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March 22, 2023

REVIEW: The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality by Karen Fine

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / autobiography / Cancer / cats / death / dogs / female doctor / mourning / non-fiction / self care / veterinarianComments Off on REVIEW: The Other Family Doctor: A Veterinarian Explores What Animals Can Teach Us About Love, Life, and Mortality by Karen Fine

A tribute to our furry, feathery, scaley, and wet family members, All Creatures Great and Small meets Being Mortal in this compelling memoir of one woman’s dream to become a veterinarian. Karen Fine always knew that she wanted to be a vet and wasn’t going to let anything stop her: ... more >

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January 26, 2023

Jayne’s Mostly Non-fiction Book Reading List

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Listsanimals / bad-boy-romance / biology / Contemporary / female doctor / horses / Indian American / non-fiction / paleontology / POC / tv show / veterinarian2 Comments

Never Trust a Sneaky Pony: And Other Things They Didn’t Teach Me in Vet School by Madison Seamans DVM James Herriot meets Jeff Foxworthy in the real-life adventures of a traveling horse doctor. Climb into the truck alongside large animal vet Dr. Madison Seamans and race to the aid of ... more >

October 12, 2022

REVIEW: The Battle Cry of the Siamese Kitten by Philipp Schott

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / autobiography / Canada / cats / dog / non-fiction / veterinarian4 Comments

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From Dr. Schott’s 30 years in veterinary practice come over 60 heartwarming, funny, and adorable stories about angry pelicans, bug-eyed goldfish, and plenty of cats and dogs In the third book in this bestselling series, we meet the oddest creatures, from an escaped newt to a baby snow leopard, but ... more >

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September 16, 2022

Jayne’s Childrens’ Book List

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Readsanimals / cats / children's book / Library / mouse / New York City / picture books / pig / zoo2 Comments

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Baker and Taylor: The Mystery of the Library Cats by Candy Rodo This is the first title in a newly independent reader series that combines fun storylines featuring two bookish cats, with factoids throughout to create an immersive reading experience for bibliophiles, cat-lovers, and learners of regional history and culture ... more >

September 6, 2022

REVIEW: Always, Clementine by Carlie Sorosiak

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / Chess / epistolary / First-Person / friendship / middle grade / mouse4 Comments

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From the author of I, Cosmo comes a humor-filled, heart-tugging tale of a genius mouse, secretly freed from a lab, who’s in search of a real home—and a way to free her old friends. Clementine is different from other mice: she can calculate the speed of light and she dreams ... more >

May 5, 2022

REVIEW: Winterkeep by Kristin Cashore

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / bisexual heroine / Captivity / child abuse / environmentalism / fox / Graceling Realm / kidnapping / Kristin Cashore / political intrigue / queen / romantic-elements / sex positive / YA / YA fantasy4 Comments

Dear Kristin Cashore, I consider myself a fan of your YA fantasy even though not all of your books have worked for me. I really liked Graceling, the first book in the Graceling Realm series, did not much care for Fire but loved Bitterblue, and Jane Unlimited, a book separate ... more >

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