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February 19, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Chasing Cassandra by Lisa Kleypas

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads1870s / classic books / engineer / England / historical romance / joint review / London / magnate / neurodiverse / reading / urchin8 Comments

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Janine: As a lot of people probably already know (because I couldn’t stop talking about it), I’m a huge fan of Devil’s Daughter, the previous book in Lisa Kleypas’s Ravenels series. So I was thrilled to get an ARC of Chasing Cassandra, the sixth and final book in the series. ... more >

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February 17, 2020

Reading List by Jennie for October through December, Part One

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsClassic Sci-Fi/Horror / Contemporary romance / Essays / Historical Biography / historical romance / History / non-fiction / Reading lists8 Comments

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. Lovecraft I’ve made it a habit over the past six years to try to read a “classic horror” novel around Halloween, starting with 2013’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and going up to last year’s The Fall of the House of Usher. Most ... more >

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December 27, 2019

Janine’s Best of 2019

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#metoo / #ownvoices / 1870s / 1920s / 1970s / accountant / Agent/Spies/Undercover / arranged-marriage / Asian heroine / Asperger's / audiobook / Best of 2019 / best of list / book editor / California / class differences / Contemporary / custody battle / dragons / enemies to lovers / epistolary / f/f / Fairyland / fake relationship / family / Fantasy / farming / friends-to-lovers / gods / heroine in disguise / high-school / historical romance / Hong Kong based world / illegitimate-child / LGBTQIAP+ / Literary fiction / London / look alikes / mafia / magical powers / Malaysia / martial arts / Mexico / nobleman / Northern Ireland / nurse / POC / POC author / political intrigue / quest / reformed hero / Regency-based world / romantic-elements / roommates / saga / single dad / streetwise heroine / Time-Travel / Vietnam / waitress / war19 Comments

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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >

December 23, 2019

Kaetrin’s Best of 2019 List

KaetrinReading Lists / Top Ten ListsBest of 2019 / best of list / Contemporary / Gothic / Historical / interracial-romance / sci-fi romance / Urban-Fantasy9 Comments

This year I decided to do my best of list a little early. I don’t have any new releases on my list until next year so I felt it was safe. I had a fantastic reading year; I met my Goodreads challenge with more than a month to spare and ... more >

Jennie
October 21, 2019

Reading List by Jennie for July through September

JennieBook Reviewshistorical romance / History / mystery / non-fiction / Paranormal / Reading lists / Romance / thriller / Young-Adult7 Comments

Read and reviewed: The Hidden Heart, Jane Steele, Play to Win, Wives and Daughters and Jamaica Inn   A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage   I was looking for a light-ish but informative non-fiction read, and this seemed like it would fit the bill. It ... more >

Jennie
July 4, 2019

Reading List by Jennie for May and June

JennieBook ReviewsHistorical fiction / historical romance / History / Memoirs / non-fiction / Reading lists / Suspense / WWII8 Comments

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown When this book was published in 1970, it was hailed as one of the first books to chronicle the destruction of the American Indian tribes in the midwest and western United State solely from the American Indian perspective. As such, it’s ... more >

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