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By: AUCK 014
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2025-05-13 12:41:13 |
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Light but likable! A pleasant and gentle read, with some delightful and engaging characters, and fascinating connections to bee-keeping. Well-written, but perhaps a bit of a 'Pollyanna' ending, given the many important themes within the story. That said it was a chance to to escape from a relentless diet of depressing news in the real world. |
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By: CHCH 240
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2025-05-02 11:46:00 |
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Enjoyable and interesting - we all learned a lot about bees and their life cycle. Wonderful portrayal of three diverse characters, beautifully interwoven, and using the bees as the common thread. |
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By: HAMIL 018
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2025-02-17 12:47:41 |
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Much discussion about the wonderful information on bee keeping and the life of bees. We all learnt a lot and all were fascinated - the writer portrayed this aspect very well. Good characters, and much discussion about friendships and love and trust. Whilst overall not outstanding, we all enjoyed it. |
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By: WESTO 001
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2024-11-28 09:18:04 |
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Overall everyone enjoyed this book. Described as an easy light read, some felt that the characters could have been fleshed out more and some of the story line a bit contrived but overall an enjoyable read. Insights into bee hives and bees interesting. |
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By: NELS 062
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2024-10-16 12:12:14 |
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All enjoyed this light, well-written read. The three main characters were believable - all lost souls who became friends and were able to move forward. Felt it could have been developed as a work of eco fiction. Prompted much discussion about bees and we wanted to learn more about them. |
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By: DUNED 118
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2024-04-02 17:31:12 |
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A delightful book, nice story and an easy read. We enjoyed the link to bee keeping and bee behaviour at each chapter heading. The development of the characters and the way they overcame their individual obstacles was woven into the story well. The importance of bees and the effects of chemicals in our environment was effectively illustrated. Members would be keen to read more of her work. |
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By: LITRIV 002
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2024-03-06 13:08:27 |
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Enjoyed by all. A nice start to the year - especially for the beekeepers in our group. |
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By: CHCH 544
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2024-02-12 17:52:09 |
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Mixed views from not gritty enough to pleasant reading. Those of us who liked it described the book as a gentle read. Those who did not like the book were looking for some action. |
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By: NGARB 001
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2024-01-11 10:06:14 |
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We all enjoyed this novel. Three main characters each with differing challenges, interspersed with the 'lifestyle' of honeybees. We had an interesting discussion. |
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By: THAM 005
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2023-10-12 14:43:34 |
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A pleasant book that everyone enjoyed! Great characters. We discussed how Book Club is less fun when we all agree!! |
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By: MANGWH 005
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2023-10-02 11:51:53 |
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We all loved the book. Soft, gentle story of overcoming grief. Just felt the ending was a bit "unfinished". |
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By: TAUM 003
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2023-10-02 10:02:24 |
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We all enjoyed this book - explains how crucial bees are to human survival and raises many related issues for discussion. |
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By: TIMAR 022
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2023-08-08 14:09:17 |
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Enjoyed by all. We thought 'family' can be made up of anyone. |
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By: AUCK 342
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2023-08-03 12:09:40 |
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A lovely uplifting story that we all enjoyed. |
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By: CHCH 400
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2023-06-19 13:02:42 |
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Popular read with our book. Plot a little 'too good to be true' but well-written. An easy, feel-good read. |
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By: NELS 021
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2023-06-15 11:49:37 |
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Light read, pleasant and predictable. Enjoyed by those who read it. A comfort read. |
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By: ROTO 014
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2023-06-07 10:06:49 |
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A moving, heartwarming read, although the ending seemed to be ineffectual. Generally it was surprisingly enjoyed. We loved the 'quotes' at the beginning of each chapter, plus the life cycle of the bees. Great information. |
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By: ASHB 016
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2023-05-10 17:36:22 |
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We all loved this book - it was good to see how everyone tied in together and the bee facts were great. We all learnt a lot about bees! The only complaint would be that it all ended up happily ever after and life it not generally like that, but that aside, we all enjoyed the story. Easy read and great discussion as always. |
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By: KAIK 001
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2023-05-03 14:45:24 |
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We loved this book. |
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By: OHOPE 009
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2023-04-17 11:56:37 |
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Lovely light feel good read. Loved the interesting bee facts throughout the book. |
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By: FEILD 005
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2023-03-27 14:15:11 |
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Most of the group loved this book. One member thought it was one of her best reads. We had a big discussion focused on the community in the story. Coming from a small rural area we all related to that. |
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By: TAUR 051
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2023-03-27 11:57:33 |
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Our group unanimously enjoyed this book from beginning to end. A moving story with loveable characters, importance of community, the environment and in depth knowledge of bee keeping. |
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By: FEILD 005
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2023-03-22 19:21:44 |
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Most of the group loved this book. One member thought it was now one of her best reads. We had a big discussion mainly focused on the community support in the story. Coming from a small rural area we all related to that. |
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By: MAST 003
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2023-03-09 13:29:45 |
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Members enjoyed the book overall - learned about bees, and the characters were believable. Felt it all tied up too perfectly at the end - too much said. Easy summer read. |
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By: OHOPE 004
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2023-03-01 12:36:52 |
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The characters were well depicted in the story. An easy read - we still have a lot to learn about bees! |
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By: CHCH 395
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2023-02-13 11:24:37 |
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Loved it! Best book of the year! |
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By: AUCK 027
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2022-12-19 14:24:19 |
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The book was enjoyed - there are lessons to be learned from bees. One member found the text pale and difficult to read at night. |
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By: AUCK 280
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2022-11-16 13:06:51 |
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'Music of Bees' shows great insight into the needs of all age groups to be accepted and have a sense of belonging in order to stay emotionally well. Everyone enjoyed this book and learnt a lot about bees, giving renewed interest and concern about their environment. |
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By: HAMIL 029
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2022-11-14 10:21:19 |
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We all enjoyed this book. It was interesting on the subject of bees - though some of us took no notice of those parts - and the characterisation of lonely people who find comfort and life-purpose through looking after bees made for enjoyable reading. |
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By: INVER 002
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2022-10-21 11:29:24 |
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We all enjoyed this book. Easy light reading after two 'heavy' ones. Love, compassion and community spirit - all the things we need these days. Learnt about the bees too. |
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By: AUCK 339
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2022-10-12 12:45:17 |
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Nice easy read with a happy ending. Likeable characters. Loved by all. |
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By: TAUR 023
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2022-09-28 10:22:47 |
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Small print bothered some members, but all enjoyed the story and claimed they learnt a lot about bees and beekeeping. |
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By: WELL 086
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2022-09-23 14:45:20 |
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Enjoyable book. |
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By: AUCK 260
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2022-09-21 13:38:23 |
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Great book - easy read. |
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