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March 9, 2011

REVIEW: The Name of the Wind: The Kingkiller Chronicle, Day One by Patrick Rothfuss

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviewsdemons / Epic / Fantasy Romance / good worldbuilding / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / Magic / musician46 Comments

Dear Mr. Rothfuss, By February I had heard enough people mention how eagerly they were awaiting the sequel to your first novel, 2007's The Name of the Wind, that I was intrigued and decided to pick up the first book in the series. The Name of the Wind begins this ... more >

July 7, 2010

REVIEW: Bleeding Violet by Dia Reeves

JanineA Reviews / Book 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 >

June 2, 2010

REVIEW: Mind Games by Carolyn Crane

JanineBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsalternate-reality / crime / good-description / good-narration / Love-Triangle / psychic powers / Urban-Fantasy25 Comments

PLEASE NOTE: The following review contains a few SPOILERS. If you prefer to avoid spoilers, you might not want to read this review until after you have read the book. Ms. Crane, You’ve been part of the romance community since at least 2007, and I occasionally lurk on and enjoy ... more >

January 14, 2010

REVIEW: Flygirl by Sherri L. Smith

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / African American / good-narration / identity / Interracial / Louisiana / pilot / POC / POC author / racism / Texas / World War II / Young-Adult30 Comments

Dear Ms. Smith, When I told some friends I was reading your YA novel, Flygirl, and what it was about, one of them directed me to this article at The New York Times. It’s about the awarding of Congressional Gold Medals to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), who provided ... more >

November 14, 2007

DUELING REVIEW: Black Ice by Anne Stuart

JanineA Reviews / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / France / good-description / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / joint review / Paris / romantic-suspense / Sherry Thomas / Violence16 Comments

Dear Ms. Stuart, Black Ice is my favorite of all your books — the ones I’ve read, that is. You have a huge backlist and I have not come anywhere near reading them all, but I’ve read several of your most popular titles, including A Rose at Midnight, To Love ... more >

October 30, 2007

REVIEW: Ice Storm by Anne Stuart

JanineB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Good-Dialogue / good-narration / London / Morocco / romantic-suspense / Spain / terrorists / Violence23 Comments

Dear Ms. Stuart, The latest book in your Ice series, Ice Storm, opens with a bang. Literally. In a prologue set sometime in the past, we are introduced to nineteen-year-old the heroine this way: Mary Isobel Curwen had never shot a man before. She stood there, numb, unmoving. She’d never ... more >

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