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October 19, 2022

REVIEW: Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

JanineBook Reviews / DNF Reviewscollege students / Contemporary / Doctor / f/f / forbidden-love / LGBTQIAP+ / May-December / Meryl Wilsner / power gapComments Off on REVIEW: Mistakes Were Made by Meryl Wilsner

Dear Meryl Wilsner, I really enjoyed your debut, Something to Talk About, and when I read about your new contemporary romance, Mistakes Were Made, I got really excited. It has a trope I’m really fond of, May/December (not everyone’s cuppa I know, but I really like it when it’s well ... more >

July 31, 2015

Friday News: VidCon’s science stars, taking a closer look at comics, and Beloit’s Mindset List

JanetPublishing Newscollege students / Comics / gender / Green brothers / identity politics / Race / video / YouTube3 Comments

YouTube’s Rock Stars of Science Make a Splash at VidCon – Given the sexual assault scandals associated with VidCon, I was pleasantly surprised by the success of science bloggers and their popularity at VidCon. I would have been pretty excited to listen to Emily Graslie myself. With tens of millions ... more >

April 25, 2015

REVIEW: The Shameless Hour by Sarina Bowen

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviewscollege students / Contemporary / Latino / NA / New Adult / slut shaming4 Comments

Dear Ms. Bowen, Readers of The Understatement of the Year met Bella in that book. Bella is a senior at Harkness College and team manager for the school’s hockey team. Bella has also slept with several members of the hockey team. What I loved about Bella in The Understatement of ... more >

January 21, 2015

What Janine is Reading: Sarina Bowen Edition

JanineBook Reviews / Reading Listscollege students / hockey / Ivy Years series / New Adult / New England / Reading lists19 Comments

So, I’ve been on a Sarina Bowen reading kick lately and it has been great (I blame you, Jane!). Bowen has an irresistible voice, and her NA works display great pacing, an excellent ear for dialogue, and a good balance of romance and coming of age elements. The Year We ... more >

January 20, 2015

REVIEW: Trade Me by Courtney Milan

WillafulB- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass-difference / college students / interracial-romance / New Adult / POC / POC author32 Comments

Dear Courtney Milan: It cracked me up to read the GoodReads comments of people who are waiting for this, because most of them follow exactly my own thought processes: “New Courtney Milan, yay! Billionaire hero New Adult novel…. err…” I don’t think most of those readers will be sorry they ... more >

December 22, 2014

REVIEW: Unwrapping Hank by Eli Easton

SiriusA Reviews / B- Reviews / Recommended ReadsChristmas / college students / contemporary mm romance / New Adult12 Comments

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Sloane loves a good mystery. He grew up as the son of two psychiatrists, so he finds most people tediously easy to figure out. He finds his way to Pennsylvania State University, longing for a rural experience, and ends up being lured into joining a frat by Micah Springfield, the ... more >

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