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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: mystery
Reading roundup 24/03/21
Despite feeling very ill and not managing to read at all for a few days, I have been able to finish two books since the last Reading Roundup post. When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson (Jackson Brodie … Continue reading
Reading roundup 24/02/21
Despite feeling under the weather all week, I have managed to finish two books. So, I am feeling quite pleased with myself. The only issue is that I am struggling to write coherent reviews. If I write up my response quickly, … Continue reading
Reading roundup 03/02/21
I have to confess that I have been neglecting my books over the last couple of weeks! Naughty me. You see, I have become addicted to a series on Amazon Prime. I simply can’t stop watching The Shield! So, I … Continue reading
Reading roundup 16/12/20
Once again, I have only managed to finish one book this week. I am almost there with another, but don’t want to rush it! After all, what would be the point of that? In addition, I have decided that this … Continue reading
Reading roundup 25/11/20
I have been rushing to finish a book so that I could write about in this week’s Reading Roundup, but realised that I was spoiling the ending for myself. So, this post will be about one book this week and … Continue reading
Reading roundup 11/11/20
I read two very different books this week. The first was a non-fiction account of the complex investigations into a series of rapes and assaults in the USA; the second was the third book in a crime series that I … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, crime, ebooks, Goodreads, mystery, non-fiction
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Reading roundup 04/11/20
Well, here is the first Reading Roundup of November – I am finding it very difficult to believe that this year is moving so fast! As I am still struggling with poor concentration, plus an addiction to yet another series … Continue reading
Reading roundup 30/09/20
Well, here is my final Reading Roundup for this month. I have two books to tell you about this week. My first read was The Return by Harry Sidebottom. Let’s look at the blurb before my review: He came home … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, books, ebooks, Goodreads, historical fiction, mystery
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Reading roundup 23/09/20
Well, I have managed to read two books this week and I am part-way through a third. This is despite being glued to a TV programme on Amazon Prime: the fourth season of the superb This is Us! The first … Continue reading
Reading roundup 09/09/20
I got myself into a bit of a muddle with my reading this week. This is what happened… Feeling bored, I had a look through the ebook catalogue on our Public Library’s app and chose a few to download, purely … Continue reading
Dear Lauren, thank you so much for your kind comment. I must admit that I feel a bit strange about…