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May 9, 2018

What Janine is Reading: Patricia Briggs’s Mercyverse, Part I

JanineA Reviews / B Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews / Reading Listsdemons / mechanic / Montana / Reading lists / Shapeshifter / trigger warnings / UF / Urban-Fantasy / vampires / Washington State / werewolves / witch15 Comments

Recently, I reviewed Patricia Briggs’s latest entry in the Alpha and Omega series, Burn Bright. When it came up in the comments that although I’m an avid follower of Charles and Anna, I had only read the first of the Mercy books, readers persuaded me to read further on in ... more >

February 8, 2016

JOINT REVIEW: Kings Rising by CS Pacat

KaetrinA Reviews / B+ Reviews / Recommended Readscaptivity narrative / enemies to lovers / Fantasy / m/m romance / prince / queer / trigger warnings98 Comments

Recommended Read

*All the trigger warnings* NOTE: The review is pretty much spoiler-free but the comments are not. If you don’t want to be spoiled, don’t read the comments. Go read Kings Rising and then come back and talk to us about all the things. Janine: Three years ago, Kaetrin and I ... more >

February 19, 2015

Thursday News: Insight into Oscar voting, trigger warnings, posthumous Dr. Seuss book, and Game of thrones Monopoly

JanetPublishing Newsawards / childrens-books / Dr. Seuss / Game of Thrones / games / Kameron Hurley / Neil Gaiman / trigger warnings9 Comments

Oscar Voter Reveals Brutally Honest Ballot: “There’s No Art to ‘Selma,'” ‘Boyhood’ “Uneven” – The Hollywood Reporter is posting daily interviews with Academy Award voters, and if you want a glimpse into the voting process of Academy members, you may want to check these interviews out. This one has garnered ... more >

December 16, 2014

Tuesday News: book covers, Judy Blume’s new adult novel, trigger warnings, and a 6-year-old self-published author

JanetPublishing Newsadult fiction / book-covers / Self-publishing / sexual-assault / trigger warnings / YA15 Comments

The Best Book Covers of 2014 – What goes into a great book cover? While the New York Times isn’t picking among a wide variety of genre books, they’ve chosen some very interesting images that can definitely be compared to the best covers within specific genres. Any of these covers ... more >

May 20, 2014

Tuesday News: ATT wants to merge with Direct TV, new Yahoo and AOL mail policy, trigger warnings in college lit classes, and 12 Years A Slave “fashion”

JanetPublishing Newsanti-trust / AOL / ATT / cable / Direct TV / email / literature / Race / security / trigger warnings / Yahoo25 Comments

AT&T and DirecTV strike $49 billion deal – Not to be outdone by the proposed TimeWarner-Comcast merger, AT&T is stepping up with an offer to buy Direct TV for a mere $49 billion, which would make the combined company the second largest subscriber tv service. Although because AT&T will also ... more >

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