderful. I also loved I Who Have Never Known Men and Pity. So many of the rest are going on my TBR!
@SavidgeReads
25 күн бұрын
I’m soooooo pleased you loved Glorious Exploits. That makes me very very happy!
@jade.99
28 күн бұрын
This is my first time watching you, and you cannot imagine how glad I am that I’ve found your channel. It’s definitely going to be one of my go-tos for book recommendations, especially literary fiction! ^^
@SavidgeReads
28 күн бұрын
Thank you so much! That’s so lovely to hear. Hope some of the recommendations are big bookish hits with you when you get to them!
@LydLoves
Ай бұрын
So many books I've not heard of, which is why I love your channel! I'm so glad you loved I Who Have Never Known men, its one of my all time favourite books! And well done for calling Stone Yard Devotional for the Booker, it's head to the top of my TBR now!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Oooh I hope you enjoy Stone Yard Devotional as much as I did when you get to it. I think it’s quite special. I think I Who Have Never Known Men is such a brilliant book. Soooooo good.
@RovingReader
22 күн бұрын
I love the cover of Glorious Exploits!
@SavidgeReads
21 күн бұрын
That's the US one, it is a corker.
@Book_Hugger
Ай бұрын
Yay ❤ Missed seeing your lovely face! Thank you for that reviews!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed them. I’m making a very slow return to BookTube but you should see me around these parts again in the next week.
@BookishAdventuresInWellbeing
Ай бұрын
Clear was my most surprising read in the mid year freak out tag because of that ending! So many of these books in common which is good but also rely on your videos to explode my TBR! 😂
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Hahaha. I hope this causes an explosion on your tbr. I’ve a haul and a wrap up coming soon so they may well help! Maybe. Ha.
@leeh4343
Ай бұрын
Well this made my day after a shocking day at work - pjs on and a cuppa, saying to myself “you can buy one of Simon’s top books” to cheer myself up. I picked This Motherless Land 😊
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Oooh you have picked an absolute treat there Lee. How lovely to join you in what sounds like such a cosy environment, sorry about the shocking day!
@lynniepie52
Ай бұрын
You’re Back!!!! Some of my favorites…The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, Still Life, The House of Doors & JAMES! I’m putting The Echoes on my radar(not out in US)…just started There There by Tommy Orange and also picked up Wandering Stars by him as well! Anticipating Jennifer Saints new book Hera, out this month!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I’m sort of back. Like back… but maybe not quite as often as in previous years. Still Life is an absolute fav of mine since it came out. I loved The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store last year. I’ve recently got There There and want to read it and see if I want to read Wandering Stars.
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204
Ай бұрын
❤ Hi 👋 ya Simon. Missed you. Hope you had a good break away. 🥰
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I did. I’m not back back, back-ish is what I’m calling it for now. Ha!
@rhiannoncameron7165
Ай бұрын
Lovely to have a video from you, Simon! Just want my Sunday needed ❤ hope you’re well 😊
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Awwww I’m glad you enjoyed it. I’ve actually been quite ill (this was filmed at the start of last month) but am on the way to recovery hopefully.
@gilliansawers4593
Ай бұрын
I haven’t read any Cary Davies but picked up West in a book haul on holiday look forward to reading it with all the other books I picked up! A few of my favourite reads this year have been Black Butterflies, The Storm We Made, This is not a Pity Memoir, The Women and A little Liar. I have been enjoying a good story this year and a bit of nonfiction too.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
West is a very, very good Davies. I hope you enjoy it. I think she such a great writer. I enjoyed Black Butterflies when I read it last year, the same year The Storm We Made was one of my very favourites 🥳
@abiwk04
Ай бұрын
My top 5 are: 5. Tib Street Ballroom by Keira Willis, 4. There Are Rivers In The Sky by Elif Shafak, 3. The Trouble With Goats & Sheep by Joanna Cannon, 2. Dark Fire by C. J. Sansom, 1, The Feast by Margaret Kennedy. I've been loving Agatha Christie too but she probably deserves her own list.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Ooh what a fab mix of books, I am treating myself to a few days with There Are Rivers in the Sky soon. I want to have nothing else planned so I can get really lost in it. Love Joanna Cannon, every one of her books is brilliant.
@YourTrueShelf
Ай бұрын
I loved Brotherless Night too. Thanks again for my copy of ordinary human failings! It feels like everyone has read and loved I who have never known men this year 😊 I am definitely up for reading Clear, as I read West last year and thought it was fantastic.
