This week’s book reviews: Scott Ryan’s Moonlighting An Oral History is an absolute delight. The first point to be made is pedestrian, but so important in a book that is, in Ryan’s words ‘a scholarly look’. I would also like to suggest that this book is so much fun (while scholarly) that it is notContinue reading “Week beginning 27th April 2021”
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Week beginning 21st April 2021
Book reviews this week are Scourge of Henry V111 The Life of Marie De Guise, Melanie Clegg; and The Good Wife of Bath : A (Mostly) True Story, Karen Brooks – see Books: Reviews for the full reviews. Both books were provided to me by NetGalley for review. As I finished the biography of aContinue reading “Week beginning 21st April 2021”
Week beginning 14th April
Book Reviews: this week several novels by women writers are reviewed. Some I rate poorly but decided that they are worth including as a source. I begin with a novel I have given a positive rating. C.L. Taylor, Her Last Holiday, AVON HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2021 C.L. Taylor brings together memorable characters; a satisfying plot;Continue reading “Week beginning 14th April”
Week beginning 7th April 2021
Book Reviews: added this week are the following books, reviewed for NetGalley, and previously published on Good Reads, Twitter and Linked In. They are a departure from the books reviewed for Women’s History Month, although there will be more reviews relevant to the principles of that month throughout the year. Angela Youngman, The Dark SideContinue reading “Week beginning 7th April 2021”
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