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April 20, 2017

Thursday News: PRH UK to pay “students,” stepmothers, what romance is, and where to find it

JanetPublishing Newsbad mother / diversity / Fairy-Tales / hotels / Penguin Random House UK / publishing / romantic / stepmothers / stereotypes1 Comments

PRH UK to pay work experience participants in diversity drive – Each year, 450 individuals have the opportunity to “work” at Penguin Random House UK for two weeks. In the past, those experiences would be unpaid, except for travel and food. Now, though, participants will be paid £262.50/week, which is significant because ... more >

December 10, 2013

Isn’t It Romantic?

JanetLetters of Opiniondefinition / genre criticism / HEA / Romance / romantic65 Comments

Sunita has a nice post up at her personal blog detailing some of her thoughts about a conversation she and I had the other day about the difference between a Romance (objective genre classification) and a book one finds romantic (emotional identification on the part of the reader). I want ... more >

July 17, 2012

Tuesday News: EBook gifting in the form of a gift card; Amazon seeks to expand same day delivery; Male DNA is killing men

JanePublishing NewsAmazon / government / romantic7 Comments

Farmer creates heart-shaped meadow in memory of wife – “Dedicated Winston Howes, 70, spent a week planting each oak sapling after his wife of 33 years Janet died suddenly 17 years ago. He laid out the fledgling trees in a six-acre field but left a perfect heart shape in the middle ... more >

A room with a view
February 16, 2011

REVIEW: A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

JanineA Review Categoryclass-difference / coming-of-age / Edwardian-era / England / Italy / romantic15 Comments

Dear Readers, I don't know if it was Jayne's recent review of the Merchant-Ivory film adaptation of this novel, or a discussion of Forster's works that some of us on Twitter got into a while back. There's also the fact that every time I see Jennie do one of her ... more >

A Conspiracy of Kings cover
April 5, 2010

REVIEW: A Conspiracy of Kings by Megan Whalen Turner

JanineA Review Category / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / gods / Mediterranean setting / Megan-Whalen-Turner / myth / Older-Woman-/-Younger-Man / romantic / thief / Young-Adult20 Comments

Dear Ms. Turner, Somehow, I've become a huge fan of your YA series. My love for the books has taken me by surprise because the first book, The Thief, was slow to engage me and aimed at a younger audience than the later books. It wasn't until the second half ... more >

February 18, 2009

REVIEW: The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

JanineA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book ReviewsFantasy Romance / gods / Mediterranean setting / Megan-Whalen-Turner / myth / romantic / thief / Young-Adult53 Comments

Dear Ms. Turner, Last month Jane, Jia and I embarked on Keishon’s TBR challenge 2009. This time Keishon’s suggestion is a book that AAR has rated as a DIK (Desert Isle Keeper). While scanning through AAR’s list of DIK reviews, I was excited to unearth Rike’s review of your Thief ... more >

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