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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 27/07/22
Hello fellow readers! I have three books to tell you about this week. Two were great, but one was a real miss, as you will find out later. Those of you who follow these posts may remember that I have … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 20/07/22
Hello Reading friends! Apologies for the lack of Reading Roundup posts for a couple of weeks. Illness and hot weather meant that I couldn’t cope with writing on the blog. I didn’t even read for a few days! Anyway, I … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 06/07/22
This is going to be a very short post today. I have been going through various medical procedures and am feeling rather upset and traumatised. Because of all this, I have been unable to concentrate on my reading and I … Continue reading
Reading roundup 29/06/22
Hello and welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post: the last one in June. At the end of last week’s post, I said that my next book was by a new-to-me author. Oh, my memory is so awful! In fact … Continue reading
Reading roundup 22/06/22
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! These Wednesday posts are about the books that I have finished reading since the previous week’s Roundup. I am a member of Goodreads, where I have been tracking my reading for a few years. … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 15/06/22
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post. This was an unusual and rather extraordinary week of reading. First of all, I managed to finish three books without rushing. Secondly, I loved all of them and gave them all five stars … Continue reading
Reading roundup 08/06/22
I have enjoyed two very different books in the past week. The first was a book of science fiction short stories, the second an absorbing dystopia that mirrors our own situation. The short story collection is called Federations, edited by … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 01/06/22
Welcome to the first Reading Roundup post of the new month! I finished one book and am part-way through another (which I will write about next week). My book of the week was A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E … Continue reading
Reading roundup 25/05/22
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post. I finished two books and am part way through a very enjoyable third! This is the first one: My first book was Eyes of the Void by Adrian Tchaikovsky, #02 The Final Architecture. … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 18/05/22
Welcome back to my Reading Roundup. I have two books to tell you about today as I have been too ill to read on many of the days whilst I had a break from the blog! Although I have almost … Continue reading
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