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I’m making my way through them all, slowly but surely! And I love how you all have it set up as an index. It’s easy to navigate through. Love it!</p> <p id="comment-like-19156" data-liked=comment-not-liked class="comment-likes comment-not-liked"><a href="https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com/discussions/?like_comment=19156&_wpnonce=c791ac30d8" class="comment-like-link needs-login" rel="nofollow" data-blog="23261080"><span>Like</span></a><span id="comment-like-count-19156" class="comment-like-feedback">Like</span></p> </div> </article> <ul class="children"> <li id="comment-19164" class="comment byuser comment-author-pagesunbound bypostauthor odd alt depth-2"> <article id="div-comment-19164" class="comment-body"> <header class="comment-meta"> <cite class="fn"><a href="https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com" class="url" rel="ugc">Briana</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com/discussions/#comment-19164"> <time datetime="2016-10-25T20:57:18-04:00"> 10/25/2016 at 8:57 pm </time> </a> </div> <div class="comment-tools"> <span class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/discussions/?replytocom=19164#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-19164', '19164', 'respond', '12130' )">Reply</a> </span> </div> </header> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d928a9d8110bced7d64809e5631eab69b89f582fabefb44cfb52782bafd38a80?s=48&d=https%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=G' srcset='https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d928a9d8110bced7d64809e5631eab69b89f582fabefb44cfb52782bafd38a80?s=48&d=https%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=G 1x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d928a9d8110bced7d64809e5631eab69b89f582fabefb44cfb52782bafd38a80?s=72&d=https%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D72&r=G 1.5x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d928a9d8110bced7d64809e5631eab69b89f582fabefb44cfb52782bafd38a80?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&r=G 2x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d928a9d8110bced7d64809e5631eab69b89f582fabefb44cfb52782bafd38a80?s=144&d=https%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D144&r=G 3x, https://1.gravatar.com/avatar/d928a9d8110bced7d64809e5631eab69b89f582fabefb44cfb52782bafd38a80?s=192&d=https%3A%2F%2F1.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D192&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-48' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> </div> <div class="comment-content"> <p>Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying them! I might actually be a little behind with the indexing, though. Oops. :p</p> <p id="comment-like-19164" data-liked=comment-not-liked class="comment-likes comment-not-liked"><a href="https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com/discussions/?like_comment=19164&_wpnonce=4bd9d2a4d9" class="comment-like-link needs-login" rel="nofollow" data-blog="23261080"><span>Like</span></a><span id="comment-like-count-19164" class="comment-like-feedback">Liked by <a href="#" class="view-likers" data-like-count="1">1 person</a></span></p> </div> </article> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="comment-30764" class="comment even thread-odd thread-alt depth-1"> <article id="div-comment-30764" class="comment-body"> <header class="comment-meta"> <cite class="fn"><a href="http://www.instagram.com/book_hoarderblog" class="url" rel="ugc external nofollow">Kelsey</a></cite> <span class="says">says:</span> <div class="comment-metadata"> <a href="https://pagesunbound.wordpress.com/discussions/#comment-30764"> <time datetime="2018-04-05T18:44:27-04:00"> 04/05/2018 at 6:44 pm </time> </a> </div> <div class="comment-tools"> <span class="reply"> <a class="comment-reply-link" href="/discussions/?replytocom=30764#respond" onclick="return addComment.moveForm( 'div-comment-30764', '30764', 'respond', '12130' )">Reply</a> </span> </div> </header> <div class="comment-author vcard"> <img alt='' src='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2417e64d75a50392f384b4cca9f71b3f683b9aa41946c7da415353272c38aaa6?s=48&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=G' srcset='https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2417e64d75a50392f384b4cca9f71b3f683b9aa41946c7da415353272c38aaa6?s=48&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D48&r=G 1x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2417e64d75a50392f384b4cca9f71b3f683b9aa41946c7da415353272c38aaa6?s=72&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D72&r=G 1.5x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2417e64d75a50392f384b4cca9f71b3f683b9aa41946c7da415353272c38aaa6?s=96&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D96&r=G 2x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2417e64d75a50392f384b4cca9f71b3f683b9aa41946c7da415353272c38aaa6?s=144&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D144&r=G 3x, https://2.gravatar.com/avatar/2417e64d75a50392f384b4cca9f71b3f683b9aa41946c7da415353272c38aaa6?s=192&d=https%3A%2F%2F2.gravatar.com%2Favatar%2Fad516503a11cd5ca435acc9bb6523536%3Fs%3D192&r=G 4x' class='avatar avatar-48' height='48' width='48' loading='lazy' decoding='async' /> </div> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I think this post was amazing if a little overwhelming. 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