Craig Leddy Fast Forward The Birth of Video Streaming, Media’s Wild Child Köehler Books, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. In the 1960s I read Ernie Kovac’s TV Medium Rare. It was an amusing insight into television in its early days of male executives, beauty pageants andContinue reading “Week beginning 28 January 2026”
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Week beginning January 21 2026.
Tana French The Keeper Penguin General UK – Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business | Viking, April 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Keeper returns to Cal, Lena and Trey and sundry other characters in Ardnakelty, with much of the emphasis on the village and itsContinue reading “Week beginning January 21 2026.”
Week beginning January 14 2026
Julia Golding The Austen Intrigue Book 4 of Regency Secrets, HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter | One More Chapter, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I have mixed feelings about this novel – the Jane Austen link was interesting, the European political and historical background informative andContinue reading “Week beginning January 14 2026”
Week beginning January 7 2026
Clara Bow Clara Bow My Story Histria Books|Histria A&E, February 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The introduction is a joy to read – beautifully written, informative, and sensitive to the star whose story is told in the following pages. This too, is informative. Not only is itContinue reading “Week beginning January 7 2026”
Week beginning December 31 2025
Martin Edwards Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife Aria & Aries, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife – how could any player of Cluedo resist reading this book? And then, when it becomes clear that Martin EdwardsContinue reading “Week beginning December 31 2025”
Week beginning 24 December 2025
Kristen Lopez, Popcorn Disabilities, Bloomsbury Academic, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Prepare to question your responses to disability, not only as depicted in the films that are discussed, but also in relation to friends and strangers with a disability and government and non-governmentContinue reading “Week beginning 24 December 2025”
Week beginning 17 December 2025
Stephen Rötzsch Thomas Disney’s Animated Classics A Comprehensive Guide Pen & Sword| White owl, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Snow White features throughout this book, beginning with the author having received the video as a present, watching it almost under duress, andContinue reading “Week beginning 17 December 2025”
Week beginning December 10 2025
Taran Armstrong Behind the Mirror Inside the World of Big Brother Sourcebooks (non-fiction) Sourcebooks, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Taran Armstrong’s densely detailed and analytical work lies as much in his perceptive approach as his attention to the format, the participants, their strategies, and their personalities.Continue reading “Week beginning December 10 2025”
Week beginning 3 December 2025
Ellie Levenson Room 706 Zando | SJP Lit, January 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is Kate’s story – her childhood and young adulthood, and the impact of marriage and motherhood are seen through Kate’s recall as she waits in room 706 in a London hotel. SheContinue reading “Week beginning 3 December 2025”
Week beginning November 26, 2025
John Willingham The Last Woman TCU Press Adult historical fiction, October 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Last Woman is based on the real Frenchy McCormick who lived from 1852 to 1941, eventually becoming the sole resident of Tascosa, Texas. She remained there for thirty years afterContinue reading “Week beginning November 26, 2025”
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