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Category: Book reviews

The Ransom for Ruth Reed KT McGivens

June 13, 2023 cheryl

In the manner of Miss Marple, but younger, and more upper class, journalist Katie Porter bends her crime-solving skills to…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: book reviews, mysteries

If I were invisible Lily Lawson

May 28, 2023 cheryl

Lily Lawson again delights young readers – and their mums and dads, grands, older siblings etc  – with her latest…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: children's books, fun poetry for kids, kids books, kids poetry

The Magic Carousel K.L. Small

May 23, 2023 cheryl

A delightful pacy read to captivate young and old Russell can never do anything right. Not since his disastrous seventh…

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Searching for Sandra Jane Harvey

May 21, 2023 cheryl

This third book in Jane Harvey’s Hummingbird House series engages us even more deeply in the lives of Betty and…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: 1960s fiction, contemporary fiction, romance

The Palm Tree Swingers Island Band – Lily Lawson

April 14, 2023 cheryl

Lily Lawson writes relatable poetry for adults and fun, fun, fun poetry for kids. Already a fan of Santa’s Early…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: book reviews, fun poetry for kids, kids poetry

The Fable of Wren Rue Sparks

March 25, 2023 cheryl

The meaning of true friendship and how to not be alone Non-binary Wren is grieving the sudden death of their…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: book reviews, LGBTQ, literary fiction, novellas

Dark Eyes Nina Romano

March 21, 2023 cheryl

For lovers of historical fiction, romance, and a dark thriller. Nina Romano takes the reader effortlessly to 1950’s Stalinist Russia,…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: historical fiction, mystery, romance, thrillers

The 41st Disaster R.S. Jonesee

March 9, 2023 cheryl

I’ve much enjoyed R S Jonesee’s Postscript Island books, so this was a natural for me to read. A standalone…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: book reviews, romance, women's fiction

The Accidental Time Travelers Collective

February 28, 2023 cheryl

The Accidental Time Travelers Collective is an entertaining and well written book of short stories with a wide ranging take…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: anthology, Fantasy, short stories, time travel

Women Talking Marian Toews

February 23, 2023 cheryl

Who would have thought a book set entirely in a loft where eight women are meeting in secret would be…

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

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