Here are my reading stats for April! Books read: 14 Books I read: Career of Evil — Robert Galbraith (audio book) Lies and Other Acts of Love — Kristy Woodson Harvey What We Find — Robyn Carr (e-book) Crooked Little Lies — Barbara Taylor Sissel (audio book) You — Caroline Kepnes (audio book) Sister Dear — Laura McNeill (e-book) Ana of California — Andi Teran (audio book) Sweet Forgiveness —…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, not only did I get in 1 10K in for April…I did 5 this past week…I just decided that I would do one every day and you know what, I felt great doing them, plus I was able to finish 2 audio books this week because of the extended walking time!!! On the food…
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A few weeks ago, the gals at She Reads announced the three ‘Books of Spring’ selections. I’m sorry for my delay in posting this, life has just gotten in the way, but better late than never, right? So without further ado…here are the Books of Spring: Title:No One Knows Author:J.T. Ellison Published:March 2016, Gallery Books In an obsessive mystery as thrilling as The Girl on the Train and The Husband’s…
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Title:Career of Evil Author:Robert Galbraith Series:Cormoran Strike, #3 Narrator:Robert Glenister Published:October 2015, Hachette Audio Length:17 hours 58 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Cormoran Strike is back, with his assistant Robin Ellacott, in a mystery based around soldiers returning from war. When a mysterious package is delivered to Robin Ellacott, she is horrified to discover that it contains a woman’s severed leg. Her boss, private detective Cormoran Strike, is less surprised…
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Title:The Goodbye Year Author:Kaira Rouda Published:May 2016, Sparkpress Format:Paperback, 312 pages Melanie, a perfectionist mom who views the approaching end of parenting as a type of death, can t believe she has only one more year to live vicariously through her slacker senior son, Dane. Gorgeous mom Sarah has just begun to realize that her only daughter, Ashley, has been serving as a stand-in for her traveling husband, and the…
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Title:The Silkworm Author:Robert Galbraith Series:Cormoran Strike, #2 Narrator:Robert Glenister Published:June 2014, Hachette Audio Length:17 hours 22 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible Private investigator Cormoran Strike returns in a new mystery from Robert Galbraith, author of the #1 international bestseller The Cuckoo’s Calling. When novelist Owen Quine goes missing, his wife calls in private detective Cormoran Strike. At first, Mrs. Quine just thinks her husband has gone off by himself for…
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Title:Meternity Author:Meghann Foye Published:April 2016, MIRA Format:Paperback, 368 pages Not quite knocked up… Like everyone in New York media, editor Liz Buckley runs on cupcakes, caffeine and cocktails. But at thirty-one, she’s plateaued at Paddy Cakes, a glossy baby magazine that flogs thousand-dollar strollers to entitled, hypercompetitive spawn-havers. Liz has spent years working a gazillion hours a week picking up the slack for coworkers with kids, and she’s tired of…
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Title:Rare Objects Author:Kathleen Tessaro Published:April 2016; Harper Format:ARC Paperback; 400 pages Source:Publisher via TLC Book Tours Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston’s North End by her widowed mother. Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests, she’s determined to better herself despite the overwhelming hardships of the Great Depression. However, Maeve also has a dangerous…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I got 2 5K’s in this week – one at the gym and one outside…now if I can only get in a 10K this month, I’ll be happy. I also started doing yoga at home…I found some yoga flows that I’ve been trying to do a few times each morning, depending on how much time…
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Title:Sister Dear Author:Laura McNeill Published:April 2016, Thomas Nelson Format:Paperback, 400 pages Source:Author / Netgalley All Allie Marshall wants is a fresh start. But when dark secrets refuse to stay buried, will her chance at a new life be shattered forever? Convicted of a crime she didn’t commit, Allie watched a decade of her life vanish – time that can never be recovered. Now, out on parole, Allie is determined to…
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Title:Parting Gifts Author:Katrina Anne Willis Published:April 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 288 pages Broken by their unorthodox Midwestern childhood, sisters Catherine, Anne, and Jessica Mathers search for love, acceptance, and worth often in the most unlikely places. Catherine, the oldest of the Mathers sisters, is an English professor battling breast cancer with Cytoxan, red wine, and profanity. Anne is a wife and stay-at-home mother of two struggling to make ends…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About While I did pretty well getting my steps in, it was more of just being super busy this past week. I only made it to the gym one day and never really did anything else other than taking the dogs for their usual walks – though due to the nicer weather towards the end…
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Title:Ana of California Author:Andi Teran Narrator:Andi Teran Published:July 2015, Dreamscape Media, LLC / Penguin Books Length:8 hours 46 minutes / ARC e-copy, 368 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley A modern take on the classic coming-of-age novel, inspired by Anne of Green Gables In the grand tradition of Anne of Green Gables, Bridget Jones’s Diary, and The Three Weissmanns of Westport, Andi Teran’s captivating debut novel offers a contemporary…
