In the past couple of years I’ve discovered Sarah Moss and she immediately became one of my favorite writers of all time. It’s awe inspiring how much she can pack into such short books. My favorite of hers is Ghost Wall. Four :).

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I loved Ghost Wall and really liked Cold Earth but I’ve only read those two so far. I have Summerwater to read soon.

@starstuffpuff

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavidgeReads I hope you get a chance to read Summerwater soon, it’s so good :). I read it in one sitting.

I had no idea they're making a film of My Policeman! I read the book on your recommendation and LOVED it!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I can’t wait for the movie. Bethan and I are going to try and be extras. Hahaha.

I loved The Hoarder so much that I bought multiple copies to give to sisters, cousins and friends👋☘️

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Yes I gifted it a lot. My mother was one such recipient and she passed her onto my step dad who is also now a huge fan.

I loved this video, lots of new books for me to try! I struggle with the idea of favourite authors personally because I'm so bad at reading more than one work from an author. I'll love a book and then just move on and not try others. Definitely something I need to work on in my reading, not becoming distracted by the new.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

They’re not going to go anywhere so there’s always time to catch up.

What a treasure you gave us! Thank you!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

A pleasure Mark.

Four. FAVOURITE is J California- Copper of all time. Teens: Pearl Cleage- I wish I had a red dress 20's: Jane Fallon-How to get rid of Matthew 30's: Lorelei James- Branded as Trouble 40's so far: Elizabeth Acevado-Poet X So many authors I love V like, but these are the re reads every year,month,reading slump etc.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I love how you’ve split these up. Fab.

Yes with Mr Loverman! Can you believe I STILL need to read Hamnet!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

You’ve got to get on that. The paperback is out very soon.

Will have to check these out! Absolutely agree with Mr Loverman and I also adored Hamnet but haven’t read any other Maggie O’Farrell books so I’ll need to rectify that 👌🏻

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I would highly recommend.

I discovered Human Croquet last month, sitting on my bookshelves. Looked as if it had been there forever, couldn’t remember why or where I ever got it. But absolutely loved it!!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a wonderful, wonderful novel.

favorite female writer is Sally Rooney and favorite book of hers is “Conversations with Friends.” i think you would like “this is how it always is” by Laurie Frankel and 4 is the number!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh I’ve not heard of Laurie Frankel.

Favourite female author & book: Anne Rice, Interview with the Vampire. This was the book that got me back into gothic fiction after a big break. Oh, and 4 📚

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow. Ok. I’ve never read any Anne Rice. Though I have seen the film.

The answer to the first question is 4. I actually hadn't read very many of the previous winners and so enjoyed your videos with your mom. I went back and watched your videos reading previous winner as well. I must admit I ordered quite a few books. I'm finding your videos always lead to the purchasing of books. One of my favorite female authors is Geraldine Brooks. People of the Book is one of my all time favorites and I have March and Year of Wonder saved for a rainy day.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Year of Wonder is amazing. It’s a fictional account of real events that happened in Eyam, a village down the road from my mum and my hometown.

My favorite author is Amy Tan, I loved the Hundred Secret Senses! (her books tend to be about families, ghosts, the supernatural, I love her work) Sandra Cisneros- Caramelo I loved this book about a Mexican American family. Its epic, its told from two points of view, amazing read. and the number is four! Happy Reading!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh two brilliant new to me recommendations. Thank you.

Sarah Moss is absolutely at the top of the list for me. My favourite of hers so far is The Tidal Zone. I have one of hers saved for that potential rainy day too. Also...4!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’m lucky I’ve quite a few of hers saved.

The number is 4 Simon. My favourite book by my favourite author is What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt and a favourite book by a favourite author you might love is The Wildlands by Abby Geni

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve still not read any Hustvedt, I have The Wildlands on my shelves. Thank you.

Such a great list of books with a couple of names I hadn’t read before but will put on my to read list.i love Kate Atkinson in every incarnation, I love Rose Tremain as well, I think she might be my absolute favourite author on this list because she writes such different books earache time, all meticulously researched but wearing that very very lightly. I need to up my reading speed. I daren’t tell you how many books I need to have read this year but I’m powering along!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Need to have read? Unless your being paid to read something you don’t need deadlines on reading. It’s unhealthy.

I've actually read none of the nominated books yet, so I would love to enter the givewaway. - You've read 4 of the books combined. - Margaret Atwood is my favorite female author. Although I loved Cat's Eye, I would pick The Handmaid's Tale. - My favourite book by a female author would be Educated by Tara Westover.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’m watching The Handmaid’s Tale (I’ve read the book years ago) and find it incredible that a text can be so terrifyingly pertinent and possible all these years on.

Hi Simon! I believe the number is 4... and a fav book by a fav author is In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez. Thanks for the video!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh I’ll look that one up.

I love love love the Gustav Sonata. I think its the closest I've come to reading a perfect book.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

It’s just wonderful isn’t it?

