Savidge Prompts Catch Up

In which ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@SavidgeReads‬ and I muse about the prompts we’ve read so far this year and those yet to come.
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Books discussed:
January: a book with a snake on the cover.
Emperor of Rome by Mary Beard
Rapture’s Road by Sean Hewitt
The Things We Do To Our Friends by Heather Darwent
February: a retelling of a myth/fairytale/historical event
House of Names by Colm Toibin
March: a book that has been long or short listed for a prize you have never read from before.
Five Little Indians by Michelle Good
Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin and translated by Aneesa Abbas Higgins
April: a book recommended by a booktuber.
Prophet Song by Paul Lynch
Brother Do You Love Me by Manni and Reuben Coe
May: a book with your name on it.
Noah Can’t Even by Simon James Green

[@dawnmorgart4038]

I always love coming across your videos. Your perfect bookshelf in the back instantly relaxes me and I enjoy you two very much!!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Thank you so much! ☺️

[@alliebeesreading]

Big fan of lemons on anything, LOVE that top!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Thank you. I’m a citronophile too 🤣🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@MJ-in-Canada]

Thankyou for dipping a toe into Canada's Giller Prize!😀 I refuse to call it the Scotiabank Giller Prize. It seems that corporations have got their names stuck onto everything now, be it a concert hall or a prize.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Indeed! There has been a little progress in the UK recently with Bailie Gifford 🙏🙏🙏📚📚❤️🩷🩷🩷

[@annie-mz9956]

Eruption is a new volcano book as well

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@JillK-re4gv]

Just love you two together! I need to jump in with these prompts. Such a good idea. Thanks as ever for your recommendations and thoughtful comments 😊

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

You are so welcome! 📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷🙏🙏🙏

[@Evegalewitz]

I really enjoyed this! I too am enjoying Canadian writers recently and recently finished The Berry Pickers about Canada’s indigenous people. Will definitely try read Five Little Indians. Have either of you read “Under the Volcano”? Thought I might try reading it.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I haven’t read that one - will have to check out the cover 😂🙏🙏🙏🩷🩷🩷📚📚📚

[@cindyhaiken5644]

I love these prompts and hope you continue to do them. I am caught up but have no idea what to choose for the July prompt so have to give that a bit of a think. August is sorted and Simon solved the volcano problem as he discussed in this delightful video. Also really glad I watched all the way to the end!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

🤣🤣🤣 I’m still a bit stumped over the volcano as now feel duty bound to find one that’s erupting 🙄😊🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@paulnorfolk2597]

I absolutely love your videos together,I'm subscibed rto both of your individual channels but when I see you together it's just a time which always makes me smile. You've both got this incredible infectious personality and it's an absolute pleasure to watch. Hope this continues for many years to come 😊

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Wow, thank you. It’s wonderful that we can send smiles across the interweb. 😊🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@smileycindy]

I was looking forward to this video with your update on prompt reading - always love seeing you both in a video together and this is coming full circle since I believe the first time I saw you together in a video was when you picked prompts in the jar last December. 😁 I have read Five Little Indians last year. It gave good insight on the fallout of the residential schools. I heard about this book when Michelle Good gave a conference at my place of work around the time of Truth and Reconciliation Day.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Gosh. I bet Michelle Good was really interesting 🤩🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@kimswhims8435]

It's ok Simon, you've sold me on Strangers at the Port, I'll be reading it soon... your bookish Adopted Australian Mum 🙂🙂 ETA Sorry Louise 🙃

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Happy to share 🤪🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@naomisackett9210]

I’ve booked a trip to Cambridge to see your Mary Beard event - really looking forward to it! 😊

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Oh wow! Hope we do a good job and please come and say hi 👋 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@naomisackett9210]

❤

[@EmmaLiz1984]

Really enjoying the prompts this year. Especially because I began the year with reading slump so this helped! Ive loved reading "MY Government means to kill me" and currently reading "The Rain Heron" - both were 5 stars for me! Please do the prompts again next year too!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I adored The Rain Heron. Wonderful 👍🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@EmmaLiz1984]

@louisesavidgemuses4135 actually I am reading it for this month because I'd seen you recommend it!