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Title:No One Needs to Know Author:Kevin O’Brien Narrator:Jonathan Yen Published:July 2015, Tantor Audio / Kensington Books Length:16 hours 25 minutes / ARC E-copy 416 pages Source:Personal Copy via Audible / Netgalley A SECRET WORTH KILLING FOR… In July 1970, actress Elaina Styles was slain in her rented Seattle mansion along with her husband and their son’s nanny. When the baby’s remains were found buried in a shallow grave close to…
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Title:After the Crash Author:Michel Bussi Published:January 2016, Hachette Books Format:ARC Paperback, 384 pages Source:Publisher Hailed as “a novel so extraordinary that it reminded me of reading Stieg Larsson for the very first time” (Sunday Times, UK), a near-million copy bestseller in Europe–centered on a tragic plane crash in the Alps and the mystery surrounding its only survivor, an infant girl. A night flight from Istanbul bound for Paris, filled with…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I really wish the weather would stay consistent…we’ve had some really nice, warm weather and then it gets cold again! This weekend it’s cold with the potential for snow – I’m so done with snow! And we have frost warnings for both days this weekend. My poor plants are never going to bloom…
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Title:What We Find Author:Robyn Carr Series:Sullivan’s Crossing, #1 Published:April 2016, MIRA Format:ARC E-copy, 384 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity Join Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Virgin River and Thunder Point series, as she explores the healing powers of rural Colorado in a brand-new story of fresh starts, budding relationships and one woman’s journey to finding the happiness she’s long been missing Between the…
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Title:Lies and Other Acts of Love Author:Kristy Woodson Harvey Published:April 2016, Berkley Format:ARC Paperback, 352 pages Source:Author Dear Carolina was praised as “Southern fiction at its best.” Now author Kristy Woodson Harvey presents a new novel about what it really means to tell the truth . . . After sixty years of marriage and five daughters, Lynn “Lovey” White knows that all of us, from time to time, need to…
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Title:A Girl Like You Author:Michelle Cox Series:The Henrietta & Inspector Howard series, #1 Published:April 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 288 pages Henrietta Von Harmon works as a 26 girl at a corner bar on Chicago s northwest side. It s 1935, but things still aren t looking up since the big crash and her father s subsequent suicide, leaving Henrietta to care for her antagonistic mother and younger siblings.…
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Title:Try Not to Breathe Author:Holly Seddon Narrator:Elizabeth Knowelden, Katharine McEwan Published:February 2016, Random House Audio / Ballantine Books Length:11 Hours 22 minutes / ARC E-copy 369 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley For fans of Gillian Flynn, Laura Lippman, and Paula Hawkins comes Holly Seddon’s arresting fiction debut—an engrossing thriller full of page-turning twists and turns, richly imagined characters, and gripping psychological suspense. Some secrets never die. They’re…
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I’m so pleased to be helping Kristy Woodson Harvey spread the word on her sophomore book, Lies and Other Acts of Love, which releases tomorrow, April 5th! I absolutely loved her debut novel, Dear Carolina, and this one is just as amazing! Look for my review later in the week. In the meantime, enjoy this book spotlight, some reader endorsements and if you pre-order a copy of the book today…
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Title:All Dressed in White Author:Mary Higgins Clark & Alafair Burke Series:Under Suspicion, #2 Narrator:Jan Maxwell Published:November 2015, Simon & Schuster Audio Length:7 hours 16 minutes Source:Personal copy via Audible The second thrilling novel in the New York Times bestselling Under Suspicion series following The Cinderella Murder, featuring intrepid television producer Laurie Moran as she investigates the case of a missing bride. Five years ago Amanda Pierce was excitedly preparing to…
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Title:Willow Brook Road Author:Sherryl Woods Series:Chesapeake Shores, #13 Narrator:Christina Traister Published:September 2015, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 7 minutes Source:Publisher #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods sweeps readers away with the story of a beloved member of the O’Brien family as she claims the life she’s always dreamed of… Spirited, spontaneous Carrie Winters has grown up under the watchful eyes of not only her grandfather Mick O’Brien, but the…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I ended up getting the new Fitbit Alta – and I am really liking it so far! It’s a little weird having it on my wrist – I had the Fitbit One, so I was used to just clipping it on my bra and not seeing it all day – but it fits…
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Title:Once a Rancher Author:Linda Lael Miller Series:The Carsons of Mustang Creek, #1 Published:March 2016, HQN Books Format:ARC E-book, 320 pages Source:Netgalley via Little Bird Publicity The Carsons of Mustang Creek: three men who embody the West and define what it means to be a rancher, a cowboy and a hero in this brand-new series from the queen of Western romance. Slater Carson might be a businessman by trade, but he’s…
