This week I review Maria Teresa Hart’s Doll, a non-fiction book which encouraged me to look for linking material. Some which raises the impact that ‘appearance on demand’ has on women are: two articles Zoom and Botox, and What’s the connection between cosmetic procedures and mental health? and a book by Jocelynne A. Scutt, Beauty, Women’sContinue reading “Week beginning 30 November 2022”
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Week beginning 23 November 2022*
Steve Baltin Anthems We Love 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives Harper Horizon 2022. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. What a tremendous adventure this book provides, down memory lane, into meeting new (for me) artists and songs and gaining an understanding of theContinue reading “Week beginning 23 November 2022*”
Week beginning 16 November 2022
Amanda DuBois Deliver Them from Evil Girl Friday Books 2022. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the second Camille Delaney Mystery that Amanda DuBois has written, and that I have read. I looked forward to seeing where Camile Delaney would go, after having left her well-paying positionContinue reading “Week beginning 16 November 2022”
Week beginning 9 November 2022
Two books are reviewed this week. Both are non-fiction and the uncorrected proofs were provided to me by NetGalley for review. Harriet A Jane Austen Variation by Alice McVeigh and Stroller by Amanda Parrish Morgan. Harriet A Jane Austen Variation Warleigh Press 2022 continues Alice McVeigh’s delightful work on alerting readers to fascinating new interpretationsContinue reading “Week beginning 9 November 2022”
Week beginning 2 November 2022
Books reviewed this week are Nadia Cohen’s The Real Enid Blyton and a review I wrote for Goodreads which links nicely to the biography of Enid Blyton sent to me for review by NetGalley. Nadia Cohen The Real Enid Blyton Pen & Sword, Pen & Sword History 30 Oct 2022. Thank you Net Galley and PenContinue reading “Week beginning 2 November 2022”
Week beginning 26 October 2022
Several art galleries are covered this week, both of the Australian galleries feature a commitment to children’s activities. The Art Gallery Western Australia features a particularly inspirational activity which encourages caring for the environment in a child centred activity. The books reviewed this week are Louise Douglas’ The Lost Notebook and Forever Hold your PeaceContinue reading “Week beginning 26 October 2022”
Week beginning 19 October 2022
This week the books to be reviewed are Peter J. Leithart’s Jane Austen A Literary Celebrity and Marple: Twelve New Stories by Agatha Christie; Naomi Alderman; Leigh Bardugo; Alyssa Cole; Lucy Foley; Elly Griffiths; Natalie Haynes; Jean Kwok; Val McDermid; Karen M. McManus; Dreda Say Mitchell; Kate Mosse; Ruth Ware, HarperCollins Sep 2022. Both wereContinue reading “Week beginning 19 October 2022”
Week beginning 12 October 2022
Two Australian authors’ books are reviewed this week. Catch Us The Foxes, by Nicola West, and Tricia Stringer’s Keeping up Appearances, are markedly different. However, both use the distinctive Australian landscape as part of their story. Thank you, Simon & Schuster (Catch Us The Foxes) and HQ Fiction (Keeping up Appearances) and NetGalley for theseContinue reading “Week beginning 12 October 2022”
Week beginning 5 October 2022
The reviews this week are Claire McGowan’s I Know You and the non-fiction, Michael Greaney’s An A-Z of Jane Austen. Thank you, NetGalley for these uncorrected advance proofs for review. Claire McGowan I Know You Thomas & Mercer, Seattle, 2021 I Know You has a large amount of wonderfully poignant material, a little bit ofContinue reading “Week beginning 5 October 2022”
Week beginning 28 September 2022
This week I review Paul Kendall’s Queen Elizabeth I Life and Legacy of the Virgin Queen which fits nicely into thinking about the article by Jenny Hyde on the way in which news about the death of Queen Elizabeth 1 compares with news coverage of the death of Queen Elizabeth 11. Paul Kendall Queen ElizabethContinue reading “Week beginning 28 September 2022”
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