Dear Reader

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This book is being released via BookCrossing on 5 March 2011 as part of the inaugural World Book Night. With the full support of the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association, the Independent Publishers Guild, the Reading Agency with libraries, World Book Day and the BBC, one million books will be given away by an army of passionate readers to members of the public across the UK and Ireland.

Read and release!

One of 48 books given to me to release for World Book Night 2011.

Posted to a Bookcrosser.

Thank you so much for this surprise, the chocolate, the Post cards, and just for thinking of me. You are so generous!!!!!

The premise of using the point of view of the wives of famous men such as Queen Herod, Mrs. Midas, and Queen Kong is a good one. I found the poems focused too much on sexual issues when there could have been so much more.

Enjoy! for January International Sweepstake to pam99.
Also, for the Valentine and KTM release challenges 2011

I have read this collection before but don't have a copy and so I'm very pleased to be able to read it again. One of my favourites is rather childish but brilliant on so many levels:

Mrs Darwin

7 April 1852

Went to the Zoo.
I said to Him-
Something about that Chimpanzee over there reminds me
of you.

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