en-US Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:52:38 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Review7483437999 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:52:38 -0700 /review/show/7483437999 Jayne gave 5 stars to Run for the Hills (Hardcover) by Kevin Wilson
This charming novel about found family is a gem. Kevin Wilson has a light touch with flawed characters and imbues them with a generous spirit. It’s the warmth and kindness in this book that overcomes any flaws. His writing and stories are a delight. 4.5*

Thank you to NetGalley and Ecco for an advanced readers copy. ]]> ReadStatus9341761748 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 21:58:16 -0700 /review/show/7511400398 Jayne is currently reading Last Bus to Wisdom by Ivan Doig
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This is a great listen to learn what life is like inside a communist country, in this case North Korea. By outlawing any foreign books, press, radio and tv, the youth is brought up on the Communist propaganda. At some point, the brave souls that risk defection also risk the lives of family members that stay behind. This book is about several of defectors, their arduous journey and the difficulties involved. Fortunately for them, they seemed to be welcomed into South Korea. ]]> Review7486837941 Sat, 19 Apr 2025 05:30:11 -0700 /review/show/7486837941 Jayne gave 4 stars to Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games, #0.5) by Suzanne Collins
This is a prequel that gives you Hamitch Abernathy's origin story. If you have read the Hunger Games series, there is not much surprise about the ending. If you haven't, you can easily read this one first. It's a standard Hunger Games formula but I think they are all fun. I'm not tired of them yet! ]]> ReadStatus9301413602 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:39:30 -0700 /review/show/7483437999 Jayne is currently reading Run for the Hills by Kevin Wilson
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]]> Review7473962451 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:37:19 -0700 /review/show/7473962451 Jayne gave 4 stars to Society's Child: My Autobiography (Hardcover) by Janis Ian
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This is an extraordinary memoir read by the writer. I never heard about Janis Ian after At Seventeen. It was fascinating to hear about her international career and all of the hardships she survived. It’s heartwarming. 4.5* ]]> ReadStatus9301406568 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:37:16 -0700 /review/show/7443582596 Jayne marked as did-not-finish The Death of Us by Abigail Dean
]]> Review7473962451 Sat, 12 Apr 2025 14:34:40 -0700 /review/show/7473962451 Jayne gave 4 stars to Society's Child: My Autobiography (Hardcover) by Janis Ian
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This is an extraordinary memoir read by the writer. I never heard about Janis Ian after At Seventeen. It was fascinating to hear about her international career and all of the hardships she survived. It’s heartwarming. 4.5* ]]>