The Librain
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!Pages
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- Update 27/11/20 – hassles all round!
- Reading roundup 25/11/20
- Update 23/11/20 with some grammatical humour
- Outfit of the day 20/11/20
- Reading roundup 18/11/20
- Outfit of the day 16/11/20 with Hermès’ Sweet Dreams scarf
- Update 13/11/20 with birthday gifts
- Reading roundup 11/11/20
- Update 09/11/20
- Update 06/11/20
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Reading roundup 25/11/20
I have been rushing to finish a book so that I could write about in this week’s Reading Roundup, but realised that I was spoiling the ending for myself. So, this post will be about one book this week and … Continue reading
Reading roundup 18/11/20
First of all, I must apologise for the lateness of this post. I had almost finished the book, but not quite, so I decided to read to the end so that I could write a post this week. Yes, I … Continue reading
Reading roundup 11/11/20
I read two very different books this week. The first was a non-fiction account of the complex investigations into a series of rapes and assaults in the USA; the second was the third book in a crime series that I … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, crime, ebooks, Goodreads, mystery, non-fiction
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Reading roundup 04/11/20
Well, here is the first Reading Roundup of November – I am finding it very difficult to believe that this year is moving so fast! As I am still struggling with poor concentration, plus an addiction to yet another series … Continue reading
Reading roundup 28/10/20
Apologies in advance: this will be a very short post because I have only read one book this week and also I have been very ill for a couple of days and cannot concentrate. The book was The Secrets We … Continue reading
Reading roundup 21/10/20
I am pleased to be able to write that I did manage to finish a couple of books since I last uploaded one of these Reading Roundup posts. Despite having issues with concentration, together with an addiction to another series … Continue reading
Reading roundup 30/09/20
Well, here is my final Reading Roundup for this month. I have two books to tell you about this week. My first read was The Return by Harry Sidebottom. Let’s look at the blurb before my review: He came home … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, mystery
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Reading roundup 23/09/20
Well, I have managed to read two books this week and I am part-way through a third. This is despite being glued to a TV programme on Amazon Prime: the fourth season of the superb This is Us! The first … Continue reading
Reading roundup 16/09/20
Well, I have a confession to make: I haven’t managed to finish a book this week! I have been really struggling with my health and haven’t had the necessary concentration. Instead, I am about half way through my book – … Continue reading
Reading roundup 09/09/20
I got myself into a bit of a muddle with my reading this week. This is what happened… Feeling bored, I had a look through the ebook catalogue on our Public Library’s app and chose a few to download, purely … Continue reading
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