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February 1, 2021

REVIEW: The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

JanineA Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / being true to oneself / bestsellers / bigotry / black MC / colorism / family / Literary fiction / Los Angeles / mothers and daughters / New York City / passing / POC / POC author / racism / Small-Town / twins4 Comments

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Trigger warnings: Content warnings: Dear Brit Bennett, I can’t name any one reason why I picked up your novel, The Vanishing Half. Part of it was surely its omnipresence on my Goodreads stream. Part of it was all the praise it’s garnered, which includes appearing on the National Book Award’s ... more >

December 4, 2020

REVIEW: Criminal Past by Gregory Ashe

JanineC- Reviews#ownvoices / action / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / LGBTQIAP+ / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / romantic-elements / Small-Town4 Comments

Readers please note: The following review contains spoilers both for this book and for some of the other books in Gregory Ashe’s Hazard and Somerset gay mysteries. If you want to avoid spoilers, do not read further in this post and check out my review of book one, Pretty Pretty ... more >

November 11, 2020

REVIEW: Reasonable Doubt by Gregory Ashe

JanineB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / friendship / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m romantic elements / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Small-Town9 Comments

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest to you may want to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one through four. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Content warning: Dear Gregory Ashe, Your gay ... more >

October 30, 2020

REVIEW: Guilt by Association by Gregory Ashe

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / friends-to-lovers / friendship / LGBTQIAP+ / m/m romantic elements / Missouri / mystery / police procedural / Small-Town5 Comments

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest to you may wish to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one through three. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Dear Gregory Ashe, I got hooked on ... more >

October 16, 2020

REVIEW: Paternity Case by Gregory Ashe

JanineA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Contemporary / detective / enemies to lovers / LGBTQIAP+ / Missouri / mystery / Parenthood / police procedural / Small-Town6 Comments

Recommended Read

Please note: If you think this series might be of interest, you may wish to avoid this review—it’s full of spoilers for books one and two. Start with my review of Pretty Pretty Boys, book one in the series, instead. Trigger warnings: Dear Gregory Ashe, Recently I got into your ... more >

October 13, 2020

REVIEW: Miracles and Menorahs by Stacey Agdern

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Contemporary / Hanukkah / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / New York City / Small-Town / upstate New York4 Comments

Sarah Goldman loves Hanukkah, and she’s thrilled to be appointed as vice chair of the Hollowville Hanukkah Festival. So when the festival is threatened with cancellation, she comes up with an idea: a new slogan and advertising campaign topped off with a metal menorah large enough to fill the center ... more >

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