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October 28, 2020

REVIEW: David Tung Can’t Have A Girlfriend Until He Gets Into An Ivy League College by Ed Lin

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian Americans / Chinese-American MCs / coming-of-age / family relationships / First-Person / high-school / immigrant / New-Jersey / parents / POC / POC author / racism / Young-Adult8 Comments

David Tung is a Chinese American high-school student in an upscale, Asian-majority, New Jersey suburb who works every day at his family’s restaurant and strategizes every homeroom about how to improve his class rank so he can get into an Ivy League college. His only release? Hanging with his “real” ... more >

October 16, 2012

REVIEW: Further Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by JB Lynn

JayneC+ ReviewsAvon Impulse / Contemporary / First-Person / New-Jersey / Paranormal6 Comments

Dear Ms. Lynn, The first book in this series, “Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman,” was a pleasant surprise for me. It’s totally unlike what I normally read and in fact contains some elements I would have sworn would keep me from enjoying it but … enjoy it I did. ... more >

May 13, 2012

REVIEW: Confessions of a Slightly Neurotic Hitwoman by JB Lynn

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAvon Impulse / Contemporary / First-Person / New-Jersey / Paranormal15 Comments

Dear Ms. Lynn, Honestly, if someone told me a week ago that I’d be reading a book about a woman with a crappy life who survived a car wreck with only a concussion that now lets her communicate with a pet lizard and that in order to pay the astronomical ... more >

April 19, 2007

REVIEW: I Take This Man by Valerie Frankel

JayneB Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Book ReviewsNew-Jersey / screwball-comedy / wedding7 Comments

Dear Mrs Frankel, This has to be every woman’s nightmare. The details have been haggled over for months, the $$$ dress has been bought, guests are gathered, the shrimp is marinating, the ice sculpture is being chiseled into shape and the groom is a &^%$#@ no show. And if the ... more >

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