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Tag: Maggie Gee

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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My Cleaner – Maggie Gee – Quotes

On March 14, 2020April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn QuotesLeave a comment

I managed to move from the country to the city. I made the great journey between worlds. It kills some people, and drives some of us mad. [...]the red-tulip-flowered trees called kabakanjagala which means ‘the King loves me’. (King Ronald still loves us, though he does not really rule us. Now we are ruled by …

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My Cleaner – Maggie Gee

On March 11, 2020April 10, 2020 By bookskepticIn Reviews2 Comments

I read this book a while ago. Early September of 2019, just after the end of my August camping vacation in northern France. I must have started reading it during the trip, as it was yet another one of the books lingering quietly on my Kindle for a few years. Not sure why I was …

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Third quarter round-up

On October 2, 2019April 13, 2020 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

Oh, how I love living in denial. Ignorance is truly bliss! I still do not accept that the summer is officially over and my upcoming vacation in Crete helps to keep that notion going. The same as for the last few years I took part in the 20 books of summer challenge hosted by Cathy …

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