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September 17, 2019

REVIEW: A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / crafts / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / Historical / spinster / Womens-Fiction1 Comments

1932. After the Great War took both her beloved brother and her fiancé, Violet Speedwell has become a “surplus woman,” one of a generation doomed to a life of spinsterhood after the war killed so many young men. Yet Violet cannot reconcile herself to a life spent caring for her ... more >

September 16, 2019

REVIEW: Crooked Rock Braves (Crooked Rock Book #4) by Pamela Sanderson

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / American Indians / Contemporary / friends-to-lovers / Native American1 Comments

Linda and Arnie are the should have been that never happened. Linda Bird has poured her heart into building a community for Indians in the city, but the setbacks keep coming and her supporters are losing faith. In college, Arnie Jackson was a sexy-but-aggravating rival. Now she needs his help ... more >

September 11, 2019

REVIEW: Grobblechops by Elizabeth Laird

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewschildren's fiction / childrens-books / parenting / picture booksNo Comments

Amir is worried about the little monster lurking under the bed. What if it tries to eat him up?! And what if that monster has a dad and a mom too? As Amir’s dad tucks him in, Amir wonders if the monster might just become a friend instead… This classic ... more >

August 21, 2019

REVIEW: The Cat in the Box by Chris Ferrie

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscats / non-fiction / physics / poetry / scienceNo Comments

Finally, a simplified explanation of Schrödinger’s cat paradox for quantum mechanics enthusiasts! Have you been lying awake at night pondering quantum superposition? Have you fretted about how to explain its flawed interpretation? Are you a fan of Schrödinger’s cat? Or do you know someone who is? This is the book ... more >

cartoon style cover with a dark-haired woman in the top right wearing yellow and an Asian man in glasses sitting in an arm chair in the lower right. On the lower left are not-to-scale apartment buildings and trees
August 12, 2019

REVIEW: Playing House by Ruby Lang

KaetrinB- Reviews / Book ReviewsChinese-American MCs / Contemporary / Manhattan / novella3 Comments

Dear Ruby Lang, Oliver Huang and Fay Liu, are both Chinese-American urban planners in Manhattan. When Oliver is first introduced to the reader he presents himself as unemployed and taking some short term contract work to keep himself afloat. But it became apparent to me that what he really is ... more >

July 26, 2019

REVIEW: State of the Heart by Haider Warraich

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDoctor / health / medicine / non-fictionNo Comments

In State of the Heart, Dr. Haider Warraich takes readers inside the ER, inside patients’ rooms, and inside the history and science of cardiac disease. State of the Heart traces the entire arc of the heart, from the very first time it was depicted on stone tablets, to a future ... more >

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