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I may be inadvertently cyber stalking Abby Wambach right now

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Forward by Abby Wambach If you looked at my search history right now, you'd probably think I'm super obsessed with Abby Wambach. And maybe a borderline stalker. I promise I just really enjoyed her first book- Forward . We also happen to have grown up in the same town and I was genuinely curious what part of the town she grew up in. And I was pretty sure I had heard of the resort on Kauai where she got married because I just happened to go to that island on my honeymoon and wouldn't you know it, I stayed less than 10 minutes from there! Abby, I promise I'm not stalking you. I am far too lazy for that. Also, I'd probably be the worst stalker ever because I'm pretty sure she doesn't still live in upstate New York and is not still staying at that resort in Kauai. And I still hasn't gotten to the point Image source I'm going to stop using the word stalker now and talk about the book, I promise. The recommendation to read Abby Wambach's ...

My first experience with NetGalley- The Tanglewood Tea Shop

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I'm sure I'm super late to this party, but I just discovered NetGalley! Image Source So now in addition to the giant pile (ok piles) of books I have to read, I can add whatever ones I get access to there.  And yes, Marie Kondo, ALL THESE BOOKS SPARK JOY SO LAY OFF ME I'M STARVING.  Yes Emily, all these books SPARK JOY Image Source So before I get too GIF happy and off topic, let's chat about the first book I tried and NetGalley. NetGalley is "a site where book reviewers and other professional readers can read books before they are published" and give reviews. I fall into the "professional reader" category, thankyouverymuch. Now, if someone would just pay me to read, we might be somewhere.  Reviewers post their reviews to the site to share with the authors and publishers, and also share on websites like Goodreads and Amazon. I already keep track of all the books I read on Goodreads because I'm obsessive and also have...