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June 25, 2024

REVIEW: Romancing Miss Stone: A Romantic Comedy (Belize Dreams, 1) by M.C. Vaughan

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbanter / Belize / beta hero / Contemporary / forced proximity / Friends / gender flip / only one bed / opposites attract / road trip / road-romance / travel6 Comments

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His perfectly planned life is about to go wild. By-the-numbers Bo Ferguson has his future all planned. Then his archaeologist fiancée dumps him. Via text. From Belize. Navigating the rainforest to win her back is way out of Bo’s comfort zone, but so is the idea of starting over. Fortunately, ... more >

October 25, 2023

REVIEW: When You Were Mine by Lisa Swift

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / England / found family / Friends / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / Rock-Star / second chances4 Comments

Life is a love song when you find the right notes Maggie and Ibby make up a happy – if unconventional – family. After meeting at university, they now live in the village of Applecroft on the beautiful West Country coast. Okay, so Ibby’s gay and prone to disastrous dates, ... more >

August 31, 2023

REVIEW: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewscats / Fantasy / Friends / ghosts / Library / Magical Realism / middle grade / mysteryComments Off on REVIEW: The Lost Library by Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass

A classic middle-grade novel about a little free library guarded by a cat and a boy who takes on the mystery it keeps by New York Times–bestselling authors Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass. When a mysterious little free library (guarded by a large orange cat) appears overnight, eleven-year-old Evan plucks ... more >

August 8, 2023

REVIEW: Mrs. Porter Calling by A. J. Pearce

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / female friendship / First-Person / Friends / Historical / Historical fiction / journalism / journalist / London / The Emmy Lake Chronicles / War / Military / World War II4 Comments

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London, April 1943. A little over a year since she married Captain Charles Mayhew and he went away to war, Emmy Lake is now in charge of “Yours Cheerfully,” the hugely popular advice column in Woman’s Friend magazine. Cheered on by her best friend Bunty, Emmy is dedicated to helping ... more >

August 6, 2022

REVIEW: Revenge of Zombert (The Zombert Chronicles Book 3) by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Ryan Andrews

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscats / Dark / Friends / macabre / middle grade / POC / The Zombert ChroniclesComments Off on REVIEW: Revenge of Zombert (The Zombert Chronicles Book 3) by Kara LaReau, illustrated by Ryan Andrews

In the final episode of the ZomBert Chronicles, can Bert and Mellie foil a plot to turn the entire town of Lambert into ravenous zombie consumers? A thrilling finale to an arch mystery-adventure series pits Bert the cat against the infamous YummCo Labs. Bert was a bedraggled stray before nine-year-old ... more >

June 11, 2022

REVIEW: Stick and Stone: Best Friends Forever! by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / found family / Friends / friendship / picture booksComments Off on REVIEW: Stick and Stone: Best Friends Forever! by Beth Ferry, illustrated by Tom Lichtenheld

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This ode to unconditional love is a brand new adventure for New York Times best-selling BFFs Stick and Stone, in which Stick searches for his family tree and discovers the importance of found family and forever friends. Stick has always wanted to find his family tree. It’s probably big and ... more >

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