Tag Archives: Cindy Lou Reviews

Week beginning April 23, 2025

Tasma Walton I am Nannertgarrook Simon & Schuster (Australia) | S&S Bundyi, April 2025. Thank you, Net Galley, and Simon & Schuster, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Tasma Walton’s I am Nannertgarroock is so far removed from my recall of her as the pleasant enough young police officer in Blue Heelers that IContinue reading “Week beginning April 23, 2025”

Week beginning 16 April 2025

Scott Turow Presumed Guilty Swift Press, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is not ‘just’ a legal procedural, although under Scott Turow’s experienced hand that would be enough.  Presumed Guilty is an empathetic analysis of relationships and ageing as well as an insightful consideration of racismContinue reading “Week beginning 16 April 2025”

Week beginning 2 April 2025

Bonnie Garmus Lessons in Chemistry Penguin, Kindle edition, 2024. Bonnie Garmus has skilfully woven together comedy, whimsy, engaging characters, and a story line that draws attention to a series of notions that, seemingly relatively benign initially, reach their logical conclusion with the terror of sexual harassment and a well-argued case that discrimination against women isContinue reading “Week beginning 2 April 2025”

Week beginning 5 March 2025

Jodi Bondi Norgaard More Than a Doll How Creating a Sports Doll Turned into a Fight to End Gender Stereotypes Post Hill Press, January 2025  Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jodi Bond Norgaard begins with numerous examples of the sexism that drove her to create a sports doll.Continue reading “Week beginning 5 March 2025”

Week beginning February 26 2025

Rebecca Wilson Georgian Feminists Ten 18th Century Women Ahead of their Time Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The introduction to Georgian Feminists is an impressive weaving together of the underlying philosophy and social context which impactedContinue reading “Week beginning February 26 2025”

Week beginning February 12 2025

Oh dear – two disappointing reads this week! S.E. Lynes The Perfect Boyfriend Bookouture, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I found this book a disappointing read, with none of the page turning enthusiasm other reviewers have expressed. However, there were some twists, undermining stereotypes and raisingContinue reading “Week beginning February 12 2025”

Week beginning 22 January 2025

Jane A. Adams Cold Bones Severn House, December 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is book 10 of the Jane A. Adams series that features former Detective Chief Inspector Henry Johnstone. Set in the 1930s, it is described as a mystery. It is also a challenging socialContinue reading “Week beginning 22 January 2025”

Week beginning 25 December 2024.

Diana Wilkinson The Girl in the Window Boldwood Books, December 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I was disappointed in this novel, despite some clever writing and twists. Starting with those, the way in which the main character, Izzie, moves between watching her husband, using her column toContinue reading “Week beginning 25 December 2024.”

Week beginning 4 December 2024

Dava Sobel The Elements of Marie Curie How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science Grove Atlantic | Atlantic Monthly Press, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Marie Curie who emerges from this book would appreciate the way in which it isContinue reading “Week beginning 4 December 2024”