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Retired School Librarian

Reading roundup 29/10/25

Posted on 29/10/2025 by The Librain

Welcome to this week’s reading post. To be quite honest, it has been a very strange week in my reading journey. Yesterday I gave up on yet another book and looked through my “Currently Reading” list on Goodreads and marked … Continue reading →

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Friday post 24/10/25: With apologies

Posted on 24/10/2025 by The Librain

Apologies. I can’t post today because I am struggling dreadfully with my mental health. I was supposed to go out today to get my new glasses and visit our old house, but I can’t get out of bed. I hope … Continue reading →

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Reading roundup 22/10/25

Posted on 22/10/2025 by The Librain

Every Wednesday I post about the book I am reading. Usually, I manage to finish a book in seven days, but this year I haven’t always achieved that goal. Due to severe health issues and house moving, I have been … Continue reading →

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Friday post 17/10/25: I have actually managed to go out!

Posted on 17/10/2025 by The Librain

Welcome to my blog. For most of this year I have been using Friday’s posts to log our house moving saga. Today I don’t have any news for you on that front, instead I am writing about my first trip … Continue reading →

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Reading roundup 15/10/25

Posted on 15/10/2025 by The Librain

Hello and welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post. Regular visitors may have become used to coming here to find that I haven’t been able to finish a book in a week! I must admit that I have been struggling … Continue reading →

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Friday post 10/10/25: Selling our house #06

Posted on 10/10/2025 by The Librain

Welcome to my blog, dear visitors and friends. At the moment, my Friday posts are following our family’s journey through the torturous English house selling system! Since the end of January this year, when we found the lovely bungalow that … Continue reading →

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Reading roundup 08/10/25

Posted on 08/10/2025 by The Librain

Oh dear! This seems to be happening a lot this year: I have to admit that I have not managed to finish my book this week. I am really struggling with my health and had planned to go out today … Continue reading →

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Friday post 03/10/25: Selling our house #05

Posted on 03/10/2025 by The Librain

So Friday has arrived once again! This will be a very short post because I am having a lot of health issues at the moment. My physical state is difficult enough to deal with. I have had a long list … Continue reading →

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Reading roundup 01/10/25

Posted on 01/10/2025 by The Librain

Here is this week’s post about my reading journey. With all that is going on in my life, settling in to our new home and trying to sell the old one, trying to find just the right book has proved … Continue reading →

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Saturday post 27/09/25: Selling our house #04

Posted on 27/09/2025 by The Librain

Well, I don’t think that I have ever posted on a Saturday before! To be honest, I was getting ready for bed last night when I realised that I had completely forgotten to write one. It wasn’t even an exceptionally … Continue reading →

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