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	Catfishing on CatNet (CatNet, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,690 ratings — published 2019 — 8 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
	Little Free Library 4.01 avg rating — 1,514 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Chaos on CatNet (CatNet, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 945 ratings — published 2021 — 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
	Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories 4.26 avg rating — 823 ratings — published 2017 — 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
	Liberty's Daughter 4.06 avg rating — 526 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Fires of the Faithful (Eliana's Song, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 531 ratings — published 2002 — 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
	The Year Without Sunshine 4.19 avg rating — 367 ratings — published 2023 — 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
	Better Living Through Algorithms 4.25 avg rating — 297 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
	Turning the Storm (Eliana's Song, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 306 ratings — published 2003 — 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
	Freedom's Gate (The Dead Rivers Trilogy, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 293 ratings — published 2004 — 7 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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Greetings to everyone pulling up my site on their phones from a voting booth. For your convenience I’ve put links to (hopefully) all of this year’s races. If you scroll and don’t find what you’re looking for, try searching a candidate name, but remember, I only write about races that appear on the ballot in Minneapolis or Saint Paul.

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Naomi Kritzer and 3 other people liked Roonies's review of Mrs. Nash's Ashes: "LMAO I TRIED. DNFd because this is listed as an LGBTQ book. JUST SO YOU KNOW: the queer character is dead. Like right off the bat our sapphic granny is D E A D. And the rest of it is just Herero??? And honestly? Is this how hetero people love because" Read more of this review »
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I got to read this pre-publication, and it's GREAT. The thing about Lyda Morehouse's worldbuilding is that she builds her stuff around the rule-of-cool, then flips it all over to show you the underside and the price. You see the place that was built ...more
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“Because really, there are two immutable laws of nature at work here: number one, love will find a way; and number two, if a sexual act can be conceived of, someone will pay money to watch it.”
― Naomi Kritzer, Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories

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“I am the world's most badass cat picture aficionado. I recommend that you put down your gun and surrender.”
― Naomi Kritzer, Catfishing on CatNet

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“Having access to knowledge didn't always mean understanding things. I do not entirely understand people.”
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