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December 19, 2022

REVIEW: The Winter Garden by Nicola Cornick

JayneBook Reviews / C+ Reviews1600s / Contemporary / Dual Timelines / England / grief / Historical / musician / religion / treasure / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

Sweeping across generations from the 1600s to the present day and inspired by the true story of the leader of the infamous Gunpowder Plot, Nicola Cornick’s latest historical mystery combines past and present story lines that fans of Philippa Gregory and Susanna Kearsley will devour. 1605: Anne Catesby fears for ... more >

August 16, 2022

REVIEW: Sophie Go’s Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim

JayneB- Reviews / Book ReviewsChinese-Canadian MCs / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / Magical Realism / matchmakers / older characters / POC / POC author / Toronto / toxic relationship / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: Sophie Go’s Lonely Hearts Club by Roselle Lim

Newly minted professional matchmaker Sophie Go has returned to Toronto, her hometown, after spending three years in Shanghai. Her job is made quite difficult, however, when she is revealed as a fraud—she never actually graduated from matchmaking school. In a competitive market like Toronto, no one wants to take a ... more >

June 9, 2022

REVIEW: You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty by Awaeke Emezi

JanineB- Reviews / Book Reviews#ownvoices / Artist / bisexual heroine / Chef / Contemporary / fiction with strong romantic elements / grief / LGBTQIAP+ / love triangles / New York City / POC / POC author / tropical island / Womens-Fiction10 Comments

Dear Awaeke Emezi, I’ve been meaning to try one of your books for years, ever since I read Ana Grilo’s review of Pet for Kirkus. The book sounded really good and really different, but somehow, I never got around to reading it. However, when

April 27, 2022

REVIEW: In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1920s / 1960s / African American women / American historical / domestic abuse / domestic violence / dual-timeline / estranged marriage / family relationships / First-Person / gender-based violence / Historical / journalist / Los Angeles / POC / POC author / police brutality / racism / road novels / road trip / Womens-FictionComments Off on REVIEW: In the Face of the Sun by Denny S. Bryce

At the height of the Civil Rights Movement amidst an America convulsed by the 1960s, a pregnant young woman and her brash, profane aunt embark upon an audacious road trip from Chicago to Los Angeles to confront a decades-old mystery from 1920’s Black Hollywood in this haunting novel of historical ... more >

April 21, 2022

REVIEW: A New Mantra by Sapna Srinivasan

JayneBook Reviews / C ReviewsContemporary / divorcee / family relationships / immigrant / Indian American / POC / POC author / Running / Seattle / self discovery / The Sood Family Series / Womens-Fiction2 Comments

She’s always done what was expected of her. Until… When 30-year-old Seattle-based Indian housewife Mira Sood is blindsided by her husband’s extramarital affair, her three-year arranged marriage is shattered. Humiliated, heartbroken, near-broke, and facing the united dissension of her orthodox family, Mira is desperate to rebuild her life. She moves ... more >

April 5, 2022

REVIEW: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

JayneA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads1950s / 1960s / American historical / chemistry / dog / family relationships / found family / Historical / Misogyny / mothers and daughters / omniscient voice / rowing / science / Scientist / single mother / strong heroine / Womens-Fiction14 Comments

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Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute takes a very unscientific view of equality. Except ... more >

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