Alafair Burke The Note Faber and Faber, April 2025. Thank you, Net Galley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Alafair Burke always creates an absorbing story with logical twists and turns that, rather than arising unexpectedly and having little to do with the plot, always make sense. This does not mean thatContinue reading “Week beginning 21 May 2025”
Tag Archives: Special Correspondent
Week beginning 14 May, 2025.
Catherine Curzon The Royal Family vs ‘The Crown’ Separating Fact from Fiction Pen & Sword |Pen & Sword History, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley and Pen & Sword, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Catherine Curzon parts company with the usual lively writing style of Pen & Sword publications in this almost dryContinue reading “Week beginning 14 May, 2025.”
Week beginning 16 April 2025
Scott Turow Presumed Guilty Swift Press, February 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. This is not ‘just’ a legal procedural, although under Scott Turow’s experienced hand that would be enough. Presumed Guilty is an empathetic analysis of relationships and ageing as well as an insightful consideration of racismContinue reading “Week beginning 16 April 2025”
Week beginning March 12, 2025
Victoria Scott The Storyteller’s Daughter Boldwood Books, January 2025. Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. In this story that weaves together a narrative from the past with one from the present day, Victoria Scott combines World War 11 historical events, the role of women in work and family environmentsContinue reading “Week beginning March 12, 2025”
Week beginning 5 March 2025
Jodi Bondi Norgaard More Than a Doll How Creating a Sports Doll Turned into a Fight to End Gender Stereotypes Post Hill Press, January 2025 Thank you, NetGalley, for providing me with this uncorrected proof for review. Jodi Bond Norgaard begins with numerous examples of the sexism that drove her to create a sports doll.Continue reading “Week beginning 5 March 2025”
Robin's Room 