Week beginning 24 August 2022

This week is late as the WIFI on the Eurostar was intermittent, and my four hours was less gainfully spent, reading, eating and looking at the fields passingly rapidly by. After an impossible trudge around beautifully signed streets, but with unrecognisable names, in an effort to get to the hotel (there are so few taxis,Continue reading “Week beginning 24 August 2022”

Week beginning 19 July 2021

Both books reviewed this week were provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Daniel Talbot In Love With Movies Columbia University Press 2022 Daniel Talbot’s In Love With Movies is a delight, from the first  chapters about the early years in independent theatres;  though Those Who Made Me Laugh in PartContinue reading “Week beginning 19 July 2021”

Week beginning 29 June 2022

After the beach reads reviewed last week I am pleased to make a change and review a non fiction book. NetGalley and Sword and Pen provided me with Dr Vivien Newman’s Changing Roles Women After the Great War. I am reading The Times They Were a-Changin’ 1964, the Year the Sixties Arrived and the BattleContinue reading “Week beginning 29 June 2022”

Week beginning 13 April 2022

Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof in exchange for an honest review. Matthew Green Shadowlands A Journey Through Lost Britain  Faber and Faber Ltd 2022 Shadowlands is a beautiful blend of poignancy, social commentary, journeys in landscapes that tell a range of stories of secrecy, joy and sorrow, and a historyContinue reading “Week beginning 13 April 2022”

Week beginning 9th March 2022

NetGalley provided me with the uncorrected proof of Lisa Z. Lindahl’s Unleash the Girls The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra and How It Changed the World (And Me) in exchange for an honest review. Lisa Z. Lindahl Unleash the Girls The Untold Story of the Invention of the Sports Bra andContinue reading “Week beginning 9th March 2022”

Week beginning 23 February 2022

Clare Chambers The Editor’s Wife Arrow Books, Penguin Random House 2021. The Editor’s Wife is a complex novel, with some seemingly simple elements that add to the storyline so successfully that it is not until later that their wider impact becomes clear. Contrary to the title, which foreshadows one woman as the focal point, anotherContinue reading “Week beginning 23 February 2022”

Week beginning 9 February 2022

Reviews for Bright Young Things by Jane A. Adams and All the Lights Above Us seem to have been lingering on my NetGalley shelf, without being transposed to this blog. So here they are – two fiction books sent to me by NetGalley for honest reviews. Jane A. Adams Bright Young Things Severn House 2021.Continue reading “Week beginning 9 February 2022”

Week beginning 12 January 2022

A Western Australian writer, Liz Byrski author of At the End of the Day, and Jane Cockram, another Australian, are featured this week. Both books are uncorrected proofs sent to me by NetGalley for review. Liz Byrski At the End of the Day Macmillan Australia, 2021. Liz Byrski has once again given voices to peopleContinue reading “Week beginning 12 January 2022”

Week beginning 29 December 2021

Two fiction books are reviewed this week, Ilsa Evans, The Unusual Abduction of Avery Conifer and Miranda Rijks What She Knew; and one non-fiction, Rosemary Griggs’ A Woman of Noble Wit, Matador 2021. All of these books were provided to me by NetGalley, as uncorrected proofs, in exchange for honest reviews. Ilsa Evans The UnusualContinue reading “Week beginning 29 December 2021”

Week beginning 22 December 2021

Book reviews this week include non-fiction – Christian Lamb’s Beyond the Sea A Wren at War ; John Marsden, Take Risks; and Elie Mystal Allow Me to Retort A Black Guy’s Guide to The Constitution and fiction – Kathleen McGurl’s The Girl from Bletchley Park. All of these books are uncorrected proofs provided to meContinue reading “Week beginning 22 December 2021”