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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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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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Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, librarians
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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
Reading roundup 09/10/24
Welcome to the weekly post about books and reading. When I retired from working as a librarian, due to my health issues, I decided to track my reading on Goodreads. Every Wednesday I write on this blog about the books … Continue reading
Reading roundup 02/10/24
We have arrived at the first post of October already! This year is just flying past. I have finished one book this week and am about halfway through another. Here is the book cover… This book, The Stranger From Berlin … Continue reading
Reading roundup 25/09/24
Well, it’s Wednesday once again, so time for my weekly post about my reading. This week I decided that I really should finish a book that I had put aside for a while (if you can say that about ebooks!)… … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, fantasy, Goodreads, science fiction
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Reading roundup 18/09/24
Welcome to my weekly post about the books I am reading. Last week, I finished another reread of a Guy Gavriel Kay book: The Last Light of the Sun. Then I had trouble choosing my next book with a few … Continue reading
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