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I’ve been around off and on since the first year of CBR, and it and books have been a constant in my life through multiple moves and a major career change. I live with 3 cats, Dany, Jace and Jorah. Fantasy, specific types of sci-fi, historical fiction (especially mysteries) and romance tend to be my go to genres now a days. (Learn more about this Cannonballer: Jen K's Quick Questions interview.)

Jen K's Reviews:

A Well-Written Romance Novel But Not Quite for Me

July 30, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I immensely enjoyed For Real, and for some reason thought it made sense to me to follow it up with the next novel in the series even though publishing order really has no bearing on reading order for romance novels, in general. Usually, I don’t even look at romance novel covers because they have nothing to do with the book, but the Pansies cover has two men in a flower shop so it’s actually completely relevant to what is happening in the novel.  I think […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alexis Hall, Contemporary Romance, LQBTQ, Pansies

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:136 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alexis Hall, Contemporary Romance, LQBTQ, Pansies ·
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Why is it always the deal breakers that end up the hero in fairy tales?

July 30, 2018 by Jen K 2 Comments

While I definitely grew up with all the normal fairy tales that inspired Disney movies, I also remember Rumpelstilzchen (German version) leaving a deep impression.  I can’t remember if it was because the story creeped me out (I mean, he tears himself in two when he loses the deal) or if I thought there was something unjust about the treatment of either him or the spinner’s daughter but I certainly thought it was an interesting choice when he became such a central figure in Once […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Fairy Tales, folklore, Naomi novik, spinning silver

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:135 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Fairy Tales, folklore, Naomi novik, spinning silver ·
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The escort with the dragon tattoo

July 30, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I started putting down my thoughts for this one, and then decided to check out what Malin had to say and noticed that we had similar reactions.  Overall, I really enjoyed this one, and I am going to need another reader to do some fan art of what Michael’s tattoo might look like ASAP because an athletic, attractive, ripped man with a dragon tattoo? Obviously, going to need a visual on that! Stella is a highly successful econometrist working in the Bay area involved in […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Contemporary Romance, diversity in romance, Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:134 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Contemporary Romance, diversity in romance, Helen Hoang, The Kiss Quotient ·
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Learn From My Mistake and Get This as an Audiobook

July 29, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Between this book and Gabrielle Union’s, I have realized that celebrity memoirs may be one of the genres I have a harder time reviewing, especially when they use more of an essay style than writing a straight up bio.  It’s a nice mix between sharing more of her background and how she even got into acting, revealing some of her more entertaining interactions with celebrities, and gushing over her hand bags. She mentions that “Treat Yourself” has become the phrase she is most associated with, […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor Tagged With: Celebrity Memoir, Retta, So Close to Being the Sh*t Y'all Don't Even Know

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:133 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Comedy/Humor · Tags: Celebrity Memoir, Retta, So Close to Being the Sh*t Y'all Don't Even Know ·
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Animal Husbandry and Home Renovation

July 29, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

This is the fourth of the Carsington Family novels, and focuses on the youngest and only remaining single brother, Darius.  His father challenges him to either take an old family estate that has finally been released from some legal restrictions and make it profitable within a year or settle down and marry a suitably well-dowered woman.  Darius considers himself the logical, unemotional brother though as the youngest, he also feels like there weren’t really many roles left to claim for himself.  While his father might […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Romance Tagged With: Carsington Family, historical romance, Loretta Chase, Not Quite a Lady

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:132 · Genres: Fiction, History, Romance · Tags: Carsington Family, historical romance, Loretta Chase, Not Quite a Lady ·
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Give Quinto More Books to Narrate Now!

July 29, 2018 by Jen K 2 Comments

I downloaded this novella a while back when it was an Audible deal of the day and finally got around to it.  This is actually the first time I’ve read anything by John Scalzi despite his popularity among certain nerdy readers, and I am not sure how representative this piece was of his other work, but it left me wanting more.  Zachary Quinto was also a great narrator for this, and basically needs to narrate all the things from now on. I came into this […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: john scalzi, The Dispatcher, Zachary Quinto

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:131 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: john scalzi, The Dispatcher, Zachary Quinto ·
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