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When in doubt, tea.

Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor

October 25, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo golden Mrs. Palfrey, recently widowed, has had to make a decision regarding the rest of her life.  She has no home of her own, since she had spent most of her life stationed in Burma with her husband.  She had been temporarily staying with her daughter in Scotland, but clearly that was no permanent solution.  So she eyed the London papers and settled on the Claremont Hotel in South Kensington.  After all, her grandson, whom she had rarely seen, worked nearby at the British […]

Filed Under: Featured, Fiction Tagged With: 1960s Britain, cbr16bingo golden, Elizabeth Taylor, family issues, Getting old is not for the weak, Retirement, Unlikely companions

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:32 · Genres: Featured, Fiction · Tags: 1960s Britain, cbr16bingo golden, Elizabeth Taylor, family issues, Getting old is not for the weak, Retirement, Unlikely companions ·
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To be homeless is to be ignored when people walk past while still being in full view of everyone.

Tokyo Ueno Station by Yu Miri

August 30, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“To speak is to stumble, to hesitate, to detour and hit dead ends. To listen is straightforward. You can always just listen.” ― Yū Miri, Tokyo Ueno Station CBR15Bingo: Asia & Oceania CBR15Passport: The story takes place in Japan. Based on the gold medals on the book cover, the charming cover art, and the synopsis of the book, I was expecting a quirky, sometimes weepy, ghost story set in one of my favorite places in the world. To put it simply, this book is bleak. […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, ghost story, homelessness, Japan, lost generation, poverty, recession, Retirement, Tokyo, Yu Miri

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, ghost story, homelessness, Japan, lost generation, poverty, recession, Retirement, Tokyo, Yu Miri ·
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#LifeGoals #RetirementGoals: The Novel

The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club #1) by Richard Osman

March 10, 2023 by Flimflamingo Leave a Comment

Thursday Murder Club is a perfectly suitable novel for someone looking for a fast read that’s funny enough. I picked it up from the new paperback release display at a local bookshop on a lark. It’s a title that’s been read by a few people I know or mentioned in some “currently reading” or “recently read” or maybe even a “recommended read” list or conversation a few times. I had already read the synopsis and thought, Hm. Should maybe try that sometime. and just never really found myself […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: British, cozy mystery, older adults, Retirement, retirement community, Richard Osman, senior citizens, thursday murder club

Flimflamingo's CBR15 Review No:5 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: British, cozy mystery, older adults, Retirement, retirement community, Richard Osman, senior citizens, thursday murder club ·
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Cover of Tana French's The Searcher

The Searcher by Tana French

The Searcher by Tana French

July 3, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 2 Comments

Reading Tana French makes me want to go to Ireland. Her Ireland feels like a much more complex and textured place than I’ve seen represented in more romantic representations.  However, after reading The Searcher, it strikes me as not the wisest choice for an American to up and move to the Irish countryside.  That’s precisely what Cal Hooper has done. Cal is a retired Chicago police detective, and he takes his nest egg to Ireland to buy a run-down old home in a small, quiet […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: Ireland, irishmystery, missing person, mystery, Retirement, Tana French

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:27 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: Ireland, irishmystery, missing person, mystery, Retirement, Tana French ·
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If it’s good enough for John Oliver…

August 9, 2016 by Sophia Leave a Comment

John Oliver, always witty and informative, was discussing retirement plans one day, and I saw it on Youtube. That reminded me that I’ve been working for the same place for four years now, and I still haven’t set up my own retirement plan. One of the problems is that I was always distracted by the many other things I could be doing with that money. But the main problem was that I had no idea what I was doing. When the economy was bad, I figured what’s […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Finances, Retirement, Sophia, Suze Orman

Sophia's CBR8 Review No:32 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Finances, Retirement, Sophia, Suze Orman ·
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