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”
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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”
Week beginning 15 October 2025
Samantha Vérant The Writers’ Retreat Storm Publishing, July 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. A thriller set around a writers’ retreat and writers? What could be a more enticing location and concept? Sadly, the premise promised by the title is not fulfilled. To be fair, it is establishedContinue reading “Week beginning 15 October 2025”
Week beginning 17 September 2025
Helene Harrison The Many Faces of Anne Boleyn Interpreting Image and Perception Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, July 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Helene Harrison’s forensic approach to discovering Anne Boleyn is a remarkable enterprise, and one that provides aContinue reading “Week beginning 17 September 2025”
Week beginning 10 September 2025
Jane Caro Lyrebird Allen & Unwin, April 2025.* Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. A lyrebird’s cry in a lonely bush site echoes a desperate woman’s cry for help. It is overheard by a student, who aware of its possible significance, takes her recording to the police. With noContinue reading “Week beginning 10 September 2025”
Week beginning September 3 2025
Janet Few A History of Women’s Work The Evolution of Women’s Working Lives Pen & Sword | Pen & Sword History, May 12025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword publishing for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a dense, detailed, and absorbing history of women’s work. It is a valuableContinue reading “Week beginning September 3 2025”
Week beginning 27 August 2025
JB Miller, Duch Riverdale Avenue Books February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. What fun, I thought, as I saw the premise for this book – Diana is living in Paris, having lost her memory but recognised as Diana by a school friend. But JB Miller has givenContinue reading “Week beginning 27 August 2025”
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