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LHC #54: “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead. The library has a lot of copies. I might not have got it out if I’d realized it’s an Oprah book club pick. This was a good example of that FSF tenet that you can have one unbelievable element. There was one section that was dead boring (when she had a job in the town), but the rest was good. There wasn’t as much past perfect tense as I normally like, and I feel like that was an intentional choice. LHC #55: “The Emerald Circus” by Jane Yolen. Because Jane Yolen and circus. I’ve read at least one other book by her, and this, it was a delight. I devoured it. “A Brightness Long Ago” by Guy Gavriel Kay. Ed got it for his birthday. He said it was good, but maybe not GGK’s best. I liked the structure. I need to find a resource online about all the little links between GGK books, because the ending of this one had some I knew and some I felt like I was missing. I guess if I’d read them multiple times that would be no proble...

Wrote a little short story draft, which I don’t do nearly enough of. It might be good for me to finish up some short stories and send them out, just to keep in practice.   Wind/Water/Salt Chapter 19: Finished and posted. Chapter 20: It was almost a two-chapter month, but I’ll keep slogging away on this guy. Chapter 21: This chapter is very much in early draft stage, and it’s an important chapter (okay, they all are) so I’ve added a lot of flesh. Persephone Did the last three of those Jane Ann McLachlan challenges.   Also signed up for NaNoWriMo. If nothing else, this motivated me to collate the 3000 words that I wrote in various emails. If I even write 30 scenes next month that would be a win. Connecting Critted  5 Got back 4 Subs --- Knitting Fair Isle Corset belt. Started month half done. I'm not sure I worked on it at all, but this month was mostly about socks so... maybe December. Sunny skies of winter (KP 2015 FI) Started the month on th...