August 15, 2019

REVIEW: Have You Eaten Grandma? by Gyles Brandreth

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEnglish grammar / language / non-fiction / punctuation4 Comments

For anyone who wants to make fewer (not less) grammar mistakes, a lively, effective, and witty guide to all the ins and outs of the English language, reminiscent of the New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Our language is changing, literary levels are declining, and our grasp of ... more >

August 8, 2019

REVIEW: Red Yellow Blue by Lysa Mullady

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's fiction / childrens-books / empathy / picture books1 Comments

Red loves being red! Apples, wagons, fire trucks — he thinks all the best things are red! Yellow admires Red’s roses, but Red just wants to be left to mind his own business — why can’t Yellow mind hers? But when Yellow and Blue go off to make frogs, shamrocks, ... more >

August 8, 2019

REVIEW: Ogilvy by Deborah Underwood, illustrations by T.L. McBeth

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's literature / childrens-books / LGBTQ / picture books / self-expressionNo Comments

The clothes don’t make the bunny in this new picture book from New York Times-bestselling author Deborah Underwood, illustrated by T. L. McBeth. When Ogilvy moves to a new town, the possibilities feel endless. There are so many new bunny friends and fun things to do together! But in this ... more >

August 6, 2019

REVIEW: The Right Swipe by Alisha Rai

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAthlete / Contemporary / dating / multiracial romance6 Comments

Dear Alisha Rai, The Right Swipe is the first in your new Modern Love series.  The heroine, Rhiannon Hunter, is the sister of the hero in your earlier book, Hurts to Love You (which is on my TBR) but there isn’t really more of a link between the two series ... more >

July 17, 2019

REVIEW: Snowdrops and Scandalbroth by Barbara Metzger

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / Historical / Regency / virgin hero4 Comments

This is Metzger’s usual fun and mayhem with a bewildered hero, who often sticks his foot in his mouth, trying to keep up with all the madness into which the heroine plunges him. Courtney Choate, Viscount Chase is a pure man. If a woman should save herself for marriage, then ... more >

July 15, 2019

REVIEW: Hither, Page (Page & Sommers, #1) by Cat Sebastian

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsm/m historical romance / mystery / Post WWII3 Comments

A jaded spy and a shell shocked country doctor team up to solve a murder in postwar England. James Sommers returned from the war with his nerves in tatters. All he wants is to retreat to the quiet village of his childhood and enjoy the boring, predictable life of a ... more >