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August 16, 2023

REVIEW: Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschangeling / fairy tale retelling / Knights / monsters / Muslim / novella / plain heroine / Ugly heroine / unusual heroine10 Comments

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There’s a princess trapped in a tower. This isn’t her story. Meet Toadling. On the day of her birth, she was stolen from her family by the fairies, but she grew up safe and loved in the warm waters of faerieland. Once an adult though, the fae ask a favor ... more >

March 28, 2023

REVIEW: A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / dysfunctional family / Ghost / horror / mothers and daughters / North-Carolina4 Comments

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A haunting Southern Gothic from an award-winning master of suspense, A House With Good Bones explores the dark, twisted roots lurking just beneath the veneer of a perfect home and family. “Mom seems off.” Her brother’s words echo in Sam Montgomery’s ear as she turns onto the quiet North Carolina ... more >

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January 6, 2023

Jayne’s Best of 2022 List

JayneBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 202211 Comments

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Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a ... more >

January 5, 2023

REVIEW: Illuminations by T. Kingfisher

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark Fantasy / family relationships / Fantasy / female friendship / Magic / middle grade / painter8 Comments

Rosa Mandolini knows in her heart that her family are the greatest painters of magical illuminations in the city. But the eccentric Studio Mandolini has fallen on hard times and the future is no longer certain. While trying to help her family, Rosa discovers a strange magical box protected by ... more >

June 29, 2022

What Janine is Reading: April and May of 2022

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews / DNF ReviewsArtificial Intelligence / clergy / elves / Fantasy / far future / goblins / grief / investigation / kidnapped heroine / LGBTQIAP+ / miscarriage / mixed loyalties / murder mystery / pregnancy / princess / Reading lists / spaceship / spousal abuse / steampunk11 Comments

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison I was a huge fan of The Goblin Emperor but not as keen on The Witness for the Dead, the first book in the spinoff Cemeteries of Amalo series about detective/priest/medium-of-sorts Thara Celehar. Hope springs eternal, though, so I requested book two in ... more >

April 26, 2022

REVIEW: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsdisgraced hero / Fairy Godmother / family relationships / found family / Magic / non-linear timeline / rag-tag / road novels / shy heroine / sisters / underdogs / unlikely heroine12 Comments

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This isn’t the kind of fairytale where the princess marries a prince. It’s the one where she kills him. Marra never wanted to be a hero. As the shy, convent-raised, third-born daughter, she escaped the traditional fate of princesses, to be married away for the sake of an uncaring throne. ... more >

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