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September 10, 2020

REVIEW : Stick the Landing (Elite Athletes #2) by Kate McMurray

SiriusBook Reviews / C Reviews Category / C+ Reviewscontemporary m/m romance / figure skating / gymnast / OlympicsNo Comments

Jake Mirakovitch might be the best gymnast in the world, but there’s one big problem: he chokes in international competition. The least successful of a family of world-class gymnasts, he has struggled to shake off nerves in the past. This time he’s determined to bring home the gold no matter ... more >

February 5, 2018

REVIEW: Medal Up: A Winter Games Duology by Nicole Flockton and Fiona Marsden

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C ReviewsAthletes / Australia / Canada / Korea / novella / Olympics / skater / snowboarder / Sports4 Comments

Two couples tread on thin ice at the Pyeongchang Winter Games in this captivating duology—but love has Olympic-sized impact on their dreams. Fighting Their Attraction: Snowboarder Brady Thompson landed in Seoul favored to win elusive gold. But instead of fresh powder, he finds that a past he can’t escape is ... more >

August 15, 2016

Monday News: This is no superhero lawsuit, Audible TOS, winning blurbs, and Olympic fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad

JanetPublishing NewsAudible / book blurbs / defamation / DNA / fencing / lawsuit / Marvel Entertainment / Olympics / terms of service6 Comments

The Marvel Chairman, a Hate-Mail Feud and Claims of Stolen DNA – This case is almost impossible to summarize, but it basically boils down to a feud between Marvel Entertainment Chairman Isaac “Ike” Perlmutter and Toronto’s Mandrake Management founder Harold Peerenboom over the contract to maintain a Florida neighborhood’s tennis courts. And that feud has ... more >

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante
August 9, 2016

Tuesday News: Wal-Mart buys Jet.com, Women in Translation month, WTF NBC, and book/staircase

JanetPublishing NewsAmazon / bookstores / Jet.com / NBC / Olympics / sexism / Wal-mart / women in translation month13 Comments

Wal-Mart to Acquire Jet.com for $3.3 Billion in Cash, Stock – In the largest acquisition of a US-based e-commerce startup, Wal-Mart is purchasing Jet.com with the hope of competing more effectively with Amazon. It is unclear how this deal will affect Walmart’s book inventory and sales, if at all. There are also questions ... more >

February 20, 2014

REVIEW: Cold War by Keira Andrews

SunitaBook Reviews / C+ Reviews / C- Reviewsjoint review / m/m romance / multicultural / Olympics / sports romance3 Comments

Dear Keira Andrews: Both Sirius and I are fans of sport romances, so when Sirius told me that she was reading an m/m sport romance (on figure skating in the Olympics, which couldn’t be more timely), I was intrigued. Then she told me that one of the characters was South ... more >

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