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September 14, 2020

REVIEW: We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / Athletes / coming-of-age / female friendship / high-school / LGBTQIAP+ / POC / POC author / self discovery / teens / YA / young adult fiction4 Comments

Acclaimed novelist Quan Barry delivers a tour de female force in this delightful novel. Set in the coastal town of Danvers, Massachusetts, where the accusations began that led to the 1692 witch trials, We Ride Upon Sticks follows the 1989 Danvers High School Falcons field hockey team, who will do ... more >

September 7, 2020

REVIEW: The Artist’s Secret (Brindabella Secrets, #2) by Sonya Heaney

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviews1880s / Aboriginal / accountant / Artist / Australia / Brindabella Secrets series / Historical / mixed-race hero / POC / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: The Artist’s Secret (Brindabella Secrets, #2) by Sonya Heaney

Despite their growing attraction, both Peter and Elizabeth have secrets that will come between them. New South Wales, 1887 Peter Rowe’s life is in the city, but his soul is in Australia’s southern tablelands – a place he’s never seen. Taking the new land manager’s position on the thriving estate ... more >

August 21, 2020

REVIEW: House Rules: A Second Chance Romance (Uptown Book 3 by Ruby Lang

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsAsian heroine / cats / Chef / diversity / forced proximity / New York City / POC / POC author / professor / second chance romance / self discovery / Uptown Book series2 Comments

ROOMMATE WANTED to share a gorgeous sun-filled apartment in Central Harlem. Must love cats. No ex-husbands or wives need apply. Seventeen years ago, different dreams pulled Simon Mizrahi and Lana Kuo apart. But when Lana takes a position as a chef back in Manhattan, her apartment search puts her right ... more >

July 30, 2020

REVIEW: The Runaway Montana Bride by Joan Kilby

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ ReviewsContemporary / fish-out-of-water / Montana / opposites attract / runaway bride / self discovery2 Comments

She promised she’d go anywhere… When lifestyle “it” girl Lilou Langdon dumps her wealthy, snobby fiancé days before their highly-promoted society wedding, she can’t get out of Manhattan fast enough. Desperate to escape, she begs her magazine editor for the first assignment out of town. With her designer luggage and ... more >

June 29, 2020

REVIEW: The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Four Paws of Spiritual Success by David Michie

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBuddhism / cats / First-Person / meditation / religion / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Four Paws of Spiritual Success by David Michie

The Dalai Lama’s Cat is back: irreverent, vain—and as delightfully insightful as ever! “If you’re wondering how being in the presence of an enlightened person may be communicated on the pages of book written by a flawed and complex—if extremely beautiful—cat, let me confess that my only job here is ... more >

May 29, 2020

REVIEW: The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Power of Meow by David Michie

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsBuddhism / cats / First-Person / friendship / meditation / religion / self discoveryComments Off on REVIEW: The Dalai Lama’s Cat and the Power of Meow by David Michie

“If you ever doubted that your feline companion has her own inner life, just watch what happens when she falls asleep, and loses conscious control of her physical being . . . a twitching of limbs, a quivering of the jaw, sometimes perhaps a snuffling noise or a meow. . ... more >

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