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December 17, 2020

Thursday Good News

JayneMiscimmigrant / Kentucky / reading / school / teacher5 Comments

We’ve all had a special teacher – one who went above and beyond, one without whom we would have struggled or languished, one who took the time to help. But how many of us have gone back to say “thank you?” One student, after forty years, now has. When Ana Reyes ... more >

May 9, 2019

REVIEW: The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / First-Person / Historical / Kentucky / librarian / racism / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

The hardscrabble folks of Troublesome Creek have to scrap for everything—everything except books, that is. Thanks to Roosevelt’s Kentucky Pack Horse Library Project, Troublesome’s got its very own traveling librarian, Cussy Mary Carter. Cussy’s not only a book woman, however, she’s also the last of her kind, her skin a ... more >

October 16, 2014

REVIEW: Snow Falling on Bluegrass by Molly Harper

JayneB- ReviewsBluegrass series / Contemporary / First-Person / Kentucky / workplace-romance3 Comments

NOTE – this series is in e or audio only. A love triangle of colleagues heats up the winter lodge where they get snowed in for a week. Kentucky Tourism Commission employee and executive assistant extraordinaire Kelsey is known around the office for having everything under control. So it’s not ... more >

Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper
October 11, 2013

REVIEW: Rhythm and Bluegrass by Molly Harper

JayneB+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsBluegrass series / Contemporary / Kentucky / music / tourism11 Comments

Recommended Read

  Kentucky Tourism Commission employee Bonnie Turkle is up Mud Creek without a paddle. When she gets permission from the state historical society to restore the McBride’s Music Hall to its former glory, she thinks the community will welcome her with open arms. But instead, her plans interfere with a ... more >

August 12, 2012

REVIEW: The Soldier’s Wife by Cheryl Reavis

JayneB- ReviewsAmerican historical / Cheryl Reavis / Harlequin Love Inspired Historical / Kentucky / North-Carolina / Reconstruction / War / Military2 Comments

“Promise Me You’ll Help Her.” Former Union soldier Jeremiah “Jack” Murphy should never have given his word to a dying man, especially a Rebel. But now he feels honor-bound to carry the message to the man’s young bride. Besides, with false charges following him, Jack needs somewhere to turn. After ... more >

November 18, 2009

REVIEW: The Husband She Couldn’t Forget by Carmen Green

JanineC Reviews Category / C+ ReviewsAfrican American / amnesia / Kentucky / Silhouette / Silhouette Special Edition11 Comments

Dear Ms. Green, I had heard about your book, The Husband She Couldn’t Forget, back in September and made a mental note to myself to purchase it, partly because I want to encourage more diversity in the genre, and buying a Silhouette Special Edition that features African American protagonists is ... more >

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