My Reading Journal 2

Thoughts and notes about the books I am reading. My entries are not book reviews but just my personal thoughts and opinions about what I'm reading at the moment. The entries obviously contain SPOILERS.

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Wednesday, 13 August 2025

Skin and Other Stories - MY LADY LOVE, MY DOVE - THE END (Pages 194-end)

RATING: GOOD

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Skin and Other Stories - DIP IN THE POOL - (Pages 129 - 143)

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Tuesday, 12 August 2025

New Book - Skin and Other Stories by Roald Dahl - SKIN - (Pages 1 - 21)

First Published: February 3, 2000

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Thursday, 25 July 2024

New Book - Death On the Riviera - Superintendent William Meredith 4/Inspector Blampignon 1 - by John Bude (Pages 1 - 43)

First Published: 1952

A man called Bill Dillon disembarks from the ferry in Dunkirk.

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Sunday, 11 February 2024

The Birds and Other Stories - The Birds - Daphne Du Maurier

First Published: 1952

RATING: VERY GOOD

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