This week the books reviewed include one fiction, and one non-fiction. Both uncorrected proofs were provided to me by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Liane Moriarty Apples Never Fall Macmillan Australia 2021 I am thrilled to have received this impressive new novel from Liane Moriarty. While I have enjoyed all her novels, IContinue reading “Week beginning 15 December 2021”
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Week beginning 3 November 2021
With the serious issues around the shooting on the set of Rust the book reviewed this week seems particularly pertinent. The uncorrected proof of A Doctor For All Seasons was provided to me by NetGalley for review. There will be the equivalent of the author, Dr John Gayner, associated with the insurance agreement for Rust,Continue reading “Week beginning 3 November 2021”
Week beginning 27th October 2021
Articles/comments in this post which appear after the introduction to the book reviews and short comment on Canberra post lockdown: Bob McMullan, A better way to compete with China in the region; Cindy Lou’s restaurant reviews; Dr Gladys West; TRMS; On Tyranny, Timothy Snyder; Fran Kelly; Heather Cox Richardson. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing theseContinue reading “Week beginning 27th October 2021”
Week beginning 14th July 2021
This week’s nonfiction review is Rebecca, an analysis of the film. Patricia White, Rebecca, BFI Bloomsbury Publishing Plc London and New York, 2021. I was thrilled to receive this thorough interpretation of Rebecca from NetGalley. Rebecca is a film with which I have grappled. I became reacquainted with the novel and its author during aContinue reading “Week beginning 14th July 2021”
Week beginning 12th May 2021
Book review: Peter Hore, Bletchley Park’s Secret Source Churchill’s Wrens and the Y Service in World War 11, Greenhill Books, 2021 I am not a reader of war books and before reading Blethcley Park’s Secret Source my knowledge of women’s contribution to this aspect of the war was through novels; my research on Barbara PymContinue reading “Week beginning 12th May 2021”
Week beginning 27th April 2021
This week’s book reviews: Scott Ryan’s Moonlighting An Oral History is an absolute delight. The first point to be made is pedestrian, but so important in a book that is, in Ryan’s words ‘a scholarly look’. I would also like to suggest that this book is so much fun (while scholarly) that it is notContinue reading “Week beginning 27th April 2021”
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