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January 11, 2018

Jayne’s Best of 2017

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists19th century / actor/actress / Agent/Spies/Undercover / American Navy / Art / Best of 2017 / best of list / Biography / cats / Civil-War / class differences / Contemporary / England / epistolary / Fly Me to the Moon series / Historical / inspirational romance / Marriage-in-Trouble / murder-investigation / non-fiction / nurse / Regency / turn of the 20th century / Ugly Duckling / Western Romance27 Comments

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Yeah, I have 11 books in my top ten list. Math has never been my forte. 2017 was more of a mixed reading year for me with some non-romance, non-fiction books layered in. I was also pleasantly surprised at how many A and B range reads I had. The Second ... more >

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November 17, 2017

Jayne’s Reading List: Cats, Art, Hospitality and the English Civil War

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / Art / art history / Artists / Cat Videos / cats / English-Civil-War / Historical / hotels / non-fiction4 Comments

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Catakism by Jeff Lazarus Do you bow to the meow? Are you one of the 70 million people who devote time and income to grooming, feeding, coddling, photographing, praising, and “entertaining” Cats? Does your Facebook page have more photos of your Cat than of your siblings? Do you buy furniture ... more >

July 21, 2017

REVIEW: Illuminating Women in the Medieval World by Christine Sciacca

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / art history / Getty Publications / History / medieval / medieval manuscripts / non-fiction / the Haggadah1 Comments

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When one thinks of women in the Middle Ages, the images that often come to mind are those of damsels in distress, mystics in convents, female laborers in the field, and even women of ill repute. In reality, however, medieval conceptions of womanhood were multifaceted, and women’s roles were varied ... more >

February 10, 2017

REVIEW: Pentimento Blues (Bellingham Mysteries #6) by Nicole Kimberling

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews CategoryArt / Humor / m/m mystery / m/m romance2 Comments

The Final Mystery Now that small-town reporter Peter Fontaine has gotten hitched to the man of his dreams, he thinks his days of solving crimes are over. But after a decades-old secret is revealed, a dead body is found and Peter’s husband Nick is at the top of the suspect ... more >

October 3, 2016

REVIEW: Roman Crazy by Nina Bocci & Alice Clayton

KaetrinB Reviews / Book ReviewsArt / Contemporary / Italy / Rome / second chance romance / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Roman Crazy by Nina Bocci & Alice Clayton

Dear Alice Clayton & Nina Bocci, Avery Remington caught her husband, Daniel,  in flagrante delicto boning his secretary in his law office. She decides to leave him but it’s for more complicated reasons than that he was a cheating cheater who cheated. The passion between the two lovers was galaxies ... more >

February 22, 2016

REVIEW: Learning to Fall by Mina V. Esguerra

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / Contemporary / New Adult / Romance / rugby12 Comments

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Dear Mina V. Esguerra, My friend Kat Mayo from Book Thingo recommended this book to me last week so I bought it. Lucky for me, I also read it basically straight away.  I’d never heard of your books before (even though you have a decent backlist – yay for me) ... more >

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