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REVIEW: For My Lady’s Heart by Laura Kinsale

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This is the penultimate book in my Laura Kinsale rereadapalooza – number 11 of 12. I have put off rereading For My Lady’s Heart for sort of complicated reasons. When I read it back in the day, I really did love it – I loved all of the Kinsale books ... more >

JOINT REVIEW: Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

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Note: Since we had fun reviewing Chasing Cassandra together, Janine and I decided to do a joint review of Devil in Disguise. Jennie: Before Janine got me into reading the two most recent Lisa Kleypas historical series (the Ravenels and then the Hathaways—Kleypas had a couple of contemporary series in ... more >

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Reading List by Jennie for April through June

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Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore I went into this knowing nothing about it but the name. It ended up being a bit of a slog, for a few reasons: dialogue rendered in impenetrable dialect, a lot of blah blah blah musings, and the fact that I didn’t really like the ... more >

JOINT REVIEW: Last Guard by Nalini Singh

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Jennie: A few statistics – Number of Psy/Changeling novels including the Trinity series: 20 Number of Psy/Changeling Trinity books: 5 Number of books in the series Janine and I have reviewed together: 9 including this one Chapter 1 of Last Guard opens with our heroine, Payal Rao, being described as ... more >

REVIEW: The Orphan Pearl by Erin Satie

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Dear Ms. Satie: After recently reading (and loving) book two of your Sweetness and Light series, I turned my attention to remedying the mistake I’d made in not reading all of your No Better Angels series – by picking up this, book three. If memory serves, I read book one ... more >

EPIC JOINT REVIEW: The Road Trip by Beth O’Leary, Part II

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REVIEW PART II Note to readers: While spoilers are hidden in this review, there are big ones under the cuts so click on the view option at your own risk. -Janine Jennie: Part I of the review can be found here. Back to the discussion! There was also such a ... more >

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