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Reading Log: September
The Swedish theme definitely continues this month as it begins while I’m North of the Arctic Circle (by quite some way!). Even once home...
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Oct 33 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: August
There's definitely a theme to my reading this month - whereas I often have a book or two on Swedish, this time it's more than half the...
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Sep 54 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: July
If I thought June's three books was a rather low month, July has somehow managed to be no better. Things have been pretty busy here with...
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Aug 52 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: June
Despite still being signed off work, I haven't managed to do very much reading at the moment. Somehow it just takes more energy and focus...
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Jul 301 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: March-May
Despite all the difficulties I had during my steady decline between March and May, I managed to continue reading fairly steadily - sort...
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Jun 35 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log - February
Life has suddenly got a bit busier, as i'm back doing musical things regularly, but i'm still making sure I have time to read. The...
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Mar 44 min read
 
 
 


Tsundoku or too many books?
The Japanese word tsundoku  describes to a habit well known to all booklovers - that of buying books and not reading them; it can also...
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Feb 73 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log - January
I actually enjoyed keeping my reading log last year, so have decided to continue keeping it going. I found it interesting to see what I'd...
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Feb 14 min read
 
 
 


52 Book Challenge 2024: a year in review
My book dragon guarding the hoard on my bedside table 1 Locked-room mystery  Murder on the Orient Express - Agatha Christie 2 Bibliosmia:...
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Jan 96 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: December
I've been trying (unsuccessfully) to finish as many part-read books for the 52 book challenge as I can, as well as managing a couple of...
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Jan 63 min read
 
 
 
Reading Log: October
Somehow I've managed to fall behind on my reading logs - as well as on my actual reading! This is as much as I noted down for October, so...
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Dec 10, 20243 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: September
This month I've finally reached my first deliberate DNF of the year. Not quite the milestone I was expecting or hoping for, but...
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Oct 18, 20245 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: July
Four Seasons in Japan  by Nick Bradley This was a recommendation from a bookseller when I apparently looked as though I needed to buy...
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Aug 4, 20244 min read
 
 
 
Reading Log: June
June hadn't felt like a very read-y kind of month, but yet somehow there are another ten books added to the year list, and three more...
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Jul 11, 20245 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: May
My reading this month has been a bit more varied than some recently. I've continued my Pratchett/Discworld re-read, but have also got...
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Jun 7, 20245 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: April
It’s been a very Terry Pratchett month, as I’ve made good progress on my read-through of the full discworld series. I’ve also bought and...
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May 1, 20243 min read
 
 
 


5 Reasons to be cheerful
Despite feeling generally rather better than through the winter, I've still been struggling a bit recently - my depression is pretty well...
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Apr 26, 20244 min read
 
 
 


Reading Log: March
I've been continuing with audiobooks as well as hardcopies through this month. Twenty-something daughter and I started listening to The...
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Apr 2, 20243 min read
 
 
 
Reading log: February
This month I've discovered that I can actually manage to follow audiobooks while knitting, and rather enjoy them too! There's a part of...
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Mar 1, 20244 min read
 
 
 


Reading log: January
Through this month I've continued (and finished) my re-read of the Anne of Green Gables series, as well as a variety of other books. I...
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Feb 1, 20246 min read
 
 
 
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