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March 12, 2026

REVIEW: If It’s Shreveport, It Must Be Tuesday by Marilyn Carr

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbusiness / Canada / fish-out-of-water / humorous / Memoir / non-fiction / Satire / travel2 Comments

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A sharp, self-deprecating comedy about surviving the dot-com crash, and yourself. It’s 2001, and tech startups are imploding, taking Marilyn Carr’s brand-new telecom job with them. Four months in, unemployed, and saddled with a terrifying Toronto mortgage, panic would be reasonable. Instead, Marilyn finds material. A glittering consulting contract rescues ... more >

June 12, 2025

REVIEW: Far and Away by Amy Poeppel

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBerlin-Germany / Contemporary / family relationships / Fiction / motherhood / Texas / travel / Womens-Fiction6 Comments

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Perfect strangers Lucy and Greta have agreed to a house swap—and boy, are they going to regret it. Lucy’s hometown of Dallas has gone from home sweet home to vicious snake pit in the blink of an eye after her son makes a mistake he can’t undo. And Greta’s beloved ... more >

February 20, 2025

REVIEW: Come Fly With Me by Camille Di Maio

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1960s / domestic violence / female friendship / Historical / travel / Womens-Fiction4 Comments

It’s 1962, the dawn of the jet-set era. Hope takes flight for two Pan Am stewardesses navigating an adventurous new life in a novel about love, friendship, and escape by the bestselling author of The Memory of Us and Until We Meet. Welcome to a glamorous gateway to the jet ... more >

December 5, 2024

REVIEW: PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly

JayneBook Reviews / C Reviewsbest friend's little sister / brother's best friend / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / First-Person / grief / rom-traum / toxic parent / travelComments Off on REVIEW: PS: I Hate You by Lauren Connolly

In this splendidly bittersweet romantic comedy, enemies forced together by a mutual loss are led on a cross-country journey toward a second chance. Maddie Sanderson would be proud to honor her older brother’s dying wish, that she scatters his ashes over eight destinations that the adventurous 29-year-old never got to ... more >

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September 6, 2024

Reading List by Jayne for Late Summer/Early Autumn

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading ListsArt / costume / music / non-fiction / prison / Reading lists / travel4 Comments

Go to Hell: A Traveler’s Guide to Earth’s Most Otherworldly Destinations by Erika Engelhaupt You can go to hell and back with the help of this one-of-a-kind illustrated travel guide to real-life underworld destinations around the globe. Full of intrigue, lore, and plenty of brimstone and fire, each of the ... more >

June 25, 2024

REVIEW: Romancing Miss Stone: A Romantic Comedy (Belize Dreams, 1) by M.C. Vaughan

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsbanter / Belize / beta hero / Contemporary / forced proximity / Friends / gender flip / only one bed / opposites attract / road trip / road-romance / travel6 Comments

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His perfectly planned life is about to go wild. By-the-numbers Bo Ferguson has his future all planned. Then his archaeologist fiancée dumps him. Via text. From Belize. Navigating the rainforest to win her back is way out of Bo’s comfort zone, but so is the idea of starting over. Fortunately, ... more >

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