Books read in 2016

57.  Fire Touched, Patricia Briggs (e)
56.  Sweet Masterpiece, Connie Shelton (e)
55.  Serpentine, Cindy Pon (e)
54.  Mirabile, Janet Kagan (re-read) (e)
53.  The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld, Chris Wiltz (e)
52.  Monstress, Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
51.  Marked in Flesh, Anne Bishop (e)
50.  Peter Pan (Peter and Wendy), J. M. Barrie (e) (read aloud with Steve)
49.  The City of Lightning, Kaja & Phil Foglio
48.  Disenchanted & Co., Lynn Viehl
47.  Tell me a Dragon, Jackie Morris
46.  Feet of Clay, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
45.  Vision in Silver (e), Anne Bishop
44.  Murder of Crows, Anne Bishop
43.  Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
42.  Queen of the Deep (e), Kay Kenyon
41.  Station Eleven, Emily St. John Mandel
40.  Lightning that Lingers, Sharon & Tom Curtis writing as Laura London (re-read for both; first time reading aloud)
39.  Guards!  Guards!, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
38.  Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Ransom Riggs
37.  Tiger's Chance, Jan Henry, illustrated by Hilary Knight (re-read)
36.  Carousel Tides, Sharon Lee (1st read for pleasure)
35.  The Fall of Kings, Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman (e)
34.  Play of Passion, Nalini Singh (read aloud with Steve)
33.  Privilege of the Sword, Ellen Kushner (re-re-&c-read) (e)
32.  Swordspoint, Ellen Kushner (re-re-&c-read) (e)
31.  Incarnate, Jodi Meadows (e)
30.  Discount Armageddon, Seanan McGuire (e)
29.  Tiger Eye, Majorie M. Liu (e)
28.  Visitor, C. J. Cherryh (read aloud with Steve)
27.  To Have and to Hold, Nalini Singh (e)
26.  The House of Shattered Wings, Aliette de Bodard
25.  Bride of the Rat God, Barbara Hambly (e)
24.  Every Heart a Doorway, Seanan McGuire (e)
23.  Maximum Ice, Kay Kenyon (e)
22.  War for the Oaks, Emma Bull (re-re-re-re-read)
21. Wheel of the Infinite, Martha Wells (e)
20.  Algonquin Cat, Val Schaffner, illustrated by Hilary Knight
19.  Karen Memory, Elizabeth Bear
18.  Ancillary Mercy, Ann Leckie
17. When Falcons Fall, C.S. Harris
16.  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read)
15.  Uprooted, Naomi Novik
14.  Strong Poison, Dorothy L. Sayers (re-re-re-read)
13.  Written in Red, Anne Bishop
12.  Andy & Don, Daniel de Visé
11.  The Thief of Time, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
10.  Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch
9.   Broken Homes, Ben Aaronovitch
8.   Soul Music, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
7.   Whispers Underground, Ben Aaronovitch
6.   Moon Over Soho, Ben Aaronovitch
5.   Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
4.   Conflict of Honors, Sharon Lee and Steve Miller (e) (re-read)
3.   Mort, Terry Pratchett (read aloud with Steve)
2.   The Sculptor, Scott McCloud
1.   A Short History of a Small Place, T.R. Pearson

In which work goes forth

So!  Neogenesis now clocks in at 68,505 words, which actually means very little, but it looks like progress.  What y'all need to know is that the book to this point (about midway, as we discussed elsewhere) is squared up, and I'm confident that the action which proceedeth therefrom will not follow a crooked path.

Or at least, an unintended crooked path.

Tomorrow, I get to write New Stuff, including, it says here, a Sneaky Break-in.  Cool.  I've been wanting to write a Sneaky Break-in for a long while, now, and I know just the people who can carry it off.

Raining here; snow up-country tonight.  They say.

Everybody stay dry.

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"Cha'trez, I believe that I shall return to active duty. You will do Korval honor, I know."