Hi everyone, My blog got off to a great start in January but unfortunately there have been some things going on in my life that have made it difficult to continue with it the way I would like to. One major event has been getting a new job. This is a new teaching job. I’m [...]
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Last weekend I got to experience the Printer’s Row Lit Fest here in Chicago. It is the biggest book fair in the midwest. I signed up to volunteer, although I did more shopping than volunteering! It really was a great festival with more books than I could have imagined. There were all sorts of author [...]
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Okay, so May was not a very good month in terms of blogging or reading. I only got through 4 books, two read and two audio. I had a lot going on in my personal life and the second half of the month I was MIA from my blog. But now I am back! My [...]
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May already? Wow. First I want to apologize for being MIA lately. I had a computer malfunction last weekend. I’m back up and running, but things are a little tricky and I’m working out some kinks. That being said, April was a pretty good month. I started doing Soundtrack Saturday and Sunday and hope to [...]
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Unfortunately, I am not able to participate in the read-a-thon tomorrow. It is my cousin’s 60th birthday and all the women in my family are going to see the musical Billy Elliot and going to dinner in the city. I’m sad about missing the event but excited to see this show. I’m a big musical [...]
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