Lauren O’Neill-Butler The War of Art A History of Artists’ Protest In America Verso Books (US)|Verso, June 2025 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is a huge undertaking, with its dense rollcall of information, detailed discussions of various artists, their motivation, and the application of this to theirContinue reading “Week beginning 13 August 2025”
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Week beginning 23 July 2025
Emily Callaci Wages for Housework The Feminist Fight Against Unpaid Labor Basic Books | Seal Press, March 2025. Thankyou, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Emily Callaci has brought together five activists for whom wages for housework was a part of their feminist work for improving women’s lives. It is importantContinue reading “Week beginning 23 July 2025”
Week beginning 9 July 2025
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”
Week beginning February 12 2025
Oh dear – two disappointing reads this week! S.E. Lynes The Perfect Boyfriend Bookouture, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. I found this book a disappointing read, with none of the page turning enthusiasm other reviewers have expressed. However, there were some twists, undermining stereotypes and raisingContinue reading “Week beginning February 12 2025”
Week beginning 11 December 2024
Minette Walters The Players Allen & Unwin, October 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Minette Walters has moved beyond the familiar historical fiction featuring the fight for power in court circles, to giving one such person a life outside the court where he meets and pursues a womanContinue reading “Week beginning 11 December 2024”
Week beginning April 10 2024
Melissa Clark Bacon Through Her Lens Atmosphere Press, April 2024. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Through Her Lens is accomplished storytelling with several threads that move smoothly through the narrative. Seamless links intertwine the past, romance, detailed searches on the ground and in the air for signs ofContinue reading “Week beginning April 10 2024”
Week beginning 7 February 2024
In this week’s blog I review two books, The Artist’s Apprentice, historical fiction, and Tudor Feminists Ten Renaissance Women Ahead of Their Time, an account of ten noteworthy women in the Tudor period. Rebecca Wilson Tudor Feminists Ten Renaissance Women Ahead of their Time Pen & Sword, Pen & Sword History, January 2024. Rebecca Wilson’sContinue reading “Week beginning 7 February 2024”
Week beginning 6 December 2023.
Liz Foster The Good Woman’s Guide to Making Better Choices Affirm Press, December 2023. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. With its strong beginning The Good Woman’s Guide to Making Better Choices promises much. What could be more attractive than a penthouse with a view to Bondi Beach asContinue reading “Week beginning 6 December 2023.”
Week beginning 6 July 2022
Ruth Ware The It Girl Simon & Schuster (Australia) 2022. Thank you, NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for this uncorrected proof in exchange for an honest review. Ruth Ware is a writer whose books I enjoy. They are smart, with characters who develop over the period of the plot, which, by the way is usuallyContinue reading “Week beginning 6 July 2022”
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