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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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Delighted to hear you are still walking and being quite stylish while doing so! I love your laps you and…
Dear Lauren, apologies! I have only just seen your lovely and kind comment because it had been filtered out as…
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Tag Archives: Goodreads
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 10/07/19
I enjoyed two very different books this week, one historical, the other science fiction. It is wonderful to have libraries which give us access, free at the point of use, to a wealth of choice for our reading. The first … 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
Reading roundup 19/06/19
Just one book this week! Well, it was well-worth reading so “just” is the wrong word, I suppose. I have been to the Library this afternoon and now have twelve books in my pile – it looks so lovely. All … Continue reading
Reading roundup 12/06/19
I have spent a lot of time reading during this last week; it is the one compensation of being stuck in bed! Well, you do have to try to find the positive side where you can. My first read of … Continue reading
Reading roundup 05/06/19
We have arrived in June already and I have finished 44 books so far. I find it hard to believe how fast this year is passing by. This week I read two very different books and am almost halfway through … Continue reading
Reading roundup 29/05/19
This week I read two books and started on a third. The first was a long-awaited book by one of my favourite authors, the second a quick ebook read. I will tell you about the third next week when I … Continue reading
Reading roundup 22/05/19
I completed one very thick book this week. It was Mark Lawrence’s The Wheel of Osheim (#03 in his The Red Queen’s War trilogy). What a book! Please check out last week’s Reading Roundup post for more details of the … Continue reading
Dear Lauren, thank you again for commenting! I enjoyed my walks last week, but we are struggling with a heatwave…