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August 24, 2017

REVIEW: The Cat’s Meow by Lucius Parhelion

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1930s / cats / filmmaking / gay historical / Historical / Hollywood / Hollywood Golden Age / LGBTQIA romance / m/m historical romance / short-story5 Comments

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Given how 1930 was shaping up, Fred was thrilled when fulfilling some promises first made by his brother, Charlie, lead to the offer of a studio job. Too bad Fred didn’t ask if Carl Belasco was promised anything other than cat-sitting and help renovating. Dear Lucius Parhelion, I was inclined ... more >

August 3, 2017

REVIEW: Sweet Jazz by Ursula Renee

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / American historical / Historical / interracial-romance / Musicians / New York CityComments Off on REVIEW: Sweet Jazz by Ursula Renee

The Big House’s “Coloreds Only” policy makes the club popular with Harlem residents. The same policy makes it harder for the owners to find and retain musicians. After four weeks of listening to saxophonists with bigger dreams than talent, the owners are ready to hire the first person who walks ... more >

March 11, 2017

REVIEW: Change of Heart by Liv Rancourt

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1930s / American historical / Historical / LGBTQIA romance / New-Orleans / novellaComments Off on REVIEW: Change of Heart by Liv Rancourt

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Preacher always said New Orleans was a den of sin, so of course Clarabelle had to see for herself… Momma says a body reaps what they sow, and Clarabelle’s planted the seeds of trouble. The year is 1933, and not much else is growing in the Oklahoma dirt. Clarabelle’s gone ... more >

January 24, 2017

REVIEW: Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / Athletes / College basketball / college sports / Historical / non-fiction / OklahomaComments Off on REVIEW: Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder

At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better ... more >

August 26, 2016

REVIEW: Castles in the Clouds by Myra Johnson

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / Historical / inspirational romance / teacher heroine1 Comments

The first book in the Flowers of Eden series introduced readers to Bryony Linwood, an orphan trying desperately to provide for her sisters in the shadow of the Great Depression. In Castles in the Clouds, we meet one of those sisters—Larkspur Linwood, a young woman who has a passion for ... more >

May 7, 2016

REVIEW: The Nutmeg Tree by Margery Sharp

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / class-difference / estranged family / family relationships / France / Historical / older heroine and hero / pre-WWII4 Comments

TRIGGER WARNING – One derogatory reference likening someone who is cheap to being like Jews. Set in 1930s France, Margery Sharp’s witty, warm-hearted novel tells the story of a free-spirited mother who is reunited with her very proper daughter after sixteen years, when her daughter asks her to inspect her ... more >

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