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January 3, 2022

REVIEW: The Vanished Birds by Simon Jimenez

JanineA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / captain / corporation / disability / diversity / epistolary / found family / LGBTQIA+ / loss / mother and son / music / Mysterious powers / POC / queer characters / single mother / spaceship5 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Simon Jimenez, This beautiful standalone science fiction novel was one of the novels on my “Best of 2020” list. I read it in December of 2020 and have put off reviewing for over a year because I felt hard put to do it justice. I’m finally taking the plunge ... more >

May 7, 2021

JOINT REVIEW: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

JanineB Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviewsaliens / astronaut / collaborations / First-Person / friendship / joint review / Sci-fi / Scientist / SF / space travel / spaceship / survival / tech17 Comments

Janine: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir’s latest science fiction novel, opens when astronaut Ryland Grace wakes up aboard a spaceship named the Hail Mary with no memory of how he got there. He realizes quickly that his two crewmates died en route (they were all put in comas on the ... more >

February 12, 2021

REVIEW: The Spaceship Next Door (Sorrow Falls Series, Book 1) by Gene Doucette

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsaliens / female friendship / Massachusetts / Science Fiction / Sorrow Falls series / spaceship / teenager9 Comments

When a spaceship lands in Sorrow Falls, a lovable and fearless small-town girl is the planet’s only hope for survival Three years ago, a spaceship landed in an open field in the quiet mill town of Sorrow Falls, Massachusetts. It never opened its doors, and for all that time, the ... more >

May 27, 2018

REVIEW: The Space Captain’s Courtesan by K.C. Klein

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / F Reviewsclass differences / sci-fi romance / space opera / spaceship3 Comments

Mya is having a crap day. Princess Mya Centauri is stranded and alone on the shady Bates Space Station. With rumors of her father’s dethronement escalating, she needs more than her wits and entitlement to protect her—she needs a hero. So when she unexpectedly finds herself mistaken for some whore ... more >

April 3, 2018

REVIEW: Jane, Unlimited by Kristin Cashore

JanineBook Reviews / C ReviewsAgent/Spies/Undercover / alternate-reality / art thief / Artist / choose your own adventure / dog / f/f / haunted house / spaceship / YA fantasy6 Comments

Dear Ms. Cashore, It’s been over five years since you’ve had a novel out, and I’m a big fan of two of your past YA fantasy novels, Graceling and Bitterblue, so when I heard you were finally coming out with another, I took note of its publication date. After Megan ... more >

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July 28, 2016

What Janine is Reading: Recommended Reads

JanineA- Reviews / B+ Reviews / Need A Rec! / Reading Lists / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / aliens / class differences / Magic / older heroine and hero / shapeshifters / shipboard / spaceship7 Comments

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I’ve been in a reading slump for a while so when I hit on two novellas and one book I enjoyed a great deal, I felt a sense of relief. I haven’t lost my reading mojo after all! I review all three below: Binti by Nnedi Okorafor The protagonist of ... more >

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