Articles and some light relief: Bob McMullan; Heather Cox Richardson; Joyce Vance; Jess Piper; Cindy Lou and food. American Politics Bob McMullan Final US election review Less than one day until the polls close. In Australia it will be Wednesday before we know who wins. The election remains very unpredictable. That does not necessarily meanContinue reading “Week beginning 5 November”
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Week beginning 9 October 2024
Jane Loeb Rubin Threadbare, A Gilded City Series, Level Best Books Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) Members’ Titles, May 2024. Thank you, Net Galley , for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jane Loeb Rubin has taken the incomplete information she has about her great-grandmother and, together with meticulous and sensitive research, hasContinue reading “Week beginning 9 October 2024”
Week beginning 25 September 2024
Elizabeth Strout Tell Me Everything Penguin General UK (Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business, Viking) September 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Strout brings magic to her work and Tell Me Everything is no different. Bob Burgess and Margaret Estaver live in Maine. TheContinue reading “Week beginning 25 September 2024”
Week beginning 18 September 2024
Marjorie Garber, Shakespeare in Bloomsbury, Yale University Press 2023. Majorie Garber Shakespeare in Bloomsbury Yale University Press, 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. ‘How Shakespeare Would Have Loved Us’ introduces Shakespeare in Bloomsbury with a wealth of information about the focus of the book. It suggests that theContinue reading “Week beginning 18 September 2024”
Week beginning 28 August 2024
Joshua Stein The Binge Watcher’s Guide to The West Wing Seasons One and Two Riverdale Avenue Books The Binge Watcher’s Guide, August 2024. Thank you, Net Galley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Reading The Binge Watcher’s Guide to The West Wing while also watching the 2024 Democratic National Convention could notContinue reading “Week beginning 28 August 2024”
Week beginning August 14 2024
Donna Leon A Refiner’s Fire, A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery Grove Atlantic, July 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Donna Leon’s writing is such a joy, something to savour, as Guido Burnetti and his family navigate their personal lives and the newest case to be investigated. In thisContinue reading “Week beginning August 14 2024”
Week beginning 24 July 2024
Valerie Keogh The Mother Boldwood Books, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Valerie Keogh has provided readers with yet another good read, with some twists and, in my opinion more importantly, an intelligent consideration of the qualities that are believed to make the perfect husband. It isContinue reading “Week beginning 24 July 2024”
Week beginning 17 July 2024
Kristy Cambron The British Booksellers Thomas Nelson, April 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. * Kristy Cambron has used the way in which her characters interacted during World Wars 1 and 2 to produce a fine historical novel based on solid research. An additional explanation of her reasonsContinue reading “Week beginning 17 July 2024”
Week beginning 10 July 2024
Laura Thompson Agatha Christie An English Mystery Headline Publishing Group, Hatchette, 2013. (First published 2007; Headline Paperback 2008; Hardcover published March 2018, Pegasus Books). Laura Thompson’s Agatha Christie is an excellent accompaniment to reading John Curran’s The Secret Notebooks. I read them in close succession and found their perspective and perceptive commentary on Agatha ChristieContinue reading “Week beginning 10 July 2024”
Week beginning 3 July 2024
Maryann D’Agincourt, Glimpses of Gauguin, Portmay, January 2015. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected copy for review. This is an elusive narrative, but one that is worth while attempting to understand. I wonder if the clue to how Maryann D’Agincourt would like her novel read is in a paragraph in the textContinue reading “Week beginning 3 July 2024”
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