by Janine Rizzetti | Aug 25, 2021 | Round-ups
The month of July brought us ten reviews of nine books – not a particularly high number, given that so many of us are in lockdown again, sometimes with more time on our hands than we might wish. Perhaps history, memoir and biography are not quite what we need at...
by Janine Rizzetti | Jul 28, 2021 | Round-ups
June was a quiet month for the History Memoir and Biography category, with eight reviews of seven books. Two of these books have been featured in Round Ups previously. Bill at The Australian Legend reviewed Jacqueline Kent’s Vida, a biography of Vida Goldstein (...
by Janine Rizzetti | Jun 23, 2021 | Round-ups
How have we arrived almost at the middle of the year already? The month of May brought us twelve reviews of ten books. Among those that have been featured recently, Jennifer Cameron-Smith reviewed The Husband Poisoner by Tanya Bretherton, Tracey at Carpe Librum read...
by Janine Rizzetti | May 26, 2021 | Round-ups
I always indulge in a little smile of satisfaction when all three aspects of the ‘History Memoir and Biography’ category are covered during a month. April 2021 was such a month, with 15 reviews of 14 books. Reviews of books already featured in previous...
by Janine Rizzetti | Apr 28, 2021 | Round-ups
Now that it´s March, we’re settling into a more familiar, but still contingent world. I was curious to compare the number of books reviewed in March 2021 compared with March 2020, when we were facing the shock of lockdown and worldwide pandemic. As I suspected,...
