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February 6, 2026

Review: Beast Business by Ilona Andrews

SiriusB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadventure romance / animals / fantasy adventure / mages9 Comments

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A thrilling novella by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ilona Andrews, set in the spellbinding Hidden Legacy World. Show as little as possible. Make them think that illusion is all you have. Your life depends on it. Augustine Montgomery is an Illusion Prime, the highest rank of magic user. ... more >

September 11, 2025

REVIEW: Pocket Bear by Katherine Applegate

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / cats / children's book / Contemporary / Fantasy / second chances / survival / toys / War / Military2 Comments

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Meet Pocket, created as a good luck charm for soldiers going into battle, whose bravery and loyalty lives on long after the war. Thimble-born from tip to toe, Pocket Bear remembers every moment of his becoming: the glimmering needle, the silken thread, the tender hands as each careful stitch brought ... more >

July 24, 2025

REVIEW: The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne by Chris Sweeney

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsanimals / Biography / birds / law-enforcement / non-fiction / science2 Comments

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The fascinating and remarkable true story of the world’s first forensic ornithologist—Roxie Laybourne, who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers. In 1960, an Eastern Airlines flight had no sooner lifted from the ... more >

May 26, 2025

REVIEW: Growing Home by Beth Ferry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / children's book / cozy fantasy / found family / friendship / MagicComments Off on REVIEW: Growing Home by Beth Ferry

An unlikely team of talkative plants, a curious spider, and a grumpy goldfish use their newfound magical abilities to defend their family from a greedy human in this charming middle grade novel from New York Times bestselling author Beth Ferry, with illustrations from the award-winning Fan brothers. Ivy is the ... more >

June 14, 2024

REVIEW: One of a Kind by Jane Lovering

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsADHD / animals / class differences / Contemporary / friends become lovers / rescue / thriller / Yorkshire2 Comments

A long-held secret, and a beautiful heart hoping to be understood. Cressida Tarbet loves her job at an animal rescue centre, even if it means she’s resigned herself to scrimping to make ends meet – a lifestyle far removed from her best friend Ivo’s, in his ancestral gatehouse stuffed with ... more >

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May 30, 2024

Jayne’s Recent Reading List

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Listsanimals / Civil-War / data / data storage / Magic / non-fiction / Reading lists / robots / Sci-fi / time travel. saga17 Comments

Cunning Folk by Tabitha Stanmore A spritely and deeply researched history of magical problem-solving in a distant, unsettled, and strangely familiar time. Imagine:it’s 1600, and you’ve lost your keys. You’ve scoured your house. They’re nowhere to be found. What do you do? In medieval and early modern Europe, the first ... more >

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