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Her 1: “What are you reading? Oh, hey, I read that book.”

Her 2: “This book is amazing. OMG. It sucks you in. I can’t put it down.”

Her 1: “Totally does, doesn’t it?”

Her 2: “Oh, yeah. You can’t believe how compelling it is to read. I feel like changing my entire life, and following each section of this book.”

Her 1: “Wait, huh?”

Her 2: “Seriously, it’s incredible, how this book has touched me.”

Her 1: “Oh...you’re not kidding. I mean, it was a quick read but -”

Her 2: “No, no, not quick at ALL. I’m savoring every phrase, and contemplating each one. It’s taken me ages to decipher some of the meanings behind the prose.”

Her 1: “I don’t ... I mean… wow.”

Her 2: “Lewis is just an incredible writer.”

Her 1: “Lewis? Don’t you mean Meyer?”

While both Karen and many others questioned the statement that this man is hot, behold, she is teh winnah of our latest Caption that Cover contest, with her entry, Cat on a Hot Tan Man. Hooray Karen! You win $20 spanky dollars at your choice, Amazon or Powells.

Honorable mentions go to Suze for The Incongruously Blond Italian Billionaire’s Familiar Mistress , Karmyn for the inimitable This wasn’t what he had in mind when Mrs. Slocumbe offered him her pussy, and to Amy for i haz ur heero / u bring cheezbrgr / or no happyend fur u .

Well played, y’all. That thread was way too much fun. 

JebB dove into the user book store, and came up with a cover so excellent, she immediately sent it to me with the request that we caption this bad boy.

I dunno, really. There aren’t any decent puns that are at all obvious in the art.

As usual, vote for your fave, and I’ll use my paper and pencil to count up the votes and award $20 in gifty dollars to the winner. Ready set go!

In a recent comment, Jennifer Echols mentioned No Plot? No Problem, a how-to manual by Chris Baty, founder of NaNoWriMo.

According to Echols, “He suggests that before you sit down to write a novel, you make a list of everything you love to see in novels. When you write your own novel, you should put the stuff from your list in there. Then you should make a second list of everything you hate to see in novels. When you write your own novel, you should make sure none of the stuff from that second list creeps in when you’re tired.”

Ooh, neat. But looking at that idea from the perspective of a reader, I can generate an equally useful list - for shopping and seeking recommendations.

Here’s my list:

Samhain is offering another free Kindle ebook - Perfecting Amanda by Bonnie Dee.

Seriously, I love the free Kindle books. I know it’s device exclusive and probably pisses the hell out of people who don’t have Kindles haven’t had a good gulp of the Kindle-Ade, but I have to say, click-click try a new author? Verrrry seductive. Well played, Samhain.

And by the way, do you get prank calls for people looking for Mr. Sam Hain? Next time I know you’re at a conference, I’m so paging Mr. Sam Hain to the lobby.