Books read in 2022

65   Something Light, Margery Sharp (e)
64   Urn Burial, Kerry Greenwood (Phryne Fisher #8)
63   All Systems Red, Martha Wells (Murderbot #1) (e) (re-read)
62   The Case of the Missing Marquis, Nancy Springer (Enola Holmes #1)(e)
61   Lady Violet Investigates, Grace Burrowes, (Lady Violet #1) (e)
60   The Siren Depths, Martha Wells, (Raksura #3) (e)
59  Mixed Marriage, Elizabeth Cadell (e)
58   The Serpent Sea, Martha Wells (Raksura #2) (e)
57  The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells (Raksura #1) (e)
56   Soul Taken, Patricia Briggs (Mercy Thompson #13) (e)
55   Ruby Fever, Ilona Andrews (Hidden Legacy #6) (e)
54   Rafe: A Buff Male Nanny, Rebekah Weatherspoon (e)
53   The Wind Off the Small Isles, and The Lost One, Mary Stewart (e)
52   A Natural History of Dragons, Marie Brennan (Lady Trent's Memoirs #1) (e)
51   The Girl With No Face, M.H. Boronson (Daoshi Chronicles #2) (e)
50   A Gentleman's Position, KJ Charles (Society of Gentlemen #3) (e) **
49   A Fashionable Indulgence, KJ Charles (Society of Gentlemen #1) (e)
48   A Little Too Familiar, Lish McBride (e)
47   The Wonder Engine, T. Kingfisher (Clocktaur War #2) (e)
46   Clockwork Boys, T. Kingfisher (Clocktaur War #1) (e)
45   Peter Cabot Gets Lost, Kat Sebastian (The Cabots #1) (e)
44   Thornyhold, Mary Stewart (re-read) (e)
43   The Missing Page, Kat Sebastian (Page and Sommers #2) (e)
42   Stormy Petrel, Mary Stewart (e)
41   Hither, Page, Kat Sebastian (Page and Sommers #1) (e)
40   A Delicate Deception, Kat Sebastian (The Regency Imposters #3*) (e)
39   A Duke in Disguise, Kat Sebastian (The Regency Imposters #2*) (e)
38   The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea, Axie Oh (e)
37   The Grief of Stones, Katherine Addison (The Cemeteries of Amalo #2)
36   Sweep of the Blade, Ilona Andrews (Inkeeper #4) (e)
35   The Rat-catcher's Daughter, KJ Charles (Lilywhite Boys 0.5) (e)
34   Gilded Cage, KJ Charles (Lilywhite Boys #2) (e)
33  When the King Comes Home, Caroline Stevermer (e)
32  Touch Not the Cat, Mary Stewart (re-read) (e)
31  Miss Moriarty, I Presume ( Lady Sherlock Book 6) Sherry Thomas (e)
30  New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy (re-read)
29  Trust Me on This, Jennifer Crusie (re-read)
28  Daughter of the Moon Goddess, Sue Lynn Tan (Celestial Kingdom #1) (e)
27  Summer in Orcus, T. Kingfisher (e)
26  A Gentleman Undone, Cecelia Grant (Blackshear Family #2) (e)
25  A Lady Awakened, Cecelia Grant (Blackshear Family #1) (e)
24  Nettle and Bone, T. Kingfisher (e)
23  Shadow of the Swan, Nicola M. Cameron (Hidden Empire #1) (e)
22  Amongst Our Weapons, Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London #9) (e)
21  To My Muse, Nicola M. Cameron (e)
20  Unfit to Print, KJ Charles (e)
19  When Blood Lies, C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #17)
18  The Last Revival of Opal and Nev, Dawnie Walton (e)
17  Bruno, Chief of Police: A Mystery of the French Countryside, Martin Walker (Bruno, Chief of Police #1) (e)
16  Spellswept, Stephanie Burgis (The Harwood Spellbook #2) (e)
15  Last Guard, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #5) (re-read aloud w/Steve)
14  Dragonsbane, Barbara Hambly (Winterlands #1) (e)
13  Naked Once More, Elizabeth Peters (Jacqueline Kirby #4) (e)
12  The Pride of Chanur, CJ Cherryh (Chanur #1) (e) (re-read)
11  Written in Red, Anne Bishop (The Others #1)(re-read)
10  Shadow Scale, Rachel Hartman (Seraphina #2) (e)
9   Seraphina, Rachel Hartman (Seraphina #1) (e)
8   Grave Reservations, Cherie Priest (Booking Agents Series #1) (e)
7   Gothel and the Maiden Prince, W.R. Gingell (e)
6   A Gathering of Gargoyles, Meredith Ann Pierce (Darkangel #2)
5   Crystal Lattice, Paul Aurelius (The Crystal Cities #1) (pre-pub provided by the author) (e)
4   The 5th Gender, G.L. Carriger (A Tinkered Stars Mystery) (e)
3   Magic Lessons, Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic #1 or #3, depending) (e)
2   Snowspelled, Stephanie Burgis (The Harwood Spellbook #1) (e)
1   Widdershins, Jordan L. Hawk (Whyborn and Griffin #1) (e)

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* The Regency Imposters #1 is Unmasked by the Marquis, which I read backaways
**Yes, I know there's a #2, but I started it and put it down.  Not my cuppa, though it may well be yours.

I thought that I heard you laughing; I thought that I heard you sing

So, yesterday's Big News was the assignment of a narrator to Fair Trade.  Following up on that -- Eileen Stevens will narrate, brave woman, and we have a firm date and time to chat with her, next Friday.

The Redlands Novel, still nameless, resides at +/-16,000 words as of close of writing last night, so that's exciting, for values of &c.

We have a title for the story about Lomar Fasholt destined for inclusion in Adventures in the Liaden Universe® Number 35.  The title for the Lomar story is!

"Songs of the Fathers"

So that's also exciting.  As soon as we Genius Writers come up with a title for the whole chapbook, I can start hunting and hopefully gathering cover art, and start in with compiling and getting preorders set up at the Usual Suspects.

I'm thinking that the order of stories will be:  "Standing Orders," "Songs of the Fathers," "From Every Storm a Rainbow," and the obligatory Authors' Afterword.

And, yanno, so it goes.  Writers livin' the life.

Today's blog title brought to you by REM, "Losing my Religion."  Here's a link.

 

Eye Candy!

This just in -- gorgeous Salvage Right cover art by David Mattingly.

It's just . . . I may cry.  No, wait!  I'll look for a place in my office to hang it, after it's framed.