Books read in 2016

75.  The Housewife Assassin Handbook, Josie Brown (e)
74.  Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library, Chris Grabenstein (e/l)
73.  Paper and Fire, Rachel Caine (e/l)
72.  The Fifth Elephant, Terry Pratchett (read aloud w/Steve)
71.  The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, Terry Pratchett (e/l)
70.  The Sparrow in Hiding, J. Kathleen Cheney (e)
69.  The Black Wolves of Boston, Wen Spencer (e)
68.  Jingo, Terry Pratchett (read aloud w/Steve)
67.  Bimbos of the Death Sun, Sharyn McCrumb (e/l)
66.  Clockwork Dagger, Beth Cato (e/l)
65.  Ink and Bone, Rachel Caine (e/l)
64.  The Crime at Black Dudley, Margery Allingham (e)
63. Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon (e)
62.  Agnes and the Hitman, Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (re-read)
61.  Wild Ride, Jennifer Crusie & Bob Mayer (re-read) (e)
60.  Arabella of Mars, David D. Levine
59.  A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (Gahan Wilson) (re-re-&c-read aloud with Steve)
58.  The Paladin, C.J. Cherryh (re-read) (e)
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

What in Ghod's Name has the Woman Been DOing, Short Form

In our last Thrilling Installment, it was Trooper's Birthday, known in some less enlightened parts of the world as December 15.

On Thursday, as per The Plan, we did indeed motor into Waterville to pick up the mail, and also to view Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, which I adored, despite not being able to hear much of the dialog*. This is possibly telling, but then, I don't expect much from movies except that they look pretty and hang together as a tale at least until the credits roll.

After the movie, we hit Governor's for breakfast (yes, breakfast; don't judge), and so to home.

Friday was a writing day.

Saturday, it snowed, thus becoming a writing day with interludes of snow removal.  In-between, I finished moving my files from the old computer to the new computer, and upgrading the OS on my Asus Android tablet from Lollipop to Marshmallow, which, because of Something Technical, had to be done manually.  This was a case of an operation sounding much scarier than it actually was.  The upgrade went beautifully, and now I have an up-to-date OS, just in time for Google to release the next in series.

Yesterday, also, Steve took point on hooking up my classy new 7-port USB hub and the new multi-size card reader, as both of these required climbing around under the desk, which I'm presently not up for because...

I borked my knee.  No, I don't know how I did it.  I tried ignoring it for a week, which worked about as well as you might think, and babying it with ice and elevation and all like that.  We've reached the point where I'm probably going to call the doctor, though part of me insists that if I don't hear words like "meniscus tear," all will be well.  More or less.

That brings us to what?  Today.  Sunday.

Yesterday, as reported it snowed, and the temps didn't get much higher than 15F/-9C.  Today! It's raining, and the high temp is predicted to be 44F/6C.  Right now, everything is encased in ice, which is my least-favorite winter scenario.

The Plan for the rest of the day is to retire to the comfy reclining chair with the laptop, and work from there.

I had briefly thought that we'd go see Arrival tomorrow before it leaves town, but I'm doubting that's going to be happening.

. . .and I think that catches us all up.

Everybody stay safe.

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*I am informed that there are such things as "caption glasses" available at some theaters. Sadly, they are not available at the Waterville Flagship Cinemas.  They are available at the Regal Cinemas, in Augusta, but that makes a 50-mile round trip to see a movie.