Valerie R. Marvin In the Charge of a Woman Harriet Tenney, Michigan’s First Female State Librarian Michigan State University Press, January 2027. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I found this a compelling history, not only because it introduced me to the remarkable Harriet Tenney, but because of theContinue reading “Week beginning 28 October 2026”
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Week beginning 21 October 2026
Michael Ridpath Operation Vienna Boldwood Books, October 2026. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books, for this uncorrected proof for review. Archie (Sir Archibald) and Esme (from Kalamazoo) again investigate a murder, research Archie’s next project on generals, and seek additions to Archie’s collection of antique books. Esme is trying to escape a return to Kalamazoo,Continue reading “Week beginning 21 October 2026”
Week beginning 14 October, 2026
A. J. Bauer Making the Liberal Media How Conservatives Built a Movement Against the Press Columbia University Press, March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a dense read, demonstrating accomplished insights based on a wealth of research. At first glance it appears to be an essentiallyContinue reading “Week beginning 14 October, 2026”
Week beginning 7 October 2026
Kelly Oliver The Case of the Christie Honeymoon Murder (The Detection Club Book 5) Boldwood Books, September 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Kelly Oliver has an excellent vehicle for her lovely writing style. While familiar figures such as Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers move in andContinue reading “Week beginning 7 October 2026”
Week beginning 23 September 2026
Karen Brooks The Good Wife of Bath: A (Mostly) True Story HQ Fiction, Australia, 2021.* Thank you to NetGalley for this uncorrected proof copy for review. Karen Brooks says that she found Chaucer’s Wife irresistible, and this shines through the novel she has written from the Good Wife of Bath’s perspective. Like Chaucer’s depiction ofContinue reading “Week beginning 23 September 2026”
Week beginning 9 September 2026
Robin Morgan and Gloria Steinem Remembering Gloria Kathy Spillar, Ms. Executive Editor <info@msmagazine.com> 5 Sept 2026, 23:01 Weekly DigestLetter from an Editor | September 5, 2026Dear Robin, Gloria. She was a journalist, an organizer, a movement-builder. A woman with a powerful voice—and a woman with a profound capacity for listening. When she cofounded Ms. in 1972, sheContinue reading “Week beginning 9 September 2026”
Week beginning 2 September 2026
Alice Hoffman The Witches of Cambridge Simon & Schuster (Australia) | Scribner UK, September 2026. Thank you NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I was interested in The Witches of Cambridge as an example of historical fiction that would complement the non-fiction texts I have read about the treatmentContinue reading “Week beginning 2 September 2026”
Week beginning 19 August 2026
Ellen Carol DuBois Elizabeth Cady Stanton A Revolutionary Life Basic Books, March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Ellen Carol DuBois has written a biography that rings with authenticity about a woman whose values raise questions alongside the respect she merits. The latter outweighs the questions, and theContinue reading “Week beginning 19 August 2026”
Week beginning 12 August 2026 (corrected to include the complete Bob McMullan paper)
Richard L. Schur Suits A Cultural History Bloomsbury Academic, November 2026 Thank you, NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic, for this uncorrected proof for review. As a lover of legal dramas such as Picket Fences, Boston Legal, Ally McBeal and The Practice, I was immediately drawn to this history of a legal drama that, on my limitedContinue reading “Week beginning 12 August 2026 (corrected to include the complete Bob McMullan paper)”
Week beginning 21 July 2026
Margaret Waller Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, the Priest, and the Men Who Invented Modern Fashion Columbia University Press, August 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I began this book several times, finding it dense and the somewhat specialist language difficult to navigate. However, Napoleon’s Closet The Emperor, theContinue reading “Week beginning 21 July 2026”
