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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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Delighted to hear you are still walking and being quite stylish while doing so! I love your laps you and…
Dear Lauren, apologies! I have only just seen your lovely and kind comment because it had been filtered out as…
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Category Archives: Reading
Reading roundup 15/11/17
I has been a fortnight since I last wrote one of these posts, so I have quite a few books to talk about and I will get on with that straight away. I was just finishing Robert Crais’ The Promise … Continue reading
Reading roundup 01/11/17
I have read 100 books this year! As I track my reading on Goodreads, it is interesting (for me) to see how many I finish. I am not trying to break any records, but you can see one way that … Continue reading
Reading roundup 26/10/17
I am sorry that this is a day late and also some minutes late too. As I am still feeling very poorly, it will consist of the blurb plus my Goodreads reviews. The first book of the week was Lee … Continue reading
Reading roundup 18/10/17
I haven’t finished quite as many books this week, only two, probably because they were longer and “meatier” than usual! Both have been very enjoyable, though. The first was a different kind of book for me – Conclave by Robert … Continue reading
Reading roundup 11/10/17
Ooh! This is my 200th post! I can’t quite believe I have got this far with the blog 😄😄😄! I have enjoyed my reading this last week, which is just as well because I have spent a lot of time … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 04/10/17
I have decided to add the blurb to each book review from this week. Hopefully, that will be helpful. I am also pleased that we were able to visit the public library today so that I could pick up two … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 27/09/17
I think that books are going a long way towards saving my life at the moment. My situation would be almost unbearable if I could not lose myself in a good story. That is why I read: story. And probably … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 20/09/17
I am not even going to make excuses any more for using my Goodreads reviews on these weekly posts. It makes sense to do so, as I will not have to repeat things I have already written! Anyway, I am … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 13/09/17
Thank goodness for ebooks! I finished my pile of library books a week ago, but have been too ill since to visit the library and choose some more. Luckily, their ebook service, using BorrowBox, has a pretty good selection so … Continue reading
Reading roundup 06/09/17
Until this afternoon, I had only managed to read one book this week. That is almost unheard of for me! This is probably because I have been so poorly and, when I am struggling like this, my concentration goes and … Continue reading
Dear Lauren, thank you again for commenting! I enjoyed my walks last week, but we are struggling with a heatwave…