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August 28, 2014

REVIEW: Glorious Sunset by Ava Bleu

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book ReviewsAfrica / African American / Contemporary / Fantasy / inspirational / POC / POC author10 Comments

African King Taka Olufemi has traveled over four hundred years to find the woman who holds the soul of his murdered queen and he’s a little cranky. With a ruby brooch as his vessel, the former king is forced to grant wishes to ungrateful mortals hoping to one day find, ... more >

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August 25, 2014

Reading/Watching List by Jayne for the last few weeks

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Lists18th-century / 19th century / 20th century / Africa / crime / Historical / India / Movie / New Adult / non-fiction / Paranormal / POC / Reading lists / rock stars / silent movie / Tudor-England / Witches / Writer11 Comments

My Planet by Mary Roach From acclaimed, New York Times best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in Reader’s Digest. She was a hit columnist in the magazine, and this book features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mary ... more >

July 15, 2014

Tuesday News: Pinkmeth lawsuit, Nadine Gordimer dies, Worldreader brings Kindles to Ghana, and fascinating article on Virginia Woolf and privacy of self

JanetPublishing NewsAfrica / apartheid / CDA / digital libraries / diversity / Free Speech / gender / Ghana / literacy / Literary fiction / Modernism / privacy / racism / revenge porn / South Africa / Tor / Woolf2 Comments

Tor Project sued for $1 million in revenge porn case – Pinkmeth, a particularly horrible revenge porn site is being sued, and for a while, TOR was being sued right along with it. Although the action against TOR was quickly dropped,I wanted to start at the beginning of this drama, ... more >

January 27, 2014

REVIEW: Blood Royal by Diana Norman

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads18th-century / Africa / class-difference / England / Georgian / Historical / Jacobite rebellion / lawyer / law related / POC / working class8 Comments

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Forced by Sir Robert Walpole into a distasteful marriage and then ruined by her husband’s speculation in the South Sea Bubble, Lady Cecily Fitzhenry vows revenge on the Prime Minister and all his myrmidons – including the creaking Hanoverian court and an obscure Scottish lawyer, Archibald Cameron.Nothing if not spirited, ... more >

A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn
May 3, 2013

REVIEW: A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1920s / Africa / experienced heroine / Harlequin MIRA / Historical48 Comments

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Paris, 1923 The daughter of a scandalous mother, Delilah Drummond is already notorious, even amongst Paris society. But her latest scandal is big enough to make even her oft-married mother blanch. Delilah is exiled to Kenya and her favorite stepfather’s savannah manor house until gossip subsides. Fairlight is the crumbling, ... more >

July 8, 2012

REVIEW: Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrica / childrens-books / Cinderella story / fairy tale retelling / POC / POC author9 Comments

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Dear Readers, When I went to buy a copy of “Princess Furball” at Amazon, several other books were recommended to me as being of possible interest. “Mufaro’s Beautiful Daughters” was one of them. It has some elements of the classic Grimm’s version of “Cinderella.” Yet those who dislike that story ... more >

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