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" As I warned at the beginning of the week, January 31st would be the last day of The Books Blog. That day has come.  I want to thank all the really, really great writers who contributed to the blog \u2014 we had original fiction from Diane Williams, Rebecca Curtis and Rozalia Jovanovic, and we had many guest bloggers breaking up the monotony of my ramblings with their smart and funny pieces. The Books Blog posts will remain active, so if you find yourself missing it (or needing a link to your clips), it will be there for you. Same goes for the archives of the fantastic Napkin Project and the Last Line series, which pre-dated The Books Blog and were fantastic simply because we had the best fiction writers around providing the content.  And thanks to everyone who read and cheered it on. I never wanted to blog, but after doing it for half a year it&amp;#039;s become a nasty habit. I&amp;#039;ll continue to indulge here.  Anya  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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