@SavidgeReads
29 күн бұрын
Carys is soooo good and Clear is my favourite of her novels, West is probably my second favourite. The short story collections are fab. I Who Have Never Known Men is just brilliant. Hope you enjoy Ordinary Human Failings. I lived Brotherless Night but I do wonder if by the end of the year it’ll be in my top ten. Gasp!!! 😮
@YourTrueShelf
29 күн бұрын
It's weird, but I feel just the same about Brotherless Night! It was 5* at the time, but it's faded quite a lot and I'm not sure it would make my list at the end of the year either. Funny we both feel the same!
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204
Ай бұрын
Top 5 so far? Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly Ordinary Human Failings by Megan Nolan How To Build A Boat by Elaine Feeney Sunburn by Chloe Michelle Haworth
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Oooh we have one the same in our top 5, woohoo 🥳
@jacquelinemcmenamin8204
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads if more than 5 were allowed it would be more. I’ve added Clear and Echoes to my wish list
@smileycindy
Ай бұрын
Hi Simon - it's good to have you back! Hope you are enjoying your summer. 😃
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I am not quite back, I am sort of back, we will see. I want to make sure real life is getting priority and so far this summer has been too much travelling and the return of covid, gah! So I am trying a slow return, we will see how we go.
@smileycindy
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads That's the beauty of being self-employed - you get to set the pace. I enjoyed getting a new video to tide us over in the meantime. 😉
@nathansnook
Ай бұрын
ahhh i need to stick with my contemporaries and get to Evenings and Weekends! and WHY is that cover so stunning! need it!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
It's soooooooo good. I think I love the American cover more though, maybe, I think.
@BookwormAdventureGirl
Ай бұрын
I have your #2 and can’t wait to read it. Your #1 sounds really good too. Love that your list has several books I’ve never heard of. 😊💙
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the list and hope you enjoy my first and second choices when you get to them!
@philstrand
Ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing your list! I too was disappointed Clear did not make the Booker Longlist. My top 5 of 2024 So Far: 1. James - Percival Everett 2. The Heart in WInter - Kevin Barry 3. Clear - Carys Davies 4. Blue Ruin - Hari Kunzru 5. (tie) Brat - Gabriel Smith / The God of the Woods - Liz Moore / The History of Sound: Stories - Ben Shattuck
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Clear was ROBBED! Hahaha. I was thrilled to see Charlotte Wood on the list though. I have some very strong opinions on Brat in my next wrap up 👀 I’m very keen to read The God of the Woods, that’s in my next haul.
@ceeveegee
Ай бұрын
My Monday will be better now I have this for a Sunday evening! thank you
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Awwww that is a lovely thing to say, thank you!
@cecilialau_
Ай бұрын
Just finished Jaded by Ela Lee which I loved very viscerally. Very interesting if it’ll be in the top ten at the end of the year - which I feel quite confident it will be. But excited to find out! Auē by Becky Manawatu with its nz setting has a special place in my heart, and so does Glasgow Boys by Margaret McDonald but for different reasons. And just started Evenings and Weekends today! Glad to hear you’ve had a cracking reading year so far (and not so meh after all 🥰) Happy to have you back, Simon! (In whatever capacity ofc)
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I know a few people who have really loved Jaded so I must get to it at some point. Thank you for the reminder. Auē I have on my TBR, will make sure I don’t box it up when I start storing books while the library is done, Glasgow boys too!
@cecilialau_
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Jaded is a really gut-punching and confronting read but so worth it imo. Thought it was exquisite. Really hope you enjoy all three!
@susprime7018
Ай бұрын
Five favorite novels so far this year (this is a difficult assignment Simon) Two by Hernan Diaz, In the Distance and Trust, The House by Teresa Waugh, Stephen King's Elevation and Holly. Okay, extra credit, other favorite reads, The Bookman's Promise by John Dunning, somehow missed that one when first published, The Edwardians by Vita Sackville-West, The Great American Novel by William Carlos Williams, Operation Heartbreak by Duff Cooper, Magnificient Rebel Nancy Cunard in Jazz Age Paris by Anne de Coucy, who is responsible for William Carlos Williams and other books like the Green Hat by Arlen being read currently. Clear is going on my list.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
It is a tricky one, makes it all the more fun. I like how you did your top five and then the ‘extra credit’. I’m using that term in the future. It’s so much nicer than ‘honorary mentions’. Hope you enjoy Clear if you get to it!
