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Avoid Wasted Prayers: What God Requires When We Pray (Powerful Prayers For Every Need Book 4)

July 13, 2026
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Avoid Wasted Prayers: What God Requires When We Pray (Powerful Prayers For Every Need Book 4)

Simply centering the type would have been enough to keep it off this site, but no…

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Footprints in Time: A Journey of Nostalgia

July 13, 2026
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Footprints in Time: A Journey of Nostalgia (Through My Eyes: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Andrew C. S. Koh)

The description doesn’t say it’s nostalgia specifically about food, but it also doesn’t say it’s NOT about food, so…

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The Lousies Semifinals: March 2026!

July 13, 2026
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The the fourth semifinal for 2026:

Vote your top (which is to say, bottom) three of these notably bad covers from April!

Because good (bad) work should be recognized.

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Through the Mirror and Into Snow (Before Happily Ever After Book 1)

July 12, 2026
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Through the Mirror and Into Snow (Before Happily Ever After Book 1)

“Okay, I kinda got carried away with the wrinkles…”

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The 666 Horrors Of Nicholas Blackheart: The Misfortune Of Ronald Devil

July 12, 2026
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The 666 Horrors Of Nicholas Blackheart: The Misfortune Of Ronald Devil

But once we’re past the cover, there are only 665, right?

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The Deceiving Years: Old Era

July 12, 2026
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The Deceiving Years: Old Era

This is a nonfiction book about Iraqi espionage from 1989 to 2003, and I don’t even know what’s real anymore.

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Spy Over There

July 11, 2026
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Spy Over There

Further.

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Granny Forks A Fugitive (Fuchsia Minnesota Book 4)

July 11, 2026
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Granny Forks A Fugitive (Fuchsia Minnesota Book 4)

The absolute nadir of the “murder tee-hee” genre? Too early to say.

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