Julia Golding The Austen Intrigue Book 4 of Regency Secrets, HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter | One More Chapter, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I have mixed feelings about this novel – the Jane Austen link was interesting, the European political and historical background informative andContinue reading “Week beginning January 14 2026”
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Week beginning 20 December 2023
Ines Almeida, Georgina Ferry, Bridget Greenwood, 50 Women in Technology Pioneers and Trailblazers in STEM, Aurora Metro Supernova Books, November 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. As I have a kindle download, I am unable to comment on the full colour nature of the book. However, I amContinue reading “Week beginning 20 December 2023”
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 8 December 2021
One of the books I have reviewed features in the final round for the Goodreads Best Books of 2021, and another I reviewed, is a biography of Amanda Gorman. Marc Shapiro, Work Up: The Life of Amanda Gorman reflects upon the life of the finalist, writer of The Hill We Climb, An Inaugural Poem forContinue reading “Week beginning 8 December 2021”