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January 13, 2026

Sirius’ Best of 2025 List

SiriusBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists1960s / amateur sleuths / Cardinal / Catholic / Chinese American heroine / Doctor / England / Fantasy / female detectives / grief / Japanese culture / m/m historical romance / martial arts / New-York / older characters / Pope / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Vietnam / werewolves7 Comments

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Hello 2026. I had a decent reading year in 2025 anI have had more books this year that I gave A grade to, this is reflected in my list and of course I never limit myself to A grades, so there are some B+ books here as well. The books ... more >

November 13, 2025

Review: Conclave: A novel by Robert Harris

SiriusA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsCardinal / Catholic / Pope8 Comments

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Dear Robert Harris, I have a couple of your books on my Kindle, but have not read any of them prior to this one. I picked up this one because a book blogger I enjoy listening to reviewed it and she did not even particularly like it because she found ... more >

January 4, 2023

REVIEW: The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Catholic / Georgian / Historical / inspirational / inspirational romance / Jacobite rebellion / Jacobites / Protestant / ScotlandComments Off on REVIEW: The Rose and the Thistle by Laura Frantz

Dear Ms. Frantz,  Last year when I read “A Heart Adrift,” I wrote this in my review and I’m going to repeat it here as it applies to this book, too. “As I’ve tagged this with “inspirational,” I’ll go ahead and tell readers that yes there is a lot of faith in ... more >

October 2, 2020

REVIEW: Tudor Christmas Tidings by Blythe Gifford, Jenni Fletcher, and Amanda McCabe

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews15th century / 16th-century / Anthology / arranged-marriage / Catholic / Christmas / Harlequin Historical / Henry VI / Henry-VIII / Historical / Mary Tudor / novellas / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / Tudor-England / Tudors / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

Make Merry at Court …with three Tudor Christmas stories! In Blythe Gifford’s Christmas at Court, Sir John Talbot and Lady Alice’s secret betrothal must wait until Henry Tudor claims the throne. Next in Secrets of the Queen’s Lady by Jenni Fletcher, the lady-in-waiting to Anne of Cleves is unexpectedly reunited ... more >

April 1, 2016

REVIEW: The Best Laid Plans by Lauren Gallagher

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsadoption / bisexual / Catholic / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / Gay / Islam / menage / pregnancy / queer14 Comments

It’s a foolproof strategy…until the emotional balance shifts. After yet another adoption falls through, Gabe is ready to give up, and Shahid isn’t far behind him. Apparently, being a gay couple—half of which is Muslim—is just one strike too many for the powers that be. When their friend Kendra offers ... more >

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