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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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Dear Christina, thank you for your lovely comment. Yes, it’s so hard when we lose loved ones. I don’t think…
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Tag Archives: Goodreads
Reading roundup 15/10/25
Hello and welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post. Regular visitors may have become used to coming here to find that I haven’t been able to finish a book in a week! I must admit that I have been struggling … Continue reading
Reading roundup 01/10/25
Here is this week’s post about my reading journey. With all that is going on in my life, settling in to our new home and trying to sell the old one, trying to find just the right book has proved … Continue reading
Reading roundup 17/09/25
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup, my dear friends and fellow readers! Today, I am feeling rather amused about my most recent book. You will find out why that is later on in this post. Here is the book that … Continue reading
Reading roundup 03/09/25
Hello and welcome to my first reading post for September. I have recently finished a book that consisted of two novellas, one fantasy and the other science fiction… The book was Andre Norton’s Ice and Shadow. Here is the blurb… … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 27/08/25
Well, I had hoped that I would be able to finish my current book in time to write about it today. Unfortunately, I am still quite a few pages from the end and I don’t want to skim read it! … Continue reading
Reading roundup 20/08/25
Hello and welcome to this week’s post, fellow readers. I try to write every Wednesday about the books I have read during the previous week(s). The book I have been enjoying is the third in Gregg R Overman’s series, Blue … Continue reading
Reading roundup 13/08/25
Hello and welcome to this week’s post. I am feeling unwell today, owing to the hot weather, and so this post will be the bare minimum. Apologies! This week I have read the sequel to last week’s book, Blue Sunrise … Continue reading
Reading roundup 06/08/25
Welcome to my first “proper” Reading Roundup post for what seems like a long time! We are still in the throws of the house move with lots of packing boxes queueing up to be opened and sorted. So, when I … Continue reading
Reading roundup 02/07/25
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! When I started to write the post this morning, I thought that it was going to be a very short one. I was only about 60% through my latest book, John Gwynne’s The Fury … Continue reading
Reading roundup 25/06/25
Hello and welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup post. I have been struggling with my reading during the last few weeks due to the stress of moving house and my chronic ill health. We recently had a heatwave in this … Continue reading
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