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June 21, 2019

REVIEW: Something Light: A Novel by Margery Sharp

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / England / Historical / Humor / Photographer / Womens-Fiction5 Comments

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In 1950s London, a career girl decides it’s high time she snared herself a husband. Professional dog photographer Louisa Datchett is indiscriminately fond of men. And they take shocking advantage of her good nature when they need their problems listened to, socks washed, prescriptions filled, or employment found. But by ... more >

June 14, 2019

REVIEW: Canary Yellow by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / enemies to lovers / murder mystery / shipboard6 Comments

Elaine Tracy wins a luxury cruise to Las Palmas for her fiancé and herself. They quarrel, and Elaine breaks off the engagement but decides to go on the cruise alone. Attractive and unattached, once on board she inevitably draws a certain amount of masculine attention and for her the holiday ... more >

April 9, 2019

REVIEW: The Bookshop of the Broken Hearted by Robert Hillman

JayneB Reviews Category / Book Reviews1960s / Auschwitz / Australia / bookseller / family relationships / Historical / Holocaust / Hungary / Jewish characters / older woman/younger man3 Comments

Can one unlikely bookshop heal two broken souls? It is 1968 in rural Australia and lonely Tom Hope can’t make heads or tails of Hannah Babel. Newly arrived from Hungary, Hannah is unlike anyone he’s ever met–she’s passionate, brilliant, and fiercely determined to open sleepy Hometown’s first bookshop. Despite the ... more >

April 4, 2019

REVIEW: The League of Wives by Heath Hardage Lee

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / 1970s / activism / non-fiction / prisoner of war / Vietnam / War / Military2 Comments

The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington—and Hanoi—to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam. On February 12, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried ... more >

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February 6, 2019

What Janine is Reading in Winter 2018-2019

JanineB+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews1960s / Fantasy Romance / historical romance / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m / Reading lists10 Comments

August 6, 2018

JOINT REVIEW: Free Fall by Emma Barry and Genevieve Turner

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / astronaut / Fly Me to the Moon series / forced-marriage / joint review12 Comments

Houston, Texas, 1965 When an accident rocks the American Space Department, threatening the race to the moon, the agency is determined to eliminate distractions, including those in the bedroom. Astronaut Dean Garland, on track to become the first man to walk in space, is fine with putting a temporary hold ... more >

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