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Week beginning 8 January 2025

Elie Mystal Bad Law Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America The New Press, March 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elie Mystal does not disappoint in this fiercely passionate, but so cleverly analytical, exposure of the inherent inequality espoused in the ten laws he addresses in thisContinue reading “Week beginning 8 January 2025”

Week beginning 1 January 2025

Angela Youngman The Dark Side of Jane Austen’s World Pen & Sword|Pen & Sword History, August 2024. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Angela Youngman’s detailed and absorbing exploration of Jane Austen’s world, through her own narratives and additional material, is a valuable read. AlthoughContinue reading “Week beginning 1 January 2025”

Week beginning 25 December 2024.

Diana Wilkinson The Girl in the Window Boldwood Books, December 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I was disappointed in this novel, despite some clever writing and twists. Starting with those, the way in which the main character, Izzie, moves between watching her husband, using her column toContinue reading “Week beginning 25 December 2024.”

Week beginning 18 December 2024

Margaret Ann Spence Cold War in a Hot Kitchen Wakefield Press, September 2024. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Cold War in a Hot Kitchen is a special read from beginning to end. It is a social history; a commentary on a sometimes unique, at others familiar, domestic life;Continue reading “Week beginning 18 December 2024”

Week beginning 11 December 2024

Minette Walters The Players Allen & Unwin, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Minette Walters has moved beyond the familiar historical fiction featuring the fight for power in court circles, to giving one such person a life outside the court where he meets and pursues a womanContinue reading “Week beginning 11 December 2024”

Week beginning 4 December 2024

Dava Sobel The Elements of Marie Curie How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science Grove Atlantic | Atlantic Monthly Press, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Marie Curie who emerges from this book would appreciate the way in which it isContinue reading “Week beginning 4 December 2024”

Week beginning 27 November 2024

Charlotte Booth and Brian Billington The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London Pen & Sword | White Owl, November 2024. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Crime Movie and TV Lover’s Guide to London provides yet another source for understanding and exploring London through aContinue reading “Week beginning 27 November 2024”

Week beginning 20 November 2024

Carol Ann Lloyd Courting the Virgin Queen Elizabeth I And Her Suitors Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, July 2024. The great strength of this account of Queen Elizabeth and her suitors is its commitment to providing a broad account of marriage in the period, the context in which a woman, and aContinue reading “Week beginning 20 November 2024”

Week Beginning 13 November 2024

Marc Wanamaker and Steven Bingen Hollywood Behind the Lens Treasures from the Bison Archives Globe Pequot Lyons Press, May 2024. Thankyou, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the story of loss and an amazing effort to redeem this loss – the accumulation of Hollywood memorabilia undertaken through the BisonContinue reading “Week Beginning 13 November 2024”

Week beginning 5 November

Articles and some light relief: Bob McMullan; Heather Cox Richardson; Joyce Vance; Jess Piper; Cindy Lou and food. American Politics Bob McMullan Final US election review Less than one day until the polls close. In Australia it will be Wednesday before we know who wins. The election remains very unpredictable. That does not necessarily meanContinue reading “Week beginning 5 November”