Suzanne Ferriss Lost in Translation Bloomsbury Academic, 2023. Thank you NetGalley and Bloomsbury Academic for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Lost in Translation is a BFI Film Classics publication aimed at ‘introd[ucing]. Interpret[ing] and celebrat[ing] landmarks of world cinema’. Suzanne Ferris has fulfilled this task in an engaging and through manner, theContinue reading “Week beginning 5 April 2023”
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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 3 November 2021
With the serious issues around the shooting on the set of Rust the book reviewed this week seems particularly pertinent. The uncorrected proof of A Doctor For All Seasons was provided to me by NetGalley for review. There will be the equivalent of the author, Dr John Gayner, associated with the insurance agreement for Rust,Continue reading “Week beginning 3 November 2021”
Week beginning 4 August 2021
This week I am catching up with reviews that I have written for NetGalley, posted to Goodreads, and other social networks, but not included in this blog. Both are fiction. The first, Waiting To Begin, by Amanda Prowse was a disappointment, but Louise Candlish’s The Heights was a very satisfying read. ‘The Bipartisan Infrastructure DealContinue reading “Week beginning 4 August 2021”
Week Beginning 26 May 2021
Book Reviews this week cover two fiction and three non-fiction books. One non-fiction book is about writing, so I have included an interview between Joanna Penn and Orna Ross about their research methods and application. They also briefly mention ‘writers’ block’ , an issue raised by the reviewed book by J. Michael Straczynski, Becoming AContinue reading “Week Beginning 26 May 2021”
Week beginning 7th April 2021
Book Reviews: added this week are the following books, reviewed for NetGalley, and previously published on Good Reads, Twitter and Linked In. They are a departure from the books reviewed for Women’s History Month, although there will be more reviews relevant to the principles of that month throughout the year. Angela Youngman, The Dark SideContinue reading “Week beginning 7th April 2021”
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