Surviving the Ice Storm

 A week of rain and freezing temperatures. I got to work from home, which was marvelous. Made for some good photo opportunities. :)

 

Book Review on Toast returns!

 

New Year's Book List

 

Here are the books, articles, etc. that I spent time with in 2023. I recommend #132, #110, #26, and #62.

1. Trees of the West - Molly Hashimoto. One artist’s take on how to depict trees. 
2. The Direction of the Wind - Mansi Shah. A free ebook in which the protagonist discovers her mother didn’t die when she was 6, but moved to Paris. Nice in being fairly realistic despite too many coincidences
3. Meru book 1 - SB Divya. Alternate Earth history. Pure humans are rare. Hard for me to remember the terminology of this universe, though the writing is very good.
4. Native Star - MK Hobson. A reread, though I’ve forgotten so much of it, it feels new.
5. Thirsty Sword Lesbians - April Kit Walsh. A queer RPG guidebook
6. Rabbits - Terry Miles. A mysterious, alternate-reality game run out of an old arcade in Seattle. Hard to put down.
7. 60 Hikes within 60 Miles, 7th edition - Paul Gerard. Doing research on future hikes.
8. The Maid’s Diary - Loreth Anne White. A free ebook. Overly dramatic with a decent twist.
9. The Rookery - Deborah Hewitt. Second in a series. I think I read the first one. I am not connecting with the protagonist. She’s too single-minded and immature.
10. Edwin of the Iron Shoes - Marcia Muller. Female hard-boiled p.i. I haven’t read her stuff before. Fortunately, the library has ebooks so I can read the series from the beginning!