Week beginning 4 March 2026

Scott Ryan The Last Decade of Cinema Black Chateau Fayetteville Mafia Press, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Scott Ryan has a distinct writing style that carries this serious, perceptive and analytical approach to a decade of film with a firm grasp of the need to engageContinue reading “Week beginning 4 March 2026”

Week beginning 25 February 2026

S.E. Lynes The Split Bookouture, March 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. S.E. Lynes has cleverly combined  a thriller with elements of character study and examination of the way relationships can develop or crumble under pressure.   These elements are woven together so seamlessly that the plot, as complexContinue reading “Week beginning 25 February 2026”

Week beginning 18 February 2026

Julia Cooke Starry and Restless Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and the World Farrar, Straus and Giroux, February 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I read Julia Cooke’s Come Fly the World and was thoroughly engaged. Starry and Restless Three Women Who Changed Work, Writing, and theContinue reading “Week beginning 18 February 2026”

Week beginning February 11 2026

Elizabeth Strout Tell Me Everything Penguin General UK (Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business, Viking) September 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Strout brings magic to her work and Tell Me Everything is no different. Bob Burgess and Margaret Estaver live in Maine. TheContinue reading “Week beginning February 11 2026”

Week beginning 4 February 2026

Stephen Wade The Women Writers’ Revolution: More than Bloomsbury The Success of Female Authors during the Interwar Years Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, January 2025. Thank you NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Although a heavier read than many Pen & Sword publications this one carriedContinue reading “Week beginning 4 February 2026”

Week beginning 28 January 2026

Craig Leddy Fast Forward The Birth of Video Streaming, Media’s Wild Child Köehler Books, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. In the 1960s I read Ernie Kovac’s TV Medium Rare. It was an amusing insight into television in its early days of male executives, beauty pageants andContinue reading “Week beginning 28 January 2026”

Week beginning January 21 2026.

Tana French The Keeper Penguin General UK – Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business | Viking, April 2026.  Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Keeper returns to Cal, Lena and Trey and sundry other characters in Ardnakelty, with much of the emphasis on the village and itsContinue reading “Week beginning January 21 2026.”

Week beginning January 14 2026

Julia Golding The Austen Intrigue Book 4 of Regency Secrets, HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter | One More Chapter, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I have mixed feelings about this novel – the Jane Austen link was interesting, the European political and historical background informative andContinue reading “Week beginning January 14 2026”

Week beginning January 7 2026

Clara Bow Clara Bow My Story Histria Books|Histria A&E, February 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The introduction is a joy to read – beautifully written, informative, and sensitive to the star whose story is told in the following pages. This too, is informative. Not only is itContinue reading “Week beginning January 7 2026”