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It’s another survey!
This survey will close today, Saturday October 17th, at one pm! Three little questions… one’s about the next book club!
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To be honest, my reading slacked off a lot in 2015. I usually read half again as much as I did this past year, a lot of which were forgettable at best, and absolute stinkers at worst. I didn’t have a “favorite romance published in 2015!” book this year, though there were a few that…