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A Parade of Horribles (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #8)

by Matt Dinniman (Goodreads Author)

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Life, and Death, and Giants

by Ron Rindo (Goodreads Author)

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Role Model (Game Changers, #5)

by Rachel Reid

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“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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“My reading schedule has become butter. I'm being seduced right and left to add books I hadn't even considered. I am a book harlot. A book toting gentleman of the evening.”
― Jeffrey Keeten

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“Your whole house smells of dog, says someone who comes to visit. I say I'll take care of it. Which I do by never inviting that person to visit again.”
― Sigrid Nunez, The Friend

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