Kristy Cambron The Making of a Mad Woman Thomas Nelson Fiction, February 2027. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Kristy Cambron introduces Jo Carmichael as she enters the board room to take over her late father’s position as CEO of an advertising firm, struggling to exist in the maleContinue reading “Week beginning 16 September 2026*”
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Week beginning 9 September 2026
Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem Remembering Gloria Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor <info@msmagazine.com> 5 Sept 2026, 23:01 Weekly DigestLetter from an Editor | September 5, 2026Dear Robin, Gloria. She was a journalist, an organizer, a movement-builder. A woman with a powerful voice—and a woman with a profound capacity for listening. When she cofounded Ms. in 1972, sheContinue reading “Week beginning 9 September 2026”
Week beginning 2 September 2026
Alice Hoffman The Witches of Cambridge Simon & Schuster (Australia) | Scribner UK, September 2026. Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I was interested in The Witches of Cambridge as an example of historical fiction that would complement the non-fiction texts I have read about the treatmentContinue reading “Week beginning 2 September 2026”
Week beginning 26 August 2026
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”
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”
Week beginning 29 July 2026
Elizabeth Imlay Charlotte Brontë’s Psyche A Close Reading of ‘Jane Eyre’ Aurora Metro Books|River Light Press, May 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Imlay has adapted her earlier publication to consider the decrease in classical education. The result remains an exciting analysis of Jane Eyre, where Imlay’sContinue reading “Week beginning 29 July 2026”
Week beginning 21 July 2026
Margaret Waller Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, the Priest, and the Men Who Invented Modern Fashion Columbia University Press, August 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I began this book several times, finding it dense and the somewhat specialist language difficult to navigate. However, Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, theContinue reading “Week beginning 21 July 2026”
Week beginning July 14 2026
Jerry Jamison Behind the Beehive The Triumphs and Trials of Dusty Springfield Bloomsbury Academic, October 2026.Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jerry Jamison acknowledges the difficulties of researching this biography and in a Note from the Author at the beginning, and in an afterword, has described these, and detailedContinue reading “Week beginning July 14 2026”
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