Sharon Grace Powers How Broadway Works Building and Running a Show from the People Who Make It Happen Globe Pequot, Applause, Dec 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I applaud the premise of this book, which is an engaging, informative account of all the people who make it possibleContinue reading “Week beginning November 29 2023”
Monthly Archives: November 2023
Week beginning 22 November 2023
Catherine Russell The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck University of Illinois 2023. Thank you, NetGalley , for this uncorrected proof for review. Barbara Stanwyck was not one of my favourite actresses, she seemed too pushy somehow, and her films did not appeal – nor did the characters she played. With this in mind, I thought itContinue reading “Week beginning 22 November 2023”
Week beginning 15 November 2023
Kim Hong Nguyen, Mean Girl Feminism How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss, University of Illionois Press, Jan 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for this uncorrected proof for review. I was drawn to this book because I have always been aware of the shortcomings of feminism in action because of its strong relationship to white,Continue reading “Week beginning 15 November 2023”
Week beginning 8 November 2023
Sophie Hannah Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Harper Collins UK, Harper Fiction 26 October 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the second of Sophie Hannah’s Hercule Poirot mysteries that I have read, and I came to it hoping that I would notContinue reading “Week beginning 8 November 2023”
Week beginning 1 November 2023
With my return to London, to a hotel in the east end, * I thought it appropriate to review (The) Queens of London (the proof title includes ‘The’) by Heather Webb, set in the past in the city streets of London. In a few weeks I shall be looking at another book also set inContinue reading “Week beginning 1 November 2023”
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