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Anne Barwell lives in Wellington, New Zealand. She shares her home with two cats who are convinced that the house is run to suit them; this is an ongoing "discussion," and to date it appears as though the cats may be winning.

In 2008 she completed her conjoint BA in English Literature and Music/Bachelor of Teaching. She has worked as a music teacher, a primary school teacher, and now works in a library. She is a member of the Upper Hutt Science Fiction Club and plays violin for Hutt Valley Orchestra.

She is an avid reader across a wide range of genres and a watcher of far too many TV series and movies, although it can be argued that there is no such thing as "too many." These, of course, are best enjoyed with a decent cup of tea and further t ...more

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	Shades of Sepia (The Sleepless City, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 245 ratings — published 2014 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Wings of Song 3.93 avg rating — 142 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Postscript (Kedgetown, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 133 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Family and Reflection (The Sleepless City #3) 4.29 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prelude to Love 3.64 avg rating — 101 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Divided Road 4.19 avg rating — 63 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowboxing (Echoes Rising, #1) 3.60 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 2012 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cat's Quill (Hidden Places #1) 3.72 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Slow Dreaming 3.69 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Knight to Remember 3.24 avg rating — 66 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Teaser Tuesday – 28/7/26 – On Wings of Song

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“Hello.” The old man eyed him up and down. “I didn’t expect to see you here again. What do you want?”

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A Legionnaire's Guide to Love and Peace

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The Librarian's Familiar (Familiar Mates #13)

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Loved. Hope there's more to come in the series. ...more
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Enjoyable shorter read but some of the repetitive turns of phrase got annoying - "other boy" and "other man". ...more
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Enjoyable read but nothing outstanding. A few extra stories not connected to the MCs but suspect will be going forward.
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I love contemporary westerns and this author’s books. This is a great start to the shared Snow Creek Ranch World. I loved Jesse and Lucas and how they started off on the wrong foot with completely erroneous preconceptions about each other, then slowl ...more
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I’m loving this series and hanging out for the next book. I love the idea of Robin Hood and his merry men in modern times, and with a paranormal slant. It’s fun marrying the legends and the reality of the characters in this series. I enjoyed learning ...more
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I love shared worlds, and enjoyed visiting Snow Creek Ranch. Hoyt and Aubrey’s romance is sweet, especially their bonding over their shared love of poetry. I also liked seeing other characters from the ranch, their interactions with the MCs, and look ...more
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Anne’s Quotes

“Stories never really end...even if the books like to pretend they do. Stories always go on. They don't end on the last page, any more than they begin on the first page.”
― Cornelia Funke, Inkspell

tags: inspirational

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“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.”
― Orson Welles

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“But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying,
If I am dead, as dead I well may be,
You'll come and find the place where I am lying,
And kneel and say Ave there for me,
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me”
― Frederic Weatherly

tags: danny-boy, death, grief, lyrics, mourning, music, paul-robeson, song

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“A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it.”
― Henry Ward Beecher, Eyes and ears

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