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		<title>Final book?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2015 09:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The weekend was spent in Carrara as F had had the extra week&#8217;s holiday and kept the dogs with him. And, I managed to finish The Buried Giant. Good book and interesting story &#8211; but not the WOW! book. And &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8515">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The short stories win</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2015 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mistletoe Bride was good. A selection of short ghost stories and one play, the stories were interesting and well-written. It almost matched Stone Matress. I finished it the day before yesterday. Yesterday we went to Portovenere &#8211; but, like &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8495">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Well, at least I have the winner of the Worst Book!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2015 13:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A &#8220;Sunday Times bestseller&#8221; is highlighted at the bottom. &#8220;A wildly funny novel&#8221; is prominent elsewhere. But did they apply this to the wrong book? For this was neither wildly nor funny in any sense. It will be the very &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8492">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Detectives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2015 10:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well it seems that is the theme this year. When I was a kid I had and read all the &#8220;Mystery&#8221; books by Enid Blyton. I loved them. Then, as I got older, Agatha Christie and, I guess, I was &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8490">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>One old and two new (well, new to me)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2015 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, as I suspected, I had read Fatal Voyage before. It was ok but, if I&#8217;m honest, really not worth the second read. But it is annoying in that I could have been reading something new! So, onto new. The &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8484">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stone Mattress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2015 14:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After finishing Holy Sh*t yesterday I treated myself to the Margaret Atwood book I got last year. Holy Sh*t was really interesting. Detailing swearing from Roman times to the present day (English &#8211; US and UK) but this wasn&#8217;t a &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8478">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No Special Book Yet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2015 09:36:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Various Haunts Of Men (Susan Hill) was from last year &#8211; but I can&#8217;t stop reading a book once it&#8217;s started. It took me a little over 2 days. Next up was So You&#8217;ve Been Publicly Shamed by Jon &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8476">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Citadel &#8211; Kate Mosse And slow reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2015 10:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, I finished it but not at my normal rate. Sure, it was a thicker book than most but also because a) Best Mate is here and b) the book didn&#8217;t race along until about halfway through and, then again, &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8472">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Another one bites the dust.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2015 12:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vary sadly, The Bookstore.co.uk, from where I have been buying my books (not wanting to grace Amazon with my custom) has ceased trading. So, I went on the hunt for another bookshop to buy from. It&#8217;s not easy. At first &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8469">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>How To Be Both/Citadel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2015 09:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andy]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, it seems I&#8217;m back to normal in that I finished How To Be Both, by Ali Smith, yesterday evening &#8211; so, a couple of days, more or less. It&#8217;s won lots of awards, including the Bailey&#8217;s Prize (formerly the &#8230; <a href="http://thesmediolanumlif.com/?p=8448">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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