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Good morning 🌄 My #coffeeandcurrentlyreading to Good morning 🌄 My #coffeeandcurrentlyreading today is Twice a Daughter by @juliemcgue. I was in the mood for a memoir so I'm glad this was in my #tbr basket!

Blurb:
Julie is adopted. She is also a twin. Because their adoption was closed, she and her sister lack both a health history and their adoption papers―which becomes an issue for Julie when, at forty-eight years old, she finds herself facing several serious health issues.

To launch the probe into her closed adoption, Julie first needs the support of her sister. The twins talk things over, and make a pact: Julie will approach their adoptive parents for the adoption paperwork and investigate search options, and the sisters will split the costs involved in locating their birth relatives. But their adoptive parents aren't happy that their daughters want to locate their birth parents―and that is only the first of many obstacles Julie will come up against as she digs into her background.

Julie's search for her birth relatives spans years and involves a search agency, a PI, a confidential intermediary, a judge, an adoption agency, a social worker, and a genealogist. By journey's end, what began as a simple desire for a family medical history has evolved into a complicated quest―one that unearths secrets, lies, and family members that are literally right next door.

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Hi 👋🏻 I'm Joli, for those who haven't yet se Hi 👋🏻 I'm Joli, for those who haven't yet seen my face! This is my little corner desk in my little bedroom in my little house, and it's often where I work on the LQ blog!

I have a question for you. Are you a bookstagrammer wishing you had a blog sometimes so you could post longer reviews or book lists? Or maybe you have a book blog and you're interested in posting elsewhere to gain links to your site and expand your blog/writing?

I am always open to guest blog posts and new regular contributors on LQ! I added a link to our Write for Us form in my bio. We get a decent amount of traffic and Google tends to like us (swipe for an example).

So there you have it, just wanted to share this little invite ☺️. Have a lovely day 🌄

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📚 Book Review 📚 Sometimes a book finds you, 📚 Book Review 📚

Sometimes a book finds you, and this book found me at the perfect time. Check out my new post the blog to find out why! And to get a review of @chipgaines book on networks. Not networking. (Important difference!) - #LQBecky 

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April 9, 1960 is my sweet mom's birthday. She wasn April 9, 1960 is my sweet mom's birthday. She wasn't a huge reader in her adult life, but she sure did work hard to instill a love of reading in her kids. She read to me every night when I was a girl, and we made it through every one of her collection of Trixie Belden books 💜. I'm so happy to have her collection, which she got when she was a girl. 

She died suddenly and unexpectedly in November of 2014 and man, do I miss her. Had to set up this pretty Trixie stack today on her birthday 🎂.

Sending my love and deep empathy today to anyone else who has lost a mom 💜.

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Good morning 🌄 it's supposed to rain here all d Good morning 🌄 it's supposed to rain here all day, AND I have my first cold in over a year 🤧. Bleh. But on the positive side, I'm loving my bright and cheery #tbr basket that's full of goodies, and my pup is beautiful as always 💁🏻. Her name is Freya and she's a black lab mix 🖤. 

What's coming up on your TBR you're most excited for? I'm looking forward to all of these very much, but The Lost Apothecary is so widely loved and hyped, I probably have to pick that one!

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Funny story: I legitimately thought it was Thursda Funny story: I legitimately thought it was Thursday until I logged into bookstagram and saw @minnesota_mailer's post saying "happy hump day". So thanks for keeping me running on the right day, booksta 😂. Anyway, this beautiful #bookmail showed up at my house yesterday just because I have a Little Free Library! How awesome is that?? @celadonbooks sent out a number of copies for LFLs across the nation. If you're local, you can find THE MAIDENS hitting my LFL on May 1st! Stay tuned for a picture of it going in on that day!

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If you need me...don't bother, I'm busy 😂 #amr If you need me...don't bother, I'm busy 😂

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Happy Easter🐰 to those celebrating today! I hop Happy Easter🐰 to those celebrating today! I hope you have nice weather and a few sweets 🙃🍬. My 2.5-year-old is just discovering certain candies for the first time and was very excited this morning to find jelly beans in her Easter basket. I borrowed a few for this picture while she was outside with daddy 😂.

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