September 3, 2018

Reading List by Jennie for April through June

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsBiography / boarding school / Classic Murder Mystery / Contemporary romance / Essays / Fiction / flashbacks / Memoir / murder mystery / Reading lists / Suspense / twins11 Comments

Also read and reviewed:  Ocean Light and Cadaver & Queen An American Princess: The Many Lives of Allene Tew by Annejet Van Der Zijl I can’t remember if this was recommended somewhere or if I just found it while perusing historical biographies on Amazon, but I know I was initially intrigued by ... more >

JanineBook Reviews / Reading ListsFae / mechanic / Montana / Reading lists / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves5 Comments

Continuing with my Mercyverse reading, which starts here. Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs This is a book I’ve read multiple times in the past. Charles and Anna arrive in Montana, Charles injured and therefore off-kilter, Anna hesitant to commit to their relationship. Anna is also having difficulty reading Charles, and ... more >

May 9, 2018

What Janine is Reading: Patricia Briggs’s Mercyverse, Part I

JanineBook Reviews / Reading Listsdemons / mechanic / Montana / Reading lists / Shapeshifter / trigger warnings / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves / witch15 Comments

Recently, I reviewed Patricia Briggs’s latest entry in the Alpha and Omega series, Burn Bright. When it came up in the comments that although I’m an avid follower of Charles and Anna, I had only read the first of the Mercy books, readers persuaded me to read further on in ... more >

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading ListsFantasy / historical romance / Reading lists / YA fantasy9 Comments

Song of the Current by Sarah Tolscer This YA fantasy debut had been on my radar since Cecilia Grant, who knows the author, mentioned it online, prior to its publication. When the price was discounted recently, I purchased it and have no regrets. Caro is the daughter of a wherryman. ... more >

January 24, 2018

Janine’s Best of 2017

JanineReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBoxer / Contemporary / erotica romance / escaped slave / Glasgow / Great Depression / historical romance / inspirational / knitting / LGBTQ / Literary fiction / Love-Triangle / magical powers / migration / Nigeria / novellas with romantic elements / Soldier / star-crossed lovers / suprise pregnancy / top ten lists / Urban-Fantasy / YA fantasy7 Comments

I was a cranky reader on social media this year, so I was surprised to discover that like Jayne’s, my top ten list runneth over. In hindsight, I think some my crankiness was due to the difficulty I had finding satisfying reads in historical romance, traditionally my favorite genre. Please ... more >

KaetrinReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsContemporary / Fantasy / Historical / New Adult / novella / Urban-Fantasy / western / YA9 Comments

I read 144 books in 2017 (including audiobooks) and I rated 25 of them (released in 2017) 5 stars on Goodreads. There were 12 audiobooks and 13 print/ebooks in that list. As I don’t review audiobooks here, I’ve confined my DA best of to the print/digital books. Despite lacking reading ... more >