Claire Allan The Perfect Mother Boldwood Books, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Boldwood Books for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Claire Allan has combined a story line that engages, with complex characters and twists that are not only clever, but a logical part of the story. Allen has not fallen forContinue reading “Week beginning 9 July 2025”
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Week beginning 5 October 2022
The reviews this week are Claire McGowan’s I Know You and the non-fiction, Michael Greaney’s An A-Z of Jane Austen. Thank you, NetGalley for these uncorrected advance proofs for review. Claire McGowan I Know You Thomas & Mercer, Seattle, 2021 I Know You has a large amount of wonderfully poignant material, a little bit ofContinue reading “Week beginning 5 October 2022”
Week beginning 22 December 2021
Book reviews this week include non-fiction – Christian Lamb’s Beyond the Sea A Wren at War ; John Marsden, Take Risks; and Elie Mystal Allow Me to Retort A Black Guy’s Guide to The Constitution and fiction – Kathleen McGurl’s The Girl from Bletchley Park. All of these books are uncorrected proofs provided to meContinue reading “Week beginning 22 December 2021”
Week beginning 16th June 2021
Book reviews this week include a non-fiction book on movie makers, and far more impressive, two historical fiction novels by Philippa Gregory, which begin in England, with the struggle between the monarchy and parliamentary government providing the background to Tidelands. Class and gender are a focus of the local story set on the coast ofContinue reading “Week beginning 16th June 2021”
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