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Slayers of Old\u00a0<\/em>by Jim C. Hines is $3.99! The book is described as Buffy\u00a0<\/em>meets\u00a0Golden Girls<\/em>, which sounds awesome. Have any of you read it?<\/p>\n

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Buffy the Vampire Slayer\u00a0meets\u00a0Golden Girls\u00a0in this humorous contemporary standalone fantasy about a group of former Chosen Ones coming out of retirement to save the world one last time<\/p>\n

Three former Chosen Ones have joined together to spend their retirement in peace and quiet, running Second Life Books and Gifts in Salem, MA. A calm, peaceful, tourist-filled oasis, where they never have to worry about saving the world. Until some of the locals start summoning ancient creatures best left where they were . . . and they discover that their bookstore basement just may be the portal to the underworld. These ex-heroes may have thought they were done . . . but if they want to finish their retirement in peace, they\u2019ll have to join together to save the world one last time.<\/p>\n

Why leave saving the world to the young?\u00a0Cozy mystery\u00a0readers looking for an extra dash of magic will eat this story fun, funny, and heartwarming, it\u2019s a novel about community, second chances, and the healing power of scones.<\/p>\n

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In the Middle of Somewhere<\/em> by Roan Parrish is $2.49! Reader Judy W. called the book \u201coutstanding\u201d in a previous\u00a0Whatcha Reading<\/a>, though some found the dialogue to be repetitive with too much filler.<\/p>\n

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Daniel Mulligan is tough, snarky, and tattooed, hiding his self-consciousness behind sarcasm. Daniel has never fit in\u2014not at home in Philadelphia with his auto mechanic father and brothers, and not at school where his Ivy League classmates looked down on him. Now, Daniel\u2019s relieved to have a job at a small college in Holiday, Northern Michigan, but he\u2019s a city boy through and through, and it\u2019s clear that this small town is one more place he won\u2019t fit in.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rex Vale clings to routine to keep loneliness at bay: honing his muscular body, perfecting his recipes, and making custom furniture. Rex has lived in Holiday for years, but his shyness and imposing size have kept him from connecting with people.<\/p>\n

When the two men meet, their chemistry is explosive, but Rex fears Daniel will be another in a long line of people to leave him, and Daniel has learned that letting anyone in can be a fatal weakness. Just as they begin to break down the walls keeping them apart, Daniel is called home to Philadelphia, where he discovers a secret that changes the way he understands everything.<\/p>\n

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How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying<\/em><\/h1>\n

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How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying<\/em> by Django Wexler is $2.99 and a Kindle Daily Deal! I mentioned this in Get Rec\u2019d and Darlynne commented<\/a>, warning of a cliffhanger but noting it was definitely worth it.<\/p>\n

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Groundhog Day<\/span>\u00a0meets\u00a0<\/span>Deadpool<\/span>\u00a0in Django Wexler\u2019s raunchy, hilarious, blood-splattered<\/span>\u00a0fantasy tale about a young woman who, tired of defending humanity from the Dark Lord, decides to become the Dark Lord herself.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTakes the old saying \u2018If you can\u2019t beat \u2019em, join \u2019em,\u2019 to the next level. A sarcastic, action-packed, intrigue-filled (mis)adventure. One of the funniest books I\u2019ve read in a long time.\u201d\u2013Matt Dinniman, author of Dungeon Crawler Carl<\/span><\/p>\n

Davi has done this all before. She\u2019s tried to be the hero and take down the all-powerful Dark Lord. A hundred times she\u2019s rallied humanity and made the final charge. But the time loop always gets her in the end. Sometimes she\u2019s killed quickly. Sometimes it takes a while. But she\u2019s been defeated every time.<\/p>\n

This time? She\u2019s done being the hero and done being stuck in this endless time loop. If the Dark Lord always wins, then maybe that\u2019s who she needs to be. It\u2019s Davi\u2019s turn to play on the winning side.<\/p>\n

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Raw Dog\u00a0<\/em>by Jamie Loftus is $2.99! I mentioned this one in a previous Get Rec\u2019d because I love hot dogs and I was curious. I wound up getting it on audio, but haven\u2019t started. If you, too, were curious about this one, it\u2019s now on sale!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique\u2014comedian Jamie Loftus\u2019s debut, Raw Dog , will take you on a cross-country road trip in the summer of 2021, and reveal what the creation, culture, and class influence of hot dogs says about America now.<\/p>\n

Featured NPR Weekend Edition \u2022 Bon App\u00e9tit \u2022 Oprah Daily \u2022 Glamour \u2022 NY Mag \u2022 Splendid Table \u2022 The Wall Street Journal \u2022 Eater \u2022 Betches \u2022 USA Today \u2022 Boston Globe \u2022 Eater \u2022 Slate \u2022 The Next Big Idea Club \u2022 Buzzfeed and more<\/p>\n

\u201cWise and funny\u201d \u2014ANDY RICHTER \u2022 \u201cRevealing, funny, sad, horny, and insatiably curious\u201d \u2014SARAH MARSHALL \u2022 \u201cA wild ride\u201d \u2014ROBERT EVANS \u2022 \u201cDeeply incisive and hilariously honest\u201d \u2014JACK O\u2019BRIEN \u2022 \u201cGonzo yet vulnerable\u201d \u2014GABE DUNN \u2022 \u201cHot dog Moby-Dick \u201d \u2014BRANSON REESE \u2022 \u201cOne of the freshest and most insightful new comedic voices of this decade.\u201d \u2014LINDSAY ELLIS<\/p>\n

Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They\u2019re high culture, they\u2019re low culture, they\u2019re sports food, they\u2019re kids\u2019 food, they\u2019re hangover food, and they\u2019re deeply American, despite having no basis whatsoever in America\u2019s Indigenous traditions. You can love them, you can hate them, but you can\u2019t avoid the great American hot dog.<\/p>\n

Raw The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs is part investigation into the cultural and culinary significance of hot dogs and part travelog documenting a cross-country road trip researching them as they\u2019re served today. From avocado and spice in the West to ass-shattering chili in the East to an entire salad on a slice of meat in Chicago, Loftus, her pets, and her ex eat their way across the country during the strange summer of 2021. It\u2019s a brief window into the year between waves of a plague that the American government has the resources to temper, but not the interest.<\/p>\n

So grab a dog, lay out your picnic blanket, and dig into the delicious and inevitable product of centuries of violence, poverty, and ambition, now rolling around at your local 7-Eleven.<\/p>\n

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