Books read in 2023

49  "Compulsion," A Murderbot short story, Martha Wells (re-read) (e)
48  The Wizard's Butler, Nathan Lowell (Wizard's Butler #1?) (e)
47  Tea Set and Match, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #2) (e)
46  A Coup of Tea, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #1) (e)
45  Let's Go for Broke, Mary Lasswell (re-read) (e)
44  The Salt-Black Tree, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God's Heart #2) (e)
43  Lavender's Blue, Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #1) (e)
42  The Talisman Ring, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
41  Cotillion, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
40  Black Sheep, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
39  A Tempest at Sea, Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock #7) (e)
38  The Warrior's Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read) (e)
37  Nimona, ND Stevenson (graphic novel)
36  A Queer Trade, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #2) (e)
35  Rag and Bone, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #3) (e)
34  Jackdaw, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #1) (e)
33  The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
32  Spring's Arcana, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God's Heart #1) (e)
31  Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery (e)
30  Witch King, Martha Wells (e)
29  This Immortal, Roger Zelazny (re-read) (e)
28  God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell (re-read) (e)
27  The Fair Miss Fortune, D.E. Stevenson (e)
26  Who Cries for the Lost, C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #18) (e)
25  Charlie All Night, Jennifer Crusie (re-read) (e)
24  A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (e)
23  The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles (re-read) (e)
22  Like a Thief in the Night, KJ Charles (e)
21  Hellspark, Janet Kagan (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
20  The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren (e)
19  Artfully Yours, Joanna Lowell (e)
18  Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart (re-re-&c-read) (e)
17  The Magician's Daughter, H.G. Parry (e)
16  The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles (Doomsday #1) (e)
15  A Conspiracy of Truths, Alexandra Rowland (e)
14  A Tangled Web, Lucy Maud Montgomery (e)
13  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
12  It Takes Two to Tumble, Cat Sebastian, (The Sedgewicks #1) (e)
11  Faking It, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
10  Getting Rid of Bradley, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
9   Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (e) re-read
8   Masters in this Hall, K.J. Charles (Lilywhite Boys) (e)
7   Storm Echo, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 6) (e)
6   Magic for Marigold, L.M. Montgomery (e)
5   The Harbors of the Sun, Martha Wells (Raksura #5) (e)
4   The Edge of the World, Martha Wells  (Raksura #4) (e)
3   The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (e)
2   The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie (e)
1   Salvage Right, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Liaden Universe® 25) (unedited manuscript) (e)

Saturday in the City

It's a holiday weekend, so I'm told.

Here in the center of Maine, we're looking at sun and warm weather starting, oh, today, and getting progressively warmer -- kissing 90F mid-week -- before exiting on thunderstorms, next Friday, and falling off into more seasonal temps.

For those following along at home, I've been using my XChair for a little over two weeks now, and it's a delight.  Well worth the money.

The household is slowly reforming around the hole where Belle used to be.

Trooper has stopped going to her usual places and calling.  He had seemed to form the theory that the front door was involved, and twice tried to step out onto the front porch to scope things out while we were in-loading groceries.  Turned out that was too scary for everybody, and I think we're past that now.

Sprite has been stepping up into what had been Belle's special duties, such as sitting on Steve's lap while he reads, and felining his copilot's chair.  Firefly has also been coming forward to cover some of Sprite's duties.

The humans still get lumps in their throats at odd moments, or will abruptly notice that they haven't seen Belle in a while and hope she hadn't gotten herself stuck in a closet . . .

It's a process.

On the Professional side of the coin, Baen has let us know that Ribbon Dance will be released in June 2024.  David Mattingly is even now hard at work on the cover.

Steve is working on Trade Lanes.  Though I had intended to put my feet up and take it easy for the next while, it looks like I'm working on the follow-up to Ribbon Dance.  Well.  If the book's ready to be written, I guess I'm ready to write it.

I think that catches us all up -- no, not quite.

Steve and I went out yesterday to forage, and I very much fear that!

A dragon followed me home.