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April 12, 2021

REVIEW: The Anglophile by Dell Shannon (Egan O’Neill, Elizabeth Linington)

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / D Reviews18th-century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / antihero / discrimination / fortune hunter / Georgian / Historical / Historical fiction / Ireland / marriage-of-convenience / prejudice4 Comments

Ireland, 1749. Dennis McDermott, a witty, charming and daring young man with shades of the Scarlet Pimpernel, lives two lives in eighteenth-century Dublin. Fashionable society idolises him as a handsome, rakish man of their world, never suspecting that he is the mysterious leader of the Irish underground whose nightly missions ... more >

November 18, 2020

REVIEW: Uncertain Magic by Laura Kinsale

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsFaeries / Georgian Era / historical romance / Ireland / May-December / Mindreading / paranormal elements13 Comments

This is book nine in my Laura Kinsale reread tour, which started back in 2016. It was Kinsale’s second published book, and it’s a weird one, featuring Irish fairies and mindreading and a plot that I hoped would make more sense in the end than it did the first time ... more >

September 9, 2019

REVIEW: Into Thin Eire by Sheri Cobb South

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsclass-difference / England / Historical / Ireland / mystery / Regency / revenge3 Comments

Now you see her… Still haunted by memories of his last case, in which an innocent woman was accidentally killed, Bow Street Runner John Pickett welcomes the challenge of a new assignment in the West Country. Unfortunately, this time he’ll have to leave his beloved wife, Julia, behind, as he’ll ... more >

June 17, 2018

Sunday News Bit and Happy Father’s Day

JaynePublishing NewsIreland / makeup / news / older couple4 Comments

Husband takes makeup lessons – This story has been out for a while but it’s so touching that I had to mention it once I finally saw it. A husband’s simple gesture of love for his wife is inspiring people around the world. Mona Manahan, 82, has trouble doing her ... more >

April 26, 2016

Tuesday News: Canadian book tax, the “Future is Here”, celebrity readers, and Game of Thrones tourist attraction

JanetPublishing Newsbook clubs / book tax / Canada / celebrity endorsements / Game of Thrones / Ireland5 Comments

Publishers, writers rally against N.L. book tax – Newfoundland and Labrador (N.L.) has become the first and only Canadian province to institute a book tax – 10 percent a book, as compared to the 5 percent GST. Insisting that “books are not luxury items,” writers and publishers are also pointing out ... more >

October 5, 2015

Monday News: Death of a playwright, a book-banning librarian, the art of map-making, and how to hack your book cover

JanetPublishing Newsbook banning / book-covers / censorship / Ireland / librarian / literature / maps / obituary / playwright / psychology3 Comments

Brian Friel, Playwright Called the Irish Chekhov, Dies at 86 – The writer behind such classics as Dancing at Lughnasa, Faith Healer, and The Loves of Cass McGuire died last week at his home in Ireland. Before becoming a playwright, Friel contemplated becoming a priest, taught math, and wrote short stories ... more >

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