@helene3766
Ай бұрын
What a fab list! I think my top 3 of the year so far (in no particular order) - North Wood by Daniel Mason, Foster by Claire Keegan & The Offing by Benjamin Myers. Thought all three were wonderful!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
The Offing is such a fabulous book. I am a big fan of Benjamin Myers, that said I don't think I have read his last three books which is very naughty of me.
@helene3766
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads it's a really intoxicating read, I felt v emotional when I finished it. There's something about it that really reminds me of A Month in the Country, which I also love. I know that's one of your faves too! Both feel like healing books & are really powerful.
@leolamoon11
Ай бұрын
Yay! Simone sighting!!! Woohoo!!! Hope you had a lovely break.🩷🩷🩷
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Ha. The break isn’t over quite yet. I might be back for a bit and then disappear, or be less regular on here. Depends if any content creation takes my fancy.
@NancyTenney
Ай бұрын
Clear is so good. Will probably be in my top 5.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Of the whole year, wowsers - I feel the same.
@Georgesmomsu
Ай бұрын
Yes!!! You know how I feel about I Who Have Never Known Men. In my top 5. I also loved Clear. A few other favs: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Tom Lake by Ann Patchett. My nonfiction pick is brother. do. you. love. me. By Manni Coe. It’s a story about Manni and his brother who has Down syndrome. He was in a care home when Covid hit and this is the story of his recovery from that experience.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Oooh Manni's book was one of my mums absolute favourites last year, I am definitely going to get to it at some point. Thrilled Clear and I Who Have Never Known Men Are in your top 5 too. I really, really need to read The God of the Woods. I need to find a time when I can just get lost in it... well not so lost I never come back out. Tom Lake I might actually do on audio just for Meryl, even though I am not the biggest Patchett fan. And Chris Whitaker is getting a few recommendations so maybe I need to try him out too.
@Georgesmomsu
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads the audio of Tom Lake made it such a better book 😂. I was listening the Liz Moore while I was visiting my daughter in Maine and staying in the woods 😳
@carolewatson2113
Ай бұрын
Needed a bookish video tonight, Simon, after so much depressing news. Thank you.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Sorry that you have had some depressing news, hope things are brighter sooner.
@carolewatson2113
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads I just meant the general news in the UK right now. Grim.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
@@carolewatson2113 yes it is. Sorry, I thought you meant some personal news. Glad it wasn’t, what’s going on here is awful.
@scotthacker2265
Ай бұрын
Enjoyed Evenings and Weekends
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@TKTalksBooks
Ай бұрын
Excellent video in all respects !Very entertaining and also very informative. I also adored CLEAR and several of the others on your list. I just ordered GLORIOUS EXPLOITS as I have not read that one. Thank you! You are adorable. 😊
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Awww, that is very kind of you to say. I hope you enjoy Glorious Exploits as much as I did, I think it is an absolute corker. Clear is a wonder of a book, just sooooo good.
@joana_jj_8
Ай бұрын
My top 5 of the year so far are: 1. Mongrel by Hanako Footman (exploring the life of a 'hafu' half-Japanese half British teen and 2 other women, very evocative) 2. Mrs S by K Patrick (what if Hannah Gadsby worked at a boarding school with a Gothic feel to it) 3. Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knezevic (I wanted to read a book from Montenegro and both the country and the book are hidden gems) 4. Juno Loves Legs by Karl Geary (it's Irish, it's soul-crushing, what more can I say?) 5. God's Children are Little Broken Things by Arinze Ifeakandu (short stories about being gay in Nigeria, but also about class and ethnicity)
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I loved Mrs S when I read that last year and think about it a Loy. I also have the Footman, the Geary and the Ifeakandu on my TBR so will have to move them all higher up it.
@sharoninnes941
Ай бұрын
Great video Simon, so many books to add to my tor 💕 I loved Blue sisters by Coco Mellors and Ordinary Human Feelings by Megan Nolan. I also thought Soldier Sailor by Claire Kilroy and The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes were excellent I can’t wait to pick up The Wren The wren and Evenings and weekends 💕
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I discovered a proof of The Alternatives just the other day when I was 'partly' sorting some of the library. I met her at an event recently and she was lovely and had seen Mercedes saying lovely things about the book too... so it seemed like fate and now you have mentioned it and reminded me to boost it up the TBR. Hope you enjoy the Enright and the McKenna when you get to them!
@Bessie-On-Wheels
Ай бұрын
This Life was awesome!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Wasn’t it just a brilliant show… well apart from the reunion one lol. We won’t think of it!
