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April 3, 2025

REVIEW: I See You’ve Called in Dead by John Kenney

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / Fiction / First-Person / grief / Humor / New York City5 Comments

The Office meets Six Feet Under meets About a Boy in this coming-of-middle-age tale about having a second chance to write your life’s story. Bud Stanley is an obituary writer who is afraid to live. Yes, his wife recently left him for a “far more interesting” man. Yes, he goes ... more >

February 26, 2025

REVIEW: The Lost Passenger by Frances Quinn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1910s / class differences / First-Person / hidden identity / Historical / Historical fiction / New York City1 Comments

Sometimes it takes a disaster to change your life. Marrying above your social class can come with unexpected consequences, as Elinor Coombes discovers when she is swept into a fairy-tale marriage with the son of English aristocrats. But she realizes too late that it was the appeal of her father’s ... more >

February 25, 2025

REVIEW: Back After This by Linda Holmes

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / dating show / First-Person / podcast7 Comments

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Cecily Foster loves to make podcasts. She fiercely protects her colleagues, dearly adores her friends, and never misses dinner with her sister. But after a disastrous relationship with a colleague who stole her heart and her ideas, she’s put romantic love on hold. When the boss who’s disappointed her again ... more >

January 15, 2025

REVIEW: Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / divorce / First-Person / Historical / Maryland / politics / strong women / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Behind Every Good Man by Sara Goodman Confino

A wronged wife goes toe to toe with her cheating husband at the polls in this hilarious and heart-lifting novel by the bestselling author of Don’t Forget to Write. It’s a doozy of a bad day for Beverly Diamond when she catches her husband, Larry, in a compromising position with ... more >

December 5, 2024

REVIEW: PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsbest friend's little sister / brother's best friend / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / First-Person / grief / rom-traum / toxic parent / travelComments Off on REVIEW: PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly

In this splendidly bittersweet romantic comedy, enemies forced together by a mutual loss are led on a cross-country journey toward a second chance. Maddie Sanderson would be proud to honor her older brother’s dying wish, that she scatters his ashes over eight destinations that the adventurous 29-year-old never got to ... more >

October 11, 2024

REVIEW: The Last One at the Wedding by Jason Rekulak

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / crime thriller / dysfunctional family / fathers and daughters / Fiction / First-Person / secrets / wedding8 Comments

Frank Szatowski is shocked when his daughter, Maggie, calls him for the first time in three years. He was convinced that their estrangement would become permanent. He’s even more surprised when she invites him to her upcoming wedding in New Hampshire. Frank is ecstatic, and determined to finally make things ... more >

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