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All My Love by Miranda Dickinson
Always & Forever All My Love by Miranda Dickinson is the most charming contemporary novel that I never wanted to end. The tone is wonderfully light-hearted and fun, with much amusing banter. The book celebrates life and love and friendship. We all need those people around us who believe in us. Too often the world […]
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Dean Koontz Interview by Michael Wilson
Please have a watch of this fantastic interview with Dean Koontz from our son Michael Wilson. Dean is a thoroughly nice man. The interview has probing questions he has never been asked before. I have ordered three of Dean’s books to read but put many more in my wish list! JULIA WILSON Here is the […]
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The 2023 ALA Youth Media Awards
A Redeemed Reader Tradition This morning, a Redeemed Reader tradition of multiple years continued: listening to the ALA Youth Media Awards. Last year we gathered in person. This year it was virtual. We wake early and hunch over livestream announcements. For an hour there is: book chatter, “Ooh, I read that!” predictions, “maybe it will be Gary Paulsen …” the frantic scribbling of titles, “what was the second Schneider honor?” not to mention, the judicious use of library holds, “I’ve reached my hold limit!” But Why Pay Attention? In the words of Janie, from a prior year, “The reason we pay so much attention to this is not that we’re…
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A Notable Omission by Isabella Muir
Stepping Back In Time A Notable Omission by Isabella Muir is an historical novel set in 1970. It is the fourth book in the Janie Juke Mystery series but can be read as a stand-alone. The novel was very atmospheric. Comprehensive descriptions of the décor really evoked memories of the early seventies. It was brash. […]
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Mrs Bambi Knows by Chris Mason
Small Town Life Mrs Bambi Knows by Chris Mason is a delightful contemporary novel about life in small town America. The town comes to life under Chris Mason’s pen. I could ‘see’ the main street, A.M’s dress shop and Clarence’s farm to name but a few. Chris Mason’s words really evoke small town life – […]
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A Love To Last A Lifetime by Clare Swatman
Serenely Beautiful A Love To Last A Lifetime by Clare Swatman is a serenely beautiful contemporary novel about love. Love comes in many forms – the love of parents and children, between friends, husbands and wives, and an all-consuming love. This all-consuming love happens once in a lifetime to two characters in different generations. Both […]
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Gladys Hunt on Enduring Value
Editor’s Note: The “something new” Gladys Hunt notes below has been around awhile now and changes have occurred which she would probably have deplored. Something New I Recently Learned Originally published on the Tumblon site on September 4, 2009. James Marshall created some wonderful books. The George and Martha series are great hits with children. He also did The Cut-Ups and Space Case, the first of the Fox easy readers. His editor said about him, “Almost all of his books had some spectacularly dim-witted characters and he seemed to have a particular affection for them and gave them the best lines.” Winnie, in Wings: A Tale of Two Chickens, is…
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One Day With You by Shari Low
Of Love & Tears One Day With You by Shari Low is a beautiful, heartbreaking contemporary read that will tug at your heartstrings. My emotions were all over the place as I read. It is a book that celebrates friendship, family and new life whilst mourning endings with regrets for what might have been. Life […]
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Look Both Ways by Linwood Barclay
Coming 2nd Feb 2023 Another thrilling tale from Linwood Barclay and HQ Stories #LookBothWays. You do not want to miss this. To pre-order amzn.to/3WlmZ8L
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The Paris Sister by Adrienne Chinn
The Roaring Twenties The Paris Sister by Adrienne Chinn is a marvelous historical novel following the lives of three sisters through the roaring twenties. The world is in a time of immense change after World War I. The role of women is a complex one. World War I gave women many freedoms but as the […]
