Sophie Hannah Hercule Poirot’s Silent Night The New Hercule Poirot Mystery Harper Collins UK, Harper Fiction 26 October 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the second of Sophie Hannah’s Hercule Poirot mysteries that I have read, and I came to it hoping that I would notContinue reading “Week beginning 8 November 2023”
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Week beginning 1 November 2023
With my return to London, to a hotel in the east end, * I thought it appropriate to review (The) Queens of London (the proof title includes ‘The’) by Heather Webb, set in the past in the city streets of London. In a few weeks I shall be looking at another book also set inContinue reading “Week beginning 1 November 2023”
Week beginning 26 October 2023
The plaque dedicated to the Devon Witches is placed on the wall of the castle in the Rougemont Gardens, Exeter. Unfortunately, the plaque has been partially obscured by a fencing around buildings associated with work taking place at the gardens. When I saw the plaque (taking the photo required scrambling around a large truck andContinue reading “Week beginning 26 October 2023”
Week beginning 19th October 2023
This week I review American Magazine Writing which I mentioned briefly in the previous blog. The collection was sent to me by NetGalley for review. Sidney Holt (ed.) American Magazine Writing Columbia University Press 2023. The introduction is written by Natasha Perlman, executive director, Glamour but does not appear in this uncorrected proof. The listContinue reading “Week beginning 19th October 2023”
Week beginning 11 October 2023
I was pleased to see that a collection of papers, American Magazine Writing was available on NetGalley for review, and next week I’ll write about my responses to the articles deemed good enough to have won prizes and be included in the published collection. The Atlantic came to my attention through interviews with some ofContinue reading “Week beginning 11 October 2023”
Week beginning 4th October 2023
The book I review this week is by Virginia Pye, a writer I have not read before. Net Galley sent me the uncorrected proof of The Literary Undoing of Victoria Swann for review. The novel is inspired by a woman writer who wrote under the pen name, Gail Hamilton. She was exploited by her BostonContinue reading “Week beginning 4th October 2023”
Week beginning 29th September 2023
This week’s blog is mainly about travelling in Porto and Amsterdam. However, I have been indulging myself with some novels bought for fun rather than NetGalley reviews. Two have men as their main protagonists, which is an interesting change for me. One, The Trophy Wife by Valerie Keogh I have not finished. It is aContinue reading “Week beginning 29th September 2023”
Week beginning 20 September 2023
Hillary Rodham Clinton is the subject of this week’s review. Do All the Good You Can, How Faith Shaped Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Politics by Gary Scott Smith, University of Illinois Press, 2023 will be published in October. Gary Scott Smith provides a rather different perspective on Hillary Rodham Clinton, or so it seems to me.Continue reading “Week beginning 20 September 2023”
Week beginning 13 September 2023
This week I have recovered my earlier review of The Agatha Christie Collection as I am renewing my acquaintance with her work during my visit to Wallingford where Agatha Christie is being commemorated. Agatha Christie, The Agatha Christie Collection (Kindle Edition) The Agatha Christie Collection is a great ‘starter’ collection for readers new to Christie.Continue reading “Week beginning 13 September 2023”
Week beginning 7 September 2023
Barbara Pym, her novels and her relationship with her sister, Hilary, are at the forefront of my mind this week. I have just attended the Barbara Pym Conference on the theme of sisterhood, so Some Tame Gazelle (first published 1950, Virago Modern Classics 2009) is an appropriate place to begin. Barbara Pym’s first published novelContinue reading “Week beginning 7 September 2023”
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