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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 >

April 14, 2026

REVIEW: Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead: A Novel by Mai Nguyen

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsadult fiction / Canada / Contemporary / depression / First-Person / friendship / grief / loss / mental health / mortician / motherhood / POC / POC author / suicidal ideation / TorontoComments Off on REVIEW: Cleo Dang Would Rather Be Dead: A Novel by Mai Nguyen

A darkly humorous yet uplifting novel about a grieving mother who starts working at a funeral home and discovers that the best way to honor the dead is to live … All Cleo Dang has ever wanted is to be a mother. The day she discovers she’s pregnant is the ... more >

January 13, 2026

Sirius’ Best of 2025 List

SiriusBook Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended Reads / Top Ten Lists1960s / amateur sleuths / Cardinal / Catholic / Chinese American heroine / Doctor / England / Fantasy / female detectives / grief / Japanese culture / m/m historical romance / martial arts / New-York / older characters / Pope / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Vietnam / werewolves7 Comments

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Hello 2026. I had a decent reading year in 2025 anI have had more books this year that I gave A grade to, this is reflected in my list and of course I never limit myself to A grades, so there are some B+ books here as well. The books ... more >

December 5, 2025

Review: After Hours at Dooryard Books by Cat Sebastian

SiriusA Reviews / A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Need A Rec! / Recommended Reads1960s / contemporary m/m romance / found family / grief / music / New-York8 Comments

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1968 New York City News about the war might be keeping Patrick up at night–news in general might be keeping Patrick up at night–but he’s doing fine. He’s sure of it. He gets to spend his days selling books in the gayest neighborhood on the East Coast and his nights ... more >

October 14, 2025

REVIEW: Grace & Henry’s Holiday Movie Marathon by Matthew Norman

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBaltimore / Contemporary / fiction with strong romantic elements / grief / Movies / single mother / widow / widower11 Comments

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A sentimental advertising creative and a blunt, no-nonsense bar owner find a second chance at love while binge-watching iconic holiday movies in this poignant and heartwarming romance, from the author of Charm City Rocks and All Together Now. The new year had barely begun when Grace White and Henry Adler ... more >

September 22, 2025

REVIEW: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / grief / mystery / neighborsComments Off on REVIEW: Nosy Neighbors by Freya Sampson

Nothing brings neighbors together like someone else’s secrets… At Shelley House, the walls have ears, and they’re attached to a ragtag duo of busybodies ready to pry, snoop, and generally annoy their neighbors into solving a crime. Seventy-seven-year-old Dorothy Darling has lived in Shelley House longer than any of the ... more >

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