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Morris Gleitzman is a prolific author for the younger reader, according to the site Fantastic Fiction he has 64 books written in his name, although they don't include this one, and they are sometime not the best for factual information, particularly publication order. I have read several Morris Gleitzman books but I am unsure exactly how many,.  I will have to find out. Anyway this is a collection of short stories which are quite entertaining for the most part, but like all collections have a tendency to be a little uneven in quality. The books is quite a quick read and comes in at 145 pages. It was a nice read for a Sunday afternoon, I finished it on December 6 2020. I would recommend this one for younger readers in particular but anyone should be able to enjoy it, the stand out was probably Odd Soques. There is nothing too taxing here and it does have some humorous moments, ultimately though I think it will pass through the memory banks pretty quickly and not much will be left be
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So after much procrastination, I have decided to start a blog of book reviews. I used to just review on Goodreads, but since they are a very frustrating site, and continually take away the best features and don't listen to their community I've decided to go this way. So I won't review every single book I read because of time and well other factors, but I sill review a stack of them, and they may not be in the order I read them either, sometimes you read a sequel later on and may review them together for example. Anyway, I am biased, but that is the nature of a review all people have a bias of some sort. I lean to the left, which may influence how I review. I read all sorts of books, from those for the very young, to those for the very old, from fiction and non-fiction, from all genres and if I think they are worth reading I will tell you so! I will be as honest as I can, however I will try and find a positive in all books, even the terrible books, sometimes this won't h