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Crossed Genres Magazine 2.0, Issue 8: Touch (Crossed Genres Magazine 2.0, #8)
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This Field Intentionally Left Blank -- Hidden Bookshelf #7

I took the books.

I stole the shelf.

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Up Next: Leap Month and my review of Bone Age.

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