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September 15, 2026

REVIEW: Silk and Sensibility by Megnxi Seeley

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / Historical / historical romance / Historical-China / literary adaptation / POC / POC author / sisters2 Comments

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A charming retelling of Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility set in Ming-dynasty China. Two sisters with conflicting attitudes on passion and restraint must each choose between the traditions that bind their hearts and pursuing the love that could save them. Nineteen-year-old Ailin is torn between duty and desire. Following her ... more >

May 26, 2026

REVIEW: Behind Five Willows by June Hur

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsAsian characters / censorship / class differences / government suppression / Historical / Joseon Dynasty / Korea / literary adaptation / opposites attract / POC / POC author / women's rights / Young-AdultNo Comments

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From the New York Times-bestselling author of A Crane Among Wolves comes a warm and romantic homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set in historical Korea, about a reader and a writer who secretly fight against government book banning and find themselves irresistibly drawn together. As the dutiful second-eldest ... more >

November 6, 2024

REVIEW: Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1890s / dysfunctional family / Gothic / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / literary adaptation / Massachusetts / murder mystery3 Comments

A young woman is invited to a mysterious relative’s estate and winds up entangled in a murder investigation in this witty historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the comic absurdities of Knives Out. Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped in the etiquette of her old-money ... more >

February 27, 2024

REVIEW: Once Persuaded, Twice Shy by Melodie Edwards

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBusiness woman / businessman / Canada / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / literary adaptation / theatre5 Comments

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When Anne Elliott broke up with Ben Wentworth, it seemed like the right thing to do . . . but now, eight years later, she’s not so sure. In her scenic hometown of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Anne is comfortable focusing on her successful career: filling her late mother’s shoes as town councilor ... more >

January 26, 2022

REVIEW: The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews13th century / Bath / Business woman / domestic violence / England / female agency / First-Person / found family / gender-based violence / Historical / Historical fiction / literary adaptation / London / marriage / medieval / murder / plague / prostitute / weaver / Widowed HeroineComments Off on REVIEW: The Good Wife of Bath by Karen Brooks

In the middle ages, a poet told a story that mocked a strong woman. It became a literary classic. But what if the woman in question had a chance to tell her own version? Who would you believe? England, The Year of Our Lord, 1364 When married off aged 12 ... more >

October 23, 2021

REVIEW: The Mice Before Christmas by Anne L. Watson, illustrations by Wendy Edelson

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / Christmas / Christmas Classic / literary adaptation / picture booksComments Off on REVIEW: The Mice Before Christmas by Anne L. Watson, illustrations by Wendy Edelson

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Everyone knows what happened on The Night Before Christmas, as described in Clement Clarke Moore’s beloved poem — but what ELSE happened on that wondrous night. Here at last is a companion poem to reveal all: The holiday hustle and bustle in the mouse house since early that morning. The ... more >

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