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I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >
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Unforgiven by Mary Balogh Recently I reread Balogh’s 1997 release, Indiscreet, and found that it still works for me. Since I’d never read the other two books in the Four Horsemen trilogy and they had all been recently reissued, I then decided to move on to book two, Unforgiven. Unforgiven ... more >
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Perhaps this post should be titled What Janine is Rereading, since the books mentioned below are all books I’ve read before. Indiscreet by Mary Balogh This was my third time reading Indiscreet. I first read it in the early 2000s because it was recommended by a number of people in ... more >
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In addition to the books I read for review, I’ve been doing some reading with my husband. Because he is not a romance fan, and I am not a fan of science fiction (his genre of choice), we have to meet in the middle. For the most part that has ... more >