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October 2, 2026

REVIEW: Stanis’s Guide to a Purrfect Life: Everyday Wisdom from a Cozy Cat by Elisa Colarossi

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewscats / cooking / cozy / friendship / Italy / Rome / slice of lifeNo Comments

Let the internet’s coziest Italian cat, Stanis, show you how to slow down, savor simple joys, and embrace a softer, more mindful life, one purr at a time. Step into the soft, cozy world of Stanis, the beloved black cat whose gentle adventures and warm spirit have captured hundreds of ... more >

September 30, 2026

REVIEW: A Winter’s Trail by Jane Lovering

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / country-set / dog / fathers and daughters / friendship / grief / secrets / winter / Yorkshire3 Comments

A final request. A hidden past. A hope for the future. When Faith loses her beloved father, famous TV historian Richard Macintire, she is baffled to receive a final letter which sends her on an intriguing quest across the freezing Yorkshire moors. To help solve the puzzle, Faith enlists the ... more >

September 28, 2026

REVIEW: Tales from the Territory by Travis Baldree

JayneA- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviewsbaker / coffee / cozy fantasy / Fantasy / friendship / short stories2 Comments

The delightful “Goblins & Greatcoats” is a tale of murder and intrigue that introduces Zyll, a goblin with too many pockets and a disturbing affinity for cutlery on a rain-soaked night that features four adventurers, a pair of corpses, a junk-drawer knife, some unfortunate taxidermy, and a beleaguered Gatewarden. We ... more >

September 8, 2026

REVIEW: She’s a Doll by Barbara Truelove

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews#metoo / adult fiction / Australia / Dark Fantasy / female leads / friendship / LGBTQIA characters / murder / revenge / thrillerNo Comments

Lucy isn’t a normal girl. Ghost. Victim. Killer. She’s a doll on a mission—to find the man who killed her and return the favor. Lucy McQuinn has been murdered, but she’s not about to go quietly. If she doesn’t get to keep breathing, then neither does Kyle, her killer. Possessing ... more >

July 31, 2026

REVIEW: Evvie Drake Starts Over by Linda Holmes

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsathlete hero / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / emotional abuse / friendship / gaslighting / Maine / self discovery / Small-Town / Widowed Heroine9 Comments

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A heartfelt debut about the unlikely relationship between a young woman who’s lost her husband and a major league pitcher who’s lost his game. In a sleepy seaside town in Maine, recently widowed Eveleth “Evvie” Drake rarely leaves her large, painfully empty house nearly a year after her husband’s death ... more >

April 21, 2026

REVIEW: Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Australia / Contemporary / crime / Dual Timelines / found family / friendship / murder / Womens-Fiction4 Comments

There are two kinds of people no one ever expects to be murderers: little girls and old ladies. Meet Mad Mabel. Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick: eighty-one years old, gloriously grumpy, fiercely independent, and never without a hot cup of tea—or a cutting remark. She minds her own business in her quiet ... more >

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