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”
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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 December 31 2025
Martin Edwards Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife Aria & Aries, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Miss Winter in the Library with a Knife – how could any player of Cluedo resist reading this book? And then, when it becomes clear that Martin EdwardsContinue reading “Week beginning December 31 2025”
Week beginning 24 December 2025
Kristen Lopez, Popcorn Disabilities, Bloomsbury Academic, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Prepare to question your responses to disability, not only as depicted in the films that are discussed, but also in relation to friends and strangers with a disability and government and non-governmentContinue reading “Week beginning 24 December 2025”
Week beginning 17 December 2025
Stephen Rötzsch Thomas Disney’s Animated Classics A Comprehensive Guide Pen & Sword| White owl, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Snow White features throughout this book, beginning with the author having received the video as a present, watching it almost under duress, andContinue reading “Week beginning 17 December 2025”
Week beginning December 10 2025
Taran Armstrong Behind the Mirror Inside the World of Big Brother Sourcebooks (non-fiction) Sourcebooks, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Taran Armstrong’s densely detailed and analytical work lies as much in his perceptive approach as his attention to the format, the participants, their strategies, and their personalities.Continue reading “Week beginning December 10 2025”
Week beginning 29 October 2025
Lona Bailey Wicked Witch of the West The Enduring Legacy of a Feminist Icon Bloomsbury Academic, October 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Lona Bailey has produced a tremendously readable account of the feminist underpinnings of the wicked witch of the west, and more. ThisContinue reading “Week beginning 29 October 2025”
Week beginning 22 October 2025
Lisa Murkowski Far from Home An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C. Penguin Random House Christian publishing | Forum books, June 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. My immediate interest in this book arose from Senator Lisa Murkowski’s vote on the recent ‘Big Beautiful Bill’Continue reading “Week beginning 22 October 2025”
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