So many of these would be on my favourites list too (I love this idea), and tbh most of them I think would be thanks to your introducing them to me over the years! I think I'd have Cheryl Strayed on my list too. Lily King would be a one to watch as I adored writers and lovers last year.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I need to read Writers and Lovers. Sooooo many books I simply must read lol.

Reading a book by a favourite author is always something special. One of my favourites is Maggie Nelson. I think you would love Bluets, but I think you have already read it. The number from the video with your Mum is 4. Always great to see Louise.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I loooooved Bluets. I loved The Argonauts and her first poetry collection.

My favourite book is In The Time of The Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, although I’m yet to read her other books! I would recommend Kristin Hannah’s books (my favourite is Winter Garden). Also, 4!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve seen a lot about Kristin Hannah recently, especially with Noelle’s recent reading of The Four Winds (I think it’s called that) and am sooooo tempted.

@Ginanorth

3 жыл бұрын

I love Kristinn Hannah's The Great Alone.

I’m so curious to check out these authors! I just finished Mr. Loverman this week!!! SO GOOD I absolutely love Bernardine Evaristo’s characters and writing as well as change of POVs she does in ways that feel effortless. I could tell these authors are favorites bc of how passionately you talked about them/what you love really came through. A female author who I love to recommend and I feel passionate about is Leslie Marmon Silko. One of my top favorite novels is ‘Ceremony’ by her, and I would really recommend it to you! I think it’s an under read contemporary classic.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve not heard of Leslie Marmon Silko. Thanks for the recommendation.

Excited to add some of these to my tbr! My favorite female author is L.M. Montgomery and my favorite of hers is The Blue Castle. I think (if you haven’t already read her) that you would love Dorothy Whipple. I would start with Someone at a Distance or They Knew Mr. Knight. You and your mum have read 4!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I have read and liked Dorothy Whipple. Someone at a Distance is the one I’ve read. I’ve not read L.M. Montgomery.

4! So hard to narrow it down, Diane Setterfield’s The Thirteenth Tale. Barbara Erskine’s The Lady of Hay, Kris Waldherr’s The Lost History of Dreams, Emily St. John Mandel’s Station Eleven, Christina Baker Kline’s Orphan Train

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Oooh I’ve read the Setterfield and the St John Mandel. I’ll look the others up.

Sarah Winman is my favourite, her books leave me in absolute bits but put me back together again if that makes sense ? She has a way of portraying human relationships like no one else and I tend to be hooked from the first page. I also love Madeline Miller. Circe made Greek mythology accessible and began a slightly unhealthy obsession. I find her writing beautiful, it’s like slipping into a warm bath at the end of a hard day. Oh and 4!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

It totally. I absolutely love Sarah Winman. Her new one, Still Life, is just brilliant. I also love Madeline Miller, I just need that third book.

I have two current favourite female authors and books and can’t choose between. I love the Donna tart - the secret history is one of my all time favourite books. And also Bernadine Evaristo - Girl, woman, other. I can’t stop thinking about since reading it. The answer to the question in your video the other day is 4! :)

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I loved Girl Woman Other too. I was so chuffed she won the Booker with that, and that I got to give her a big hug on the night.

My favorite female author is Donna Tartt - The Secret History. Not sure if you’ve read this already but I just re-read it again many years later and still love it! The number of books is 4! Thanks for another great video, I ha e it bookmarked for future purchases. Have a great weekend😊

@yvettegoodridge4320

3 жыл бұрын

Donna Tartt is my favourite too 😁 I'm heading to a re-read of Secret History next. The problem is you have to wait so long between books. Great to find a fellow Tartt fan!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I have read it. I have a very battered read copy in my shelves downstairs.

Another great video Simon! The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion stands out for me as a favourite - was just so beautifully done; excellent writing as to be expected but also a very moving story about her grief and relationship to her daughter. I also think you'd love The Man Who Saw Everything by Deborah Levy! A very literary novel focusing on perspective and memory - really clever! Also - 4 :)

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I must read that Levy. I’m waiting on a proof of her latest memoir. I’m excited for it. I just got Joan Didion’s latest book so maybe I can start there with her.

So many great authors mentioned. I thought I didn't know about Bethan Roberts, but looked her up on goodreads and she wrote Graceland, which I haven't read but definitely caused a buzz when it came out. Small Island is brilliant and Hamnet. Really like the others too.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Melanie and I did Graceland for our book club (as I mention) as she loves Elvis and I love Bethan and it was a perfect match.

After years of not reading, I finally got back into it after picking up and loving We Were Liars by E. Lockhart, and then swiftly moved on to Margret Atwoods books and loved Hagseed. But my read of 2020 had to be A Little Life, controversial but incredible, well done Hanya Yanagihara. Who run the world? GIRLS! Oh, and 4 books 😊 Already read The Vanishing Half and looking forward to the rest 🤩

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

We Were Liars was great. I’m team A Little Life too.

