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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: Goodreads
Reading roundup 15/01/20
Well, I have only finished one book this week. My concentration issues have been pretty bad and I have also had problems with memory. My review will explain why. The book was Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. Here is the … Continue reading
Reading roundup 08/01/20
This first Reading Roundup of the year covers the last books that I finished in 2019 and the first of 2020. Unfortunately, I have to tell you that I am still struggling with book reading since the stroke at the … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, thrillers
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Reading roundup 18/12/19
I have really enjoyed my reading since writing the last Reading Roundup post for the blog. I am still not managing print books as yet, but I am finding plenty of ebooks to interest me. By the way, I must … 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 27/11/19
This will be a short post today. Firstly, because I have only managed to finish one book this week. And secondly, because we are living with a huge amount of stress on top of the usual level so I don’t … Continue reading
Reading roundup 20/11/19
I am still reliant on ebooks for my reading “fix” and am so grateful that our local library service subscribes to an ebook system that is free for us members. The main issue with it is that there are usually … Continue reading
Reading roundup 06/11/19 – the Return!
Well, I now feel ready to write the first Reading Roundup post for a long time! I was so worried that the stroke would stop my reading for good. After relying on audiobooks for two months, which don’t feel quite … Continue reading
Reading roundup 28/08/19
I am sitting here ready to write this post with my brain absolutely boggled! Two amazing science fiction books by Adrian Tchaikovsky are the cause. In fact my scrambled mind is giving me all kinds of problems. How on earth … 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 15/08/19: part two!
As I missed writing last week’s roundup post, I decided to split the fortnight’s reading into two separate posts, yesterday’s and today’s. Here are a few more books… Zima Blue and Other Stories by Alastair Reynolds was a fascinating short … Continue reading
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Anne, Happy belated Mother's Day! That tea looks delicious and who does not love cakes! I'm glad you had a…