Michelle McSweeney OK Bloomsbury Academic, January 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Object Lessons is a fun series – and more. Items, and in this case a word, gain a different dimension under the writers who lead us into the history, the political ramifications, and social dimensions ofContinue reading “Week beginning 25 January 2023”
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Week beginning 18 January 2023
This week I review Fearless Women by Elizabeth Cobbs. Elizabeth Cobbs Fearless Women Feminist Patriots from Abigail Adams to Beyoncé Harvard University Press, Belknap Press, March 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Elizabeth Cobbs expands the way in which feminism is used to investigate women who call themselvesContinue reading “Week beginning 18 January 2023”
Week beginning January 11 2023
Louise Candlish The Only Suspect Simon & Schuster (Australia), Simon & Schuster UK 08 Mar 2023 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Only Suspect is another success for Louise Candlish. Once again she has devised a novel that has all the intrigue, twists and turns to keep a reader engrossed.Continue reading “Week beginning January 11 2023”
Week beginning 4 January 2023
This week I review K.L. Slater’s The Narrator after a week’s break from the blog. I begin the new year with some photos of the lovely beach that was an important part of my holiday away from the computer, fun with an onerous 2000-piece jigsaw, a delightful visitor and some scenery from the many walksContinue reading “Week beginning 4 January 2023”
Week beginning 21 December 2022
Amanda Prowse Picking up the Pieces Amazon Publishing UK, Lake Union Publishing 2023. Thank you NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Amanda Prowse writes novels that are readable, have some engaging characters, and often include some social commentary. Generally, I am happy to read them, providing as they do a pleasant whilingContinue reading “Week beginning 21 December 2022”
Week beginning 14 December 2022
This week I review two uncorrected proofs sent to me by NetGalley, one fiction (The Concierge) and the other non-fiction (Shirley Chisholm Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics). Miranda Rijks The Concierge Inkubator Books Dec 2022 The pace of the story overcomes the implausibility of some of the earlier plotting which is quite absorbing. Ally,Continue reading “Week beginning 14 December 2022”
Week Beginning 7 December 2022
This week’s review is Barbara Kingsolver Demon Copperhead Faber and Faber 2022. Barbara Kingsolver has been one of my favourite authors since reading The Poisonwood Bible. However, this has not been consistent – some of her books I have really enjoyed; others I have admired; and yet others have disappointed. I came to Demon CopperheadContinue reading “Week Beginning 7 December 2022”
Week beginning 30 November 2022
This week I review Maria Teresa Hart’s Doll, a non-fiction book which encouraged me to look for linking material. Some which raises the impact that ‘appearance on demand’ has on women are: two articles Zoom and Botox, and What’s the connection between cosmetic procedures and mental health? and a book by Jocelynne A. Scutt, Beauty, Women’sContinue reading “Week beginning 30 November 2022”
Week beginning 23 November 2022*
Steve Baltin Anthems We Love 29 Iconic Artists on the Hit Songs That Shaped Our Lives Harper Horizon 2022. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. What a tremendous adventure this book provides, down memory lane, into meeting new (for me) artists and songs and gaining an understanding of theContinue reading “Week beginning 23 November 2022*”
Week beginning 2 November 2022
Books reviewed this week are Nadia Cohen’s The Real Enid Blyton and a review I wrote for Goodreads which links nicely to the biography of Enid Blyton sent to me for review by NetGalley. Nadia Cohen The Real Enid Blyton Pen & Sword, Pen & Sword History 30 Oct 2022. Thank you Net Galley and PenContinue reading “Week beginning 2 November 2022”
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