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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 >

July 25, 2023

REVIEW: The Lady from Burma : A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery by Allison Montclair

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1940s / A Sparks & Bainbridge Mystery / Agent/Spies/Undercover / female friendship / Historical / London / mental health / murder / murder mystery / Post WWII / self discovery17 Comments

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Murder once again stalks the proprietors of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau in the surprisingly dangerous landscape of post-WWII London. In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture – The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are ... more >

February 22, 2023

REVIEW: Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell

LaylaA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / baker / critic / forgery / Historical / Late Victorian / working class9 Comments

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Dear Joanna Lowell, In 2020, Janine reviewed your debut novel under the Joanna Lowell pen name, Dark Season. Janine and I also reviewed last year’s The Runaway Duchess your 2021 book, The Duke Undone. I was excited to see that you had a new book out and jumped at opportunity ... more >

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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 >

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December 20, 2022

Jayne’s Total Mashup Book List

JayneA Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Readsbiology / Cancer / cartoons / cats / childhood friends / children's book / ghoul / horror / non-fiction / novella / paleontology / picture books / POC / POC author / science2 Comments

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200,000 Snakes On the Hunt in Manitoba: or, How I Found a New Beginning at the Bottom of a Giant Pit of Snakes by Pat Spain Pat Spain was living the life he had always dreamed of. He had just finished filming his first National Geographic TV series Beast Hunter, ... more >

December 3, 2022

REVIEW: While You Sleep by Jennifer Maruno, illustrations by Miki Sato

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / children's book / picture books / POC / POC author / sleep3 Comments

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Breathtaking collage art and exquisite rhyming couplets showcase fantastical dreams as the natural world is prepared for a new day in this gentle bedtime book. As the day ends and a little girl is put to sleep by her mother, night-helper bunnies work their magic to tidy and polish the ... more >

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