Hilary Mantel is probably my favourite author as I love Wolf Hall! Also I read Night Waking by Sarah Moss last year and I thought that was amazing, looking forward to reading Ghost Wall and Summerwater Also- 4!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’m looking forward to Summerwater too.

The answer to the first question is 4! It’s so so hard to pick just one favorite female author, but Celeste Ng’s “Everything I Never Told You” has such a special place in my heart because it was the book that really got me into reading. In terms of a book you should read, I think you’d love “Little Fires Everywhere” (I was really hoping you’d get to read it in your last reading vlog, but I guess it was just not meant to be at the time). I also think “Passing” by Nella Larsen is exquisite and that you’d like it :)

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll be reading it soon. I read Passing very recently.

Four books! And one of my favourite female authors is Heather O'Neill -- I recommend The Lonely Heart's Hotel. Additionally, I think you'd really like Miriam Toews' novels - especially A Complicated Kindness.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I loooooved Heather O’Neill when I read that very book. I need to go back and read all her books... which I binge bought after read that one. I’ve also got quite a few Toews on my shelves too. Good suggestions.

I think I would have to say Louise Erdrich is my favourite as I have just about everything she has written to date. I especially like The Master Butchers Singing Club and also The Roundhouse. The number is 4.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I read her last book. I think it was her last book, about fertility and motherhood and thought it was good so would be keen to try more.

One of my favorite female authors is Sayaka Murata. I loved Convenience Store Woman so much! I think you would love the short story collection Half Wild by Robin MacArthur :) Also, 4 books!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh I read Murata’s first published here and I liked it a lot. I have Earthlings on the TBR. I’ve not heard of Robin MacArthur.

I loved Gustav Sonata, the only Tremain book I've read. I really want to read her newest one, Islands of Mercy and maybe Restoration :) Jess Kidd books sound so good

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

If you love the Gustav Sonata you’ll like and love all her books. She is amazing. As is Jess Kidd.

I share your love of Mr Loverman! I think of that book frequently--the mark of a truly great book in my opinion. I just might need to reread it this year. Another favorite is Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout. Another book I think of often. And, I'm going with 4 as my answer to your first question.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’ve had a lot of recommendations of Elizabeth Strout so I will have to check her out. Mr Loverman is just brilliant.

4 books (or 3 books + 1/2+1/2). My fave author always changes but I loved Tayari jones and silver sparrow is possibly my fave (you’ll love leaving Atlanta!). I think you would really enjoy If I had your face by Frances cha - loved it last year, and amazing exploration into womanhood in South Korea. Excited to hear your thoughts on the long list!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

That’s the second recommendation for Frances Cha! I have lost my proof somewhere so I’ll have to hunt down a paperback. Thank you.

My favourite female author is Jhumpa Lahiri because she perfectly captures the second-generation diaspora experience such as in her book ‘The Namesake’ - a favourite of mine. And the number is four! Love your videos so much Simon

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Awwww thank you so much. I’ve not read any Jhumpa Lahiri, maybe I should get The Namesake.

Ooh I still have A concise Chinese-English Dictionary for Lovers on my TBR :)

Four books between you & Louise. I find it difficult to list a favorite author unless I’ve read their entire backlist however a new found favorite female author is Otessa Moshfegh, my year of rest is front runner but I believe you’ve read it!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I have read it indeed. I need to read the rest of her works.

I think 3 1/2 books after this video- 3 for you and half for your mum. Although your mum has finished that one today, so 4 after today's video! I have read all of Rachel Joyce 's books and loved them, especially The pilgrimage of Harold Fry so would recommend that one. Loved Jess Kidd's books and Agatha Christie too. Looking forward to spring hibearnation!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

It should be a fun eight days of reading!

4 books in total so far for you and Louise. My favourite female author is Jesmyn Ward and her book Sing, Unburied, Sing. That's a book that took my breath away, it's such a beautiful depiction on what can constitute a family, what loyalty can be and how the US has and continues to treat it's black population. I think you would like Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy because for one she's Australian and secondly because it's a gripping story about a women who goes her own way and in spite of what other people thinks of her and her somewhat tragic past finds herself along the way and not at the final destination as she might thought she would. I played a bit of bingo with this video trying to see how many authors I could guess you would mention, got seven of the right. I also ended up adding a whole lot of those books you mentioned on my TBR-list.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Haha seven out of fifteen isn’t bad at all. Lol. I’ve been recommended Migrations a few times and your recommendation seals the deal.

The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman, Sylvia Plath & Rowan Hisayo Buchanan ! ⭐️📚 4!!! Looking forward to your updates on the women’s prize, I *loved* Piranesi!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I’m reading Piranesi now 😬

My favorite female author is from Belgium: Griet op de Beeck. Her writing, her characters and how she handles certain topics just always seem to strike a chord in my heart. My favorite book by her is also the only one that had been translated into English as far as I can see: Mona in Three Acts. It’s about a mother-daughter relationship, the roles you play in life, pain, forgiveness and becoming one’s own person and learning to speak your own truth. So that is also my recommendation for you. And: 4!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Ooh I’ve not heard of her. I’ll have to look her up. Thank you.

