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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: fantasy
Reading roundup 12/02/20
Oh, I am reading such a good book this week! So enjoyable! Erm, the present tense in the first sentence is a big giveaway – I haven’t finished the book. In fact I am only about half way through. It … Continue reading
Reading roundup 29/01/20
I have enjoyed and finished two books since I last wrote a Roundup post. Luckily, I am still managing to find enough on our library’s ebook site to keep me going and, therefore, avoid buying my own (more money for … Continue reading
Reading roundup 04/12/19
I am very tired after over a week of difficult days for the family, so will have to make this post short but, I hope, sweet-ish! This week’s Reading Roundup is again about one book, but it was a long … Continue reading
Reading roundup 21/08/19
There will be only one Reading Roundup post this week, as usual. I have read two books, both very different. Here is the first one: The Secret Chord by Geraldine Brooks was a real departure for me. This is a … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 14/08/19
It is two weeks since I last wrote one of these Reading Roundups and so I think that I will break up the long list of books into two posts, with the second one tomorrow. My first book was Nora … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 31/07/19
So, we have arrived at the last reading post of July already! I am not well today, so this will be a rather basic version of the usual roundup. I finished two books last week, as I was rather distracted … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 24/07/19
Well, last week’s reading was much more successful than the week before’s. I definitely chose the right books this time! The first book of the week was Year One (Chronicles of the One #01) by Nora Roberts. Here is the … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 17/07/19
This situation hardly ever happens to me, especially these days. Last week’s books turned out to be very poor choices in that I didn’t enjoy either of them! Despite a good range of stock at the Library to select from, … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 03/07/19
Three great books this week. I am so lucky to have a local library which stocks my favourite genres in such abundance. Long may it continue! My first book was Ruin by John Gwynne, #03 of The Faithful and the … Continue reading
Reading roundup 26/06/19
I have enjoyed two books this week. Although they were both in the fantasy genre, they were very different. The first, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, was a kind of retelling of a fairy tale, or tales. Here is the … Continue reading
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