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June 19, 2026

REVIEW: A Delicate Affair by Lindsay Evans

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / class differences / coming-of-age / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / historical romance / musician / POC / POC author / Washington DC5 Comments

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Dear Ms. Evans, There’s an interesting story behind how A Delicate Affair came to be. In the early 1990s, Harlequin published a series of twelve romances each set in a different decade, mostly in the twentieth century, but featuring white authors and characters. More recently, romance author Wayne Jordan approached ... more >

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June 5, 2026

Reading List by Jayne for Children

JayneA Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / Reading listsNo Comments

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The Octopus by Guojing Join a little girl as she discovers the hidden world of her new octopus friend in this stunning wordless picture book by critically acclaimed author-illustrator Guojing. A little girl goes to the beach with her mother, never expecting the day full of magic and wonder that ... more >

June 4, 2026

REVIEW: The Music of Us by Emerald Alexandrea

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsboy band / cats / Contemporary / mothers and daughters / music industry / second chance romance / Young-AdultNo Comments

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A fun and flirty contemporary YA novel between a cat café barista and a boy band pop star that hits all the right notes! The Music of Us is a laugh-out-loud friends-to-more romance perfect for fans of Kasie West, Beth Reekles, and Lynn Painter. If life came with a playlist, ... more >

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May 27, 2026

REVIEW: The Final Target by Nora Roberts

KaetrinA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsNetGalley / romantic-suspense6 Comments

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Content Note: Violence, sexual violence Dear Nora Roberts, Arden Bowie is a young, debut author from Columbus, Ohio, having her first book signing. The last person to request she sign her book is Dustin Dubecki. Dustin wants to write as well, he tells her, and is hoping she’ll have a ... more >

May 26, 2026

REVIEW: Behind Five Willows by June Hur

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / censorship / class differences / government suppression / Historical / Joseon Dynasty / Korea / literary adaptation / opposites attract / POC / POC author / women's rights / Young-AdultNo Comments

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From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves comes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together. As the dutiful second-eldest ... more >

May 18, 2026

Review: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

SiriusA Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschild heroine / Civil-War / graphic novels / Iran / Violence4 Comments

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Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time.  “A stunning graphic ... more >

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