Week beginning 26 July 2023

This week I review another Louise Doughty novel which can now is available for pre-order and will be published on 31 August 2023. Louise Doughty A Bird in Winter Faber and Faber August 2023 When I finished A Bird in Winter I wondered why I had not followed up my recognition upon reading Apple TreeContinue reading “Week beginning 26 July 2023”

Week beginning 19 July 2023

The book reviewed this week is Apple Tree Yard which has been offered on NetGalley together with Lousie Doughty’s latest novel, A Bird in Winter. I ended the earlier review, published in one of my first blogs, with the comment that I would look for more of Doughty’s work. I have been remiss in notContinue reading “Week beginning 19 July 2023”

Week beginning 12 July 2023

This week’s review is of another Pen & Sword publication, this time reviewing Beverley Adams’ The Forgotten Tudor Royal Margaret Douglas, Grandmother to King James VI & I. I have reviewed two of her books, The Rebel Suffragette (December 1, 2021) and Ada Lovelace The World’s First Computer Programmer ( March 29, 2023). The PenContinue reading “Week beginning 12 July 2023”

Week beginning 5 July 2023

Alison McDermott’s Absolution is reviewed this week. Alice McDermott Absolution Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Absolution is the first of Alice McDermott’s novels I have read. It certainly will not be the last. Absolution is an enticingly written book, with its subtle  descriptions of complex relationships and superbly drawn  characters that draw the reader intoContinue reading “Week beginning 5 July 2023”