April 2, 2020

REVIEW: Am I Dying?! by Christopher Kelly, M.D. and Marc Eisenberg, M.D.

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsDoctor / health / medicine / non-fictionNo Comments

Featured on CBS This Morning, Men’s Health, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, and The Dr. Oz Show Two top doctors present a comprehensive, light-hearted guide for the hypochondriac in all of us. Christopher Kelly, MD, and Marc Eisenberg, MD, FACC, are both highly accomplished physicians and health experts from UNC Health ... more >

March 31, 2020

REVIEW: Take It Away, Tommy! A Breaking Cat News Adventure by Georgia Dunn

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscartoons / cats / Humor / news / reporter3 Comments

Tonight’s top story: the intrepid team of feline reporters is back on the beat and tackling stories like a runaway toy mouse in this third collection of Breaking Cat News comics for middle-grade readers. Once again Lupin, Elvis, and Puck—alongside boisterous field correspondents like Tommy—deliver hard-hitting reportage on all of ... more >

March 17, 2020

REVIEW: Blue Skies by Anne Bustard

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren / children's fiction / family relationships / fathers and daughters / middle grade / mothers and daughters / Post WWII / second chance at love / Small-Town / texas / widow4 Comments

For fans of Kate DiCamillo’s Louisiana’s Way Home, this heartwarming novel tells the story of ten-year-old Glory Bea as she prepares for a miracle of her very own—her father’s return home. Glory Bea Bennett knows that miracles happen in Gladiola, Texas, population 3,421. After all, her grandmother—the best matchmaker in ... more >

March 13, 2020

REVIEW: Love Hard by Nalini Singh

KaetrinA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / enemies to lovers / New Zealand / rugby / single dad9 Comments

Dear Nalini Singh, Sometimes a book arrives at just the perfect time and that special alchemy that happens between story and reader happens; a combination of great book and the exact right reading mood. That’s what happened here. I admit enemies to lovers isn’t generally my favourite trope. But Jacob ... more >

March 6, 2020

REVIEW: One Night With the Sexiest Man Alive by Ainslie Paton

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCinderella story / Contemporary / Sydney12 Comments

Standard Disclaimer: I’m friendly with the author online, we talk often on Twitter, and I’ve met her a few times. She’s the kind of author who wouldn’t stop speaking to me if I didn’t like her books and I’m comfortable giving my honest opinion (else I wouldn’t review her work) ... more >

March 4, 2020

REVIEW: Realm of Ash by Tasha Suri

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Fantasy / Fantasy Romance / India / India-based world / Magic / POC / POC authorNo Comments

Dear Tasha Suri, I greatly enjoyed your 2018 debut romantic fantasy novel, Empire of Sand, so I was eager for Realm of Ash, your recently-published follow up. The two books are interconnected despite being centered on different characters, so I recommend reading Empire of Sand first. Besides filling out the ... more >