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January 9, 2023

What Janine is Reading: LGBTQIA+ Books in a Mix of Genres

JanineBook Reviews / C+ Reviews / DNF Reviews1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / bisexual heroine / carpenter / comic artist / comic book / competition / contemporary f/f romance / gods / interior design / lesbian heroine / middle grade / nuclear disaster / Philadelphia / physicist / Reading lists / saga / Science Fiction / Soviet Union / survival / teenager / Time-Travel / trans boy3 Comments

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake This book had a cute start and an interesting premise. I really liked the author’s earlier book, Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, but although this book wasn’t bad, it wasn’t quite as good. Astrid, whom we met in the last book, is standoffish ... more >

October 1, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

JennieA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsboarding school / British Indian main character / class differences / competition / diversity / Fantasy / friendship / high school sweethearts / joint review / magical powers / magical school / Naomi-Novik / POC / prickly heroine / prophecy / Scholomance series / students / survival / YA / YA fantasy34 Comments

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Jennie: Janine, Sirius, and I reviewed the first book in the Scholomance series (originally slated as two books; now a trilogy). Sirius gave it a C- and said she wouldn’t be reading this sequel, but Janine and I, though we had some reservations, ended up liking A Deadly Education quite ... more >

October 21, 2020

JOINT REVIEW: A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviewsboarding school / British Indian main character / class differences / competition / diversity / Fantasy / friendship / joint review / magical powers / magical school / Naomi-Novik / prickly heroine / prophecy / Scholomance series / students / survival / YA / YA fantasy13 Comments

Jennie, Sirius and I (along with Jayne), reviewed Naomi Novik’s last book, Spinning Silver, together. Our roundtable discussion was a lot of fun and the three of us decided to reunite for Novik’s recent release, the first book in her Scholomance series, A Deadly Education. –Janine. Janine: A Deadly Education ... more >

May 31, 2014

REVIEW: Archer’s Sin by Amy Raby

JanineB Reviewsarchery / competition / Fantasy Romance / Hearts and Thrones series / sexism11 Comments

Dear Ms. Raby, Earlier this year I read and reviewed the first two works in your Hearts and Thrones fantasy romance series, Assassin’s Gambit and Spy’s Honor. I also read this novella in that same series, Archer’s Sin, but what with one review commitment or another, I didn’t get around ... more >

September 25, 2012

Free Riding, Free Expression, and Familiarity in Genre Fiction

JanetLetters of Opinioncompetition / Free Speech / Intellectual Property Issues18 Comments

My first post in this series on free speech issues focused on the line between fully protected critical speech and less protected commercial speech, specifically in regard to paid-for positive and sockpuppeted reviews. This post is on the economic concept of free riding and its substantial but often silent impact ... more >

March 28, 2012

REVIEW: That New York Minute by Abby Gaines

JaneC ReviewsAdvertising / competition / Harlequin SuperRomance / New-York / opposites attract6 Comments

Dear Ms. Gaines: The book has a very original opening. Rachel Frye is trying to convince her stick in the mud boyfriend not to break up with her. The breakup is bringing out her least favorite trait, shrillness, and is being done in front of her biggest rival, Garret Calder. ... more >

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