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If you haven't noticed already, I'm kinda nosy. Today I got to wondering how the rest of you manage to read, blog, live life and keep up with your all of favorite blogs. Right now my patched together method consists of:

Reciprocal Visits
1.  I always visit people when they comment on one of my posts and try to comment on theirs. I've made some great blogging friends with this method. Between work, kids, six pets and never-ending renovations at home some days this is all I am able to do. Does this make me selfish?!

Wait. Don't answer that! I always feel a little bad doing it this way but it seems to be my default method. I know I'm missing out on some great posts and book recommendations (like I really need more of those!) but it also means I never miss the people who take the time to visit me and that's super important to me. I realize not everyone can visit everyone's blog every single day so how do you manage to stay on top of your favorites? (How's tha…

The Turner House by Angela Flournoy
 

Yes, it took me that long to figure things out.

Viola and Fran…

The Woman Next Door by Barbara Delinsky
 
by Barbara Delinsky
Unabridged Audiobook
10 Hours, 52 minutes
On a charming cul-de-sac in suburban Connecticut, three close-knit couples find their long-cherished harmony undone when a lovely, younger neighbor, widowed a year ago and presumably still unattached, becomes pregnant. Who is the father? Could it be one of the husbands? One by one, the couples turn inward, taking stock of their marriages and the loyalties that perhaps have been taken too much for granted. . .

I plucked this audio out of the bag I keep in my car. It’s been in there a while but I figured now was as good a time as any to finally give it a listen. I’ve been on a horror binge lately and needed a bit of a breather from all of the bloodshed.

At the midway point, I have to admit, I was hoping for some bloodshed that would put an end to one, two or perhaps all, of these insufferably miserable people. It didn’t happen but I hung in there and things did improve a little. Not a…

TTT: 10 of My Most Special Books
 Today's Top Ten Tuesday is a FREEBIE so I'm going to share some of my most memorable reads with you, those books that have stuck with me over my lifespan for one reason or another. As always, please feel free to share your thoughts on them in the comments.  If you haven't seen the feature before now it is hosted/created by The Broke and the Bookish. See upcoming topics and learn more HERE.

Clicking on a cover will whisk you away to my review either here or at Goodreads.
The Books That Scared People Away
These are the books that I read when I was far too young for them. In middle and high school I would read scary books to:  1.  Scare people away from talking to me (and, boy, did it ever work like a charm).  2. Make me feel  better about my crappy life.  3. Because I was a weird kid and I LOVED them,

The Books I Won't Ever Forget
Dark and beautiful reads that both haunted me and resonated with me on an emotional level for different reasons. Both books found me when I need…

 

Got My Eye On (8)
 

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What Remains by Garrett Leigh (m/m romance)

Until a cruel twis…