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If you are looking for a copy of "Blood Pressure Diary: Keeping it Simple," please visit https://jespiddlin.com/BPD. Goodreads has removed it due to it being a book for recording information inside, rather than reading material. Of course, my reviews were taken down with the book, too. (Goodreads policy.)
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From 2013 to 2018, Renee' worked as an editor for 4RV Publishing. Two of those years were spent as the Children's Corner Imprint Editor, a position she truly enjoyed.

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	Writers' Anarchy by Earl Chessher (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Harry S. Franklin (Contributor), Hayley Carter (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.48 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Flash It! by Earl Chessher (Goodreads Author) (editor), Ted Atoka (contributor), Christopher Bell (contributor) 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Growing Concerns by Alex Hurst (Editor), Donna A. Leahey (Goodreads Author), N.J. Magas (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anything Goes by Renee' LaViness (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Breen (Goodreads Author), Lynn Mohney 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Memoirs of the Civil War Commanders: First Hand Accounts from the Key Personalities of the Civil War: Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, William Sherman, Jefferson Davis, Raphael Semmes

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I enjoyed this short little read. The information was honest and real. She didn't try to give any false hopes; just told what worked for her. And it didn't take a lot of time out of my life to read her view on the matter. I recommend this book to tho ...more
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This was a good autobiography, although it didn't tell as much about what Susie King Taylor did, but what she saw as the first Black nurse during the American Civil War. She told some of her life before the war and described some of the battles and h ...more
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