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August 8, 2022

REVIEW: The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / colorism / historical paranormal / Jazz Age / Leslye Penelope / magical powers / POC / POC author / supernatural / Urban-Fantasy / Washington DC2 Comments

Dear Leslye Penelope, I saw that your new book, a fantasy novel called The Monsters We Defy, takes place in the milieu of the Black community in 1925 Washington, DC and I thought that sounded interesting and fresh, so when Orbit offered me an ARC, I went for it. It’s ... 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 >

March 30, 2021

REVIEW: Wild Women and the Blues by Denny S. Bryce

JayneBook Reviews / C- Reviews#ownvoices / 1920s / colorism / Dancer / dancer heroine / dual-timeline / First-Person / Historical fiction / Jazz Age / organized crime / POC / POC author / racism3 Comments

1925: Chicago is the jazz capital of the world, and the Dreamland Café is the ritziest black-and-tan club in town. Honoree Dalcour is a sharecropper’s daughter, willing to work hard and dance every night on her way to the top. Dreamland offers a path to the good life, socializing with ... more >

February 1, 2021

REVIEW: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / being true to oneself / bestsellers / bigotry / black MC / colorism / family / Literary fiction / Los Angeles / mothers and daughters / New York City / passing / POC / POC author / racism / Small-Town / twins4 Comments

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Trigger warnings: Content warnings: Dear Brit Bennett, I can’t name any one reason why I picked up your novel, The Vanishing Half. Part of it was surely its omnipresence on my Goodreads stream. Part of it was all the praise it’s garnered, which includes appearing on the National Book Award’s ... more >

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March 14, 2016

Monday News: Rowling’s Magic in North America, #UnfairandLovely campaign, rescuing women, and amazing book art

JanetPublishing Newsbook art / colorism / gender stereotypes / Harry-Potter / landscapes / Magic / Native Americans / stereotypes3 Comments

“Magic in North America”: The Harry Potter franchise veers too close to home – So if you’ve heard about or read JK Rowling’s new “Magic in North America” pieces on Pottermore, you may also know about the pushback that Adrienne Keene and others have articulated. Rowling, you see, has decided to ... more >

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