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January 24, 2018

Janine’s Best of 2017

JanineReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2017 / best of list / Boxer / Contemporary / erotica romance / escaped slave / Glasgow / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / knitting / LGBTQIAP+ / Literary fiction / Love-Triangle / magical powers / migration / Nigeria / novellas with romantic elements / Soldier / star-crossed lovers / suprise pregnancy / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy7 Comments

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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 >

October 11, 2017

What Janine is Reading and Seeing at the Theater in Late Summer 2017

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / DNF ReviewsReading lists9 Comments

Alpha Wolf by Amy Green Not long ago I blogged about the first three books in Amy Green’s Shifter Falls series. This is the long-awaited fourth book, and I liked it better than the other three. The plot centers on Brody, the Alpha of the Donovan brothers’ pack, and Alison, ... more >

May 19, 2014

JOINT REVIEW: Bollywood and the Beast by Suleikha Snyder

KaetrinBook Reviews / C Reviews / C+ ReviewsBollywood / Contemporary / India / joint review / POC / POC author4 Comments

Dear Ms. Snyder, Kaetrin: I like Beauty and the Beast stories and I enjoy stories set in India – although most of what I have read in that regard has been historical and it’s difficult for me to tell how accurate they were.  I’m asked Sunita to review Bollywood and ... more >

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September 12, 2012

What Janine is Reading — August 2012

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Last month was a busy month for me and therefore I didn’t read as much as I usually do. Here’s what was on my plate in August, reading-wise: Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snyder Set in the world of Bollywood cinema, Spice and Smoke is comprised of two connected novellas. ... more >

Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snyder
August 23, 2012

JOINT REVIEW: Spice and Smoke by Suleikha Snyder

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviewsactor/actress / Bollywood / India / joint review / m/m / menage / POC / POC author14 Comments

Janine: About the time we had the discussion of diversity in Harlequin’s romances here at DA, Suleikha Snyder made a couple of thoughtful comments on Twitter, and that got me interested in her volume of two connected stories, a novella called Spice and Smoke. Spice and Smoke is set in ... more >

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