Week beginning March 27 2024

Jackie French The Sea Captain’s Wife Harlequin Australia. HQ (Fiction, Non-Fiction, YA) & Mira, March 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Sea Captain’s Wife is an engaging amalgam of Jackie French’s knowledge of the intriguing historical hunt for marriageable shipwrecked sailors; meticulous attention to depicting an authenticContinue reading “Week beginning March 27 2024”

Week beginning 20th March 2024

Rosemary Hennessy In the Company of Radical Women Writers University of Minnesota Press, August 2023. Thank you NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Rosemary Hennessy’s stories from Black, Jewish, and white women who saw communism as an answer to the problems arising from the Great Depression is a riveting read. PerhapsContinue reading “Week beginning 20th March 2024”

Week beginning 13 March 2024

Kathy Lette, The Revenge Club, Aria and Aries, May 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Kathy Lette has not let her joy in creating a comedy undermine her strong story line that promotes the abilities and strengths of women fast approaching their sixties, a continuing fight to breakContinue reading “Week beginning 13 March 2024”

Week beginning March 6 2024

Holly Swinyard  Fans and Fandom, A Journey into the Passion and Power of Fan Culture Pen & Sword, White Owl, March 2024. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review.  Holly Swinyard’s Fans and Fandom, A Journey into the Passion and Power of Fan Culture, is anContinue reading “Week beginning March 6 2024”