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September 14, 2020

REVIEW: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / Athletes / coming-of-age / female friendship / high-school / LGBTQA / POC / POC author / self discovery / teens / YA / young adult fiction4 Comments

Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a tour de female force in this delightful novel. Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts, where the accusations began that led to the 1692 witch trials, We Ride Upon Sticks follows the 1989 Danvers High School Falcons field hockey team, who will do ... more >

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December 31, 2018

Jayne’s Best of 2018

JayneBook Reviews / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists#ownvoices / 16th-century / 1950s / alcoholism / ancient-Egypt / ancient-Rome / Artificial Intelligence / Athletes / bookstore / cats / child in jeopardy / childrens-books / journalism / London / Native American / older heroine and hero / Sci-fi / Sports Themed Romance / Tudor-England / War / Military / World War II15 Comments

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Sugar and Snails by Sarah Tsiang and Sonja Wimmer My Review A novel twist to a classic rhyme. Who says that little girls are made of “sugar and spice and everything nice?” Or that boys are made of “frogs and snails and puppy dog tails?” What if girls were made ... more >

February 5, 2018

REVIEW: Medal Up: A Winter Games Duology by Nicole Flockton and Fiona Marsden

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C ReviewsAthletes / Australia / Canada / Korea / novella / Olympics / skater / snowboarder / Sports4 Comments

Two couples tread on thin ice at the Pyeongchang Winter Games in this captivating duology—but love has Olympic-sized impact on their dreams. Fighting Their Attraction: Snowboarder Brady Thompson landed in Seoul favored to win elusive gold. But instead of fresh powder, he finds that a past he can’t escape is ... more >

January 24, 2017

REVIEW: Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / Athletes / College basketball / college sports / Historical / non-fiction / OklahomaComments Off on REVIEW: Dust Bowl Girls by Lydia Reeder

At the height of the Great Depression, Sam Babb, the charismatic basketball coach of tiny Oklahoma Presbyterian College, began dreaming. Like so many others, he wanted a reason to have hope. Traveling from farm to farm, he recruited talented, hardworking young women and offered them a chance at a better ... more >

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October 6, 2015

An illustrated guide to rugby for virgins by Kat Latham

JaneLetters of OpinionAthletes / Sports Themed Romance32 Comments

An illustrated guide to rugby for virgins …Rugby virgins, that is Calling all sports fans—and fans of hard, sexy, sweaty men! The Rugby World Cup kicked off in London on September 18 and runs through October 31. Twenty teams from around the world will compete to be the greatest rugby ... more >

June 20, 2015

REVIEW: One More Shot by Victoria Denault

JaneB- ReviewsAthletes / Contemporary / reunited-lovers / second chance at loveComments Off on REVIEW: One More Shot by Victoria Denault

Dear Ms. Denault: I read this on the way to the Romantic Times convention. I’m in a hockey mood given the playoffs and it was the perfect book to read at the time. This is a hard book for me to grade because I thought there was one component of the ... more >

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