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April 5, 2022

REVIEW: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / 1960s / American historical / chemistry / dog / family relationships / found family / Historical / Misogyny / mothers and daughters / omniscient voice / rowing / science / Scientist / single mother / strong heroine / Womens-Fiction14 Comments

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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except ... more >

January 25, 2022

REVIEW: The Red Palace by June Hur

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsfathers and daughters / Historical / illegitimate-child / investigation / Joseon Dynasty / Korea / law-enforcement / mothers and daughters / murder mystery / nurse / POC / POC author / policeman / Young-Adult12 Comments

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A young palace nurse investigates a pattern of grisly murders in this romantic YA historical mystery from the author of The Silence of Bones. Joseon (Korea), 1758. There are few options available to illegitimate daughters in the capital city, but through hard work and study, eighteen-year-old Hyeon has earned a ... more >

January 24, 2022

REVIEW: Once a Cowboy by Justine Davis

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviewsalcoholism / Artist / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / family relationships / father and son / mothers and daughters / Photographer / plain heroine / Texas / wounded souls6 Comments

He’s a cowboy through and through… Rylan Rafferty was a cowboy long before interest in his leatherworking artistry and saddle making for the rich and famous catapulted him to national fame. He values his privacy, so when a popular Texas magazine wants to feature him, his first inclination is to ... more >

July 12, 2021

REVIEW: Cute But Prickly: A short sweet shifter romance (Shifter Bites) by Zoe Chant

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / fated mates / grison / hedgehog / mothers and daughters / novella / Paranormal / POC / shapeshifters / Valentine's Day5 Comments

Too prickly to love? After getting her heart broken, hedgehog shifter Hester just wants to get away from romance for the Valentine’s Day weekend. Instead she ends up snowbound in a gorgeous mountain lodge with the most amazing man she’s ever met. He’s sexy. He’s sweet. He’s funny. He turns ... more >

May 24, 2021

REVIEW: The Garden of Small Beginnings by Abbi Waxman

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsfamily relationships / First-Person / gardening / grief / Los Angeles / mothers and daughters / sisters / Widowed Heroine / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Lilian Girvan has been a single mother for three years—ever since her husband died in a car accident. One mental breakdown and some random suicidal thoughts later, she’s just starting to get the hang of this widow thing. She can now get her two girls to school, show up to ... more >

April 30, 2021

REVIEW: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Asian Americans / Asian characters / family relationships / First-Person / macabre comedy / mothers and daughters / POC / POC author / second chance romance / sisters / wedding9 Comments

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What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome ... more >

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