@janepeacock3704
Ай бұрын
Hi Simon 👋🏻 good to see you on here & with a super fave books so far roundup 📚🤗 I’ve read & really enjoyed those by Safiya Sinclair, Megan Nolan & Carys Davies 👍 I’m going to have a ponder about my top 3/5 📚😘 TC X PS - one of them will be The Weekend by Charlotte Wood 😌
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Ah, The Weekend. Another Charlotte Wood banger. She’s sooooooo good. Lovely we’ve some mutual favs.
@janepeacock3704
Ай бұрын
I forgot to add Brotherless Night d’oh 🙄 👏🏻 You must take credit for introducing me to many (new-for-me) authors 🤗👍😘 X
@EllenFelicity
Ай бұрын
Stoneyard and Ordinary Human Failings would be in mine too ❤ I reeeeally need to read I who have never known men
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
You do it is fabulous, thrilled we have some favourites in common.
@GreenBitterfly
28 күн бұрын
I've only got two Books of the Year so far as it's not been a great reading year for me, the two books are The List of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey and The Husbands by Holly Gramazio.
@SavidgeReads
28 күн бұрын
I have not read either of those but I do have both, so they’ve just gone a little higher up the TBR!
@SavidgeReads
28 күн бұрын
I have not read either of those but I do have both, so they’ve just gone a little higher up the TBR!
@CharlieBrookReads
Ай бұрын
I have wanted to read This Motherless land after seeing Nikki and you talk about at the WPL. Just sounds so good!! Looking forward to Charlotte Wood’s latest too. Great list Simon 📚❤️ My number 1 book of the year at the moment is Far From The Madding Crowd. 2 is Brotherless Night & after that I am not sure.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Ooh that’s a lovely eclectic pairing at your top two Charlie! This Motherless Land is soooo good. Cannot recommend enough. Also, sorry we didn’t get to speak at the WPL. I saw you in the audience at the event and then we had that quick hello when I was talking to Susanna with Mum, but couldn’t find you before the final readings.
@CharlieBrookReads
Ай бұрын
@@SavidgeReads Myself & Gem weren’t our best selves that day anyways as Alice was super sick in hospital. We only went because we knew she wouldn’t have wanted us to miss out. That being said it was was nice to say hi to you & your mum ❤️xx
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
@@CharlieBrookReads totally understandable 💜
@Rosiemayj
Ай бұрын
I was so so happy and relieved by the ending of Clear, I read this recently, just before the booker announcement and was disappointed not to see this one on the list too. I also would put Ordinary Human Failings in my top 5, along with Clear, My Friends, by Hisham Mitar, The New Life, and at no.1 Cuddy, by Benjamin Myers- this book is so unique and wonderful, I'm sad that it didn't make the shortlist for the Walter Scott Prize, and missed out on other prize recognition. I think the Booker List is too American heavy, and as a consequence of Americans eligibility other countries are missing out which is a shame.
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Yes, I agree about your Booker thoughts, no offence to all the lovely Americans I know but it has really shifted the focus and I think lessened the diversity. Mercedes was talking about this on her channel too and I completely agree. I loved The New Life when I read it last year, such a good book. You have me intrigued for My Friends, I think I recycled the proof in a moment of madness months ago, what a plonker. Cuddy is a book I am super surprised I haven't read as I love Ben Myers writing, and him as a person, and he has a new book out now that I also want to get my mitts on.
@clairedonnelly4588
Ай бұрын
Love your videos. Just a note though- characters in The Wren The Wren and Acts of Desperation are both Irish so name would be pronounced Carmel with the emphasis on CAR.. like Carmen but with an ‘L’ 😊
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Ah ok. I thought I did. Ha.
@RallyReviews
Ай бұрын
adds the top 2 in my tbr
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Hooray… though obviously would recommend requesting all 18 from your library. Hahaha.
@rlgustafson5
Ай бұрын
I preach to every fellow book lover I know about Clear by Carys Davies! It's my top novel of the year so far. Absolute perfection!!!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Hahahaha, this is what I like to hear.
@karenshann
Ай бұрын
My top books so far James by Percival Everett Pet by Catherine Chidgey In Memoriam by Alice Winn, I think this will be my book of the year
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
I am looking forward to getting to James and Pet. Sadly In Memoriam just isn't for me but I am very much in the minority. sooooooo many people love it and I am thrilled for them, hahaha.
@karenshann
Ай бұрын
I know what you mean I felt like that about Hamnet and A Little Life
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
@@karenshann ha. I loooooved those two.
