Louise Willder The Book Was Better The Triumphs and Travesties of Book to Film Adaptation Oneworld Publications, October 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. So often heard, so often demonstrating a misunderstanding of the role and mode of the two different performances…and sometimes so right! Louise WilderContinue reading “Week beginning 26 August 2026”
Monthly Archives: August 2026
Week beginning 19 August 2026
Ellen Carol DuBois Elizabeth Cady Stanton A Revolutionary Life Basic Books, March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Ellen Carol DuBois has written a biography that rings with authenticity about a woman whose values raise questions alongside the respect she merits. The latter outweighs the questions, and theContinue reading “Week beginning 19 August 2026”
Week beginning 12 August 2026 (corrected to include the complete Bob McMullan paper)
Richard L. Schur Suits A Cultural History Bloomsbury Academic, November 2026 Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic, for this uncorrected proof for review. As a lover of legal dramas such as Picket Fences, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and The Practice, I was immediately drawn to this history of a legal drama that, on my limitedContinue reading “Week beginning 12 August 2026 (corrected to include the complete Bob McMullan paper)”
Week beginning 5 August 2026
Dale DeBakcsy A History of Women in Music From Antiquity to Present Day Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, January 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a dense work with an almost overwhelming level of detail. Rather than adopting the usual PenContinue reading “Week beginning 5 August 2026”
Robin's Room 