The number of books is four! For my favourite book by my favourite female author I'm going to pick Carol by Patricia Highsmith. If you haven't read it, I would suggest it and would love to hear what you think! As a side note, its impossible choosing just the one! Highsmith isn't even my favourite author in a broader sense! I just love Carol so much. Favourite women authors otherwise are Helen Garner, Lorrie Moore, Rachel Cusk, Mary Gaitskill, Maggie O'Farrell and Lucia Berlin (i really wish there was more of her work). I also adored Bass Rock by Wyld, my fave book in a long time. Thanks for giving us the opportunity to win some books! Xo

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I love Highsmith. I like her thrillers more than Carol, I liked Carol a lot though.

I'm VERY excited to see Harry Styles in My Policeman.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

It’s going to be interesting that.

Same with Cat’s Eye! It made me feel ill the whole time I was reading it but it’s one of the only times I’ve felt like that trauma has been acknowledged. Childhood bullying wrecked me but so many people seem to think of it as a harmless rite of passage. Editing to add- four! And I adore Jeanette Winterson. Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal and Written on the Body are my favourites, but would maybe recommend The Passion as a good place to start. It’s relatively linear in story without losing Winterson’s brilliantly non linear writing style, full of travel and adventure and history. Writing is absolutely gorgeous with some very memorable characters.

@tee.bowi3

3 жыл бұрын

I recently gave The Passion to my partner as my choice for her first Winterson book for her to try. She liked it! Winterson was my favourite author of my early 20s, I need to reread her work.

@kimswhims8435

3 жыл бұрын

Winterson's FranKissStein, is my favourite of hers, I like the others, but this one is something amazing. Snort laughed through parts of it.

@tee.bowi3

3 жыл бұрын

@@kimswhims8435 you know what, I've read every single one except that one!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. It’s a weird book like that and I think it’s why some people really don’t like Cats Eye. I’ve only read a few Winterson’s and I’m not sure they have been the best starts. I love her tone though.

@UKLeonie

3 жыл бұрын

Now I'm going to TBR your whole list, except "Cat's Eye" (nope mum's day wont rant).

Hey Simon! 4/3.5 ha! For the combined answer. My fave is Jessie Burton, all 3 of her adult novels have been my ultimate favourite! A writer to recommend I think you might enjoy Bridget Collins who wrote the Binding and the Betrayals, they're quite gothic!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I read The Binding and liked it. I sadly DNF’d The Betrayals. I looove Jessie’s books I am so cross with myself I missed her out.

Well this video has made me realise how few books I read/have read by female authors which is definitely something I need to remedy ! In terms of a favourite book All the Beautiful Girls by Elizabeth J. Church was the book that made me fall back in love with reading last year. I was sucked in by the idea of old Vegas show girl glamour but this book delivered so much more , warning though it can be quite dark at times.

@UKLeonie

3 жыл бұрын

Just placed on my list, thanks for the recommendation.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh I’ve not heard of that one but sounds great. Thanks Nia.

Firstly 4. Favourite book by a female author would be The Botanists daughter by Australian writer Kayte Nunn. I think you would love all her books and The Silk House is another brilliant book by Kayte.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh I haven’t heard of her before. I shall have to check those books out.

I think you and your Mam said 3.5 books to 4 then settled on the 4 in the end. I remember when you were Tidying your bookshelves with Lauren of Lauren and the Books and you told her you were not sure about Himself and thinking Big Mistake - that is exactly your kind of Book. Jess Kidd's things in Jars is my favourite. I am going to recommend you get to one of your copies of Anne Griffins Books - I have only read When All is Said - but I think it is one you will enjoy. I replaced Anne in a job as an Accountant about 10 years ago so she could do her Maters in Creative writing and publish books. So basically delighted for her. I would also recommend a the Auctioneer by Joan Samson - classified as Horror it is not in the slightest and more literary fiction. It is a very real story of how one single individual can change a whole town for the worse but only because they let him do it. Centered at the heart of this novel are the love of family and the deep, deep ties to the land and what we will and will not do to keep them safe. The pace is slow and countrified. The dialogue genuine (or at least sounds so to me). The ending is satisfactory but Ma Moore’s last line will haunt me forever I think.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh I’ll look up The Auctioneer sounds quite me.

Sarah Waters is my favourite female author and The Night Watch my all time fave of hers. I would recommend Sally Field's memoir In Pieces as it is written so beautifully. You and your mum's combined tally is 4!

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I looooooved The Night Watch. I must read Fingersmith at some point. Though I say that every Christmas. Hahaha.

So many great authors I love Sarah winman sooo much and some of the others you talked about. The girl with the pearl evening is one of the best books from last year as was mr loverman which I found amazing

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I think you’re going to love the new Sarah Winman.

