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January 2, 2023

What Janine is Reading: 2022 YA Fantasies

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / Arctic / death / families / journey / moral ambiguity / poison / Reading lists / shipboard / spy / survival / Time-Travel / YA fantasy / Young-Adult5 Comments

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len This YA fantasy novel, Vanessa Len’s debut, was recommended highly by two people I trust, so I stuck with it even though it had a slow and seemingly pedestrian beginning. When Joan, a British East Asian girl, is little, her grandmother tells her that ... more >

May 5, 2022

REVIEW: Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / bisexual heroine / Captivity / child abuse / environmentalism / fox / Graceling Realm / kidnapping / Kristin Cashore / political intrigue / queen / romantic-elements / sex positive / YA / YA fantasy4 Comments

Dear Kristin Cashore, I consider myself a fan of your YA fantasy even though not all of your books have worked for me. I really liked Graceling, the first book in the Graceling Realm series, did not much care for Fire but loved Bitterblue, and Jane Unlimited, a book separate ... more >

April 3, 2018

REVIEW: Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore

JanineBook Reviews / C ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / alternate-reality / art thief / Artist / choose your own adventure / dog / f/f / haunted house / spaceship / YA fantasy6 Comments

Dear Ms. Cashore, It’s been over five years since you’ve had a novel out, and I’m a big fan of two of your past YA fantasy novels, Graceling and Bitterblue, so when I heard you were finally coming out with another, I took note of its publication date. After Megan ... more >

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December 12, 2012

Janine’s Best of 2012 List

JanineBook Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAlpha & Omega / Best of 2012 / best of list / Burgundy Book Club / Contemporary romance / Fantasy / Graceling Realm / historical romance / Recommended Reads / Rivers of London / The Brothers Sinister / Urban-Fantasy / Wild Quartet series / Young-Adult23 Comments

Recommended Read

My top ten favorite books published in 2012, ranked (that part was haaaard) and described: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore Review by me. This intricately plotted YA fantasy about a young queen’s heroic determination to uncover buried truths about her father and nation was an almost flawless read. Beloved characters from ... more >

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore
June 13, 2012

REVIEW: Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore

JanineA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical Fantasy / medieval / Recommended Reads / Young-Adult9 Comments

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Dear Ms. Cashore, While I really liked your debut YA fantasy, Graceling, I was less keen on your second novel, Fire. Graceling had a strong heroine, Lady Katsa, who, along with the man she grew to love, sought to rescue a child princess from an evil king, guarding her independence ... more >

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June 13, 2012

What Janine is Reading — April and May 2012

JanineBook Reviews / Reading ListsReading lists17 Comments

My hot reading streak in February and March turned into a reading slump in April. For a little while there, I couldn’t get more than a few pages into anything I picked up. I couldn’t even tell you guys what I tried to read at that time, because I didn’t ... more >

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