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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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Anne, Delighted to see you are back and smiling ! Congratulations on the sale of your home. Bittersweet isn't it.…
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Tag Archives: fantasy
Reading roundup 18/05/22
Welcome back to my Reading Roundup. I have two books to tell you about today as I have been too ill to read on many of the days whilst I had a break from the blog! Although I have almost … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 23/03/22
Well, I have finally finished the book! At last! OK, it was very long, almost 900 pages, and I was enjoying it, but illness and distraction got in the way of concentration. I simply found it very hard to focus … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 02/02/22
This week I only have the one book to tell you about, but what a book! On my iPad it was over 900 pages, which is like reading a trilogy in one go. Here it is… The book was Jay … Continue reading
Reading roundup 19/01/22
Have you read some good books lately? Or even great books? Well, I am pleased to be able to say that I have read some really interesting and absorbing books over the last week. In my last Reading Roundup post, … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 12/01/22
I do hope that you have read some great books since I last posted. I have read two very different books and I think I have found a new author and series to enjoy! Right, here we go… When I … Continue reading
Reading roundup 17/11/21
I am really pleased that I have managed to meet my Goodreads’ goal of reading 60 books this year and that there is more reading time left in 2021! There may be a few in the list that I didn’t … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 10/11/21
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post. I have two books to tell you about this week. There might have been a third, but I am actually doing something rather difficult: reading two books at the same time! OK, this … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 27/10/21
This has been a really interesting week in terms of reading. Whilst the real world has been very tense, upsetting and fraught, my reading has taken my mind away from all of that! My first book was the fourth in … Continue reading
Reading roundup 20/10/21
This week’s reading has been a feast of the Fae, a festival of fantasy! Yes, I have immersed myself in further books from Sarah J Maas’s series: A Court of Thorns and Roses. Fine fun and fierce frivolity? What the … Continue reading
Reading roundup 13/10/21
Hello to all of you keen readers! I must admit that I have only finished one book this week – but what a book!!! You may remember that Joe Abercrombie is one of my most favourite authors of all time. … Continue reading
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