May 20, 2019

REVIEW x 2: The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / accountant / arranged-marriage / Asperger's / autism / California / Contemporary / immigrant fiction / matchmakers / Vietnam / waitress11 Comments

Dear Ms. Hoang, As I enjoyed The Kiss Quotient, I was eager to read your follow-up contemporary romance, The Bride Test (It is not necessary to read The Kiss Quotient first; The Bride Test stands on its own).

May 17, 2019

REVIEW: Skin and Bone (Digging up Bones #2) by TA Moore

SiriusB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsm/m suspense / mystery6 Comments

Cloister Witte and his K-9 partner, Bourneville, find the lost and bring them home. But the job doesn’t always end there. Janet Morrow, a young trans woman, lies in a coma after wandering away from her car during a storm. But just because Cloister found the young tourist doesn’t mean ... more >

May 16, 2019

REVIEW: Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini

JayneBook Reviews / C- ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Berlin-Germany / Germany / Historical / non-fiction / World War IINo Comments

After Wisconsin graduate student Mildred Fish marries brilliant German economist Arvid Harnack, she accompanies him to his German homeland, where a promising future awaits. In the thriving intellectual culture of 1930s Berlin, the newlyweds create a rich new life filled with love, friendships, and rewarding work—but the rise of a ... more >

May 15, 2019

Jennie’s Reading List for March and April

JennieBook ReviewsBiography / Fiction / historical romance / mystery / non-fiction / Reading lists / Thriller/Suspense5 Comments

The Royal Art of Poison: Filthy Palaces, Fatal Cosmetics, Deadly Medicine and Murder Most Foul by Eleanor Herman I’ve been on a pop history kick after the two Jennifer Wright books I recently read, so I picked up this book. It was only after I bought it that I realized ... more >

May 14, 2019

REVIEW: The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsenemies to lovers / family relationships / First-Person / Hawaii3 Comments

For two sworn enemies, anything can happen during the Hawaiian trip of a lifetime—maybe even love—in this romantic comedy from the New York Times bestselling authors of Roomies. Olive Torres is used to being the unlucky twin: from inexplicable mishaps to a recent layoff, her life seems to be almost ... more >

May 13, 2019

REVIEW: Reverb by Anna Zabo

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsbodyguard / Contemporary / found family / queer / rock and roll / romantic-suspense / stalker / trans manNo Comments

Dear Anna Zabo, I have a number your books on my TBR but this one is the first I’ve read. It definitely won’t be the last. Reverb is the third book in the Twisted Wishes series (named after the rock band to at least one of the main characters in ... more >