I am catching up on some reviews written a while ago, and not posted to this blog. They have been posted on Good Reads, Twitter and Linked In as part of the process of reviewing for NetGalley. Donna Leon Give unto Others Grove Atlantic Atlantic Monthly Press, 2022. Reading a Donna Leon is always delightful.Continue reading “Week beginning March 30 2022”
Monthly Archives: March 2022
Week beginning 23 March 2022
Two non-fiction books are reviewed this week. One, Alison Ripley Cubitt’s Misadventures in the Screen Trade was an easy read. The other, When Hope and History Rhyme Natural Law and Human Rights from Ancient Greece to Modern America by Douglas Burgess was not so easy, but introduced such a wealth of ideas and engrossing analysisContinue reading “Week beginning 23 March 2022”
Week beginning 16 March 2022
The books reviewed this week are both fiction. They were sent to me by NetGalley for review. Lisa Unger’s Last Girl Ghosted and the inspiring story of the women’s march to Washington by thousands of women after the election of former President Trump have feminist themes. On the March by Trudy Krisher is a particularlyContinue reading “Week beginning 16 March 2022”
Week beginning 9th March 2022
NetGalley provided me with the uncorrected proof of Lisa Z. Lindahl’s Unleash the Girls The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me) in exchange for an honest review. Lisa Z. Lindahl Unleash the Girls The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra andContinue reading “Week beginning 9th March 2022”
Week beginning 2 March 2022
Reviewing Tom Stoppard A Life was an interesting process – looming large was the question ‘How did I enjoy the plays of this conservative person who, in my opinion, dined too many times with Margaret Thatcher? The closest I could come to recalling any sense of political unease was at the end of seeing NightContinue reading “Week beginning 2 March 2022”
Robin's Room 