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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 >

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June 16, 2024

Jayne’s Early Summer Children’s Reading List

JayneA Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / children's book / children's fiction / dogs / father and son / sleep / space flight / Sports2 Comments

Recommended Read

Dog vs. Strawberry by Nelly Buchet A dog and a strawberry find themselves nose to stem in this hilarious picture book that’s perfect for dog lovers. An epic battle ensues—who will come out on top? Welcome to the Greatest Race of All Time! Give it up for our reigning champion, ... more >

December 12, 2023

REVIEW: The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley by Sean Lusk

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / Constantinople / England / Fantasy / father and son / Historical / Historical fiction / LGBTQIA characters / m/m romantic elements / Magical Realism / Ottoman Empire / trans man / Turkey5 Comments

The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is a sparkling historical novel of wild and wonderful mechanical automata, love in a variety of forms, and gentle themes of identity, with a cast of fabulous characters. In 1755, Abel Cloudesley, a London watchmaker and creator of remarkable mechanical automata, is mourning his ... more >

June 12, 2023

REVIEW: Charm City Rocks by Matthew Norman

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBaltimore / Contemporary / contemporary fiction / father and son / Musicians / older heroine and hero / omniscient voice3 Comments

Billy Perkins is happy. And why wouldn’t he be? He loves his job as an independent music teacher and his apartment in Baltimore above a record shop called Charm City Rocks. Most of all, he loves his brainy teenage son, Caleb. Margot Hammer, on the other hand, is far from ... more >

April 25, 2023

REVIEW: In the Lives of Puppets by T. J. Klune

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsfather and son / found family / inventors / LGBTQIAP+ / Post apocalytpic / road trip / robots8 Comments

In a strange little home built into the branches of a grove of trees, live three robots—fatherly inventor android Giovanni Lawson, a pleasantly sadistic nurse machine, and a small vacuum desperate for love and attention. Victor Lawson, a human, lives there too. They’re a family, hidden and safe. The day ... more >

February 8, 2023

REVIEW: Wedded Bliss by Barbara Metzger

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsfather and son / found family / Historical / marriage-of-convenience / mother and son / Regency / Widowed Heroine / widower2 Comments

Robert Rothmore, Earl of Rockford, thinks Alissa Henning is simply delightful-exactly the kind of woman who’d make the perfect mother for his sons. But Alissa swore she’d spend the rest of her life scraping pennies together rather than wed the insufferable earl and become a glorified governess. Still, she couldn’t ... more >

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