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Monthly Wrap-Up – October 2024

A quick look at what I read, what I reviewed, and the state of my challenges and resolutions.

Sunday Post – 10/27/2024

I voted! And celebrated my birthday with a beautiful day at an arboretum.

Also, a look back at this week’s reading, reviews, and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!

PRH says “no” to AI training; Carnegie Medal longlist; The Little Prince typescript up for auction; print-on-demand books substituted for publishers’ copies; bookshops are cool now; AI audiobook narrators; and more in this week’s links!

The Wedding Witch, by Erin Sterling

The third Penhallow brother meets his match in The Wedding Witch! A delightfully funny, slightly spooky witchy romance, perfect for the season.

How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature/meme now hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. The meme was originally the brainchild of The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s topic is How My Reading Habits Have Changed Over Time. (1) I read more new-to-me books than I used to. Before I became a… Read more »

Sunday Post – 10/20/2024

I’m home from New Mexico, trying to catch up on the house and routine medical stuff.

Also, a look back at this week’s writing, reading, reviews, and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!

COYER Unwind, Chapter 4 – Fall

I’m signing up for COYER Unwind, Chapter 4 The Fall chapter of COYER Unwind runs from October 1 through December 31, 2024. You can read about COYER Unwind generally here, and click this link to sign up for Chapter 4 – Fall. My goal is to read and review 5… Read more »

Monthly Wrap-Up – September 2024

A quick look at what I read, what I reviewed, and the state of my challenges and resolutions.

Sunday Post – 10/13/2024

I saw the aurora borealis for the first time! And spent quality time with my family.

Also, a look back at this week’s reading, reviews, and blog posts, plus the weekly book haul!

Treasures from the Hoard: Fortune’s Fool by Mercedes Lackey

The third book in Mercedes Lackey’s Tales of the Five Hundred Kingdoms series, Fortune’s Fool is an enjoyable if eclectic remix of a number of fairy tales. Lackey takes a wide assortment of elements drawn from Russian, eastern and northern European, Japanese, and Middle Eastern folk and fairy tales, and mixes them up, higgledy-piggledy… and it works surprisingly well.