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That&#8217;s because I put the pages together as I get the reviews in OR if I received the book early enough to determine that I <em>should<\/em> have a review for it by the go live date.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the problem with my no order presentation&#8211;no one knows what book is on the next page or what rating it received until they stumble upon it. Hey, I&#8217;m easy, I don&#8217;t mind that kind of surprises but some folks don&#8217;t. So for my visitors who want to see the books based on their rating so they can cherry pick the reviews they want to read, I&#8217;ve added a <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Month-At-A-Glance<\/strong><\/span> page to all the genres (Mystery will be coming later once I start getting the December reviews for them).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5261\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5261\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theseasonforromance.com\/december_historicals_at-a-glance.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5261\" title=\"monthataglance\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/monthataglance.jpg?resize=295%2C220\" alt=\"\" width=\"295\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Historical Month-At-A-Glance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Weekly Giveaway:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5263\" title=\"win_winter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/win_winter.png?resize=74%2C78\" alt=\"\" width=\"74\" height=\"78\" \/>I&#8217;m giving away 6 fabulous releases, all books featured in the December issue. Not only are the books featured on the<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Home Page<\/a><\/strong> but they are all designated with the easy to spot <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>WIN<\/strong><\/em><\/span> symbol. If the link on the pages don&#8217;t work, you can email me at contests at theseasonforromance dot com to enter. Please include your first and last name. On the subject line, please type the title of the book you&#8217;re entering to win. If you include your snail mail address, you don&#8217;t have to contact me again if you win.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8216;Tis The Season Writing Contest Finals<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Today begins the first day of voting in<strong> &#8216;Tis The Season Writing Contest<\/strong>. There are 11 really fine stories posted so I urge you go read, rate and comment. 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