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August 24, 2026

REVIEW: Mixed Marriage The Diary of a Portuguese Bride by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1960s / Diary / England / family relationships / First-Person / fish-out-of-water / marriage / Portugal7 Comments

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This is the diary of an English girl who falls in love with an eligible young Portuguese, Afonso. The bride recounts, vividly and hilariously, her and her Mother’s plans for an English country wedding, how they dealt with Uncle George (The Head Of The Family), and their success in making ... more >

August 17, 2026

REVIEW: Family Gathering by Elizabeth Cadell

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / enemies to lovers / engagement / England / English countryside / family relationships2 Comments

Natalie Rome, timid and retiring, discovers that a new life at forty is not, after all, as difficult an achievement as she had feared. With new relations and a new home, she finds security and happiness. She also finds a stepdaughter as timid as herself and a stepson of exceptional ... more >

June 30, 2026

REVIEW: Days of Sun and Shadow by India Hayford

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / family drama / family relationships / Historical fiction / horses / saga / Southern Gothic / women's rights / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Born into tragedy but gifted with a powerful connection to the natural world, a resilient young woman comes of age amid the wild beauty of early-1800s Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas in this incandescent, hauntingly moving epic about home, horses, human connection, and the transcendent awe of nature … Alabama, 1813: ... more >

April 13, 2026

REVIEW: The Roach King of Raleigh: A Young Adult Novel about Friendship, Survival, and Finding Hope When Life Falls Apart by Shannon Stocker

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsaddiction / bugs / bullying / cats / family relationships / friendship / high-school / Lizards / mother and son / neurodiversity / North-Carolina / poverty / Young-Adult3 Comments

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From Schneider Family Award-winning author Shannon Stocker comes The Roach King of Raleigh, an unflinching YA novel about a high school sophomore who’s determined to rise above his circumstances—even if it means starting a secret roach breeding business. Even if it means letting people in. Quill Jenkins used to have ... more >

April 6, 2026

REVIEW: The Last Letters of Sally and Walter by Cammie McGovern

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsboard games / family relationships / father and son / health care / mental health / mother and son / mothers and daughters / older characters / older MCs3 Comments

With the tenacious spirit of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand and the long-lived verve of Thursday Murder Club comes a heartwarming story of a curmudgeon and a newcomer who strike up an unlikely friendship over cutthroat Scrabble at their retirement home, outrageously starting something new in their golden eras. As a ... more >

April 2, 2026

REVIEW: The Moonshine Women by Michelle Collins Anderson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / 1930s / adult fiction / American historical / family relationships / Historical / Missouri / poverty / Prohibition-era / sisters / Womens-FictionNo Comments

From a well-camouflaged still in the moonshine-slicked mountains of Prohibition-era Missouri, to the drink order of a Hot Springs gangster, and even the hidden depths of her own heart, a Strong woman knows how to keep a secret… Every batch of Strong moonshine has its own special flavor, thanks to ... more >

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