Readers’ corner – October to November 2022

Every month I take a look at the books I’ve been reading, and an article or two that I’d recommend from my travels on the internet.

This month my list is short. That’s because I’ve been doing another kind of reading – proofreading a book that’s set to be published next year. I can’t talk about that, but I can talk about other things that have been keeping me busy since my last post.
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Readers’ corner – July to August 2022

Every month I take a look at the books I’ve been reading, and an article or two that I’d recommend from my travels on the internet.

I usually have three or four books to mention, but somehow this last month has been a busy one, so I’ve only read two books and a book with a lot of pictures since my last Readers’ Corner post. However, one of them is an Important Book so I feel that I have accomplished something.
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Reader’s corner – June, 2022: Getting carried away

My name is Renee and I don’t belong to a book club.

There: the truth is out. There are many ways to fail at being a middle-class woman and not belonging to a book club is one of them.

Somehow, when book clubs became a thing, I wasn’t paying attention. It’s probable that I was hanging about in pubs at the time, with various other reprobates. Or perhaps I was too busy reading.

The thing is, left to myself, I can read more books in any given week than I have hot meals. I mean this – I could comfortably get through two books a day if people would leave me in peace. Continue reading