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The Librain
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Former professional school librarian, now retired through chronic illness. Trying to keep cheerful by reading, drinking lots of tea, blogging my new life, and my love of bling!
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Category Archives: Reading
Reading roundup 31/05/23
Hello and welcome to the latest Reading Roundup post. I haven’t been able to write one for ages and regular visitors to the blog will have seen the reasons why. Yes, we are still stuck here in bed together and … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, thrillers
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Reading roundup 26/04/23
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! With everything that is going on in this house, I suppose that I am lucky to have finished one book this week. My book this week was Blood of the Mantis by Adrian Tchaikovsky, … Continue reading
Reading roundup 19/04/23
Well, I have a confession to make this week: I haven’t been able to finish a book! Lovely Husband is ill, so we are sharing the bed and I am dragging myself up and down the stairs to fetch the … Continue reading
Reading roundup 05/04/23
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! I do hope that you have all enjoyed your reading recently and have discovered loads of great books, whatever your taste may be. Over the last week I have not been feeling very well … Continue reading
Reading roundup 29/03/23
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post! Every Wednesday I check my Goodreads account, where I log all of my books, and post the covers, blurbs and my short reviews on this blog. I like to use Goodreads as it … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, crime, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, mystery
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Reading roundup 22/03/23
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post! Today, I am going to write about a trilogy that I enjoyed during that horrible bout of shingles. I was really struggling to read anything. Pain made my concentration levels sink to the … Continue reading
Reading roundup 15/03/23
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post! This week I will write about two more books that I was able to complete whilst I was ill. The first book was a completely random choice from the County Library’s ebook service: … Continue reading
Reading roundup 08/03/23
Welcome to the first Reading Roundup post for March! It seems such a long time since I last wrote one of these. Unfortunately, I have been very ill, but I do have some books to tell you about. I will … Continue reading
Reading roundup 01/02/23
Welcome to the first Reading Roundup post for February! I have been struggling to read even ebooks over the last few weeks. My various health issues have been flaring up and these, together with difficult family matters, have resulted in … Continue reading
Reading roundup 18/01/23
Well, I have a confession to make this week: I haven’t finished a book! Not one. Even a short one… Oh dear! I started three different books. Three. But the first two simply didn’t work for me, even though I … Continue reading
Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your kind comment. I must admit that I feel a bit strange about…