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July 19, 2019

REVIEW: All the World’s an Undead Stage by Angel Martinez

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / cats / LGBT Romance / librarian / No Paranormal Left Behind / Offbeat Crimes Series / POC / police / policemen / Vampire4 Comments

Book six in the Offbeat Crimes series ‘Old actors never die’ shouldn’t be literally true. Carrington Loveless III, skim-blood vampire and senior officer of Philly’s paranormal police department, has long suspected that someone’s targeting his squad. The increasingly bizarre and dangerous entities invading their city can’t be a coincidence. So ... more >

June 26, 2019

REVIEW: Jackalopes and Woofen-Poofs (Offbeat Crimes Book 5) by Angel Martinez

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsanimals / cats / Contemporary / LGBT Romance / LGBTQ / No Paranormal Left Behind / Offbeat Crimes Series / POC / policemen / wolf2 Comments

Book five in the Offbeat Crimes series Hoax animals and a consulting vampire on the prowl—ACO Jason Shen never thought having a cop boyfriend would be this hard. All Animal Control Officer Jason Shen ever wanted was a quiet life of rescuing lost kittens and helping animals in need. Having ... more >

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March 13, 2019

What Janine is Reading and Listening to in Early 2019

JanineA- Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / 1950s / astronaut / audiobook / Beauty-and-the-Beast / fake girlfriend / Korean American / LGBT Romance / m/m / meteor / POC / POC author / Reading lists / Science Fiction / World War II / YA20 Comments

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han, narrated by Laura Knight Keating Recently I finished listening to the audiobook of To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before by Jenny Han. This was the version narrated by Laura Knight Keating and is not to be confused with another ... more >

February 15, 2019

REVIEW: Feral Dust Bunnies (Offbeat Crimes Book 4) by Angel Martinez

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewscats / LGBT Romance / LGBTQ / No Paranormal Left Behind / Offbeat Crimes Series / POC / policemen / wolf3 Comments

Book four in the Offbeat Crimes series An orphaned kitten may be the only witness to romance and the impossible. Officer Alex Wolf responds to a lot of ‘paranormal’ calls that aren’t. Exotic pet birds aren’t monsters and unusual dog breeds aren’t aliens. It’s a good thing he likes the ... more >

June 29, 2017

REVIEW: River Tale by Jau N.

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsf/f romance / Fairy / Fairy-Tales / LGBT Romance / naiad / short-story2 Comments

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Bakwa’s uncle is king. He is also under the curse of a wizard and to save him, Bakwa must venture deep into a magical forest to locate the rare flower that can save him. When she is set a series of tasks by the guardians fairies of the forest, a ... more >

September 18, 2015

Friday News Regency Romance, GRNW Meet-Up, “mistreating” books, and clever music + movie mashup

JanetPublishing NewsGeorgette Heyer / historical romance / Jane Austen / LGBT Romance / paper books / Regency Period / video12 Comments

The Regency Romance: How Jane Austen (Kinda) Created a New Subgenre – Consensus on Twitter last night, where this article was circulating, is that the title is AWFUL, especially given the fact that the article itself makes the crucially important points that Austen was writing books about her own society ... more >

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