Happy MMGM! Spotlight on The Year of Billy Miller

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I honestly wasn’t sure how much I’d like this book when I first started it.  Part of that was because I grabbed it on a whim and didn’t read the back cover blurb carefully enough, so when it mentioned Billy standing at the giant’s feet…I thought there’d be giants.  And that sounded cool. Note: there

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The Holy Bagumba-ness of Flora and Ulysses

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I think it should be obvious by now that I love books.  If it isn’t, you might want to open the little door at the back of your brain, reach in until your fingers find the gear marked ‘observation’ and give it a little nudge to the right.  You may also want to flick your

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Happy MMGM! Spotlight on the amazing Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder

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Some spotlights are easier to write than others–the books are of a kind people nod their heads over and feel wise for having read.  Other books are just as enjoyable and perhaps better written, but most people will feel a guilty pleasure for having read them and worry that their wise-quota took a hit.  I

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