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April 18, 2022

REVIEW: The No-Show by Beth O’Leary

JennieB Reviews / Book Reviewschick-lit / Contemporary / Humor33 Comments

The No-Show by Beth O’Leary Blurb Time: Siobhan is a quick-tempered life coach with way too much on her plate. Miranda is a tree surgeon used to being treated as just one of the guys on the job. Jane is a soft-spoken volunteer for the local charity shop with zero sense ... more >

January 18, 2022

REVIEW: Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband? by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / aromantic / chick-lit / colorism / Contemporary / family relationships / First-Person / gentrification / immigrant fiction / London / Nigeria / POC / POC author / self discovery / therapy1 Comments

Meet Yinka: a thirty-something, Oxford-educated, British Nigerian woman with a well-paid job, good friends, and a mother whose constant refrain is “Yinka, where is your huzband?” Yinka’s Nigerian aunties frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, her work friends think she’s too traditional (she’s saving herself for marriage!), her girlfriends ... more >

July 23, 2020

REVIEW: In Case You Missed It by Lindsey Kelk

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschick-lit / Contemporary / Friends / Humor / London2 Comments

Recommended Read

Hilarious, relatable and heartwarming: the brand new romantic comedy from Lindsey Kelk. When Ros steps off a plane after four years away she’s in need of a job, a flat and a phone that actually works. And, possibly, her old life back. Because everyone at home has moved on, her ... more >

February 10, 2020

REVIEW: Honeymoon Alone by Nicole Macaulay

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewschick-lit / Christmas / Contemporary / fake relationship / First-Person / Friends / hidden identity / London / Paris / teacher heroineComments Off on REVIEW: Honeymoon Alone by Nicole Macaulay

Just how reliable are psychics – specifically psychics hired by your sister for wedding entertainment? When irrepressibly romantic Lucy Gray is ditched at said wedding by her date in front of her whole family, the promises of a psychic seem better than her pity-riddled reality. The psychic’s advice seems insightful: ... more >

August 8, 2018

What Janine is Reading in Spring 2018

JanineB Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews20th century / chick-lit / Contemporary romance / Denmark / England / Los Angeles / Memoir / Reading lists12 Comments

Remedial Rocket Science by Susannah Nix I picked up this book when it was available for free, and since I’d heard good things about it, I actually read it, unlike with some freebies that merely clutter my kindle. The blurb describes Remedial Rocket Science as a romantic comedy, with comparisons ... more >

March 24, 2017

REVIEW: Ellen the Harpist by Diane Michaels

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAmerica / chick-lit / classical music / Contemporary / First-Person / musician / weddingsComments Off on REVIEW: Ellen the Harpist by Diane Michaels

Single. Inept at flirting. But at least she has talent and a sense of humor. The problem is, she’s often the punchline. Ellen Blum is pretty good at convincing herself she is an adult. Despite her difficulties, she’s proud of the cred she has earned serenading brides down the aisle ... more >

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