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Welcome everyone to the Fantasy Books Review Blog. From now on I will be posting reviews for every book that I read.  I will try to post at least one review a week.  Feel free to leave comments with tips and suggestions that will help me improve this website.  Remember I do this for fun and for the benefit of people who want to read good fantasy books.  This blog will improve as time passes and I learn more about what the community wants.  Once again I welcome and thank all of you for visiting my blog.

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