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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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Love this scarf on you. I've been looking at it online. Maybe my next purchase. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much, Lauren! X
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Tag Archives: books
Reading roundup 24/04/24
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! Regular visitors and friends may be aware that we have been struggling as a family with a range of issues. Personally, I have been suffering from bleak thoughts and serious depression, brought on by … Continue reading
Reading roundup 17/04/24
I am sorry to say that there isn’t a proper post today. Over the past week we have been struggling with family issues and my poor health, in addition we are trying to prepare for some building repairs on the … Continue reading
Reading roundup 10/04/24
Welcome to my blog! On Wednesdays I write a post about the books I have read during the previous week. As I keep track of them on the Goodreads website, I use their links to put my short reviews/responses on … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, crime, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction
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Reading roundup 03/04/24
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup. Last week, I wrote about A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, #01 Teixcalaan. This proved to be an absolute 5 star read. Well, the book I am writing about this week is the … Continue reading
Reading roundup 27/03/24
Welcome to this week’s post. Since I retired from work because my health collapsed, I have taken great comfort from my reading habits. I decided to track all of the books on the Goodreads website and also on this blog. … Continue reading
Reading roundup 20/03/24
Hello everyone and welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post! If you read last week’s you may remember that I was sort of addicted to a historical series: M J Porter’s The Eagle of Mercia Chronicles. There was one more … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, thrillers
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Reading roundup 13/03/24
Welcome to this week’s post. Today I am going to write about two books from the same series. I have chosen these for escapism because I have been feeling very ill and stressed out. Reading books like these really helps… … Continue reading
Reading roundup 06/03/24
Hello and welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post. I have read two very different books this week. One was a slight disappointment, sadly, the other was very different, which was interesting. The first book was The Ghost Ship. Kate … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, science fiction, thrillers
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Reading roundup 28/02/24
Welcome to this week’s post! Today I am writing about the first two books in a trilogy that I kind of stumbled upon. This is the first in the Fallen Gods trilogy: So, the first book was Godkiller by Hannah … Continue reading
Reading roundup 21/02/24
Welcome to this week’s post about my reading. As I have been very busy preparing for a difficult meeting tomorrow, this is going to be a very brief post. I have only read one book this week… Once again, I … Continue reading
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