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May 2, 2013

REVIEW: Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella

JayneB Reviews / Recommended Readschick-lit / Contemporary / England / Greece / Random-House / wedding22 Comments

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  Lottie just knows that her boyfriend is going to propose during lunch at one of London’s fanciest restaurants. But when his big question involves a trip abroad, not a trip down the aisle, she’s completely crushed. So when Ben, an old flame, calls her out of the blue and ... more >

September 30, 2012

REVIEW: The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg

JaneB+ Reviewsinspirational / non-fiction / Random-House8 Comments

Dear Readers: This book came to my attention because it was included in the goodie bag Random House handed out at the Power Reader breakfast at BEA. Ordinarily the only non fiction works I read are about the law and those can be dry works. The Power of Habit is ... more >

June 25, 2012

REVIEW: The Salt Road by Jane Johnson

JayneBook Reviews / D ReviewsContemporary / England / Historical / Morocco / multicultural / POC / Random-House12 Comments

“My dear Isabelle, in the attic you will find a box with your name on it.” Isabelle’s estranged archeologist father dies, leaving her a puzzle. In a box she finds some papers and a mysterious African amulet — but their connection to her remains unclear until she embarks on a ... more >

March 5, 2012

REVIEW: Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsalternate-reality / dragons / Historical Fantasy / Napoleonic wars / Random-House / Recommended Reads22 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms. Novik, Though I fretted for almost two years waiting for this book, I can see from your author’s notes that you’ve had a lot to keep you busy having had your own little egg, as the dragons would say, in the interim. Still, what a book you’ve written ... more >

February 13, 2012

REVIEW: I’ve Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschick-lit / Contemporary / England / First-Person / Random-House40 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Ms Kinsella, I’m sitting here shaking my head at the fact that I’ve some how, some way managed to have not read any of your books. Up til now that is. And this one I read with no blurb to lure me or lead me on. Just your rep ... more >

January 4, 2011

REVIEW: Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsContemporary / England / Interracial / multicultural / older heroine and hero / POC / Random-House / South-Asian21 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Mrs. Simonson, This may be your first published book but wow, just wow. I am in love with it and want to go around telling all my friends, my coworkers, total strangers on the street, almost everyone about it. I haven’t read too many A grade books this year ... more >

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