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About Jayne

Another long time reader who read romance novels in her teens, then took a long break before started back again about 25 years ago. She enjoys historical romance/fiction best, likes contemporaries, action- adventure and mysteries, will read suspense if there's no TSTL characters and is currently reading more fantasy and SciFi.

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August 11, 2022

REVIEW: Looking Up: The True Adventures of a Storm-Chasing Weather Nerd by Matthew Cappucci

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsautobiography / non-fiction / weather4 Comments

Recommended Read

An energetic and electrifying narrative about all things weather—by one of today’s rising meteorological stars. Get in—we’re going storm-chasing! Imagine a very cool weather nerd has just pulled up to you and yelled this out the window of his custom-built armored storm-chasing truck. The wind is whipping around, he’s munching ... more >

August 9, 2022

REVIEW: The Fossil Hunter by Tea Cooper

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1840s / 19th century / Australia / bullying / Dual Timelines / family relationships / Historical / mystery / paleontology / post WWI4 Comments

Buried secrets. An ancient fossil. And one woman’s determination to unravel a nineteenth-century mystery. Australia, 1847. The last thing Mellie Vale remembers before the fever takes her is sprinting through the bush with a monster at her heels—but no one believes her. In a bid to curb Mellie’s overactive imagination, ... more >

August 9, 2022

REVIEW: High Times in the Low Parliament by Kelly Robson

JayneBook Reviews / DNF Reviewsalternate universe / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA+ / novella / politics2 Comments

Award-winning author Kelly Robson returns with a lighthearted romp through an 18th-century London featuring flirtatious scribes, irritable fairies, and the dangers of Parliament. Lana Baker is Aldgate’s finest scribe, with a sharp pen and an even sharper wit. Gregarious, charming, and ever so eager to please, she agrees to deliver ... more >

August 6, 2022

REVIEW: Catffirmations: Mindful Mantras to Awaken Your Inner Cat by Lim Heng Swee

JayneB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsArt / cats / meditationNo Comments

Are you struggling with stress? Do you wish your life was less hectic? Take solace in the instinctive wisdom of clever felines in this beautifully illustrated, cat–themed book of affirmations. Whether it’s knowing when to curl up for a good nap or taking time out to sniff the catnip, cats ... more >

August 6, 2022

REVIEW: Revenge of Zombert (The Zombert Chronicles Book 3) by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Ryan Andrews

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscats / Dark / Friends / macabre / middle grade / POC / The Zombert ChroniclesNo Comments

In the final episode of the ZomBert Chronicles, can Bert and Mellie foil a plot to turn the entire town of Lambert into ravenous zombie consumers? A thrilling finale to an arch mystery-adventure series pits Bert the cat against the infamous YummCo Labs. Bert was a bedraggled stray before nine-year-old ... more >

August 5, 2022

REVIEW: Rebecca of Salerno by Esther Erman

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsbook adaptation / Crusade / discrimination / female doctor / First-Person / gender inequality / Historical / Italy / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / medieval / murder mystery / Rape / rape survivor / Suicide / violence against women7 Comments

This book continues the story of Rebecca from Walter Scott’s 1820 novel Ivanhoe. The Ivanhoe backstory: Jewish women in medieval England do not fall in love with Christian knights like Ivanhoe. Neither do they heal knights from battle wounds. But Rebecca does both—and nearly pays with her life. Rescued by ... more >

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