@booksaremysociallife
Ай бұрын
I need that shirt
@booksaremysociallife
Ай бұрын
I'm definitely a proponent of the Savidge book charts
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
Hahahaha. I think a weekly chart might be too much. Hahaha. A monthly chart though…
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
It’s from ASOS!
@rebeccamaclean6242
Ай бұрын
Clear is my top read of this year also!
@SavidgeReads
Ай бұрын
@@rebeccamaclean6242 whoop whoop 🥳📚
@alisonsarahcarroll6063
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Hi Simon love the tee shirt
@SavidgeReads
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Thank you!!
@mradcaqbdb
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You only asked for a couple top books, but you’re getting the full 15! Still have Glorious Exploits here to read. I’ve just put a couple from your list on mine (Joshua Jones, Jon Ransom). As for your #1, here’s what I said about it in March when I read it: “Ultimately, a gorgeous book. It took a while to hook me, but once it did, I wanted more. What happened when two became three, I wonder? I was intrigued by the description of the history of the period found in the Author’s Note that I was completely unaware of. It’s an ambitious little treasure of a book.” 1. My Government Means to Kill Me - Rasheed Newson 2. Strangers - Taichi Yamada 3. Three Fires - Denise Mina (do on audio!) 4. Another Brooklyn - Jacqueline Woodson 5. The Secret Life of Albert Entwhistle - Matt Cain 6. The Warm Hands of Ghosts - Katherine Arden 7. Lie With Me - Philippe Besson 8. Clear - Carys Davies 9. Blizzard - Marie Vingtras 10. Eastbound - Maylis De Kerangal 11. The Reformatory - Tananarive Due 12. Helle & Death - Oskar Jensen 13. The Excitements - C J Wray 14. Over My Dead Body - Maz Evans 15. The Collapsing Wave - Doug Johnstone
@SavidgeReads
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The brief was 3… or 5. Oh dear you’ve gone on my naughty list. Actually no with Newson on the top of your list you’re forgiven. The other 14 don’t even need acknowledging hahaha. Well Clear does.
@wavaleebranch
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Thank you! Great video!
@SavidgeReads
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Pleasure 📚
@AnaMoShoshin
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I love love loved Clear!!
@SavidgeReads
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Hooray! So lovely to hear so many lovely people have been fans of it too.
@fozzymup268
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Some great books to put on my list! Oh, and what book are you reading Simon? 💕📚
@SavidgeReads
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Hahaha I can’t remember what I was reading when I wore that. Actually was early July so was read secret things for a prize. Ha!
@inkylabyrinth
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My top 5 of the year so far are River East River West by Aube Rey Lescure, I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (!!!), Housemates by Emma Copely Eisenberg, To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers, and Bunny by Mona Awad. I did read Clear and loved it as well! Have you read anything else by Carys Davies that you'd recommend? (PS Hope you've been enjoying your time off!)
@SavidgeReads
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I may do a whole video on Carys Davies’ books as they’re all so good. Her short story collection The Redemption of Galen Pike is amazing. A near perfect collection. I also loved West. I must get to some Mona Awad, I think I would like them. I also have Housemates on my TBR. Thrilled to see I Who Have Never Known Men on your list. And I really liked River East River West, another book that’s grown and grown on me since I read it.
@inkylabyrinth
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@@SavidgeReads Ooh a Carys Davies video would be lovely! Thanks for the recs Simon! ☺️
@marciaalbaum2597
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try warm hands of the ghost no one is hyping it and they should
@SavidgeReads
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Oooh who is it by?
@EvieM1
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👋🏻
@SavidgeReads
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👋🏻
@spexi513
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📖 🪱 💚
@SavidgeReads
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🥳📚
@bibliosophie
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added a bunch of these to my [misshapen] tbr - thank you! i think i'll start clear today, actually :)
@SavidgeReads
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ooooh I hope you love it as much as I did, no pressure obvs ;)
@JardineraAnge
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What I loved about The Wren, The Wren was how the three voices were so completely different on the page they could've been written by three different authors. Phil's chapter was definitely my favourite. I have I Who Have Never Known Men on my shelves but I'm a bit scared to pick it up...🫣
@SavidgeReads
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It isn't a scary book, well I didn't think so anyway ha. Interesting about Phil's being your favourite chapter, I thought that was my least favourite part (though I still loved it) as kind of didn't want his viewpoint, just Carmel and Nell's.
@JardineraAnge
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@@SavidgeReads I know, it surprised me too, but I think it was because it wasn't what I was expecting. I'd built up a totally different image of him from Carmel and Nell's chapters.
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