Book Reviews this week cover two fiction and three non-fiction books. One non-fiction book is about writing, so I have included an interview between Joanna Penn and Orna Ross about their research methods and application. They also briefly mention ‘writers’ block’ , an issue raised by the reviewed book by J. Michael Straczynski, Becoming AContinue reading “Week Beginning 26 May 2021”
Monthly Archives: May 2021
Week beginning 19th May 2021
Eliza Graham, You Let Me Go, Amazon Publishing UK Lake Union Publishing 2021. Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with this proof in exchange for an honest review. Eliza Graham has written a novel that combines an appealing story, well drawn characters, and a good command of her material. I was particularly pleased toContinue reading “Week beginning 19th May 2021”
Week beginning 12th May 2021
Book review: Peter Hore, Bletchley Park’s Secret Source Churchill’s Wrens and the Y Service in World War 11, Greenhill Books, 2021 I am not a reader of war books and before reading Blethcley Park’s Secret Source my knowledge of women’s contribution to this aspect of the war was through novels; my research on Barbara PymContinue reading “Week beginning 12th May 2021”
Week beginning 5th May 2021
Book review: Kim Lock The Other Side of Beautiful, HQ Fiction, an imprint of Harlequin Enterprises, Australia, 2021. The preface to Kim Lock’s novel explains her preference for the term ‘nervous breakdown’ to describe depression in a way that anticipates the sufferer’s capacity to achieve a positive outcome: a ‘break through’. Mercy Blain accomplishes thisContinue reading “Week beginning 5th May 2021”
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