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June 2, 2020

Review: Murder Most Lovely (Lacetown Murder Mysteries #1) by Hank Edwards and Deanna Wadsworth

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewsgay mystery / m/m mystery / Small Town Romance1 Comments

A killer at a small-town literary festival. Bumbling drug dealers. A kidnapped cat. Starting a romance among all this chaos might be the death of them. Michael Fleishman is excited to meet his favorite mystery writer, Russell Withingham, at Lacetown’s Literary Fest. He is not expecting to cross paths with ... more >

May 28, 2020

REVIEW: Fitness Hacks for over 50: 300 Easy Ways to Incorporate Exercise Into Your Life by K. Aleisha Fetters

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsexercise / non-fiction / self-helpNo Comments

Skip the gym and improve your physical and mental fitness in just minutes with these 300 quick and easy ways to add movement to your day! Being active and in shape helps you sleep, keeps you strong and healthy, and improves balance, your social life—and even your sex life! We ... more >

May 28, 2020

REVIEW: How to Drag a Body and Other Safety Tips You Hope to Never Need by Judith Matloff

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsautobiography / journalist / non-fiction / survivalNo Comments

As we have seen with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, disaster preparedness is not a luxury. Everyone from Louis Pasteur to the Girl Scouts has championed the motto “Be Prepared”—but what does that mean in today’s constantly changing world? In this age of anxiety, when reports of mass shootings, political unrest, ... more >

May 25, 2020

REVIEW x 2: Beach Read by Emily Henry

JanineC- Reviews / D Reviewsabuse survivor / authors / betrayal / book research / Contemporary / Cult / genre divide / Michigan / neighbors / wager4 Comments

Dear Emily Henry, Your debut contemporary romance had what sounded like a fun concept and a great title, so I requested an ARC from the publisher. January Andrews is a newly down-on-her-luck romance novelist. January’s boyfriend, Jacques, has recently dumped her, so she doesn’t have anywhere she can afford to ... more >

May 22, 2020

REVIEW: My Sweet Folly by Laura Kinsale

JennieBook Reviews / C Reviews CategoryEpistolary Romance / India / Regency11 Comments

For those keeping track, this is number eight in my Laura Kinsale rereadapalooza, which started back in 2016 with The Prince of Midnight. My Sweet Folly is Kinsale’s tenth book, and has the distinction of being the first Kinsale book that I read when it was published, in 1997. Previously, ... more >

May 13, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: Shorefall by Robert Jackson Bennett

JanineBook Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviewsdiversity / f/f / Fantasy / friendship / heist / joint review / Magic / POC / resurrection / thief6 Comments

Janine: Since Sirius and I both enjoyed Foundryside, Robert Jackson Bennett’s first novel in his Founders Trilogy, we decided to review the sequel, Shorefall, together. Here is the novel’s blurb: The upstart firm Foundryside is struggling to make it. Orso Igancio and his star employee, former thief Sancia Grado, are ... more >

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