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Jennie
November 6, 2020

Reading List by Jennie for July through September

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsBiography / classic / ghost-story / historical romance / History / Humor / Reading lists / thriller12 Comments

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow I had long wanted to see Hamilton, Lin-Manual Miranda’s award-winning musical based on this book, and I finally got a chance on my 50th birthday in 2019. I liked it a lot, though it wasn’t the magical experience for me that I know it was ... more >

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June 19, 2020

What Janine is Reading and Listening to: This and That

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading Listsaudiobook / children's book / classic / historical romance / Reading lists2 Comments

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, narrated by Rosamund Pike I listened to this audiobook a long while ago so I’ve probably forgotten some things. A lot of you already know this, but Sense and Sensibility tells the story of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood, two teenaged sisters who navigate romantic ... more >

June 3, 2020

REVIEW: The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

JanineC- Reviews / D Reviewsanimals / bigotry / children / children's book / classic / Edwardian-era / England / gardening / India / racism / secret28 Comments

Dear Readers, As a child, I loved Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden. It’s considered a classic novel and is the story of children beginning to blossom as they bring a locked, abandoned garden to life. I was introduced to Burnett via a serialized reading of Little Lord Fauntleroy that ... more >

September 12, 2019

REVIEW: Jamaica Inn by Daphne Du Maurier

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviewsclassic / cornwall / Smugglers / strong heroine12 Comments

Before I started Jamaica Inn, I had only read one book by Daphne Du Maurier – Rebecca. But I  did have an acquaintance with this story. I grew up in the golden heyday of television miniseries. Though the breadth and quality of television offerings available to us these days is ... more >

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May 29, 2017

What Janine is Reading (and Listening to) in May of 2017

JanineB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / DNF Reviewsaudiobook / classic / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / historical romance / New Adult / Reading lists10 Comments

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, performed by Rosamund Pike I’ve begun to make better use of my Audible membership, and my current listen is the Pride and Prejudice audiobook performed by actress Rosamund Pike. Pike’s performance is delightful and especially wonderful when it comes to the novel’s omniscient narrator. ... more >

May 26, 2017

REVIEW: The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / classic / English Literature15 Comments

Dear Reader: Thomas Hardy and I have a fraught relationship (not that he’s aware of it, having been dead for the past 89 years). Once upon a time I read Jude the Obscure, and I did not like it. It was boring and depressing , a particularly noxious combination. Then ... more >

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