June 3, 2020

NEW RELEASES: Week of June 2, 2020

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June 3, 2020

REVIEW: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

JanineC- Reviews / D Reviewsanimals / bigotry / children / children's book / classic / Edwardian-era / England / gardening / India / racism / secret10 Comments

Dear Readers, As a child, I loved Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. It’s considered a classic novel and is the story of children beginning to blossom as they bring a locked, abandoned garden to life. I was introduced to Burnett via a serialized reading of Little Lord Fauntleroy that ... more >

June 2, 2020

Review: Murder Most Lovely (Lacetown Murder Mysteries #1) by Hank Edwards and Deanna Wadsworth

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsgay mystery / m/m mystery / Small Town Romance1 Comments

A killer at a small-town literary festival. Bumbling drug dealers. A kidnapped cat. Starting a romance among all this chaos might be the death of them. Michael Fleishman is excited to meet his favorite mystery writer, Russell Withingham, at Lacetown’s Literary Fest. He is not expecting to cross paths with ... more >

June 1, 2020

REVIEW: A Power to Charm by Frances Murray

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Paranormal lite / politics / rural setting / slice of village life / Spain / village / WitchesNo Comments

This is a light-hearted story set in an Andalucian hill-village. Agnes, a mathematics teacher with some curious and useful abilities takes a holiday in Spain and meets a breeder of horses who asks her to marry him. She abandons her job and her father and the UK and comes to ... more >

May 29, 2020

REVIEW: Pussweek by Bexy McFly

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscats / magazines / parodyNo Comments

Pussweek: A Cat’s Guide to Feline Empowerment is full of hilarious spreads, quizzes, and advertisements, as well as top–notch photos of cats in all their cuteness and weirdness. Based on the magazine series Pussweek, written “by cats, for cats,” this book is a feline parody of fashion and celebrity gossip ... more >

May 29, 2020

REVIEW: The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Power of Meow by David Michie

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBuddhism / cats / First-Person / friendship / meditation / religion / self discoveryNo Comments

“If you ever doubted that your feline companion has her own inner life, just watch what happens when she falls asleep, and loses conscious control of her physical being . . . a twitching of limbs, a quivering of the jaw, sometimes perhaps a snuffling noise or a meow. . ... more >