Laura Lippman Murder Takes a Vacation A Mrs Blossom Mystery, Faber and Faber Ltd, August 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Mrs Blossom holds the fears of many whose route to the back of a plane is accompanied by the overwhelming feeling that they will not be welcomeContinue reading “Week beginning 24 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 July 30th 2025
Penny Batchelor The Woman Next Door Embla Books, May 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The main character, Jen, has three dilemmas to deal with: her inability to become pregnant, despite two expensive IVF treatments; her and Gary’s financial position which makes saving for another IVF treatment difficult;Continue reading “Week beginning July 30th 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.”
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