@novellenovels

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavidgeReads can’t wait to get it 😍

1) The number of books from the longlist that you and your mum have read combined is 4. 2) Kate Atkinson is my favourite writer and Life After Life is my favourite book that she has written - such a haunting and beautiful read. 3) As far as recs go, a recent read that I loved (and I hate to say, I wasn't expecting to) was The Binding by Bridget Collins. I'm looking forward to reading her latest, The Betrayals, once I've tackled the Women's Prize longlist. Have a lovely weekend :-)

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I liked The Binding. I’ll say no more. Lol.

4 = combined Women's Prize longlist books read One of my favorite authors is Suzette Haden Elgin and my favorite book by her is Native Tongue. A favorite book by a female author that you might like is Stones from the River by Ursula Hegi.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Oooooh I’ve not heard of those authors. I’ll look them both up.

I just went through my entire goodreads by author searching for a female I think you might not have read before and who I've read three or more books by. That is s very short list indeed. But before that, you've read 4 books between you from the LL. My favorite today would be Kate Atkinson's Life After Life. Enough about me, I think you would like Louise Penny's Three Pines series. It's more about the inhabitants than about the mysteries. Also, have you read Geraldine Brooks? People of the Book is probably my favorite, but she never disappoints.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I have read Geraldine Brooks. Twice. Eyam, which The Year of Wonders is all about, is just down the road from my mother’s and my hometown. I’ll look Louise Penny up!

My favourite book of all time is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath ofc, and I think you would really love The Housekeeper and the Professor by Yoko Ogawa. It has a wonderful mother/son relationship and the maths concepts are (surprisingly) fascinating!! All in all a brilliant and unique read. Also, the number is 4 :)

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I did really love The Housekeeper and The Professor. Must read more Ogawa.

One of my new favourite authors is Olga Tokarczuk. My favourite by her is Flights because i live the vignette style, but I think you would like Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead. The main character is an old woman and there’s a mystery plot to it. The number is....4🙂.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I love a vignette style book.

A favorite author is Mary Doria Russel. I loved The Sparrow and just read Doc. The number is four.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I read The Sparrow and I enjoyed it a lot.

- You've read four of the longlist books combined. - It's impossible to choose, but one of my favourite female writers is Roxane Gay and the book I loved most by her is Hunger. Also, applying the three book rule, I am pretty certain Sally Rooney will join the favourite authors when her third book comes out later this year (can't wait!). - Definitely not an author you haven't heard of but one of my favourites that I think you'd love is The Summer Without Men by Siri Hustvedt.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

I need to read Roxane Gay. I also need to read some Siri Hustvedt.

Ok I‘ll give this a shot: I‘d say you’ve read 5 books so far. My favourite book by a female author is probably Euphoria by Lily King. It‘s the only one of hers I have read so far, but I bought all her other books straight away so I can read them soon. A book I recently read that you might enjoy (and that took my breath away) was Claire of the Sea Light by Edwidge Danticat. Such a little gem. Brilliant video as always Simon.

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Danticat is an author I really really really want to get to. I’ve just got the latest Lily King so might head back to hear earlier work when I’ve read it if I like it.

Such a great list with some right corkers! The number of books was 4 and my favourite book by a female author would have to be Mom and Me and Mom by Maya Angelou. I think it captured her entire life well and I preferred it to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. My recommendation for you is Jamaica Kincaid, particularly as you also enjoyed Love after Love and said you wanted to read more Caribbean fiction. Annie John is a great coming of age story set in Antigua which I absolutely loved. Happy longlist reading, I am planning to join in as much as I possibly can! 😉

@SavidgeReads

3 жыл бұрын

Hurray for reading the longlist. Maya Angelou is one of my mother’s favourite authors. I’ve not read enough of her books (yet) to have her qualify. But I will. Jamaica Kincaid is an author I’ve always wanted to try. So thanks for the reminder.

The number of longlist books that Lady Louise and you have read is 4. As you love Aussie reads, I thought I would pick some writers from my home. Recent favourite book The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose which is centred around a performance act piece of Maria Abramovic at MOMA and the people watching this piece. Loved it. Favourite women's writer and the one you would love is the great Helen Garner - my first love was Monkey Grip and then I read The Spare Room (which Natalie Maree also loved). Helen Garner has such a clean writing style that the books seem deceptive simple, but she captures real life with a sharp eye. She also write narrative non fiction particularly looking at legal issues and stories in our court system. She is a national treasure and everyone should read her.

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3 жыл бұрын

The Spare Room is amazing. I loved it... whilst it broke me. I have the Heather Rose on my shelves.

Cats Eyes is great read. So agree with you, you never know what world MA will take you to! I highly recommend Alias Grace - also one of her best books. Thank you for another great reading list ... running out space on my book shelves lol.

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3 жыл бұрын

I have Alias Grace on the TBR but I might need a little break between chunky Atwoods. Hahaha.

