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June 29, 2022

What Janine is Reading: April and May of 2022

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / C- Reviews / DNF ReviewsArtificial Intelligence / clergy / elves / Fantasy / far future / goblins / grief / investigation / kidnapped heroine / LGBTQIA+ / miscarriage / mixed loyalties / murder mystery / pregnancy / princess / Reading lists / spaceship / spousal abuse / steampunk11 Comments

The Grief of Stones by Katherine Addison I was a huge fan of The Goblin Emperor but not as keen on The Witness for the Dead, the first book in the spinoff Cemeteries of Amalo series about detective/priest/medium-of-sorts Thara Celehar. Hope springs eternal, though, so I requested book two in ... more >

June 14, 2022

REVIEW: The Frequency of Aliens by Gene Doucette

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsaliens / Massachusetts / Science Fiction / Sorrow Falls series / spaceship / teenager4 Comments

Annie Collins is back! Becoming an overnight celebrity at age sixteen should have been a lot more fun. Yes, there were times when it was extremely cool, but when the newness of it all wore off, Annie Collins was left with a permanent security detail and the kind of constant ... more >

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

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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 >

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