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Jackson Brodie series – Kate Atkinson

On August 5, 2017August 5, 2017 By bookskepticIn Reviews6 Comments

I bought When Will There Be Good News? last year in a second hand bookstore, never noticing that it is a third installment in a series. The book sat patiently on my shelf, until during this vacation with my mother I hatched a book laundering scheme, that allowed me to work around my book buying …

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July round-up

On August 1, 2017October 14, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts5 Comments

Whoosh! And July is over. I was on vacation in the first week of July, have been back for three weeks now, but it feels like it was just a second ago. This month most of my reading was done while on vacation and since I had time I read plenty of books, this probably …

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#20booksofsummer completed

On July 24, 2017July 24, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts6 Comments

This was unexpected, but the unexpected sometimes happens and it's not always a bad thing. I officially completed my #20booksofsummer reading on Saturday, more than a month early. Last year I struggled a lot more to finish on time, so what was different this year? No teeth problems to start with, not that those months …

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Book laundering scheme or how I played the system

On July 17, 2017July 15, 2017 By bookskepticIn Thoughts11 Comments

Last week I came back from my vacation, the weather was not perfect, but I managed to really relax and read a lot (I'm now reading book #19 of #20booksofsummer). Once my brain rested a bit, it also got hungry for buying new books and, as you all know, I am still trying to stick …

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