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August 25, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: Devil in Disguise by Lisa Kleypas

JennieB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews1880s / Across the Tracks Romance / businesswoman / class differences / fish-out-of-water / historical romance / joint review / Late Victorian / long-lost heir / romance series / Scotsman / The Wallflowers meet the Ravenels19 Comments

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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January 29, 2021

Janine’s Best of 2020

JanineBook Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Best of 2020 / best of list / boarding school / Cold War / disabled hero / found family / genius loci / historical romance / king / Literary fiction / loner / m/m / magic users / one day courtship / passing / SF / thief / twins / UF / voting / war / YA / YA fantasy14 Comments

Recommended Read

I spent much of 2020 grateful to books and authors for giving me a way to visit other times and places while stuck at home because of Covid. Below, listed in alphabetical order by author, are my top eight favorite books of 2020. Some grades have been adjusted since my ... more >

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November 6, 2020

Reading List by Jennie for July through September

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsBiography / classic / ghost-story / historical romance / History / Humor / Reading lists / thriller12 Comments

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow I had long wanted to see Hamilton, Lin-Manual Miranda’s award-winning musical based on this book, and I finally got a chance on my 50th birthday in 2019. I liked it a lot, though it wasn’t the magical experience for me that I know it was ... more >

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July 15, 2020

Reading List by Jennie for April Through June 2020

JennieBook Reviews / Reading Listsclassic fiction / historical romance / History / mystery / Reading lists / Satire / Suspense23 Comments

Little Women by Louisa May Alcott Is it a shameful to admit that I’ve never before read Little Women? At least not that I can recall – it may have been one of those books that I started and put down in my youth. Still, I’ve seen both of the ... more >

Jennie
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 >

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March 2, 2020

Reading List for Jennie for October through December, Part Two

JennieBook ReviewsChristmas Classic / fairy tale / Historical fiction / historical romance / mystery / non-fiction / Reading lists / science / Suspense / thriller13 Comments

Underlying by Janelle Harris I know. I KNOW. Anyone who reads my reviews is probably heartily sick of me bitching about Amazon First Reads, especially all the mediocre suspense I find there. Skip this if you want to avoid my whining (which would be understandable). The book is narrated by ... more >

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