Jane Caro Lyrebird Allen & Unwin, April 2025.* Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. A lyrebird’s cry in a lonely bush site echoes a desperate woman’s cry for help. It is overheard by a student, who aware of its possible significance, takes her recording to the police. With noContinue reading “Week beginning 10 September 2025”
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Week beginning 20 August 2025
Aaron Poochigian Four Walks in Central Park A Poetic Guide to the Park Familius, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I had mixed feelings about the writing style when I began reading Four Walks in Central Park. However, I became captivated by the way in which AaronContinue reading “Week beginning 20 August 2025”
Week beginning 13 August 2025
Lauren O’Neill-Butler The War of Art A History of Artists’ Protest In America Verso Books (US)|Verso, June 2025 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a huge undertaking, with its dense rollcall of information, detailed discussions of various artists, their motivation, and the application of this to theirContinue reading “Week beginning 13 August 2025”
Week beginning 25 June 2025
Man Who Has It All Flipping Patriarchy Imagining a gender-swapped world Unbound, March 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Imagine not having to search through Facebook posts to enjoy page after page of admonitions and guidance which are mischievous on the surface, but so sharp. So sharp indeedContinue reading “Week beginning 25 June 2025”
Week beginning 4 June 2025
Todd Almond Slow Train Coming Bob Dylan’s Girl from the North Country and Broadway’s Rebirth Bloomsbury Academic | Methuen Drama, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for this uncorrected proof for review. This is an intensely personal account of the challenges in staging a play on Broadway. The narrative concentrates strongly on Todd Almond’s experiences and responses, whileContinue reading “Week beginning 4 June 2025”
Week beginning 28 May 2025.
Maya Golden Bethany The Senator Rising Action Publishing | Rising Action, April 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a thriller with some positive features – the topic is pertinent, the characters interesting, and the story line logical and believable. There are no confected twists or illogical events, andContinue reading “Week beginning 28 May 2025.”
Week beginning 21 May 2025
Alafair Burke The Note Faber and Faber, April 2025. Thank you, Net Galley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Alafair Burke always creates an absorbing story with logical twists and turns that, rather than arising unexpectedly and having little to do with the plot, always make sense. This does not mean thatContinue reading “Week beginning 21 May 2025”
Week beginning 14 May, 2025.
Catherine Curzon The Royal Family vs ‘The Crown’ Separating Fact from Fiction Pen & Sword |Pen & Sword History, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Catherine Curzon parts company with the usual lively writing style of Pen & Sword publications in this almost dryContinue reading “Week beginning 14 May, 2025.”
Week beginning 16 April 2025
Scott Turow Presumed Guilty Swift Press, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is not ‘just’ a legal procedural, although under Scott Turow’s experienced hand that would be enough. Presumed Guilty is an empathetic analysis of relationships and ageing as well as an insightful consideration of racismContinue reading “Week beginning 16 April 2025”
Week Beginning 13 November 2024
Marc Wanamaker and Steven Bingen Hollywood Behind the Lens Treasures from the Bison Archives Globe Pequot Lyons Press, May 2024. Thankyou, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is the story of loss and an amazing effort to redeem this loss – the accumulation of Hollywood memorabilia undertaken through the BisonContinue reading “Week Beginning 13 November 2024”
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