@missmarielondon2491

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavidgeReads lol :) I know what you mean.

You and your Mum have read 4 (ish) of the longlist... or had... Favourite female author changes depending on my mood but one I’ve read recently and then have rushed off to pick the rest of her catalogue up is Monique Roffey... that mermaid was no Ariel and now I’m thoroughly enjoying Sun Dog 🥰🥰

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3 жыл бұрын

Well I think we all know I love Roffey. I am looking forward to heading to her back catalogue.

Toni Morrison - The Bluest Eye And 4 books

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3 жыл бұрын

I need to read all of Morrison’s books. I’ve read a few but later and feel I need to start at the beginning.

My favorite I would say is Toni Morrison. I read Sula last year and would loooove to reread it soon. This month I also read The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh and I just could not put it down. I think you would like it :) The number is 4!

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3 жыл бұрын

Toni Morrison is an author I have read the later books of but need to head to earlier ones in order I think.

You mentioned several of my favorite female authors but one of my favorites who I know you are “meh” about is Ann Patchett, and my favorite of her novels is State of Wonder. A favorite female author with a book I think you would like is Julia Glass’ Three Junes. And also 4.

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3 жыл бұрын

Oooh I look up Three June’s. I’m giving Patchett another chance with The Magician’s Assistant.

4 - and one of my new favourite female authors from last year is Sarah Crossan. Have read all her YA and adult, and my fav is probably the first one I read Toffee. Also a should out to Hiromi Kawakami and Strange Weather in Tokyo

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3 жыл бұрын

I loooooved Sarah’s book for adults. So keen to read more of her work.

The answer to your question is 4. My favourite book by one of my favourite authors is The Seige by Helen Dunmore. An book by an author I think you might like is The Murmur of Bees by Sofia Segovia. Set in the early 20th Century Mexico, it is a story about a founding and the family who takes him in. There is conflict, history , bees and love in this book and it really surprised me how much I loved it.

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3 жыл бұрын

Oooh I read my first Dunmore last year and loved it. Loved it. Loved it.

Instructions for a Heatwave 💕 The Hand That First Held Mine 💗 Love Maggie O’Farrell 🥰

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3 жыл бұрын

She’s great.

Firstly, the number is four! Secondly, my favourite female author is probably tied with Maggie O’Farrell and Sarah Waters - faves being Hamnet and Fingersmith respectively. You never mentioned Sarah Moss who I’m sure you’ve read from before. Not all her books are my favourite but I really enjoy her work and Summerwater is one of my favourite reads this year. Would highly recommend! 🥰

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3 жыл бұрын

I’ve only read two Sarah Moss’s so I couldn’t mention her in this selection cos of my rules.

Competition - 4 books - Favourite Female Author - Alice Hoffman (The Probable Future) - A Savidge Potential - Katya Balen (middle grade author, super emotional and wise)

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3 жыл бұрын

Lots of recommendations for Hoffman not heard of Balen before thank you.

4 books combined 🤗 my favorite book from my favorite author is The Night Watch by Sarah Waters. And also a book that I think you would enjoy from a female author that I like is The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa.

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3 жыл бұрын

I must read The Memory Police, I started it last year but didn’t get around to finishing it. One day.

1. Number 4 2. Blue Angel by Francine Prose The signature of all things by Elizabeth Gilbert were two amazing books by prolific authors 😊

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3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendations.

Hi Simon the answer is 4. My favourite female author is Liane Moriarty, especially loved ‘What Alice forgot’, ‘The Husband’s Secret’ and ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’. For you I would recommend a new author Erika walker’s ‘Dog Days’ 😊. I have joined your channel during lockdown and after the fantastic sky arts book club and am completely hooked now 👏🏻👏🏻

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3 жыл бұрын

Awwww that’s lovely to hear. I hope the Sky Book Club comes back. I think I have Dog Days. I’m a bit nervous of it because animals in books and me... hmmm.

I would have to say my current favourite author is Sally Rooney and I have to say Normal People is my fave just because I related to it so much. I’m currently reading Miracle Creek by Angie Kim and I think you would maybe enjoy it. Courtroom drama with lots of twists and turns. And I believe you have read 4 of the books between the two of you 😊

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3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh courtroom dramas can go in two extreme directions with me but I’ll look it up on your say so.

My favourite author is Juliet Marrillier. Her Sevenwaters series is AMAZING!!! I don't know if you would necessarily like her?? She writes historical fantasy. My recommendation for you, if you have not read her already would be Isabel Allende. Her most recent novel, A Long Petal of the Sea, is fantastic!! I think you would really like it. The number is 4.

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3 жыл бұрын

I might try Marrillier at some point as lots of channels I love love her. Allende I tried but didn’t love but I think it wasn’t as the right point in my reading life.