[@maartjedegroot9598]

I love this challenge. I’ve read January: The last magician by Lisa Maxwell February: The boundless by Anna Bright (a lot of fairytales in it) and Entreat me (The beauty and the beast) by Grace Draven March: Jade City by Fonda Lee because of the Nebula award. April: Please do not touch this exhibit by Jen Campbell (wasn’t this one of your favorite poetry collections Simon?) May: Dennie is een star by Maartje Wortel (This wasn’t easy) June: The confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins (there ara bees on the cover)

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Wow 🤩 Full marks awarded 😊📚📚📚🙏🙏🙏🩷🩷🩷

[@maartjedegroot9598]

@@louisesavidgemuses4135 🤪

[@janepeacock3704]

Hi Both 👋🏻👋🏻😘 For January’s prompt I reread The Essex Serpent (Sarah Perry) as I felt I rushed the ending 1st time; I so enjoyed it again & I think it’s one of my favourite books ☺️ For Feb I read Lady MacBethad (Isabelle Schuler) brought to my attention by you Simon 👍 I really enjoyed this ‘retelling’ 👑 March was The New Life (Tom Crewe) via the Nero book awards: well written & thought provoking 🥹 April was meant to be In Memoriam (Alice Winn) - a fave 2023 book of Jack Edwards - but didn’t read it, lso will have to go back! I chose to reread Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë) for May & was really enjoying it but had to put aside to read ‘prize titles’! This month I’ll also try & start Wednesday’s Child (Yiyun Li) - the cover has a spaniel on it! TTFN & TC xx

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I reread Jane Eyre a few years ago and found it totally absorbing 🙏🙏🙏🩷🩷🩷📚📚📚

[@joniheisenberg]

“House of Names” is fabulous! So glad you spotlighted it. Love your top.❤

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Yes! Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@Christine-jg2ch]

Definitely one of my favourites 😊

[@cherylynlarking191]

really enjoyed your discussion and catch up with what you have read for the prompts.I have tired to keep up but was stuck with the name prompt too.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Don’t worry. You could use the bonus prompt instead 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@cecilialau_]

I’m loving the prompts, thank you for the catch-up! Glad you’ve enjoyed it so far - however the pace 😉🫶

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

You’re welcome 😊 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@antineah1889]

Thank you for another wonderful video! I’m so very behind on this list, having only managed Amitav Ghosh’s Gun Island for January; but classes end next week and I’ll be catching up! I’m upset to miss you both (and Mary Beard!) on July 2; I live in Cambridge, but I’ll be away that week…bad luck, as I would have loved to meet you. Back to reading…

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Do enjoy your reading 😊🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@susprime7018]

Enjoy your reads.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@andrearyan816]

I loved ‘A Bird in Winter by Louise Doughty’ which I read recently. Thank you for recommending Apple Tree Yard.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Hope you enjoy it! It’s brilliant 🤩

[@mypeacefulrevolution]

I loved this prompt catch up, always love to have a little nosy at what you've read for the prompts 😊 I'm a little behind as well, I haven't read May's book yet (I don't know whether to read a book by Elsa Morante or Elsa Triolet).

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Decisions, decisions 😁🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@kathy2539]

I love seeing you both together on each other's channels, so much fun. I'd love to be with you in Cambridge but I'm 10484 miles / 16872.36 km away from you in Melbourne, Australia. I'll look forward to any gems you have for us, afterwards. 😃 🔖📘 ✈

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I’m sure there will be gems 💎 galore! 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@user-qo6tz1oe1v]

Met Colm Toibin in Nashville at Parnassus Books. Long Island is great

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

That must have been brilliant 🤩

[@NickyB60]

I loved Louise doughty platform 7

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I‘be heard great things about that one 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@tanyam6197]

❤❤❤

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@58angieb]

Simon/Louise can recommend 'Pachinko' by Min Jin Lee. A family saga,spanning nearly 100(1910-1989) years,told through 4 generations of one family,& set in Japan & Korea. A memorable,engaging read:

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

I adored Pachinko 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@FMsukina]

Hilariously, I couldn't find an author with my name either. I searched by my first and last names, lol!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Oh no! Who’d have thought it would be such a challenging prompt? 🙄🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@allisonryder4781]

Re the residential schoolsin canada, the churches involved were RC, Anglican and Presbyterian. They were all recomme ded by the truth and reonciliation council to provide xMillions to those affected. The RC are the only ones who haveyet to pay, and they were the largest number of schools in the nation. Lots of interesting books here for us to explore❤

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Thank you for enhancing my understanding. It’s such an important subject. 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@constancecampbell4610]

Your honorific prompt reminded me of Colonel Pettigrew’s Last Stand. PS Oops. It is Major Pettigrew. I accidentally demoted him.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

Nice one! 🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

The only prompt I could do was the book with a snake. I’ve got books for all the other months.

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

🤞🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷

[@jacquelinemcmenamin8204]

Isn’t it terrible Louise when sons interrupt you ?!

[@louisesavidgemuses4135]

🤣🤣🤣 Couldn’t possibly comment 🤪🙏🙏🙏📚📚📚🩷🩷🩷