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”
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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”
Week beginning 5 April 2023
Suzanne Ferriss Lost in Translation Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Thank you NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Lost in Translation is a BFI Film Classics publication aimed at ‘introd[ucing]. Interpret[ing] and celebrat[ing] landmarks of world cinema’. Suzanne Ferris has fulfilled this task in an engaging and through manner, theContinue reading “Week beginning 5 April 2023”
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Kevin Landis One Public New York’s Public Theater in the Era of Oskar Eustis Bloomsbury Academic, Methuen Drama 2022. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Land Acknowledgement We acknowledge the land on which The Public and its theaters stand is the original homeland of the Lenape people. Kevin Landis’ historyContinue reading “Week beginning”
Week beginning January 11 2023
Louise Candlish The Only Suspect Simon & Schuster (Australia), Simon & Schuster UK 08 Mar 2023 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Only Suspect is another success for Louise Candlish. Once again she has devised a novel that has all the intrigue, twists and turns to keep a reader engrossed.Continue reading “Week beginning January 11 2023”
Week beginning 21 December 2022
Amanda Prowse Picking up the Pieces Amazon Publishing UK, Lake Union Publishing 2023. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Amanda Prowse writes novels that are readable, have some engaging characters, and often include some social commentary. Generally, I am happy to read them, providing as they do a pleasant whilingContinue reading “Week beginning 21 December 2022”
Week Beginning 7 December 2022
This week’s review is Barbara Kingsolver Demon Copperhead Faber and Faber 2022. Barbara Kingsolver has been one of my favourite authors since reading The Poisonwood Bible. However, this has not been consistent – some of her books I have really enjoyed; others I have admired; and yet others have disappointed. I came to Demon CopperheadContinue reading “Week Beginning 7 December 2022”
Week beginning 2 November 2022
Books reviewed this week are Nadia Cohen’s The Real Enid Blyton and a review I wrote for Goodreads which links nicely to the biography of Enid Blyton sent to me for review by NetGalley. Nadia Cohen The Real Enid Blyton Pen & Sword, Pen & Sword History 30 Oct 2022. Thank you Net Galley and PenContinue reading “Week beginning 2 November 2022”
Week beginning 12 October 2022
Two Australian authors’ books are reviewed this week. Catch Us The Foxes, by Nicola West, and Tricia Stringer’s Keeping up Appearances, are markedly different. However, both use the distinctive Australian landscape as part of their story. Thank you, Simon & Schuster (Catch Us The Foxes) and HQ Fiction (Keeping up Appearances) and NetGalley for theseContinue reading “Week beginning 12 October 2022”
Week beginning 7 September 2022
Scott Turow Suspect Swift Press 2022. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof in exchange for an honest review. It is a long time since I read Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent for the first time, and not so long ago that I re-read what I still believe is a very smart novelContinue reading “Week beginning 7 September 2022”
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