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Average rating: 4.17 · 41 ratings · 20 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Philistines Be Upon Thee (Badwater #1) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	But God Made Hell (Badwater #2) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milk Lemonade Chocolate 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mushroomhead 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cyclops from the Forge (Badwater #3) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Big Midweek: Life Inside The Fall

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I Hear a New World (The Long London Quintet, #2)

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Stephen Toman and 12 other people liked Lee Klein's review of Sjelesorg: "Thomas the narrator is a deacon of an Oslo area church. He's a middle-aged gay man and doesn't consider himself a Christian. Whatever he believes, he seeks to a degree or at least ultimately discovers the soul in social work. He negotiates his church" Read more of this review »
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Stephen Toman and 13 other people liked Lee Klein's review of Have a Bleedin Guess: The Story of Hex Enduction Hour: "Most interesting about that one phrase toward the beginning of The Classical that didn't age well. Also great at demystifying the psychic MES myth, describing the permeable border between unschooled intuitive zero-fuckery and genius. The cover of thi" Read more of this review »
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