So excited to start reading from the long list! I’ve not read a single one but have sooo many on my wish list. I think my current favourite female author(s) are Madeline miller and Natalie Haynes because they opened up a whole new world that I had no idea that I would love - Greek mythology. I’m also so hear for the female - centric narratives within them. My favourite book from these would probably be Circe, as it was the first I read. If you’ve not read The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood I would 100% recommend this one! Also- 4 books! 📚

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3 жыл бұрын

I love Madeline and am lucky enough to be friends with Natalie AND love her books too. I must read The Penelopiad you’re right.

@hannahwooster1706

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavidgeReads what wonderful company you keep! 🤩

4! Maggie O’Farrell After Y’oud Gone & don’t know if you’ve read any Belinda Bauer - Rubbernecker is so so good 😊

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3 жыл бұрын

I love Belinda Bauer. I’ve not read enough of her books.

My fave is The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver😊

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3 жыл бұрын

That was my Gran’s favourite book.

The answer to your first question is '4". My favourite female author is Kate Atkinson, and I just adore her book Life After Life. I'm from New Zealand so I would like to recommend Janet Frame to you, in particular her semi-autobiographical first novel Owls Do Cry. xx

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3 жыл бұрын

Now I have some Janet Frame on my shelves as Stella Duffy has raved about her work.

@JillianMatchett

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavidgeReads She has a three volume autobiography that is also worth your time. She was misdiagnosed with schizophrenia and was scheduled for a lobotomy, when her doctors discovered that she had won a major literary prize and cancelled her operation.

4 books, book by a female author recommendation: Susan Hill, From the Heart I thought it was beautiful (and very different to my other Susan Hill experiences to that point. Favourite female author - Elly Griffiths at the moment, great characters (especially the female lead) and interesting and twisty crimes with an archaeological/mythical edge as well

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3 жыл бұрын

I struggle with my feelings about Susan Hill. I love her writing but I’m not a fan of a lot of her views. I’ve not read Elly Griffiths but I’ve heard really good things.

@green2009day

3 жыл бұрын

I think you will enjoy Elly Griffiths, maybe give it a go one crime time!

#4 Have you read Butter, Honey, Pig, Bread?? Loved this book about twins. I love NKJemison. I think you would love her writing and it would be out of your comfort zone. The Broken Earth Trilogy is my favorite.

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3 жыл бұрын

I’m so desperate to read Butter Honey Pig Bread. I ordered it from Canada but I’m beginning to think it’s got lost in the post. Weeps.

My favourite books change a lot but Donna Tartt's The Secret History is an all time favourite - I reread every year. I think you'd enjoy The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid - I can't remember if you've mentioned it! It was hyped a lot but it lived up to the hype, it's so enjoyable a read despite some of the events, a brilliant one to get out of a reading slump I found! The number is four!

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3 жыл бұрын

I have a few Taylor Jenkins Reid books so I’ll head to some of those. Thank you.

Number of book combined - 4 My favourite female author is Agatha Christie, and my favourite book by her is And Then There Were None. I think you would like Wild Swans by Jung Chang. Its a memoir which spans three generations of women in China from the start of the 20th century to late 20th century. Definitely recommend 🥰

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3 жыл бұрын

I’m going to listen to Wild Swans on audio this year. It’s a little promise I’ve made to myself.

The number is 4 🙃! I’m so glad you and your mum will be reading them together again, I just love this season!!! My favourite female author is Elizabeth Strout and think my favourite of hers is Anything is Possible. I’m not sure if you’ve read Olive Kitteridge? But if not is a wonderful book of hers to start with.x

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3 жыл бұрын

I’ve not read any Elizabeth Strout. I will give her a whirl at some point.

Such a great video and so many of these were already on my TBR, even more excited to get round to them now! First of all, four :) My favourite female author is probably Emily St John Mandel; Margaret Atwood is up there, too, but thought I would say someone that hasn't already been mentioned! Station Eleven is my favourite book ever and I read The Glass Hotel last year and ended up really enjoying this, too. As for recs for you, have you read If I Had Your Face by Frances Cha? This was my favourite book of last year and I am so excited to see what she comes out with next, I just absolutely loved it. Also, I absolutely loved Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens and have shared this with so many friends/family. Hope you find some great recommendations from all the comments! :)

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3 жыл бұрын

I seem to have lost my proof of Frances Cha. I wasn’t sure about it at first and now it’s on the Dylan Thomas longlist which I really want to read though I’ve a lot to read prize wise at the moment. Hahaha. I liked Station Eleven, I’ve not read more of her books though. I should.

We share so many favourites, so I feel confident that I will enjoy the others on your list that I have not yet read. My two favourite women authors are Maggie O’Farrell and Kate Atkinson. Hamnet and Life After Life, respectively, are favourites books by them. As for a suggestion for you, have you read Carol Shields? I knew her personally from my time as a journalist writing about the literary scene in the ‘90s and she was one of my favourite people. I liked The Stone Diaries a lot, plus Larry’s Party, and Unless. I’ll offer another Winnipeg author you may not have read: Miriam Toews. You and your mum have read 3.5, rounded up to 4, books on the list.

