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May 27, 2022

REVIEW: The Mating Call of the Teleporting Warbler by Aster Glenn Gray

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readscats / contemporary f/f romance / epistolary novel / f/f / Fantasy / LGBTQIA characters / professor / Scientist / short-story / slice of life4 Comments

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An f/f epistolary short story. When Rosemary’s research on the elusive teleporting warbler takes her out of cell service, established middle-aged couple Eleanor and Rosemary keep in touch by sending letters via their winged pet cat Ursula. Previously published in Her Magical Pet: Benefit F/F Story Collection. Dear Aster Glenn ... more >

December 14, 2020

REVIEW: Beowulf by Bryher

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / 1940s / English Historical / Historical / LGBTQIAP+ / London / reprint / slice of life / World War II4 Comments

In this reprint of a classic of wartime literature by historical novelist Bryher, life in London during the Blitz is depicted with realism, empathy, and humor Eighty years ago, the city of London became the target of a relentless bombing campaign by Nazi Germany during WWII that has come to ... more >

July 7, 2016

REVIEW: Getting It Right by Elizabeth Jane Howard

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / England / London / slice of life / working class3 Comments

A London hairdresser’s life begins to change dramatically when he meets two very different women at a party in this delightful social comedy. Thirty-one-year-old Gavin Lamb is a shy hairdresser in London’s West End. Self-educated, he likes Mozart and can quote Tolstoy, but being something of a late bloomer, he ... more >

Cranford - Penguin Classics (Paperback)
March 25, 2010

REVIEW: Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell

JennieB+ Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / slice of life30 Comments

My route to reading this slim 19th-century novel was somewhat circuitous. Years ago, on romance message boards, I repeatedly read about the greatness of a certain historical romance miniseries called North and South. This was not the rather campy American Civil War miniseries starring Kirstie Alley and Patrick Swayze, but ... more >

April 24, 2008

First Impressions 4: Honey and Clover, and Swan

JanB Reviews / B Reviews Category / B- Reviews / Mangaballet / Manga / shoujo / slice of life24 Comments

Dear Readers, Here are two more first volumes, these two from popular series that I found I didn’t like as much as their popularity suggested I should. Honey and Clover by Chica Umino. Viz. Retail $9.99. Rated T+ for older teen. 10 volumes (still ongoing in Japan; 1 released here). ... more >

April 14, 2008

Manga First Impressions 3: Land of the Blindfolded, I.O.N., Sand Chronicles

JanA Review Category / A- Reviews / B Reviews Category / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Mangahigh-school / Manga / psychic / shoujo / slice of life / Viz13 Comments

Dear Readers, Two more vol 1’s from Viz. But the first is a Vol 1 from CMX, another publisher who brings quality shoujo to the US. Land of the Blindfolded by Tsukuba Sakura. CMX. Retail $9.99. Not rated, but I’d say high school and up. 9 volumes (complete in Japan ... more >

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