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July 11, 2023

REVIEW: The All-American by Susie Finkbeiner

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / Athletes / Baseball / coming-of-age / First-Person / gender equality / gender roles / Historical / Michigan / politics / sisters / Young-Adult2 Comments

Two sisters discover how much good there is in the world–even in the hardest of circumstances It is 1952, and nearly all the girls 16-year-old Bertha Harding knows dream of getting married, keeping house, and raising children in the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan. Bertha dreams of baseball. She reads every ... more >

September 2, 2022

REVIEW: The Church of Baseball: The Making of Bull Durham: Home Runs, Bad Calls, Crazy Fights, Big Swings, and a Hit by Ron Shelton

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBaseball / Film / filmmaking / Movie / non-fiction9 Comments

From the award-winning screenwriter and director of cult classic Bull Durham, the extremely entertaining behind-the-scenes story of the making of the film, and an insightful primer on the art and business of moviemaking. Bull Durham, the breakthrough 1988 film about a minor league baseball team, is widely revered as the ... more >

August 26, 2022

REVIEW: Ms. Match by Jo Leigh

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBaseball / confident heroine / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / Los Angeles / Ugly Duckling6 Comments

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Waking up in a hotel room next to a nearly naked Gwen Christopher is a shocker for Paul Bennet. Hmm, one too many the night before? After all, he’s rich, successful and looks more like one of his movie-star clients than their PR rep. Paul can have any woman he ... more >

August 25, 2017

REVIEW: High Heat by Sierra Dean

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerica / Baseball / Baseball Player / Contemporary / journalist / Sports Themed RomanceComments Off on REVIEW: High Heat by Sierra Dean

Miles Cartwright had the rookie season of any player’s dreams. The San Francisco Felons made it all the way to the World Series – with some help from his electric talent – then lost it all in game seven with him on the mound. To make matters worse, a misunderstanding ... more >

February 26, 2016

REVIEW: Playing Hard by Melanie Scott

KaetrinB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsBaseball / Contemporary / New-YorkComments Off on REVIEW: Playing Hard by Melanie Scott

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Dear Melanie Scott, Amelia Graham is an economist for a boutique investment bank on Wall Street. She grew up near the Castro family in the suburbs of Chicago – Emma is her best friend and Emma’s brother, Finn, is like a brother to her as well.  Finn has been drafted ... more >

October 20, 2014

REVIEW: Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsBaseball / beauty-pageant / Contemporary / music / North-Carolina / sports romanceComments Off on REVIEW: Perfect Pitch by Mindy Klasky

Reigning beauty queen Samantha Winger is launching her pet project, a music program for kids. All she has to do is follow the pageant’s rules—no smoking, drinking, or “cavorting” in public. That’s fine, until D.J. Thomas—God’s gift to baseball—throws her a wild pitch. He slams her in an interview, and ... more >

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