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Tag: contemporary fiction

Coming Home to Hummingbird House Jane Harvey

March 4, 2025 cheryl

Jane Harvey’s Hummingbird House series brims with real life characters struggling with life’s messiness, and Coming Home continues the tradition…

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

Just Benny Alex Banwell

February 27, 2025 cheryl

Just Benny by Alex Banwell has penned a heart warming story of the struggles of a young boy with epilepsy…

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Posted in: Book reviews Filed under: coming of age, contemporary fiction, epilepsy, novel

Hope by the sea Tessy Braun

November 28, 2024 cheryl

After more than twenty years, Lorelei has divorced her abusive husband and is about to make a new life for herself…

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

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

Rottnest by EV Faulkner

August 23, 2022 cheryl 1 Comment

My monthly newsletter book reviews can be found on my Reviews of what I’m Reading page. But as I read more than one book…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: 1970s, contemporary fiction, music

Buttercups in the Basement by Jane Harvey

August 2, 2022 cheryl

My monthly newsletter book reviews can be found on my Reviews of what I’m Reading page. But as I read more than one book…

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Posted in: Book reviews, For the readers among us Filed under: 1960s, contemporary fiction, historical fiction, social issues, women's fiction

My review of The Landlord of Hummingbird House by Jane Harvey

March 9, 2022 cheryl
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My monthly newsletter book reviews can be found on my Reviews of what I’m reading page. But as I read more than one book…

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

Goodreads reading challenge problems?

November 25, 2021 cheryl

The Indie Bookshop is now closed – it was a festive season event for end 2021. Thank you to all…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, News Filed under: Christmas, contemporary fiction, fairytales, Fantasy, short stories, women's fiction

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