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May 22, 2025

REVIEW: Across the Crying Sands by Jane Kirkpatrick

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1890s / American historical / Historical fiction / inspirational / motherhood / OregonComments Off on REVIEW: Across the Crying Sands by Jane Kirkpatrick

A Tale of Uncharted Adventure and Discovery Inspired by a True Story In 1888 Mary Edwards Gerritse is a witty and confident young woman who spends as much time as possible outdoors on the rugged Oregon coast where she and her husband, John, have settled. The two are a formidable ... more >

June 30, 2024

REVIEW: The Hermit Next Door by Kevin Hearne

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsDark / Fiction / mother and son / multiverse / novella / Oregon / Science Fiction / secret / Widowed Heroine2 Comments

Kevin Hearne, author of the acclaimed Iron Druid Chronicles, returns with an otherworldly new novella! Newly widowed and trying to cope with her grief, Winnie Mae Chisholm moves from Tennessee with her teenage son, Pax, to Oregon, hoping the change will let them both heal and move on. She’s warned ... more >

Illustrated cover in blue with a white, dark-haired motorcycle riding, leather jacket wearing bad boy in the lower left and a brown-skinned dark-haired woman reading a book in the top right, there's a rabbit in the lower right which makes sense when you read the book
September 23, 2021

REVIEW: Walk on the Wilder Side by Serena Bell

KaetrinB Reviews / Book Reviewsbest friend's little sister / Contemporary / NetGalley / Oregon / POC / Small-Town3 Comments

Dear Serena Bell, I’ve enjoyed your books before so when I saw Walk on the Wilder Side at NetGalley I took a closer look. I want to say that the book is light-hearted – and for the most part I certainly experienced it that way – but there are some ... more >

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