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2 months and counting. I can't wait!!!

This is my first full day back of work since my dd has been sick. I'm not going to make it. It's 1:20 and I should be going home at 1:30, but I have to stay until 4:30 today. I knew this day was coming, but I'm ready to go home now. I haven't worked a full day since early March.  

Why can't I work part time forever and get full time pay?

It’s time for my monthly rambling and I’ve missed a couple so I will try not to blab for too long.  

It feels good to be back among the bloggers. With my daughter getting better everyday and more independent, I am finding more and more time to myself.

My 17 y/o dd spent 17 days in the hospital and right now we are still pretty much homebound. I don't have computer access at home so I haven't had a chance to post any of my books. I can't read when I am stressed so I didn't get much read in the 15 days we spent in the hospital. I did read one book under the advice of my dd for the New to Me challenge - Romiette and Julio by Sharon Draper. It's a young adult book but I enjoyed the story. She has a long road ahead but she will be alright. Hopefully back to school next week with me back to work. Next time I get to computer I hope to catch up with my entries if only to list all my books read with ratings for now.

I enjoyed the mini challenge this month. As you can see I was a little creative with some of my connections, but I it worked for me. I had read 4 books before the announcement of this month’s challenge and could not find a way to connect the first two, but the 3rd and 4th book connected showing a little of my creativity.

I have caught up with my January reads and now have 6 pending for February. I like the first mini challenge - One Leads to Another. I had 4 books read before the announcement of the mini challenge so not all will follow suite, but I can link the last two with some creativeness. Actually I will use a some creative ways to link other reads too - not just the name and title connections.

1.      Taming Clint Westmoreland – Brenda Jackson (Silhouette Desire) Feb 08

2.      Sweeter Than Revenge – Ann Christopher (Kimani Romance) Jan 08

3.      The Secret – Shirley Hailstock (Dafina Books/Kensington) Apr 06  leads to Texas Bluff because it deals with secrets.

4.      Texas Bluff – Linda Warren (Harlequin Superromance) Feb 08 Leads to Dancing on Sunday Afternoon with Linda

5.      Dancing on Sunday Afternoon – Linda Cardillo (Harlequin Everlasting Love) leads to One Summer in Italy because of the Italian connection

6.      One Summer in Italy – Lucy Monroe (Harlequin Romance) leads to the anthology Summer in Savannah which I am currently reading.

Next in line is Dream Chaser with the Sheri Whitefeather/Sherrilyn Kenyon connection.  I wanted to read it after Dancing on Sunday Afternoon claiming a dream connection due to a quote on the back of the book. I decided to wait and found a closer connection. I could also use the title of one of the stories: Under the cover of the Night and you dream at night. I think the first name works better.

I bought a book this weekend - Dream Chaser. I couldn't pass it up. Kroger's had it for 40% off the retail price. I also made a trip to Paperback Ect and traded 7 books for 3 ended up with a $2.51 credit. I have never had a credit before.  I think that's milestone to celebrate.

I also took the time to figure out how to add pictures and updated all the blogs that would allow me to do so. I think I like it.  

and that's all I have to ramble about today.

My goals include 7 areas some taken from other members.

I read 19 books in January, logged 13 and I will work on the remaining 6 this weekend. Here is my month in review.

Category Totals: Harlequin= 14 ~~~ Other= 5

Books Read: January= 19~~~ YTD Total= 19

Books read:

I thought about joining the challenge of reading more than I buy this year. After calculating what I have read vs what I have, I thought it was possible. That was before I received a special sale and was tempted to order more books.

My first goal was to keep up with my blog entries and not get too far behind. I'm not doing too bad. Right now I have 6 books needing to reviews: