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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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Dear Christina, thank you for your lovely comment. Yes, it’s so hard when we lose loved ones. I don’t think…
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Tag Archives: book reviews
Reading roundup 18/12/24
Welcome to this week’s post. It may turn out to be the final one for 2024, as I can’t see me feeling like writing one on Christmas Day! Well, I might manage a “Merry Christmas” type of post. I have … Continue reading
Reading roundup 11/12/24
It’s Wednesday so it must be Reading Roundup time! Last week I finished one book and then got stuck into a second one which is very long indeed. That one might take me a while to reach the end! Anyway, … Continue reading
Reading roundup 04/12/24
Well, we have arrived in the final month of the year, so it’s time to read as much as I can! Sorry, poor joke. I should, of course, be planning for the festive season, but the state of Lovely Husband’s … Continue reading
Reading roundup 27/11/24
Apologies, fellow readers! For once complicated life has got in the way of my reading this week so I haven’t been able to finish my current book. There are over a hundred pages left and if I skipped through them … Continue reading
Reading roundup 20/11/24
Welcome to my weekly post about the books I am reading. Since last Wednesday I have enjoyed one very long ebook… I had already read one of Kate Morton’s books, Homecoming, so I looked on the Library’s ebook catalogue and … Continue reading
Reading roundup 13/11/24
Welcome to this week’s post. So, I have just finished a book that was really not the kind that I usually choose, but then it had… Librarians! …on horseback! One of my friends posted about this book on Facebook and … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 06/11/24
We have reached the first November reading post already! This week I am writing about two books in the Darwath series by Barbara Hambly. Regular visitors might remember that I have been recently rereading the first three books that I … Continue reading
Reading roundup 30/10/24
This is the last Reading Roundup post for October – wow! I have been really enjoying working my way through old favourites from my younger days. One of the things that I love about books is that you can discover … Continue reading
Reading roundup 23/10/24
Wednesday’s reading post is here! I have been really enjoying reading the Darwath series by Barbara Hambly again. This week I finished the second book and am halfway through the third. I have also found out that Hambly has added … Continue reading
Reading roundup 16/10/24
Welcome to this week’s post. I have now gone way past my Goodreads target for the year – 50 books. Because I am working my way through old favourites, some of them haven’t registered on my count, so I have … Continue reading
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