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I’m a part time graphic designer (yes, everything you see on UTC has been done by me), run my husband's business from home and on a good day I’m a self appointed superwoman (she who can do it all).I love blogging with my girls and I couldn’t do it any other way!My first love is everything paranormal, but in the past few years I’ve re-learned to love contemporary romance.Every once in a while I like to mix things up with a historical romance, a steampunk or an LGBT book.Because I need variety to avoid book slumps.I don’t always need an HEA although I prefer one, and I love authors that can rip my heart out and make me ugly cry. I get easily distracted by pictures of sexy guys and have tons of book boyfriends.I keep all my alpha males chained to my basement and guard them fiercely.*Back off bitches*I like to see Jason Momoa as a lot of those boyfriends, because …. I’m a 30 something sun lover currently living in Florida.I’m a book and coffee addict and lover of all things elephants. “His daughters pounced and opened the bag together,” writes Cleary. Quimby bringing home a little bag of candy as a present for Beezus and Ramona. Ramona and Her Father, the fourth book, opens with Mr. The Ramona series has many tiny pinpricks of the uncanny-and each is a delight. Cleary writes in Ramona Quimby, Age 8, “Ramona had reached the age of demanding accuracy from everyone, even herself.” As it turns out, this isn’t exactly true. I’ve wanted to escape to Ramona’s Portland, with invisible lizards and makeshift sheep costumes and beloved red rubber boots.Īnd then, escapism turned into an enigma. Seeing images of Portland in tear gas, under an orange sky, I’ve felt enraged, terrified, and helpless. 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