The book sent to me as an uncorrected copy from NetGalley for review is by Hanna Flint. What Movies Teach Us Strong Female Character begins with a criticism of the form in which Barbie appears without the trappings of her many manifestations as a career woman, adventurer, glamour icon etc. For Hanna Flint the searchContinue reading “Week beginning 9 August 2023”
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Week beginning 3 August 2023
Two books are reviewed this week – one that I read some time ago and somehow neglected to publish on the blog (the third in Kerry Wilkinson’s Whitecliff Bay series) and Keith Urban by Jeff Apter. Both were provided to me by NetGalley as uncorrected proofs for review. Jeff Apter Keith Urban Kensington Books Citadel,Continue reading “Week beginning 3 August 2023”
Week beginning 26 July 2023
This week I review another Louise Doughty novel which can now is available for pre-order and will be published on 31 August 2023. Louise Doughty A Bird in Winter Faber and Faber August 2023 When I finished A Bird in Winter I wondered why I had not followed up my recognition upon reading Apple TreeContinue reading “Week beginning 26 July 2023”
Week beginning 19 July 2023
The book reviewed this week is Apple Tree Yard which has been offered on NetGalley together with Lousie Doughty’s latest novel, A Bird in Winter. I ended the earlier review, published in one of my first blogs, with the comment that I would look for more of Doughty’s work. I have been remiss in notContinue reading “Week beginning 19 July 2023”
Week beginning 12 July 2023
This week’s review is of another Pen & Sword publication, this time reviewing Beverley Adams’ The Forgotten Tudor Royal Margaret Douglas, Grandmother to King James VI & I. I have reviewed two of her books, The Rebel Suffragette (December 1, 2021) and Ada Lovelace The World’s First Computer Programmer ( March 29, 2023). The PenContinue reading “Week beginning 12 July 2023”
Week beginning 5 July 2023
Alison McDermott’s Absolution is reviewed this week. Alice McDermott Absolution Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023. Absolution is the first of Alice McDermott’s novels I have read. It certainly will not be the last. Absolution is an enticingly written book, with its subtle descriptions of complex relationships and superbly drawn characters that draw the reader intoContinue reading “Week beginning 5 July 2023”
Week Beginning 28 June 2023
The book I review this week, America’s Black Capital How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy, was given to me by NetGalley as an uncorrected proof. It is reviewed after a tribute to Simon Crean, former Leader of the Australian Labor Party. I was very sad to hear of Simon Crean’sContinue reading “Week Beginning 28 June 2023”
Week Beginning 21 June 2023
The book review this week is The Bedroom Window by K.L. Slater. However, I am also referring to the work I reviewed last week as that post had a very short time online as it was posted so late. Besides, I really love the cover of Plague Searchers and it deserves another airing . K.L.Continue reading “Week Beginning 21 June 2023”
Week beginning 14 June 2023*
Rob Wills’ two volume Plague Searchers is reviewed this week. It seems particularly appropriate to review a book that gives women’s place such a high priority in the week I also comment on the National Labor Women’s Conference held in Western Australia. Rob Wills Plague Searchers Volumes 1 and 2 Arcadia 2022. The description ‘immense’Continue reading “Week beginning 14 June 2023*”
Week Beginning 7 June 2023
The Four Corners of the Heart An Unfinished Novel, Françoise Sagan, Amazon Crossing 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. How I wish that I had originally known Françoise Sagan’s work through this clever, comic, sensitive and thoughtful novel rather than the one with which I understood her work untilContinue reading “Week Beginning 7 June 2023”
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