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April 29, 2022

What Janine is Reading: a YA Novel and a Political Thriller

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / Reading Listsbisexual hero / Black heroine / diversity / gay hero / LGBTQIA+ / m/m / POC / POC author / political intrigue / rock band / romantic-elements / singer / Supreme Court / thriller / YA2 Comments

If This Gets Out by Sophie Gonzales and Cale Dietrich After enjoying Sophie Gonzales’s 2021 YA novel, Perfect on Paper, I decided to try this one, also YA, since it had been recommended by Dear Author commenter Susan S. Like Perfect on Paper, If This Gets Out has queer characters, ... more >

March 20, 2021

REVIEW: Henry Oxshott by Simon Fraser

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviewsanimals / cats / dogs / family relationships / illustrations / juvenile / London / mystery / thriller1 Comments

It is the 1980s. Henry Oxshott is a cat of medium intelligence, lazy but well bred. He lives in a flat which was left to him by one of his relatives who spent most of her time buying antiques and paintings which now fill the flat. He has no job, ... more >

March 4, 2021

REVIEW: Quiet in Her Bones by Nalini Singh

JennieB Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewsmystery / New Zealand / POC / POC author / thriller8 Comments

Dear Nalini Singh: A friend alerted me to this book, knowing I was a reader of both your Psy/Changeling series and, in recent years, of the thriller/suspense genre. I was curious to see how my two interests would converge here. The book is narrated by Aarav Rai, an author whose ... more >

January 8, 2021

REVIEW: Domesticating Dragons by Dan Koboldt

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsArizona / Conspiracy / dragons / First-Person / futuristic / genetics / thrillerComments Off on REVIEW: Domesticating Dragons by Dan Koboldt

Noah Parker, a newly minted Ph.D., is thrilled to land a dream job at Reptilian Corp., the hottest tech company in the American Southwest. He’s eager to put his genetic engineering expertise to use designing new lines of Reptilian’s feature product: living, breathing dragons. Although highly specialized dragons have been ... more >

Jennie
November 6, 2020

Reading List by Jennie for July through September

JennieBook Reviews / Reading ListsBiography / classic / ghost-story / historical romance / History / Humor / Reading lists / thriller12 Comments

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow I had long wanted to see Hamilton, Lin-Manual Miranda’s award-winning musical based on this book, and I finally got a chance on my 50th birthday in 2019. I liked it a lot, though it wasn’t the magical experience for me that I know it was ... more >

Jennie
March 2, 2020

Reading List for Jennie for October through December, Part Two

JennieBook ReviewsChristmas Classic / fairy tale / Historical fiction / historical romance / mystery / non-fiction / Reading lists / science / Suspense / thriller13 Comments

Underlying by Janelle Harris I know. I KNOW. Anyone who reads my reviews is probably heartily sick of me bitching about Amazon First Reads, especially all the mediocre suspense I find there. Skip this if you want to avoid my whining (which would be understandable). The book is narrated by ... more >

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