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 April 17 2024”
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Week beginning 21 February 2024
Two books are reviewed this week, The Artist’s Wife, fiction, and the non-fiction, Miss Dior. The latter ties into an article about a new television drama, The New Look, about Christian Dior. Clare Flynn The Artist’s Wife (Hearts of Glass Book 2) Storm Publishing February 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrectedContinue reading “Week beginning 21 February 2024”
Week beginning 17 January 2024.
Scott Martelle 1932 FDR, Hoover and the Dawn of a New America Kensington Books, Citadel, Nov 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Scott Martelle has chosen a format which quickly draws the reader into the year in which Americans chose their President, the Democratic Party’s Franklin Delano Roosevelt, overContinue reading “Week beginning 17 January 2024.”
Week beginning 27 December 2023
Karen Brooks The Escapades of Tribulation Johnson Harlequin Australia, HQ, July 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Unlike The Good Wife of Bath where Karen Brooks’ Eleanor instantly endeared herself to me, it took me longer to warm to Tribulation. However, it was well worth taking that journeyContinue reading “Week beginning 27 December 2023”
Week beginning 6 December 2023.
Liz Foster The Good Woman’s Guide to Making Better Choices Affirm Press, December 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. With its strong beginning The Good Woman’s Guide to Making Better Choices promises much. What could be more attractive than a penthouse with a view to Bondi Beach asContinue reading “Week beginning 6 December 2023.”
Week beginning November 29 2023
Sharon Grace Powers How Broadway Works Building and Running a Show from the People Who Make It Happen Globe Pequot, Applause, Dec 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I applaud the premise of this book, which is an engaging, informative account of all the people who make it possibleContinue reading “Week beginning November 29 2023”
Week beginning 15 November 2023
Kim Hong Nguyen, Mean Girl Feminism How White Feminists Gaslight, Gatekeep, and Girlboss, University of Illionois Press, Jan 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for this uncorrected proof for review. I was drawn to this book because I have always been aware of the shortcomings of feminism in action because of its strong relationship to white,Continue reading “Week beginning 15 November 2023”
Week beginning 30 August 2023
Eliot A. Cohen The Hollow Crown Shakespeare on How Leaders Rise, Rule, and Fall Basic Books: New York, 24 October 2023 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is an exciting read, from an author whose political experience and preceptive approach to politics, power and Shakespeare is only occasionallyContinue reading “Week beginning 30 August 2023”
Week beginning 26 July 2023
This week I review another Louise Doughty novel which can now is available for pre-order and will be published on 31 August 2023. Louise Doughty A Bird in Winter Faber and Faber August 2023 When I finished A Bird in Winter I wondered why I had not followed up my recognition upon reading Apple TreeContinue reading “Week beginning 26 July 2023”
Week Beginning 28 June 2023
The book I review this week, America’s Black Capital How African Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy, was given to me by NetGalley as an uncorrected proof. It is reviewed after a tribute to Simon Crean, former Leader of the Australian Labor Party. I was very sad to hear of Simon Crean’sContinue reading “Week Beginning 28 June 2023”
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