Confessions of a Book Addict

Not also much is happening on the mass forepart these days.  I've been reading some ARCs that I requested from NetGalley , but hence far nothing's been also impressive.  I'm also having problem getting the books saved to my flash drive, but that's neither hither nor there.  So since I'm abode sick today (there's something going around, a picayune worse than a mutual depression temperature but non quite the flu) I figure I'll speak virtually our solid hunting project. Chris as well as I convey been looking at houses inwards Massachusetts almost every weekend for over a calendar month now, non including all the houses nosotros looked at inwards New York earlier the holidays.  I desire to say we've completely given upwards on NY existent estate, but at that topographic point are withal some houses that nosotros could afford if nosotros genuinely wanted to try.  The occupation is, he hates NY as well as I'm ambivalent.  So we've been looking to a ...

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