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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 14, 2026

REVIEW: The Dungeon Book by Gareth Hanrahan

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadult fiction / Dark Fantasy / Dragon / First-Person / found family / High Fantasy3 Comments

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A young girl is left to die in a wizard’s dungeon but finds a new home with the monsters around her in this humorous and heartfelt standalone epic fantasy from acclaimed author Gareth Hanrahan. Enter a world of dungeons and dragons, magic and manticores, and goblins and gargoyles … Bait ... more >

August 11, 2026

REVIEW: You’ll Love It Here: A Novel – Sharply Funny Contemporary Fiction of Found Family, Nosy Neighbors, and Starting Over by Natalie Sue

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsadult fiction / Canada / Contemporary / First-Person / found family / neighbors / self discovery6 Comments

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From the bestselling author of I Hope This Finds You Well comes a sharply funny, surprisingly tender novel about a woman stuck in place, her nosy neighbors, and the journey to find where she belongs—with all the heart of a grown-up The Breakfast Club. Mona thought her living situation was ... more >

August 7, 2026

REVIEW: A Heartbeat at My Feet by Kristin Judd

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsdog / First-Person / Ghost / Italy / marriage on the rocks / older protagonists / second chance at love / second chances / self discovery12 Comments

Fate has a sense of humor in this witty, heartfelt tale of love and second chances told in two perspectives—a woman in midlife desperate for something new, and a lost dog seeking his purpose. After years of dreams deferred, Josie Ballard’s life is about to change. She and her husband ... more >

July 28, 2026

REVIEW: Wild Goose Chase by Sarah Adler

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAlternate POV / Baltimore / Contemporary / Contemporary romance / First-Person / opposites attract / self discovery8 Comments

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An antique dealer and his inconvenient(ly irresistible) new colleague must contend with an illicit stuffed goose and their sizzling attraction, from USA Today bestselling author Sarah Adler. Antique store owner Callahan Leitner has an illegal taxidermy goose in his living room. Why? It’s…complicated. But it may end his career unless ... more >

July 17, 2026

REVIEW: The Beauty of Individual Things: A Prohibition-Era Love Story by K. Thomas Yoo

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews1920s / angst / class differences / family drama / First-Person / Michigan / Prohibition-era / soap operaNo Comments

The Beauty of Individual Things follows Margot Andrews, a young American woman swept from New York high society into the dazzling yet fractured world of 1920s London. When the transactional demands of privilege collide with betrayal and violence, leaving her disillusioned and adrift, she escapes to the freshwater shoreline of ... more >

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