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Sunday Post – 4/21/2024

It’s been a busy week, with a family visit, fiber guild activities, progress on the house stuff, and writing!

Also, a look back at this week’s reading, plus the weekly book haul.

Indie publishers lose a major distributor; Hugo Awards finalists announced; Google discontinuing “news” search refinement; Herculaneum scroll partially deciphered; authors and translators facing threats from AI; and more book news and interesting articles.

Sunday Post – 4/14/2024

The eclipse was really cool, with about 87.9% of the sun obscured at maximum. We’re close to a decision on flooring. I prepared a tutorial and demonstration for the fiber guild meeting yesterday.

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

A Midnight Puzzle, by Gigi Pandian

A Midnight Puzzle is the third book in the Secret Staircase Mysteries, a delightful cozy mystery series featuring Tempest Raj, a stage magician/illusionist, and her family. The series gets its name from her father’s architecture-and-construction company, which specializes in secret rooms, hidden staircases, and other architectural puzzles. Tempest’s skills in creating and figuring out illusions come in very handy as she and her friends investigate several murders, each involving the Secret Staircase firm’s clients or jobsite in some way.

Sunday Post – 4/07/2024

I have to spend another month in the wrist brace. We contacted several firms about the work we want done on the house, and estimates are coming in.

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

Inheritance, by Nora Roberts

Inheritance, the first book in Nora Roberts’s Lost Brides trilogy, provides the perfect blend of wish-fulfillment fantasy, friendship, romance, and deliciously spooky atmosphere.

Monthly Wrap-Up – March 2024

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

Easter Sunday Post – 3/31/2024

What I’ve been doing, reading, watching, and listening to in the past week… on the blog and in real life.

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

I’m Signing Up for COYER Unwind, Chapt. 2

I’m signing up for COYER Unwind, Chapter 2 This chapter of COYER Unwind runs from April 1 through June 30, 2024. You can read about COYER Unwind generally here, and sign up for the Spring chapter at the link below. My goal is to read and review 10 books between… Read more »

A Short History of the World According to Sheep, by Sally Coulthard

I loved Sally Coulthard’s A Short History of the World According to Sheep! As a fiber crafter and life-long history buff, I found the book fascinating, well-researched, and entertaining. Coulthard explores the ways in which sheep have both shaped and been shaped by human civilization, from our first domestication of the animals to today.