M.L. Stedman A Far-flung Life Penguin Random House Australia| Penguin eBooks (AU Adult), March 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I found M. L. Stedman’s The Light Between Oceans a stunning, poignant read. A Far-flung Life is both, and more. The writing is beautiful, the plotting refined, characterisationContinue reading “Week beginning March 18 2026”
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Week beginning 4 March 2026
Scott Ryan The Last Decade of Cinema Black Chateau Fayetteville Mafia Press, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Scott Ryan has a distinct writing style that carries this serious, perceptive and analytical approach to a decade of film with a firm grasp of the need to engageContinue reading “Week beginning 4 March 2026”
Week beginning 4 March 2026
Scott Ryan The Last Decade of Cinema Black Chateau Fayetteville Mafia Press, June 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Scott Ryan has a distinct writing style that carries this serious, perceptive and analytical approach to a decade of film with a firm grasp of the need to engageContinue reading “Week beginning 4 March 2026”
Week beginning 28 January 2026
Craig Leddy Fast Forward The Birth of Video Streaming, Media’s Wild Child Köehler Books, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. In the 1960s I read Ernie Kovac’s TV Medium Rare. It was an amusing insight into television in its early days of male executives, beauty pageants andContinue reading “Week beginning 28 January 2026”
Week beginning January 21 2026.
Tana French The Keeper Penguin General UK – Fig Tree, Hamish Hamilton, Viking, Penguin Life, Penguin Business | Viking, April 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. The Keeper returns to Cal, Lena and Trey and sundry other characters in Ardnakelty, with much of the emphasis on the village and itsContinue reading “Week beginning January 21 2026.”
Week beginning 17 December 2025
Stephen Rötzsch Thomas Disney’s Animated Classics A Comprehensive Guide Pen & Sword| White owl, September 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Snow White features throughout this book, beginning with the author having received the video as a present, watching it almost under duress, andContinue reading “Week beginning 17 December 2025”
Week beginning 3 December 2025
Ellie Levenson Room 706 Zando | SJP Lit, January 2026. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is Kate’s story – her childhood and young adulthood, and the impact of marriage and motherhood are seen through Kate’s recall as she waits in room 706 in a London hotel. SheContinue reading “Week beginning 3 December 2025”
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 November 12 2025
John Bassett, Rachel Crothers Broadway Innovator, Feminist Pioneer, Bloomsbury Academic, August 2025. Thank you, Net Galley and Bloomsbury Academic, for this uncorrected proof for review. This book is not only about an intriguing and successful professional woman but written by someone who genuinely seems to admire her. John Bassett’s commitment to Rachel Crothers permeates theContinue reading “Week beginning November 12 2025”
Week beginning 22 October 2025
Lisa Murkowski Far from Home An Alaskan Senator Faces the Extreme Climate of Washington, D.C. Penguin Random House Christian publishing | Forum books, June 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. My immediate interest in this book arose from Senator Lisa Murkowski’s vote on the recent ‘Big Beautiful Bill’Continue reading “Week beginning 22 October 2025”
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