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March 14, 2012

REVIEW: A Promise of Spring by Mary Balogh

JanineD Reviewsfamily-reunion / grieving / illegitimate-child / Love-Triangle / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / Regency England25 Comments

The following review contains SPOILERS. The spoilers from late in the book are hidden, but others are visible. If you have never read A Promise of Spring and prefer to avoid spoilers, read this review at your own risk. Dear Ms. Balogh, A Promise of Spring, now being reprinted in ... more >

A Christmas Promise by Mary Balogh
November 15, 2010

JOINT REVIEW: A Christmas Promise by Mary Balogh

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsChristmas Stories / class-difference / Earl / grief / grieving / holiday setting / joint review / marriage-of-convenience / Regency England30 Comments

Janine: It's been roughly four years since the first time I read Mary Balogh's A Christmas Promise. At the time, I loved the book, so when I heard it was being reissued, I thought this would be a great time to review it. I felt a little trepidation though, because ... more >

October 13, 2009

REVIEW: The Last Will of Moira Leahy by Therese Walsh

JanineB Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book ReviewsArtist / coming-of-age / dreams / grieving / Italy / Maine / music / musician / mystery / Paranormal / professor / romantic-elements / Rome / twins / Womens-Fiction13 Comments

Dear Ms. Walsh, You don’t know me, but I sometimes lurk at your blog, Writer Unboxed, which is one of the best blogs for writers I know of. I’ve been following it since the days when you were writing this book, under the working title of Unbounded, so when Jane ... more >

October 8, 2008

REVIEW: The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / EbooksContemporary / grieving / Young-Adult12 Comments

Dear Ms. Dessen, I don’t normally read YA books but for some reason I began perusing the new offerings in that category at Fictionwise a few weeks ago. And that’s when this book caught my eye. It looked like it was going to deal with some important issues. But still ... more >

May 24, 2007

REVIEW: A Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion

JayneB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / Ebooksdeath / grieving / marriage4 Comments

Dear Ms Didion, I found your account of your first year after the sudden and tragic death of your husband, all while dealing with your critically ill daughter’s many admissions to various hospitals, to be deeply moving yet in some ways offsetting and disjointed. I guess that’s due to intermixing ... more >

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