Book reviews this week are Scourge of Henry V111 The Life of Marie De Guise, Melanie Clegg; and The Good Wife of Bath : A (Mostly) True Story, Karen Brooks – see Books: Reviews for the full reviews. Both books were provided to me by NetGalley for review. As I finished the biography of aContinue reading “Week beginning 21st April 2021”
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Week beginning 14th April
Book Reviews: this week several novels by women writers are reviewed. Some I rate poorly but decided that they are worth including as a source. I begin with a novel I have given a positive rating. C.L. Taylor, Her Last Holiday, AVON HarperCollins Publishers Ltd 2021 C.L. Taylor brings together memorable characters; a satisfying plot;Continue reading “Week beginning 14th April”
Week beginning 7th April 2021
Book Reviews: added this week are the following books, reviewed for NetGalley, and previously published on Good Reads, Twitter and Linked In. They are a departure from the books reviewed for Women’s History Month, although there will be more reviews relevant to the principles of that month throughout the year. Angela Youngman, The Dark SideContinue reading “Week beginning 7th April 2021”
Week beginning 31 March 2021
Book Reviews: Jillian Cantor Half Life Simon&Schuster, 2021, first published 2011 by Headline Publishing Group. Jillian Cantor’s novel is described by Marie Benedict, author of The Other Einstein as a ‘thoughtful, compelling story [which] delves into issues faced by modern women , while inviting readers to ruminate on their own life choices and the dominoContinue reading “Week beginning 31 March 2021”
Week beginning 24th March 2021
Book Reviews: Catherine McCormack, Women In the Picture Women, Art and the Power of Looking, Icon Books Ltd, London, 2021. McCormack provides a well researched and powerful analysis of revered paintings and sculptures that highlights the anti- woman approach of so much art in galleries around the world. Her feminist approach is a valuable contributionContinue reading “Week beginning 24th March 2021”
Week beginning 17th March 2021
Book Reviews: Julia Cooke, Come Fly The World, The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021. Women’s History Month Women’s March 4 Women Rally Canberra 15 March Thousands of people, predominantly women, but with plenty of men, children and dogs also in attendance, rallied at Parliament House, Canberra. TheContinue reading “Week beginning 17th March 2021”
Week beginning 10 March 2021
Women’s History Month Book Reviews: Liz Hodgkinson, The Women Who Transformed Journalism, First published by Revel Barker Publishing, 2008, this publication, Lume Books, 2018. Commentary: books relevant to Women’s History Month (see Book Reviews) Let fiction have a say: British Women Fight for the Vote in Stand We at Last and Things a Bright GirlContinue reading “Week beginning 10 March 2021”
Week beginning 3 March 2021
Book Review: Women’s Liberation! Feminist Writings that Inspired a Revolution & Still Can, Edited by Alix Kates Shulman and Honor Moore, Library of America, 16 February 2021. Thank you to Net Galley for this copy for review. With Women’s History Month being celebrated in March, this collection seems the most relevant with which to beginContinue reading “Week beginning 3 March 2021”
Week beginning 24 February 2021
New Book Reviews: Bernard Jan, Cruel Summer. This is a review of a novel that gave me an insight into the world of Young Adult Fiction, skateboarding, and a new author. Reviewed for Goodreads. Sue Wilkes, Jane Austen’s England. This is an excellent combination of contemporary information, allusions to Jane Austen’s novels and life andContinue reading “Week beginning 24 February 2021”
Week Beginning 17 February 2021
Book Reviews – new review, Kristin Contino, A House Full of Windsor. The following have been moved to Book Reviews: Archives – Part 2, Sections on women in the 1930s novels and class in the novels: Racism, Sexism and Classism in Agatha Christie’s novels. Covid Notes A reduction in mixed messages one of the factorsContinue reading “Week Beginning 17 February 2021”
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