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The Dictionary of Lost Words Pip Williams

July 2, 2026 cheryl Leave a comment

The Dictionary of Lost Words is set within the history of the long gestation of the Oxford English Dictionary from…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: books, historical fiction, OED, Oxford, women's fiction, world war one

Update on The Gift of Belonging

June 18, 2026 cheryl

The Gift of Belonging has been out for a little over six weeks now. To say I’m thrilled to bits…

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Featherby Carolyn Ruffles

June 5, 2026 cheryl

Carolyn Ruffles pulls you into her worlds, whether they be historical or contemporary, and the world of Featherby is no…

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

A Year of Marvellous Ways Sarah Winman

May 9, 2026 cheryl

I’m a Sarah Winman devotee, so I had to have this one. As usual, the writing is beautiful, full of…

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A Carousel for Shade Tree K.L. Small

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When grieving widower Gus, watching a television program, spots the head of what might be a very special carousel horse…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: grief, romance, smalltown fiction, women's fiction

The Gift of Belonging is now out

May 1, 2026 cheryl

The Gift of Belonging is now out, and the kindle version available for sale. The paperback will be available as…

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Remember Me Lesley Pearce

April 29, 2026 cheryl

When I came across Remember Me (somewhere) and saw it was about a real woman, Mary Broad, who was transported…

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In Memoriam Alice Winn

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I picked up In Memoriam to give me a soldier’s view of life in the trenches of WW1 to complement…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: historical fiction, romance, world war one

Perotine Dreena Collins

April 4, 2026 cheryl

I will put my hand up now and say that Dreena Collins is a friend whom I met several years…

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The Forgotten Garden Kate Morton 

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Reading on my kindle, when the % read failed to work, this seemed like a very long book, and at…

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

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