November 4, 2016

Reading List by Jennie for July through September

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsFiction / Humor / Memoirs / Mystery series / non-fiction / Reading lists / Romance8 Comments

I also read and reviewed: Wild Embrace and Burn Down the Night (both with Janine), The Girl With All the Gifts, First Comes Love, First Star I See Tonight and The Young Blood.   Wait for Me! by Deborah Mitford I’ve long been obsessed with the Mitford sisters, an obsession ... more >

July 28, 2016

What Janine is Reading: Recommended Reads

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / aliens / class differences / Magic / older heroine and hero / shapeshifters / shipboard / spaceship7 Comments

I’ve been in a reading slump for a while so when I hit on two novellas and one book I enjoyed a great deal, I felt a sense of relief. I haven’t lost my reading mojo after all! I review all three below: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor The protagonist of ... more >

JanineBook Reviews / Reading ListsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Historical Fantasy / journalists / Magic / Reading lists / romantic-suspense / Urban-Fantasy7 Comments

I haven’t done a reading list post in forever, so this one is going to be long! Seduction Game by Pamela Clare I’ve read a few novels in Clare’s I-Team romantic suspense series and enjoyed aspects of them, but I’m not a diehard fan. I was intrigued, though, when I ... more >

May 13, 2016

Jayne’s Reading List for late spring

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended ReadsAmerican Navy / autobiography / Contemporary / Doctor / England / Farmer / feminism / medicine / non-fiction / World War II12 Comments

Dear County Agent Guy by Jerry Nelson In the tradition of Mark Twain and Jean Shepherd, Dave Barry and Garrison Keillor, Jerry Nelson is a humorist whose beat is the American heartland, a small-town world of pickup trucks and Sunday night pancake dinners, dropping in on neighbors and complaining about ... more >

JennieBook Reviews / Reading Listshistorical romance / New Adult / non-fiction9 Comments

I also read and reviewed Dukes Prefer Blondes and  The Prince of Midnight. The Deal Elle Kennedy This was reviewed by Kaetrin, who loved it and gave it a straight A. I liked it a lot too; I really like a lot of aspects of these new adult/Ivy League college/hockey ... more >

March 22, 2016

What Janine is Reading: Kate Daniels, Part II

JanineA- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading ListsAtlanta / Kate Daniels world / Magic / romantic-elements / shapeshifters / Urban-Fantasy / vampires26 Comments

A couple of weeks ago I blogged about my Kate Daniels reading streak, which I continue to chronicle here. SPOILERS AHEAD (But please try not to reveal too much about the books I haven’t yet read):   Magic Tests by Ilona Andrews This short story, found in the anthology An ... more >