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March 1, 2022

REVIEW: Delilah Green Doesn’t Care by Ashley Herring Blake

JanineB- Reviewsbisexual heroine / bookstore owner / Contemporary / estranged family / f/f / lesbian heroine / LGBTQIAP+ / Photographer / revenge-plot / Small-Town / wedding / wedding photos12 Comments

Dear Ashley Herring Blake, I first spotted your debut contemporary romance on Goodreads. Early reviews there were very favorable, and even though it’s a “big city girl comes back to the small town where she grew up” story and that is one of my least favorite tropes in the genre, ... more >

January 25, 2022

REVIEW: The Five-Day Reunion by Mona Shroff

JayneB Reviews / Book ReviewsContemporary / family relationships / forced proximity / Harlequin / Indian American / Once Upon a Wedding series / POC / POC author / second chance at love / weddingComments Off on REVIEW: The Five-Day Reunion by Mona Shroff

They ended their marriage, but they never fell out of love… Law student Anita Virani hasn’t seen her ex-husband since the ink dried on their divorce papers. Now she’s agreed to pretend she’s still married to Nikhil until his sister’s wedding celebrations are over—because her former mother-in-law neglected to tell ... more >

April 30, 2021

REVIEW: Dial A for Aunties by Jesse Q Sutanto

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Asian Americans / Asian characters / family relationships / First-Person / macabre comedy / mothers and daughters / POC / POC author / second chance romance / sisters / wedding9 Comments

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What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with 2 thousand wedding guests and then toss in a possible curse on 3 generations of an immigrant Chinese-Indonesian family? You get 4 meddling Asian aunties coming to the rescue! When Meddelin Chan ends up accidentally killing her blind date, her meddlesome ... more >

April 1, 2021

REVIEW: Father of the Bride by Edward Streeter

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1940s / family relationships / fathers and daughters / Historical / wedding / wedding planning4 Comments

Poor Mr. Banks! His jacket is too tight, he can’t get a cocktail, and he’s footing the bill…He’s the father of the bride. Stanley Banks is just your ordinary suburban dad. He’s the kind of guy who believes that weddings are simple affairs in which two people get married. But ... more >

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January 25, 2021

Jayne’s Best of 2020

JayneA Review Category / A Reviews / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads / Top Ten ListsBest of 2020 / best of list / cats / children's book / Fantasy / Fiction / older MCs / picture books / POC / POC author / wedding / Young-Adult9 Comments

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Doing a rough count of my 2020 reading journal, I read a little over 200 books last year. I also started but DNF a number of books that I didn’t count in that total. So … I read a lot. There are many B+ grade books that for various reasons ... more >

December 28, 2020

REVIEW: Once Upon a Winter Wedding by Jeannie Watt

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readschildhood friends / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / Idaho / sister's best friend / wedding / wedding planningComments Off on REVIEW: Once Upon a Winter Wedding by Jeannie Watt

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Can opposites attract and plan the perfect winter wedding? Free-wheeling Stevie Evans is thrilled when her best friend announces she’s getting married and promises to help, never imagining she’d play wedding planner with her bestie’s uptight brother, Brant. She and Brant clashed several years ago and she’s avoided him ever ... more >

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