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Spotted this before setting off to IKEA and then to look at cars at the Toyota showroom. A very polite salesman shook our hands (twice). It was his first day back since returning from a holiday in Thailand and India. On the radio coming back we were being advised not to shake hands or hug. We couldn’t get back home quick enough to wash our hands!

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French Rhapsody – Antoine Laurain

Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020

Great cover but I couldn’t get into it at all

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Mr Foreigner – Matthew Kneale

Wednesday, Feb 26, 2020

I thoroughly enjoyed this short, quirky tale of a young Brit working illegally in Japan as an English teacher. An easy read that moves along very nicely.

Great fun and highly recommended.

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A ten-book-binge

Friday, Feb 21, 2020

On my second visit to the Kirkdale Bookshop in Sydenham, South London, and for a mere £21, I now have an additional 10 novels queued up for reading. The shop has a great variety of pre-loved novels, something I just don’t see in my local library, my local Waterstones, or my nearest Oxfam Bookshop. A bookshop to be revisited.

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The Saturday Times

Friday, Feb 21, 2020

Well it’s taken six days but last Saturday’s Times’ crossword has finally been completed. Google was not required, just additional effort in the mornings when the brain is definitely more alert.