June 4, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Alpha Night by Nalini Singh

JennieB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviewsjoint review / Paranormal / Psy-Changeling Trinity Series / wolfNo Comments

Alpha Night can be viewed as either the three hundred forty-second nineteenth book in Nalini Singh’s the Psy/Changeling series, or the 842nd fourth book in the Psy/Changeling Trinity series. Janine and I have reviewed eleventy-three seven Psy/Changeling books together, so when Alpha Night came out, I told her I would haunt her in the afterlife if she did not ... more >

May 22, 2020

REVIEW: My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale

JennieBook Reviews / C Reviews CategoryEpistolary Romance / India / Regency11 Comments

For those keeping track, this is number eight in my Laura Kinsale rereadapalooza, which started back in 2016 with The Prince of Midnight. My Sweet Folly is Kinsale’s tenth book, and has the distinction of being the first Kinsale book that I read when it was published, in 1997. Previously, ... more >

April 30, 2020

REVIEW: The Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

JennieBook Reviews / C ReviewsDystopia / futuristic / religion / Sci-fi2 Comments

Note: There are some spoilers in this review. I must be a glutton for punishment to choose this book during a pandemic. But I generally like dystopian stories, and I’ve heard good things about The Parable of the Sower over the years (Janine is a fan, I believe). So, feeling ... more >

April 17, 2020

Reading List by Jennie for January through March 2020

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsBiography / Contemporary Literature / Historical fiction / historical romance / History / mystery / Reading lists / Suspense18 Comments

She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth by Helen Castor This book was a bit dense for flighty me, but it was also a very absorbing and informative history of the four women who attempted to sort-of-kind-of rule England before Elizabeth I. Those women were the Empress Matilda, who ... more >

March 30, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel

JennieB Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsCanada / contemporary fiction / literary ficiton / Ponzi scheme10 Comments

Jennie:  Five years ago, I read and loved Mandel’s breakout novel, Station Eleven. It would probably have not come to my attention if not for Janine’s terrific review. I loved Station Eleven so much that I was inspired to read the author’s first novel, Last Night in Montreal, which wasn’t ... more >

March 27, 2020

REVIEW: A Murderous Relation by Deanna Raybourn

JennieB Reviews / Book ReviewsBritish Monarchy / Jack the Ripper / Mystery series / Veronica Speedwell / Victorian4 Comments

Dear Ms. Raybourn: This is the fifth book in the Veronica Speedwell mystery series; I’ve read and reviewed the first four books. Big spoilers for the series appear below, so be forewarned. Veronica and her partner in crime (-solving) and love interest Stoker are recovering, physically and emotionally, from the ... more >