The Librain
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!Pages
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Recent Posts
- Update 23/05/22
- Post 1001! Outfits of the week 20/05/22
- Reading roundup 18/05/22
- Update 16/05/22 with some hints of Hermès’ Autumn/Winter 2022 scarf season!
- Update 02/05/22
- Update 29/04/22
- Reading roundup 27/04/22
- Update 25/04/22 with a feathery reveal
- Update 18/04/22 – taking a short break
- Outfits of the week 15/04/22
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Reading roundup 18/05/22
Welcome back to my Reading Roundup. I have two books to tell you about today as I have been too ill to read on many of the days whilst I had a break from the blog! Although I have almost … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 27/04/22
So, it’s a fortnight since I last wrote a Reading Roundup post and I have read and enjoyed three books whilst I have been away from the blog. This was the first one: Some of you may remember that I … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 02/03/22
Apologies, but this is going to be a bare bones post this week as I am feeling very ill today and can hardly type. I managed to read one book this week: The sharp eyed amongst you may spot that … Continue reading
Reading roundup 23/02/22
In this week’s Reading Roundup I have two books to write about. The first was held over from last week and the second is one I have just finished. Here is the first: I had been putting off reading this … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 26/01/22
Welcome to this week’s Reading Roundup! I hope you are reading some great books. I have read two really different books over the last week. They were chosen randomly from the Library Service’s ebook catalogue. This is the first one… … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 19/01/22
Have you read some good books lately? Or even great books? Well, I am pleased to be able to say that I have read some really interesting and absorbing books over the last week. In my last Reading Roundup post, … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 08/12/21
It is now a fortnight since I last wrote one of these posts and you might be expecting quite a few book reviews today. Unfortunately, as I wrote in Monday’s post, I suffered from a serious issue for a few … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 03/11/21
So, we have arrived at the first Reading Roundup post for November! According to Goodreads, I am well ahead of my target number of books for 2021, although there are a few on the list that I didn’t finish, for … Continue reading
Reading roundup 08/09/21
As it is a fortnight since I last wrote a Reading Roundup post, I have two completed books to tell you about plus another that I didn’t finish. Let’s deal with that first… So, this is the book that I … Continue reading
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Reading roundup 25/08/21
I am glad to say that I really enjoyed the book that I read this week. OK, I only managed to finish one, but this book was definitely worth my time! This was another book that I selected, completely at … Continue reading
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