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3 жыл бұрын

I read my first Carol Shields last year, Larrys Party, as it was a previous Women’s Prize winner. I loved it so must read more.

Bodily Harm is my fave Atwood, Behind the scenes at the museum is my fave Atkinson, The Virgin Blue is my fave Chevalier, After You’d Gone is my fave O’Farrell (and I’ve read Hamnet 😏)- so there you go! 😊 The author I savour is Barbara Kingsolver - I only have 4 of hers left to read 😱😏 I’m looking forward to getting to Mr Loverman sometime soon 😊 loved this video! The number is 4 and I would recommend my fave Kingsolver which is Prodigal Summer and yep she is my fave author 😊

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3 жыл бұрын

Ooh I’ve not read Bodily Harm, I think it’s on my shelves though. As are the other three of the books by authors in this video. Kingsolver I’ve only dabbled in. I wasn’t sure about Lacuna but wasn’t hooked at the start and then moved onto something else but I’ve The Poisonwood Bible which was my Gran’s favourite book.

4 My favorite female author is Becky Chambers and my favorite of her books (so far) is her first, A Long Way to a Small Angry Planet. My recommendation for you is going to be A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum

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3 жыл бұрын

Ooooh I’ll look that up. Thank you.

(The number is 4 - rounded up). Goodness it's so difficult. Helen Garner had a big impact on me over the years starting with Monkey Grip when I was at university. I also love Hilary Mantel for making me fall in love with Thomas Cromwell (who would have thought). Zadie Smith is also a favourite and I always rush out to buy her books. I have plans moving forward to read more Maggie O'Farrell, Bernadine Evaristo and return to Virginia Woolf.

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3 жыл бұрын

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Number from your live is 4. My favourite book from a female author has to be To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. The female author I have read the most of is Jodi Picoult. I love the different moral dilemmas she deals with and the gripping and often heartbreaking fall out from them. I cannot wait to dive into Hamnet, I picked up my copy after hearing you talk about it on Sky Arts Book Club.

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3 жыл бұрын

You have a treat ahead with Hamnet. I can’t wait to talk about it with Maggie and my mum in a few weeks.

@emilym-r4096

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavidgeReads I can't wait to watch your chat with Maggie.

Favourite female author - there are far too many to pick just one! But at the moment I'm eagerly awaiting Natasha Pulley's new book so I'll go with her. I loved her Watchmaker series and I can't wait for The Kingdoms. Now that I think of it, she gives me Susanna Clarke vibes - I also loved Piranesi. But I'll recommend Asne Seierstad to you for her non-fiction book One of Us about the mass shooting in Norway. I know you read a huge amount of fiction there's a chance you haven't read this! It's a very emotional read but riveting. Also, four!

I think you have read 4 in total! I love Kristin Hannah’s The Nightengale (and The Great Alone). I think you’d like Educated by Tara Westover (not sure if you’ve already read!)

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3 жыл бұрын

I read Educated and liked it but felt she kept a real distance with the reader which I struggle with in a memoir. I would like to try some Kristen Hannah.

Four is the magic number 📚 My favourite female author is Margaret Atwood; The Blind Assassin is perfect. Another favourite who I think you would like is Diane Setterfield; her book Once Upon a River is so beautiful. This is a great giveaway, thank you for the opportunity! X

Magic number #4 (or 3.5!) - Daphne du Maurier is my favourite female author so delighted to see her on your list - just went to count and I have 15 of her books on my shelf that I've read, plus Rule Britannia waiting for me by my bed :) Rebecca was my gateway drug and I still adore it (and have re-read several times) but I also really love her genealogical novels for vividly drawn characters and the sweep of a story over time, so maybe The Loving Spirit or Hungry Hill? Another favourite not on your list is Barbara Comyns, who had a very interesting life - probably my favourite is Our Spoons Came From Woolworths but also love her more gothic stories!

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3 жыл бұрын

Daphers is great isn’t she. I’m going to read one of hers next week.

@DaisyChainSummer

3 жыл бұрын

@@SavidgeReads Delighted to find someone else who also refers to her as Daphers tbh!

4 📚 from the previous video. My favourite female author is Sally Rooney - I devoured both novels in one sitting and find her writing so relatable. Normal People is just my favourite but most likely that’s because I read it first. I can’t wait for ‘Beautiful World, Where Are You’ to be published later this year. I think you would like Ordinary People by Diana Evans if you haven’t already read it, which looks at identity and relationships in two couples. Also Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid, this is not like anything I’d read before and almost reads as a documentary rather than a novel!

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3 жыл бұрын

I like Sally Rooney, I loved Normal People. I liked Conversations with Friends, though by the sounds of the next book were on very similar ground again. I would like her to switch it up a bit. I liked Ordinary People and have three Taylor Jenkins Reid books on my shelves.