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Illustrated cover with blue background, in the foreground 2 men sit crouched down before a body of water. One man is white and blonde and the other man is dark with brown skin. Illustrations of plants and animals (including a fox and a hare) are up either side of the cover with the title in the middle.
March 9, 2023

REVIEW: The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen by KJ Charles

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsHistorical / interracial relationship / Kent / NetGalley / queer / smuggling4 Comments

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Content warning: child abuse, neglect Dear KJ Charles, What a delight this book was! So cleverly and tightly plotted and so very romantic. There were only a couple of things I had questions about – but given that this is billed as “the Doomsdays book 1”, I’m hoping we’ll see ... more >

Fairly generic hot shirtless guy against a colourful pink, purple and yellow background. Alas, no chickens.
January 27, 2023

REVIEW: Chick Magnet by Emma Barry

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschickens / coming home / Contemporary / Covid / depression / gaslighting / mental health / NetGalley / Small-TownNo Comments

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Content notes: gaslighting, depression Dear Emma Barry, Nicole Jones, aka “Chick Nic” is a YouTuber with a big following, promoting Chickens for All. She posts regular content about owning, raising and maintaining backyard chickens. During the pandemic her channel took off – which is just as well as she was ... more >

Two shirtless hot guys embracing - very generic
January 13, 2023

Janine’s Best of 2022

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsContemporary romance / immigrants / LGBTQIAP+ / Literary fiction / m/f romance / PNR / POC / Retelling / Science Fiction / UF / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy / YA historical22 Comments

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2022 was a challenging year for me when it came to reading. The DNFs were frequent but at least I got through my reading list faster because of them, and yay, ended up with a full ten books to include here. In order of how much I liked them, here ... more >

January 13, 2023

REVIEW: Ghost 19 by Simone St. James

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / actress / crime / haunted house / novellaNo Comments

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A woman moves to a town where she becomes obsessed with watching the lives of her neighbors while stuck in a house that refuses to let her leave in this first ever short story from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. Is there something ... more >

December 30, 2022

REVIEW: A Peculiar Enchantment by Kathleen Buckley

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1740s / 18th-century / cats / dysfunctional family / England / Georgian / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / Ugly Duckling12 Comments

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What can you look forward to when your only relatives call you ugly, unbalanced, and a scandal? What would you do if your only friend was threatened? Dependent on her half brother, the Earl of Lamburne, Adelaide knows. She wants to escape. Gervase Ducane, invited to Lamburne’s home to court ... more >

December 12, 2022

REVIEW: The Devil You Know by Elizabeth O’Roark

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscommitment issues / Contemporary / institutional sexism / lawyers / sexual harassment / workplace-romance7 Comments

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Dear Elizabeth O’Roark, Last week I reviewed the first two books in your series of contemporary romances, The Devils, in one of my “What Janine is Reading” posts. Book three is my favorite, however, so I wanted to write a full-length review for it. Here is that review. Gemma and ... more >

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