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January 9, 2023

What Janine is Reading: LGBTQIA+ Books in a Mix of Genres

JanineBook Reviews / C+ Reviews / DNF Reviews1960s / 1970s / 1980s / 1990s / bisexual heroine / carpenter / comic artist / comic book / competition / contemporary f/f romance / gods / interior design / lesbian heroine / middle grade / nuclear disaster / Philadelphia / physicist / Reading lists / saga / Science Fiction / Soviet Union / survival / teenager / Time-Travel / trans boy3 Comments

Astrid Parker Doesn’t Fail by Ashley Herring Blake This book had a cute start and an interesting premise. I really liked the author’s earlier book, Delilah Green Doesn’t Care, but although this book wasn’t bad, it wasn’t quite as good. Astrid, whom we met in the last book, is standoffish ... more >

January 2, 2023

What Janine is Reading: 2022 YA Fantasies

JanineB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviews#ownvoices / Arctic / death / families / journey / moral ambiguity / poison / Reading lists / shipboard / spy / survival / Time-Travel / YA fantasy / Young-Adult5 Comments

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len This YA fantasy novel, Vanessa Len’s debut, was recommended highly by two people I trust, so I stuck with it even though it had a slow and seemingly pedestrian beginning. When Joan, a British East Asian girl, is little, her grandmother tells her that ... more >

October 31, 2022

REVIEW: Return to Glory by Jack McDevitt

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsaliens / astronomy / physics / Sci-fi / short stories / space travel / Time-TravelNo Comments

Jack McDevitt’s passion for astronomy was recognized in 2008 when the International Astronomical Union put his name on an asteroid. NASA has given him an award for “keeping the science in science fiction.” Stephen King described Jack as the “natural heir to Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke.” Life is ... more >

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October 21, 2022

Reading List by Jennie for April through June 2022

JennieBook Reviewsclassic literature / English historical romance / History / non-fiction / Reading lists / Time-Travel8 Comments

My 2022 reading slump continues; I don’t have much for “what I’ve been reading” for the second quarter in a row. I did read and review Steadfast, The No Show, You Were Made to Be Mine, and Sea of Tranquility, the latter two with Janine. Other than that, I read ... more >

May 11, 2022

REVIEW: Someone in Time edited by Jonathan Strahan

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsAnthology / Asian characters / Australia / Contemporary / Historical / Hong Kong / India / Indian characters / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIA romance / POC / POC author / short stories / South-Asian / Time-Travel / USA2 Comments

Even time travel can’t unravel love Anthology of inclusive tales of people through time looking for one another and for ways for the world to be better. Time-travel is a way for writers to play with history and imagine different futures – for better, or worse. When romance is thrown ... more >

April 18, 2022

CONVERSATION: Time Travel, Part II — Thoughts on Outlander and Book Recommendations

SiriusBook Reviews / ConversationsOutlander / Romance genre / SFF / Time-Travel / tropes23 Comments

Our conversation on time travel continues with a question from Sirius about Outlander and our list of book recommendations and books to avoid. -Janine   Outlander   Sirius: Outlander (because I had to ask) – what are your takes on it and do you like how time travel was implemented ... more >

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