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April 15, 2011

Friday Film Review: Broken Trail

JayneFilm Reviews19th century / China / Friday Film Review / good characterization / POC / western6 Comments

Broken Trail (2006) Genre: Western Grade: B+ Ah, the beauty of the West, of a herd of wild horses, of a campfire crackling at night, of a group of young Chinese women being driven to a fate worse than death in a rough hewn mining camp – wait, back up, ... more >

Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves
July 7, 2010

REVIEW: Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

JanineA ReviewsAfrican American / Contemporary / good characterization / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / interracial-romance / mothers and daughters / Texas / Violence / Young-Adult16 Comments

Dear Ms. Reeves, I was casually perusing the Book Smugglers' blog when I came across this midyear list of their favorite books of 2010 and saw that Ana had given your debut, Bleeding Violet a grade of perfect 10. Since the book's genre (YA with a paranormal flavor) is one ... more >

I Kissed An Earl by Julie Ann Long
June 28, 2010

REVIEW: I Kissed an Earl by Julie Anne Long

JanineA- Reviewsgood characterization / good-description / Julie-Anne-Long / Regency England / shipboard29 Comments

Dear Ms. Long, Violet Redmond is young, beautiful, and bored. It seems that no matter what she does, her popularity with the ton will not fade. Suitors flock to her side, even though she once threatened to cast herself into a well when arguing with one of them. In the ... more >

December 4, 2009

DUAL REFLECTIONS, PART 2: Black Silk by Judith Ivory (Judy Cuevas)

JanetA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / adultery / Earl / good characterization / good-description / Good-Dialogue / lawsuits / Love-Triangle / rake / widow31 Comments

Black Silk was one of the first two Romance novels I read, and to this day it remains one of my absolute favorites. Submit Channing-Downs, the woman who deeply mourns the husband who was almost three times her age, is so unlike most Romance heroines. Her hair has the quality ... more >

December 4, 2009

DUAL REFLECTIONS, PART 1: Black Silk by Judith Ivory (Judy Cuevas)

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / adultery / Earl / good characterization / good-description / Good-Dialogue / lawsuits / Love-Triangle / rake / widow12 Comments

On rare occasion, I come across a novel that seems so rich, so sumptuous, and so sublime, that I am afraid to reread it. The first reading experience is so close to perfect that I don’t think anything can equal it. Such was the case with Judith Ivory’s Black Silk. ... more >

June 17, 2009

REVIEW: Jellicoe Road by Melina Marchetta

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / Book ReviewsAustralia / good characterization / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / scarred-people / student / teen romance / traumatic-past / Young-Adult54 Comments

Dear Ms. Marchetta, I have a bone to pick with you. I’ve got a packed read-and-review schedule for the next month or so, and I need to be able to move from book to book. But you’ve made that impossible. Yes, I blame you. It’s your fault that your book, ... more >

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