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Tag: Let Me Tell You

Books for the Lockdown – Happy and Funny

On March 23, 2020March 22, 2020 By bookskepticIn Thoughts10 Comments

By now I’ve been working from home for two full weeks. I got into the prison habit of counting days. Even though I obviously still go out, but we got to a point when 200m trip to Tesco’s is the longest trip during weekdays. Of course, I do exercise and try to be nice to …

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Top 17 of 2017

On December 26, 2017December 26, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

I hope you all had wonderful Christmas, that you managed to find time to relax, breathe and think, but also to be, fully consciously be, with your family and with yourselves. I have a feeling I'm late to the party on this one, or at least cutting it very fine, but here's my list of …

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Let Me Tell You – Shirley Jackson – Quotes

On March 30, 2017April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Quotes1 Comment

I think what I loved most about the book was the fact that it reminded me of the power of imagination in everyday life, imagining stories about objects and people. It's been a while since I have been making up stories in my head about people I see on the street and this book gave …

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Let Me Tell You – Shirley Jackson

On March 25, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews12 Comments

First of all let me thank all my fellow book-bloggers! If it wasn't for you, I would have never found the wonderful world of Shirley Jackson. It was the great reviews of 'We Have Always Lived in a Castle' that tempted me. Few months after reading and loving this book I was on vacation in …

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