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  Happy Halloween!   This month was quite a challenge for me on many levels. I was sick for weeks and that put a dent in my ability to write. Fortunately, I DID get some writing done. Yay! I also managed to finish writing the October ebook this month. Woot! I actually finished writing it today. What a nice way to celebrate Halloween! And a nice way to end a month. Now for NaNoWriMo!   My kids also had their birthdays this month. My oldest is now 21 and that was quite a change! I’m both happy and sad he’s 21 now. He’s just growing so fast! My youngest is now 15 and all he can think about is getting his driver’s permit.   This month’s books I read include books I finished reading which I started reading last month and books I read this month. The numbers reflect how many books I have read so far this year. I was very pleased to see that I have read over 100 books so far this year. Awesome! I think it surpasses one of my other reading challenges for a year...

Photo Credit: Taylor Friehl on unsplash       Ten days ago – October 12, 2022 – was a very important date in my life. It was the date in which I celebrated being sober for five years. Usually, I blog about my soberversary, but this year, I did something different: I celebrated the occasion online.   Through social media, in fact.   I am usually on Facebook and Twitter every day (my personal Facebook and Twitter, that is). So, I figured, since this was an important day for me, why not celebrate it online with all the peeps I usually interact with?   Yes, I have done this before, in addition to blogging about it. But I wanted to make the day all about an “online celebration” through social media. Not much else. (Yes, I celebrated it with my family, but it’s not like we threw an actual party or anything.)   So I posted about it on Facebook and announced it on Twitter. Then I spent the rest of the day responding to comments and thanking oth...

  Got a shorter list of books this month. I got VERY busy with the content writing gig. Plus, there were days I had really bad headaches and could not get much reading done. My youngest also started high school this month so we were busy with everything related to that as well.   I am still happy with my progress all the same. Some months will just be busier than others, and that means less opportunity to read every day! But I still try to squeeze in time to read no matter what is going on, even if it’s just for a little bit of time.   This list is a combination of books I finished reading this month as well as books I read for the month. They all still count as books read in 2022 (the goal of this project) so they are all numbered accordingly.   Books I Finished Reading This Month:   74. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller   75. ByTheWay by Dennis Santos   76. Claws by Russell James   Books Read This Month: ...