Taran Armstrong Behind the Mirror Inside the World of Big Brother Sourcebooks (non-fiction) Sourcebooks, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Taran Armstrong’s densely detailed and analytical work lies as much in his perceptive approach as his attention to the format, the participants, their strategies, and their personalities.Continue reading “Week beginning December 10 2025”
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Week beginning November 19 2025
Valerie Keogh, His Other Woman, Boldwood Books, November 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books, for this uncorrected proof for review. Valeria Keogh’s books always have a twist that logically follows the storyline, rather than emerging from nowhere; she always has an intriguing plot; and her writing is always not only engaging but grammatical. Certainly,Continue reading “Week beginning November 19 2025”
Week beginning 5 November 2025
Victoria Scott The House on the Cliff Boldwood Books, October 2025. Thank you, Boldwood Books and NetGalley for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The House on the Cliff is the fourth of Victoria Scott’s novels that I have enjoyed. However, although there is much to admire, I felt a little disappointed. TheContinue reading “Week beginning 5 November 2025”
Week beginning 20 August 2025
Aaron Poochigian Four Walks in Central Park A Poetic Guide to the Park Familius, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I had mixed feelings about the writing style when I began reading Four Walks in Central Park. However, I became captivated by the way in which AaronContinue reading “Week beginning 20 August 2025”
Week beginning 25 June 2025
Man Who Has It All Flipping Patriarchy Imagining a gender-swapped world Unbound, March 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Imagine not having to search through Facebook posts to enjoy page after page of admonitions and guidance which are mischievous on the surface, but so sharp. So sharp indeedContinue reading “Week beginning 25 June 2025”
Week beginning 13 July 2022
Two books are reviewed this week, both were sent to me by NetGalley as uncorrected proofs in exchange for an honest review. Maggie Smith Truth and Other Lies 1016 Press, 2022. Maggie Smith has written a novel that resonates with some of the most important issues affecting understanding events today. Truth and lies are seeminglyContinue reading “Week beginning 13 July 2022”
Week beginning 3rd February 2021
Book reviews – a section on classism in Agatha Christie novels has been added to the Agatha Christie Indulgence. Television comments – a couple of observations about The West Wing have been added. Local responses to Covid – personal and business Personal– day 1 Well, now I have experienced Covid testing, and am part wayContinue reading “Week beginning 3rd February 2021”
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