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[email protected]: Too Hot for Urban Lit: 1

July 31, 2025
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[email protected]: Too Hot for Urban Lit: 1

Somehow, no comment is adequate.

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A Shifter for New Years (Shifter for the Holidays Book 2)

July 31, 2025
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A Shifter for New Years (Shifter for the Holidays Book 2)

Don’t say anything about the undersized lion; he’s sensitive about his size.

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Raising Kick-Ass Girls, A Father’s Journey

July 30, 2025
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Raising Kick-Ass Girls, A Father’s Journey

The connotation is that the father got ass-kicked into a journey to BFE. (h/t PJ)

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Custody Battle

July 30, 2025
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Custody Battle

“Can I just be a ward of the state?”

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Dr. Bob’s Guide to Stopping Mosquito Bites: A Natural Way

July 30, 2025
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Dr. Bob’s Guide to Stopping Mosquito Bites: A Natural Way

Well, yes, submerging yourself permanently in the ocean would prevent mosquito bites. However. (h/t PJ)

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My journey as a caregiver called to serve my GOD in an unusual way

July 29, 2025
Nathan
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My journey as a caregiver called to serve my GOD in an unusual way

I guess the design aesthetic needs to be at least as unusual.

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Ace Jefferson Finlay III

July 29, 2025
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Ace Jefferson Finlay III

Some people just write their journals on a blog. This guy wants to charge you for it. (h/t PJ)

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The Collected Works

July 29, 2025
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The Collected Works

Of all the franchises that you don’t want to piss off… (Also, he was “an influential figure in turn-of-the-century literature,” so, huh?)

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