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Here are my reading stats for March! Books read: 10 Books I read: The Bitter Season — Tami Hoag (audio book) Try Not to Breathe — Holly Seddon (audio book) The Two-Family House — Lynda Cohen Loigman (e-book) Find Her — Lisa Gardner (audio book) Somewhere Out There — Amy Hatvany (e-book) The Killing Forest — Sara Blaedel (e-book) Jane Eyre — Charlotte Bronte (audio book) Pretty Girls — Karin…
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Title:Start With the Backbeat: A Musical Novel Author:Garine B. Isassi Published:April 2016, She Writes Press Format:Paperback, 273 pages It is the spring of 1989 in New York City when Jill Dodge, a post-punk rocker from Texas, finally gets her big promotion at Mega Big Records. She is thrust into a race to find a gritty, urban rapper before the Gangsta trend passes their label by. As Jill and her mostly…
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Title:Stars Over Sunset Boulevard Author:Susan Meissner Published:January 2016, NAL Format:Paperback, 400 pages In this new novel from the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life, two women working in Hollywood during its Golden Age discover the joy and heartbreak of true friendship. Los Angeles, Present Day. When an iconic hat worn by Scarlett O’Hara in Gone With the Wind ends up in Christine McAllister’s vintage clothing boutique by mistake,…
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Title:The Bitter Season Author:Tami Hoag Series:Kovac & Liska, #5 Narrator:David Colacci Published:January 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:13 hours 47 minutes Source:Publisher EVERY FAMILY HAS A SECRET. THEIRS WILL CHILL YOU TO THE CORE. #1 New York Times Bestselling author Tami Hoag returns to the bestselling series of her career with a Kovac and Liska case that will delight fans and new readers alike. A murder from the past. A murder from…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About So, this past week was all about taking it easy – light, easy walks because I was still sick with that nasty cold that turned into a sinus infection. Luckily I got some good meds from the doc and am feeling much better! I think between the meds and just taking it easy,…
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Title:Swamp Bones Author:Kathy Reichs Series:Temperance Brennan, #16.5 Narrator:Katherine Borowitz Published:August 2014, Penguin Random House Audio Length:2 hours 54 minutes Source:Library Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan returns in a chilling original short story from #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs. In the prequel to Reichs’s upcoming thriller Bones Never Lie, Tempe takes a much-needed vacation—but murder follows wherever she goes. Although a trip to Florida is supposed to be about…
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Title:The Widow Author:Fiona Barton Published:February 2016, NAL Format:ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source:Netgalley For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on, when more bad things began…
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Title:The Storm Sister Author:Lucinda Riley Series:The Seven Sisters, #2 Narrator:Noreen Leighton, Rachel Lincoln Published:November 2015, Whole Story Audiobooks / March 2016, Atria Books Length:21 hours 28 minutes/ARC e-copy 512 pages Source:Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley via HFVBT Ally D’Aplièse is about to compete in one of the world’s most perilous yacht races, when she hears the news of her adoptive father’s sudden, mysterious death. Rushing back to meet her…
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Title:Somewhere Out There Author:Amy Hatvany Published:March 2016, Washington Square Press Format:ARC E-copy, 368 pages Source:Netgalley What happens when two sisters who were torn apart when their young mother abandoned them—and grew up in tragically different circumstances—reunite thirty-five years later to find her? For readers who love Jodi Picoult, acclaimed author Amy Hatvany fearlessly explores complex family issues in her gripping, provocative new novel. Natalie Clark knew never to ask her…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About The week started out good, but then between having a huge bid due Thursday and coming down with a cold, it didn’t end quite as well as I hoped! Oh well…these things happen. I might have to stick with just walking and light yoga until I’m done with the cold – I’m…
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Title: Bones of the Lost Author:Kathy Reichs Series:Temperance Brennan, #16 Narrator:Linda Emond Published:August 2013, Simon & Schuster Audio Length:11 hours 37 minutes Source:Library #1 New York Times bestselling author Kathy Reichs returns with her sixteenth riveting novel featuring forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan, whose examination of a young girl killed in a hit and run in North Carolina triggers an investigation into international human trafficking.When Charlotte police discover the body of…
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Title:Dogwood Hill Author:Sherryl Wood Series:Chesapeake Shores, #12 Narrator:Christina Traister Published:December 2014, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 47 minutes Source:Library #1 New York Times bestselling author Sherryl Woods tests the strength of the beloved O’Briens and proves that love and family can always triumph! When former pro football quarterback Aidan Mitchell comes to Chesapeake Shores to take a high school coaching job, he’s embraced by the town—especially the O’Briens. But Aidan has…
