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March 20, 2021

REVIEW: Henry Oxshott by Simon Fraser

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsanimals / cats / dogs / family relationships / illustrations / juvenile / London / mystery / thriller1 Comments

It is the 1980s. Henry Oxshott is a cat of medium intelligence, lazy but well bred. He lives in a flat which was left to him by one of his relatives who spent most of her time buying antiques and paintings which now fill the flat. He has no job, ... more >

March 20, 2021

REVIEW: The Many Lives of Pusheen the Cat by Claire Belton

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscats / comic / picture booksNo Comments

A delightful new collection of comics from Pusheen in all of her adorable forms—from the classic gray tabby you know and love, to her unicorn, dragon, alien, mermaid, dinosaur, and even dog alter egos—Pusheen always lives life to the fullest! We all know Pusheen, the pleasantly plump cat who has ... more >

March 18, 2021

REVIEW: The Desert of Souls by Howard Andrew Jones

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsdjinn / Fantasy / First-Person / Islam / Magian / Middle East / Muslim / POC / scholar / Soldier / swashbuckler2 Comments

The glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery sweeps into the sands of ancient Arabia with the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish in this thrilling debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones In 8th century Baghdad, a stranger pleads with the vizier to safeguard the bejeweled treasure he carries, but he ... more >

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March 13, 2021

What Janine is Reading: Jeannie Lin’s Pinkang Li Books

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviewsarranged-marriage / Asian characters / class-difference / historical romance / Historical-China / Lotus Palace series / mystery / POC / POC author / Reading lists / scholar / Tang Dynasty6 Comments

Several years ago I fell in love with Jeannie Lin’s Lotus Palace novels. Whether you consider them romances or mysteries (I think of them as romances), the setting, a pleasure quarter called the Pinkang Li, part of the Tang Dynasty capital, Chang’an, during the 840s CE, is beautifully rendered and ... more >

March 3, 2021

REVIEW: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djèlí Clark

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsdjinn / Egypt / Fantasy / female detectives / Middle East / POC / POC author / short-story / steampunk / strong heroine / turn of the 20th century / unusual heroine2 Comments

Egypt, 1912. In Cairo, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and ... more >

March 1, 2021

REVIEW: The Earl’s Lady Geologist by Alissa Baxter

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsfossils / geology / heroine with commitment issues / Historical / plain heroine / Regency / Regency England / Traditional Regency7 Comments

Cassandra Linfield is a lady fossil collector who declares she will never marry as no man will ever take her studies seriously. When circumstances force her to travel to Town for the Season, Cassy infiltrates the hallowed portals of the Geological Society from which she has been banned. She is ... more >

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