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May 18, 2026

Review: The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

SiriusA Review Category / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschild heroine / Civil-War / graphic novels / Iran / Violence4 Comments

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Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi’s best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time.  “A stunning graphic ... more >

June 6, 2024

REVIEW: Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1930s / African American / African folklore / dysfunctional family / First-Person / Historical Fantasy / magical powers / POC / POC author / racism / religion / secrets / sisters / Small-Town / Southern / ViolenceComments Off on REVIEW: Daughter of the Merciful Deep by Leslye Penelope

A woman journeys into a submerged world of gods and myth to save her home in this powerful historical fantasy that shines a light on the drowned Black towns of the American South. “Our home began, as all things do, with a wish.” Jane Edwards hasn’t spoken since she was ... more >

November 22, 2023

REVIEW: A True Account by Katherine Howe

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 1930s / Boston / chick-in-pants / dual-timeline / First-Person / Historical / lesbian / maidservant / pirates / professor / shipboard / Violence / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

In Boston, as the Golden Age of Piracy comes to a bloody close, Hannah Masury – bound out to service at a waterfront inn since childhood – is ready to take her life into her own hands. When a man is hanged for piracy in the town square and whispers ... more >

September 14, 2023

REVIEW: Chenneville by Paulette Jiles

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1860s / 19th century / American historical / grief / Historical / Historical fiction / Missouri / murder / quest / Reconstruction / revenge / road trip / Texas / Violence / western4 Comments

Consumed with grief, driven by vengeance, a man undertakes an unrelenting odyssey across the lawless post–Civil War frontier seeking redemption in this fearless novel from the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of News of the World. Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His ... more >

August 25, 2023

REVIEW: The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEpic / epic fantasy / gender-based violence / Historical-China / LGBTQIA characters / LGBTQIAP+ / martial arts / Misogyny / outlaws / POC / POC author / revenge / social justice / ViolenceComments Off on REVIEW: The Water Outlaws by S. L. Huang

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A queer epic fantasy full of bandits, heroes, and revolution, inspired by the Chinese classic Water Margin; She Who Became the Sun meets The Dirty Dozen In the jianghu, you break the law to make it your own. Inspired by a classic of martial arts literature, The Water Outlaws are ... more >

February 2, 2022

REVIEW: The New Girl by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneBook Reviews / C+ ReviewsAsian Americans / Athlete / bullying / class differences / First-Person / high-school / murder / POC / POC author / racism / Violence / Young-Adult3 Comments

She’s a liar. A cheater. A murderer. And it’s only her first semester. From the author of The Obsession and Dial A For Aunties comes a story of a deadly game of cat and mouse set in the halls of a school that is hiding more than secrets in its ... more >

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