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June 24, 2026

REVIEW: Julia at the Drive-In by Rainbow Rowell

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscoming-of-age / high-school / short-story / shy heroine / YA / Young-Adult2 Comments

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A shy high school girl steps out of her comfort zone in this tender and wistful coming-of-age story by #1 New York Times bestselling author Rainbow Rowell. On the eve of her senior year, Julia has a look so new she doesn’t even recognize herself in the mirror. It’s the ... more >

June 19, 2026

REVIEW: A Delicate Affair by Lindsay Evans

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAfrican American / class differences / coming-of-age / Decades: A Journey of African American Romance / historical romance / musician / POC / POC author / Washington DC5 Comments

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Dear Ms. Evans, There’s an interesting story behind how A Delicate Affair came to be. In the early 1990s, Harlequin published a series of twelve romances each set in a different decade, mostly in the twentieth century, but featuring white authors and characters. More recently, romance author Wayne Jordan approached ... more >

March 31, 2026

REVIEW: The Hired Man: A Novel by Sandra Dallas

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / American historical / Colorado / coming-of-age / domestic violence / family relationships / First-Person / Historical fiction / Misogyny / murder / Small-Town / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: The Hired Man: A Novel by Sandra Dallas

The Dust Bowl sweeps a handsome stranger into a small Colorado town to dangerous effect 1937. It’s been seven years since the dust storms started in Colorado. Folks can barely remember a time when the clouds were filled with rain instead of dirt, and when the fields were green instead ... more >

March 23, 2026

REVIEW: Soft Launch by Sarah Vacchiano

JennieA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsChicklit / coming-of-age / lawyersComments Off on REVIEW: Soft Launch by Sarah Vacchiano

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Dear Sarah Vacchiano: This was an Amazon First Read and I will start by saying it was one of the most successful selections I’ve read – I have kissed a lot of frogs with Amazon First Reads and if Soft Launch wasn’t quite a prince, it was at least a ... more >

December 10, 2025

REVIEW: The World at Home by Ginny Kubitz Moyer

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsbittersweet / coming-of-age / Fiction / First-Person / Historical fiction / orphan heroine / self discovery / World War IIComments Off on REVIEW: The World at Home by Ginny Kubitz Moyer

… a coming-of-age story about a young woman discovering love, loss, and the power of her own creativity in World War II San Francisco. San Francisco in 1944 is a bustling place, a revolving door of soldiers and sailors passing through on their way to the war in the Pacific. ... more >

May 15, 2025

REVIEW: Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time by Ryan McGee

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBaseball / coming-of-age / Memoir / non-fiction / North-Carolina / Sports4 Comments

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a fresh-out-of-college intern for a minor league baseball team. Madness and charm ensue as Ryan McGee spends the season steeped in sweat, fertilizer, nacho cheese sauce, and pure, unadulterated joy in North Carolina ... more >

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