The books reviewed this week include one that is pertinent to the debate about democracy and voting rights in America today. Included this week is also Heather Cox Richardson’s commentary on these events. The book is Democracy, Race and Justice The Speeches and Writings of Sadie T.M. Alexander, edited by Nina Banks and published byContinue reading “Week beginning 28 July 2021”
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Week beginning 21 July 2021
The books reviewed this week are part of the Pen & Sword series of publications. Earlier reviews from the series were A Visitor’s Guide to Jane Austen’s England by Sue Wilkes; London and the Seventeenth Century by Margarette Lincoln and Michelle Higgins’ A Visitor’s Guide to Victorian England. This is a series that makes historyContinue reading “Week beginning 21 July 2021”
Week beginning 14th July 2021
This week’s nonfiction review is Rebecca, an analysis of the film. Patricia White, Rebecca, BFI Bloomsbury Publishing Plc London and New York, 2021. I was thrilled to receive this thorough interpretation of Rebecca from NetGalley. Rebecca is a film with which I have grappled. I became reacquainted with the novel and its author during aContinue reading “Week beginning 14th July 2021”
Week beginning 7 July 2021
This post has been updated to include information about a zoom meeting, Brilliant & Bold! at which From Women to the World Letters for a New Century (one of the reviewed books) will be discussed. Books reviewed this week are: Kelly Heyman’s Build Back Better. The First Hundred Days of the Biden Administration, and BeyondContinue reading “Week beginning 7 July 2021”
Week beginning 7 July 2021
Books reviewed this week are: Kelly Heyman’s Build Back Better. The First Hundred Days of the Biden Administration, and Beyond and From Women to the World Letters for a New Century, edited by Elizabeth Filippouli. NetGalley provided me with the following uncorrected proofs for review. Kelly Heyman Build Back Better. The First 100 Days ofContinue reading “Week beginning 7 July 2021”
Week beginning 30 June 2021
Book reviews this week are fiction. Each depicts a woman under duress as the main character. In the first, The Good Samaritan by C.J. Parsons, Carrie has facial expression blindness and is on the spectrum. The second book, Keep Me Close by Jane Holland features Kate who works in a misogynist environment, has suffered theContinue reading “Week beginning 30 June 2021”
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