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Janine avatar
April 5, 2019

What Janine is Reading in March of 2019

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading ListsContemporary romance / historical romance / Reading lists / Womens-Fiction9 Comments

My Once and Future Duke by Caroline Linden A friend recently recommended Linden’s An Earl Like You, but since I’m a stickler for reading series in order I decided to start with My Once and Future Duke. The hero, Jack, Duke of Ware, visits the club where his brother has ... more >

January 18, 2019

Kaetrin’s Best of 2018

KaetrinReading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsContemporary / Fantasy Romance / Historical / m/m romance / neurodiverse / queer / Urban fantasy24 Comments

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I took a look at my 5 star reads for the year and created my top 10 from that. I’ve decided not to rank them; it’s too hard to do and they were all fabulous books. Iron & Magic by Ilona Andrews.  Magic Triumphs could easily have made this list ... more >

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January 7, 2019

Janine’s Best of 2018

JanineNeed A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / African American / Asperger's / California / class-difference / Contemporary / Doctor / Eastern Europe / econometrician / escort / Fantasy / India / Italy / journalist / LGBT characters / magic users / moneylender / monsters / Native Americans / Ocean changelings / Paranormal / POC / police / queen / thief / turn of the century / Urban-Fantasy / Washington DC / werewolves15 Comments

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I love end-of-year reading lists so I hope our readers share their own favorite books of 2018 in the comments. Here are the 2018 releases I enjoyed most: Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik Naomi Novik’s fantasy novel is the story of three young women’s quest for empowerment — a Jewish ... more >

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December 31, 2018

Jayne’s Best of 2018

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / 16th-century / 1950s / alcoholism / ancient-Egypt / ancient-Rome / Artificial Intelligence / Athletes / bookstore / cats / child in jeopardy / childrens-books / journalism / London / Native American / older heroine and hero / Sci-fi / Sports Themed Romance / Tudor-England / War / Military / World War II15 Comments

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Sugar and Snails by Sarah Tsiang and Sonja Wimmer My Review A novel twist to a classic rhyme. Who says that little girls are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice?” Or that boys are made of “frogs and snails and puppy dog tails?” What if girls were made ... more >

Jennie
December 21, 2018

Reading List by Jennie for October through November

JennieBook Reviews / Reading Listsclassic fiction / contemporary fiction / Dystopian fiction / horror / non-fiction / Reading lists / True Crime4 Comments

I’ve been doing these round-ups every three months, but I realized this round of mini-reviews are longish, so I decided to just do October and November. Also reviewed (with Janine, Sirius and Jayne): Spinning Silver. The Dark Heart: A True Story of Greed, Murder and an Unlikely Investigator by Joakim ... more >

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December 14, 2018

What Janine is Reading, Listening To, and Seeing — Fall 2018

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / astronaut / magical powers / movie reviews / NASA / Native American / POC / Reading lists10 Comments

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Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse This is a fantasy set in a post-apocalyptic world on a Dinetah (Navajo) reservation which has survived at a time when much of the American Southwest has been flooded and is now underwater. Ironically, the reservation is desert-dry and water there is scarce. The ... more >

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