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Category: Best of the Worst

Best-of lists for each year ALB has been in existence.

How to Survive an Atomic Bomb

Mary’s Favorites of 2016

December 27, 2016 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst 2 comments

This really has been a weird year for just about everyone I know, and not just because of politics and baseball. As 2016 comes to a close, Holly and I endeavor to create a “best of” list for the year.

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Pyschic Sasquatch

Best of 2015 part 2

December 30, 2015 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst 2 comments

  Today we continue our favorite lists from 2015. These are just books that make me question all sorts of things. Part of me wished I could be a fly on the wall during the editorial meetings with these titles.

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How to be attractive cover

Best of 2015 Part 1

December 29, 2015 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst One comment

2015 is nearly gone, and one of the rules of the Internet is to do a best/worst list for the year. We hope you will add your particular favorites in the comments. We hope you have time to relax this

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Royal Knits cover

ALB Best of the Worst 2014 – What Were They Thinking?

December 29, 2014 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst 3 comments

As we wrap up 2014, for our final list of the worst, we have some titles and cover art that have left us wondering what were these people thinking? I think that just about everything is represented here. We have a

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Your Power as a Woman

ALB Best of the Worst 2014: Helpful Advice

December 28, 2014 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst 12 comments

Continuing part 2 of our 3 part series of the Best of the Worst 2014, we are addressing the world of advice. Ladies, without ALB this year you wouldn’t know how to use your secret lady powers, survive a hostage

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Saturday Morning Mind Control

ALB Best of the Worst 2014: Kids and Parents

December 27, 2014 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst 5 comments

To kick off our Worst of 2014 posts, we are focusing on those books that would be likely to “interest” kids and parents. Our friend Doris had a banner year on this site with quite a few selections. I think

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Home Firearm Safety cover

Best of the Worst 2013 Part 2

December 27, 2013 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst 3 comments

We had lots of candidates for our top contenders. The trick is narrowing down some of these choices. Both Holly and I agreed that the book that helped you make your mind so strong that you could actually increase the

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Sense Relaxation cover

The Best of the Worst in 2013

December 26, 2013 Mary Kelly Best of the Worst

Long time readers of our site will know that at the end of the year, it is a law of the Internet that we take a moment to reflect on some of the fine choices we have featured on Awful

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