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July 20, 2021

What Janine Is Reading: Book Club Edition

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews Category#ownvoices / amateur sleuths / book clubs / Brooklyn / childhood friends / children / civil rights / families / female friendship / Historical / India / Japanese-American history / Kentucky / librarians / Los Angeles / Memoir / mystery / POC / POC author / Reading lists / South Carolina / Womens-Fiction / YA10 Comments

I run a virtual book club for seniors, volunteering for a non-profit (check it out and see if you’d like to help, or consider participating in the national village movement closer to your home), and we take turns picking out the books we read. One of the advantages this has ... more >

October 19, 2018

REVIEW: The Library Book by Susan Orlean

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBooks / crime / librarians / Libraries / Los Angeles / non-fiction2 Comments

Susan Orlean, hailed as a “national treasure” by The Washington Post and the acclaimed bestselling author of Rin Tin Tin and The Orchid Thief, reopens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in American history, and delivers a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution—our libraries. On the ... more >

March 23, 2017

REVIEW: The Burning Page (The Invisible Library novel #3) by Genevieve Cogman

SiriusB Reviews Category / Book Reviewsdragons / Fantasy / librarians6 Comments

Burning page (Invisible Library book three) Never judge a book by its cover… Due to her involvement in an unfortunate set of mishaps between the dragons and the Fae, Librarian spy Irene is stuck on probation, doing what should be simple fetch-and-retrieve projects for the mysterious Library. But trouble has ... more >

March 9, 2017

REVIEW: The Masked City (Invisible Library book #2) by Genevieve Cogman

SiriusB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewsdragons / Fantasy / librarians2 Comments

The written word is mightier than the sword—most of the time… Working in an alternate version of Victorian London, Librarian-spy Irene has settled into a routine, collecting important fiction for the mysterious Library and blending in nicely with the local culture. But when her apprentice, Kai—a dragon of royal descent—is ... more >

September 17, 2015

Thursday News: Three Essays and a Video

JanetPublishing NewsAmish Romance / inspirational romance / LGBTQIA+ / librarians / Libraries / Literary Criticism / Michael Nava / mystery / noir / poetry / Robert Frost8 Comments

More Titillated Than Thou: How the Amish conquered the evangelical romance market -A really interesting, insightful, and respectful piece on the popularity of Amish Romance written by someone with familiarity of the community – a Mennonite woman who grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, which is widely considered “Amish country.” ... more >

March 9, 2015

Monday News: RIP Cathie Linz, how to read books via Overdrive, a Romance fanzine, and in praise of strong female characters

JanetPublishing Newsdigital books / fanzine / feminism / genre critique / International Women's Day / librarians / obituary / Overdrive / Romance / RWA9 Comments

RIP Cathie Linz – Cathie Linz, who was responsible for RWA Librarians’ Day and who advocated for Romance and librarians, in and outside of RWA, passed away yesterday from colon cancer. She wrote more than 50 Romance novels as Cathie Linz and Cat Devon, and she co-founded the Windy City RWA chapter. ... more >

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