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Hi! My name is Julie and I live in North Carolina with my husband and our two children ~ a 14 year old boy, Carter, who is in 9th grade, and an 11 year old girl, who I will refer to as M until she's old enough to give me permission to use her name around here. She is in 6th grade this year. I work full time for a large technology company as a product owner on a scrum team, but my background is in marketing and writing. I love to read in my spare time.


I've been blogging here at My Book Retreat since October of 2008, sharing my thoughts about the books I read, the books my kids read and reading in general. I balance my reading between books I am personally interested in, books I'm reading for my monthly neighborhood book club, books my kids are reading, and books I'm given for free to review. So far, it's been a nice balance and I intend to keep it that way.

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