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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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Tag Archives: books
Reading roundup 17/08/22
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! This last week turned out to be rather annoying in terms of my reading. Unusually for me, I had three false starts (awful clunky writing) before turning to something more tried and tested. The … Continue reading
Reading roundup 10/08/22
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! Unfortunately I have been struggling a lot with my illness and family issues, so have only managed to finish one book because my concentration has been so poor. Let’s hope everything improves in the … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 03/08/22
Welcome to the first Reading Roundup post for August! During the last week, I have read and enjoyed two very different books. This is the first one… Yes, I decided to return to the Vorkosigan Saga once again. This book … Continue reading
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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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Anne, Happy belated Mother's Day! That tea looks delicious and who does not love cakes! I'm glad you had a…