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July 8, 2020

REVIEW: The Chase by Elle Kennedy

JennieB+ Reviews / Book ReviewsBriar U Series / College Hockey / New Adult / roommates / video games2 Comments

Dear Elle Kennedy: I read the original Off-Campus quartet back in 2015 and 2016; I gave the first book a B and the last three each got a B+. So when Janine told me there was a new series set at the same fictional university, Briar, featuring the school’s seemingly ... more >

February 26, 2018

Monday News: Terry not so Goodkind, ebooks and hardcovers, sexist new video game

JanetPublishing Newsbook-covers / cover artists / digital books / Hachette / hardcovers / video games21 Comments

Terry Goodkind Apologizes to Artist After Trashing Cover to Own Book – When Terry Goodkind called his new book cover “laughably bad,” he was in no way insulting the cover artist. Of course he wasn’t! Who would ever think that?! If you believe his lame “apology,” he was really criticizing ... more >

September 18, 2017

REVIEW: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

JanineB Reviews1980s / dystopian / fiction with strong romantic elements / geek / geek culture / near-future / popular culture / video games / YA science fiction17 Comments

Dear Mr. Cline, Your 2003 2011 novel, Ready Player One, was aptly described by USA Today as “Willy Wonka meets The Matrix.” Much like Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Ready Player One begins with an impoverished boy obsessed with a worldwide contest. Wade Watts loves ... more >

A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire #1) by George R. R. Martin
August 4, 2017

Friday News: Stories and Storytelling

JanetPublishing NewsAudible / Dream Daddy / Game of Thrones / George R.R. Martin / music video / podcast / Stan Lee / television adaptation / video games2 Comments

Book Purists, It’s Finally Time to Give Up and Start Watching Game of Thrones – It’s interesting to see that as GoT the television show chugs on, while the book series crawls toward a new book, we are seeing more arguments for the usurpation of the books by the show. Not ... more >

April 28, 2016

Thursday News: Self-censorship in China, GameTrust, James Beard winners, and more book vending machines

JanetPublishing Newsbook vending machines / censorship / China / cookbooks / GameStop / human rights / James Beard / literary awards / publishing / video games1 Comments

Book Debate Raises Questions of Self-Censorship by Foreign Groups in China – While there has been ample discussion about censorship by the Chinese government, the behavior of foreign entities – in this case the American Bar Association – has not been widely scrutinized. However, when the ABA rescinded an offer to ... more >

January 11, 2016

Monday News: RIP David Bowie; That Dragon, Cancer; Urban Romance stereotypes; and the first book of photos

JanetPublishing Newsbotany / Cancer / David Bowie / History / obituary / photography / Race / That Dragon / Urban Romance / video games6 Comments

Legendary Artist David Bowie Dies at 69 – Even as I type this I cannot believe it. After an 18-month battle with cancer, and only two days after he released his 25th album, David Bowie has died. I still remember having floor seats to one of his shows at the LA Forum, ... more >

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