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Marcellus: ...Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes Wherein our Savior's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night l... silentnight https://bookpuddle.blogspot.com/2012/01/?m=0 Bookpuddle: 2012/01 Splashing around in books. https://bookpuddle.blogspot.com/2010/10/splash-du-jour-friday_29.html Bookpuddle: Splash du Jour: Friday After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful wi... du joursplashfriday https://bookpuddle.blogspot.com/2008/09/last-minute-cancellation.html?m=0 Bookpuddle: Last-Minute Cancellation Well, it is Saturday and usually I post a poem on Saturday. But I am last-minute canceling that plan! I had a poem all ready to go here this... last minutecancellation https://bookpuddle.blogspot.com/2015/01/remaindered-books.html?showComment=1422119982772&m=0 Bookpuddle: Remaindered Books I'm quite a fan of "remaindered books". 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