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North Woods Daniel Mason

December 30, 2025 cheryl

Among my Christmas gifts, I found North Woods by Daniel Mason. The blurb promised a journey through American history via…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: Fantasy, historical fiction, magical realism

VAD nurses WW1

December 18, 2025 cheryl

Readers of The Herbalist’s Daughters (the standalone book 2 in The Wise Women series), might remember that one of the…

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Posted in: Bits of research, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, historical research, nursing, romance, vad NURSES, VADS, women's fiction, world war one, WW1

The Seventh Son Sebastian Faulks

December 16, 2025 cheryl

I’ve read many of Faulk’s books over decades and always loved them for their gentle, insightful humanity and a good…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: contemporary fiction, Fantasy, literary fiction

The Schimmering Alexandra Peel

November 30, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

At some 700 pages, The Schimmering is not a quick read. But I happily picked up this book during my…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: character driven, epic fantasy, Fantasy, novel

Only Ola Alex Banwell

November 20, 2025 cheryl

As a fan of Alex Banwell’s Just Benny series, I was intrigued to read this novella exploring the background of…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, novella, women's fiction

A bone a heart the law a promise

November 12, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

A bone a heart the law a promise – which of these was broken? was penned in response to a…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, romance, short stories, writing, writing prompts

The wall came tumbling down

October 26, 2025 cheryl

The wall came tumbling down was penned over ten minutes at a writing workshop – don’t judge me! It was…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, writing, writing prompts

Sofa

cheryl 1 Comment

‘That old sofa? You want to keep it?’My son shook his head, bemused. ‘It’s worn through. Look.’ He strode across…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, flash fiction, short stories, women's fiction, writing, writing prompts

The Betrayals Bridget Collins

October 23, 2025 cheryl

My first book of hers, and the thing I most enjoyed was the atmospheric writing which built this half-real half-imagined…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: Fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction, romance

Witches flayed

October 22, 2025 cheryl

A scene from River Witch that in the end didn’t make the cut. It was definitely one of those ‘killing…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, River Witch background Filed under: Fantasy, historical fantasy, historical fiction, historical romance, romance, women's fiction

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