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February 14, 2023

REVIEW: A Valentine for Daisy by Betty Neels

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1990s / cats / class differences / doctor hero / dogs / England / unrequited-loveNo Comments

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Arrogant, overbearing and dictatorial! Daisy Pelham can’t find much to like about brilliant pediatrician Dr. Valentine Seymour. Yet his small patients seem to adore him, not to mention his twin nephew and niece…leaving Daisy to wonder if perhaps there’s another side to the handsome doctor, one that he doesn’t want ... more >

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 >

April 8, 2022

REVIEW: Patrick Gallagher’s Widow by Cheryl Reavis

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1990s / corruption / law-enforcement / New York City / police / policeman / Widowed Heroine2 Comments

An “off-limits” policeman’s widow. An insubordinate detective determined to find out what she knows about her husband’s death. A love story… All his life, street-smart Garth had lived side by side with crime. And something about fellow officer Patrick Gallagher’s death in the line of duty just didn’t add up ... more >

August 4, 2021

REVIEW: Fly Safe: Letters from the Gulf War and Reflections From Back Home by Vicki Cody

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1990s / Army / epistolary / Kentucky / long separation / non-fiction / pilot / Saudi Arabia / War / Military3 Comments

It is August 1990, and Iraq has just invaded Kuwait, setting off a chain reaction of events leading up to the first Gulf War. Vicki Cody’s husband, the commander of an elite Apache helicopter battalion, is deployed to Saudi Arabia—and for the next nine months they have to rely on ... more >

April 24, 2020

REVIEW: The Bachelor’s Wedding by Betty Neels

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1990s / class differences / doctor hero / England / marriage-of-convenience5 Comments

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A practical marriage? Araminta Smith first met Professor Jason Lister when she was hired to look after his niece and nephew. Knowing that her plain but honest looks weren’t about to catch her a husband, Araminta believed she’d never marry. That’s why she was intrigued by the distinguished surgeon’s interest ... more >

October 3, 2019

REVIEW: Country by Michael Hughes

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews1990s / greek mythology / Humor / Literary fiction / Northern Ireland / Retelling / soldiers / Violence8 Comments

Trigger warnings: Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country will start ... more >

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