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 13 August 2025

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”

Week beginning 16 March 2022

The books reviewed this week are both fiction. They were sent to me by NetGalley for review. Lisa Unger’s Last Girl Ghosted and the inspiring story of the women’s march to Washington by thousands of women after the election of former President Trump have feminist themes. On the March by Trudy Krisher is a particularlyContinue reading “Week beginning 16 March 2022”