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Title:Shadow Play Author:Iris Johansen Series:Eve Duncan, #19 Narrator:Elisabeth Rodgers Published:September 2015, Brilliance Audio Length:9 hours 27 minutes Source:Publisher An explosive new Eve Duncan thriller from the New York Times #1 bestselling author Eve Duncan is the most sought-after artist in the field of forensic sculpting. Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About It was a pretty good week. I found a strength training workout, called Bootcamp Body Workout , that I started doing this week. I really like it so far, though am slowly easing my way into the full workout – you are supposed to do the whole circuit 3X in 30 minutes…
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Title: The Two-Family House Author: Lynda Cohen Loigman Published: March 2016, St. Martin’s Press Format: ARC E-book, 301 pages Source: Netgalley Brooklyn, 1947: in the midst of a blizzard, in a two-family brownstone, two babies are born minutes apart to two women. They are sisters by marriage with an impenetrable bond forged before and during that dramatic night; but as the years progress, small cracks start to appear and their…
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Last Spring, at BEA, I was fortunate to pick up an advanced copy of Come Away With Me by Karma Brown. So of course, I was ecstatic when I heard it was one of the BookSparks ‘My Winter is Booked’ selections. I read it over the summer and devoured it. You can read my thoughts of the book here. Title:Come Away With Me Author:Karma Brown Published:August 2015, MIRA Format:…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I got my 10K in for February!!! I was able to just sneak it in on the last day – but I did get it in. I hope to continue to get in a few more throughout the year and to do at least one, if not more, 5K’s a month! So, I have…
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Title: The Ex Author: Alafair Burke Narrator: Xe Sands Published: January 2016, Harper Audio Length: 7 hours 43 minutes Source: Library In this breakout standalone novel of suspense in the vein of Gone Girl and The Girl on a Train, a woman agrees to help an old boyfriend who has been framed for murder—but begins to suspect that she is the one being manipulated. Twenty years ago she ruined his…
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Here are my reading stats for February! Books read: 12 Books I read: White Gardenia — Belinda Alexandra (audio) The Doll’s House — M.J. Arlidge (e-book) Bones of the Lost — Kathy Reichs (audio book) No Ordinary Life — Suzanne Redfearn (e-book) The Ramblers — Aidan Donnelley Rowley (audio) The Ex — Alafair Burke (audio book) Swamp Bones — Kathy Reichs (audio book) What Was Mine — Helen Klein Ross…
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Title:The Edge of Lost Author:Kristina McMorris Published:November 2015, Kensington Format:Paperback, 340 pages Source:Publisher via She Reads From New York Times bestselling author Kristina McMorris comes an ambitious and heartrending story of immigrants, deception, and second chances. On a cold night in October 1937, searchlights cut through the darkness around Alcatraz. A prison guard’s only daughter—one of the youngest civilians who lives on the island—has gone missing. Tending the warden’s greenhouse,…
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Title:Losing the Light Author:Andrea Dunlop Narrator:Cassandra Campbell Published:February 2016, Brilliance Audio Length:10 hours 27 minutes Source:Publisher A smart, obsessive debut novel about a young woman studying abroad who becomes caught up in a seductive French world—and a complex web of love and lust. When thirty-year-old Brooke Thompson unexpectedly runs into a man from her past, she’s plunged headlong into memories she’s long tried to forget about the year she spent…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About I got 2 more 5K’s in…but still trying to get a 10K in for this month…not sure it’s going to happen in February, but I do have a few more days, so we’ll see what happens. Here’s how my week went: Feb 20: 7,334 stepsFeb 21: 6,249 steps Feb 22: …
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Title: White Gardenia Author: Belinda Alexandra Narrator: Deirdre Rubenstein Published: 2015 Bolinda Publishing / Gallery Books Length: 17 hours 48 minutes / ARC E-copy 480 pages Source: Personal copy via Audible / Netgalley From internationally bestselling author Belinda Alexandra comes a sweeping, emotional journey that “depicts vividly the powerful lifelong bond between mothers and daughters” (Paullina Simons, author of The Bronze Horseman). In a district of the city of Harbin,…
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Title: What Was Mine Author: Helen Klein Ross Published: January 2016, Gallery B0oks Format: ARC E-copy, 336 pages Source: Netgalley Simply told but deeply affecting, in the bestselling tradition of Alice McDermott and Tom Perrotta, this urgent novel unravels the heartrending yet unsentimental tale of a woman who kidnaps a baby in a superstore—and gets away with it for twenty-one years. Lucy Wakefield is a seemingly ordinary woman who does…
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#FitReaders is hosted by Geeky Bloggers Book Blog and That’s What I’m Talking About This was a good week I got two good walks in and remembered to use this great app I have on my phone – Charity Miles, so that all my steps get counted for good!!! I’ve decided to support Girls on the Run because my one niece, Morgan, is a runner and does…
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