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March 12, 2026

REVIEW: If It’s Shreveport, It Must Be Tuesday by Marilyn Carr

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbusiness / Canada / fish-out-of-water / humorous / Memoir / non-fiction / Satire / travel2 Comments

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A sharp, self-deprecating comedy about surviving the dot-com crash, and yourself. It’s 2001, and tech startups are imploding, taking Marilyn Carr’s brand-new telecom job with them. Four months in, unemployed, and saddled with a terrifying Toronto mortgage, panic would be reasonable. Instead, Marilyn finds material. A glittering consulting contract rescues ... more >

January 23, 2026

REVIEW: Memento Monstrum : Bedtime Tales with Grandpa Dracula by Jochen Til

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren's book / cozy fantasy / friendship / grandfather / Memoir2 Comments

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Where The Bad Guys, Hotel Transylvania and The Addams Family meet How to Babysit a Grandpa—a monstrously fun bedtime tale collection! This is your warning! This book contains Count Dracula’s memoirs. And as you would expect, there are plenty of hideous creatures in it—giant yetis, insidious werewolves, slimy fish monsters—maybe ... more >

July 10, 2025

REVIEW: Mailman: My Wild Ride Delivering the Mail in Appalachia and Finally Finding Home by Stephen Starring Grant

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsautobiography / Memoir / non-fiction / self discovery / Virginia13 Comments

An exuberant, hilarious, and profound memoir by a mailman in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, who found that working for the post office saved his life, taught him who he was, gave him purpose, and educated him deeply about a country he loves but had lost touch with. Steve ... more >

May 15, 2025

REVIEW: Welcome to the Circus of Baseball: A Story of the Perfect Summer at the Perfect Ballpark at the Perfect Time by Ryan McGee

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBaseball / coming-of-age / Memoir / non-fiction / North-Carolina / Sports4 Comments

A gloriously funny, nostalgic memoir of a popular ESPN reporter who, in the summer of 1994, was a fresh-out-of-college intern for a minor league baseball team. Madness and charm ensue as Ryan McGee spends the season steeped in sweat, fertilizer, nacho cheese sauce, and pure, unadulterated joy in North Carolina ... more >

September 12, 2024

REVIEW: The Story of a Heart: Two Families, One Heart, and the Medical Miracle that Saved a Child’s Life by Rachel Clarke

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildren / family relationships / health care / medicine / Memoir / non-fiction / science6 Comments

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One summer day, nine-year-old Keira Ball was in a terrible car accident and suffered catastrophic brain injuries. As the rest of her body began to shut down, her heart continued to beat. In an act of extraordinary generosity, Keira’s parents and siblings immediately agreed that she would have wanted to ... more >

June 20, 2024

REVIEW: Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian by Amy Attas

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewscelebrity / Memoir / New York City / non-fiction / veterinarianComments Off on REVIEW: Pets and the City: True Tales of a Manhattan House Call Veterinarian by Amy Attas

New York City’s premier “house call veterinarian” takes you into the exclusive penthouses and four-star hotel rooms of the wealthiest New Yorkers and shows that, when it comes to their pets, they are just as neurotic as any of us. When a pet is sick, people—even the rich and famous—are ... more >

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