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January 9, 2023

What Janine is Reading: LGBTQIA+ Books in a Mix of Genres

JanineBook Reviews / C+ Reviews / DNF Reviews1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / bisexual heroine / carpenter / comic artist / comic book / competition / contemporary f/f romance / gods / interior design / lesbian heroine / middle grade / nuclear disaster / Philadelphia / physicist / Reading lists / saga / Science Fiction / Soviet Union / survival / teenager / Time-Travel / trans boy3 Comments

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake This book had a cute start and an interesting premise. I really liked the author’s earlier book, Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, but although this book wasn’t bad, it wasn’t quite as good. Astrid, whom we met in the last book, is standoffish ... more >

September 15, 2022

REVIEW: When Two Paths Meet by Betty Neels

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / class differences / doctor hero / dysfunctional family / England2 Comments

He had saved her, but he didn’t love her Katherine Marsh was practically a slave to her brother’s family in the small English country village where she lived. Then she met Dr. Jason Fitzroy—and fell instantly in love. Dr. Fitzroy found her a job at the hospital and gave her ... more >

April 19, 2022

REVIEW: Caroline’s Waterloo by Betty Neels

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / cats / doctor hero / donkey / England / marriage-of-convenience / Netherlands / nurse / Older Man/Younger Woman5 Comments

Caroline had never imagined that anyone would want to marry her. After all, she wasn’t pretty or clever in any way. But the imposing Professor Radinck Thoe van Erckelens did propose to her and, having speedily fallen in love with him, she accepted. However, Radinck was clear about what he ... more >

September 14, 2020

REVIEW: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / Athletes / coming-of-age / female friendship / high-school / LGBTQIAP+ / POC / POC author / self discovery / teens / YA / young adult fiction4 Comments

Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a tour de female force in this delightful novel. Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts, where the accusations began that led to the 1692 witch trials, We Ride Upon Sticks follows the 1989 Danvers High School Falcons field hockey team, who will do ... more >

June 13, 2020

REVIEW: Made To Hold You: Decades: A Journey of African American Romance by Elle Wright

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / African American / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / Drugs / Marriage-in-Trouble / POC / POC author / second chance at love / teacher heroine5 Comments

Layla Johnson had a picture perfect life: a career as an educator, a beautiful daughter, a son on the way, and a loving husband. Only Layla didn’t count on the effect the burgeoning war on drugs would have on her family and her world. And on one rainy night, everything ... more >

April 6, 2020

REVIEW: Yours with Love by Mary Burchell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / dysfunctional family / England / family relationships / London / Older Man/Younger Woman / secretary10 Comments

The scheme would be of mutual benefit When Jason Kent literally crashed into Virginia’s life, he turned her whole world upside down. In return for a large sum of money, he asked her to pose as his mistress so that his wife would divorce him. Virginia agreed because it meant ... more >

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