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July 13, 2026

REVIEW: Single Girls: A Novel About Helen Gurley Brown and the Women Who Revolutionized Cosmopolitan Magazine in the 1960s by John Searles

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / found family / gender inequality / gender roles / Historical / LGBTQIA characters / magazines / novelization / NYC / older couple / POC / Womens-Fiction7 Comments

An infectious and utterly charming fictionalization of the iconic Helen Gurley Brown’s early years at the helm of Cosmopolitan, and the intrepid group of women she took under her wing to create one of the most talked about magazines of all time. In 1965, Helen Gurley Brown, a soft spoken, ... more >

June 9, 2026

REVIEW: A Pair of Aces by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1930s / American historical / Historical / lawyer / New York City / novelization / organized crime / POC / prostitute / Womens-FictionNo Comments

A gripping novel about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law—a prosecutor and a madam—who team up to bring down notorious Mob boss Lucky Luciano in 1930s New York, from the New York Times bestselling authors of the million-copy bestseller The Personal Librarian. Eunice Carter, assistant district attorney ... more >

January 23, 2025

REVIEW: Let’s Call Her Barbie by Renée Rosen

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / 1960s / 1970s / Business woman / culture / Historical / Historical fiction / novelization / strong women / toys4 Comments

She was only eleven-and-a-half inches tall, but she would change the world. When Ruth Handler walks into the boardroom of the toy company she co-founded and pitches her idea for a doll unlike any other, she knows what she’s setting in motion. It might just take the world a moment ... more >

October 24, 2024

REVIEW: Cold War: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift (Bridge to Tomorrow Book 2) by Helena P. Schrader

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / Berlin-Germany / Cold War / Historical / Historical fiction / novelization / politics / Post WWII / War / MilitaryComments Off on REVIEW: Cold War: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift (Bridge to Tomorrow Book 2) by Helena P. Schrader

Fighting a war with milk, coal and candy bars…. In the second book of the Bridge to Tomorrow Series, the story continues where “Cold Peace” left off. Berlin is under siege. More than two million civilians in Hitler’s former capital will starve unless they receive food, medicine and more by ... more >

September 19, 2024

REVIEW: Cold Peace: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift, Part I (Bridge to Tomorrow Book 1) by Helena P. Schrader

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / Berlin-Germany / Cold War / Historical / novelization / pilot / politics / Post WWII / War / MilitaryComments Off on REVIEW: Cold Peace: A Novel of the Berlin Airlift, Part I (Bridge to Tomorrow Book 1) by Helena P. Schrader

The economy is broken, the currency worthless, and the Russian bear is hungry. In the ruins of Hitler’s capital, war heroes and resilient women struggle in the post-war doldrums — until they discover new purpose in defending Berlin’s freedom from Soviet tyranny. When a Russian fighter brings down a British ... more >

August 22, 2024

REVIEW: Follow the Stars Home by Diane C. McPhail

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / American history / First-Person / Historical fiction / History / journey / novelization / road trip / shipboard2 Comments

A captivating reimagining of the intrepid woman who – 8 months pregnant and with a toddler in tow – braved violent earthquakes and treacherous waters on the first steamboat voyage to conquer the Mississippi River and redefine America. It’s a journey that most deem an insane impossibility. Yet on October ... more >

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