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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…
Dear Jacque, thank you for your comment. I really appreciate you taking the time to write one! Love and best…
Dear Annabelle, I am sorry that it has taken me so long to reply but I am very unwell at…
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Tag Archives: Goodreads
Reading roundup 13/12/17
I have really enjoyed my reading this week, with some great print and ebooks borrowed from our public library service. By the way, I deliberately mention our library system as often as I can – it is being systematically demolished … Continue reading
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Tagged books, ebooks, Goodreads, public libraries
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Reading roundup 06/12/17
This has been a much better week in terms of reading. The upside to having to stay in bed is that I have more time for my books, if my concentration levels are OK. I have read three books and … Continue reading
Reading roundup 29/11/17
Gosh! I have only managed to read two books this week (plus half of a third, but that doesn’t count). So I had better start this post and get back to my latest book 😄. I had no print books … Continue reading
Reading roundup 22/11/17
I read three very enjoyable books this week and have almost finished my pile of library books – must take a trip into town on Friday to get some more. The first book of the week was The Strangled Queen … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 15/11/17
I has been a fortnight since I last wrote one of these posts, so I have quite a few books to talk about and I will get on with that straight away. I was just finishing Robert Crais’ The Promise … Continue reading
Reading roundup 01/11/17
I have read 100 books this year! As I track my reading on Goodreads, it is interesting (for me) to see how many I finish. I am not trying to break any records, but you can see one way that … Continue reading
Reading roundup 26/10/17
I am sorry that this is a day late and also some minutes late too. As I am still feeling very poorly, it will consist of the blurb plus my Goodreads reviews. The first book of the week was Lee … Continue reading
Reading roundup 18/10/17
I haven’t finished quite as many books this week, only two, probably because they were longer and “meatier” than usual! Both have been very enjoyable, though. The first was a different kind of book for me – Conclave by Robert … Continue reading
Reading roundup 11/10/17
Ooh! This is my 200th post! I can’t quite believe I have got this far with the blog 😄😄😄! I have enjoyed my reading this last week, which is just as well because I have spent a lot of time … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, Goodreads, public libraries
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Reading roundup 04/10/17
I have decided to add the blurb to each book review from this week. Hopefully, that will be helpful. I am also pleased that we were able to visit the public library today so that I could pick up two … Continue reading
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Dear Lauren, thank you again for commenting! I enjoyed my walks last week, but we are struggling with a heatwave…