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LHC #76: "Midnight in Peking" by Paul French. Interesting to read this right after "The Poppy War", but that's how the library gave me them. It's the kind of history I love, full of details I have to look up. It's about the investigation into the murder of a white British (well, British enough) teenager in Peking in 1937, and what really (most likely) happened. LHC #77: "Witchmark" by CL Polk. This is the book I've waited longest for on Overdrive, so my expectations were high. This book was an absolute delight. It moved fast, it was funny and charming, and I loved it so much. "Upheaval" by Jared Diamond. The boy really wanted me to read this, so I did. The author has this odd tendency to say things like "100,000 Finns died, which is the equivalent of 9 Million present-day Americans" or "Meiji Japanese farmers had to pay 3% tax. My marginal tax rate in California is 44%" which I found repulsive. Having not

Wind/Water/Salt Chapter 23: based on feedback, most of this chapter got deleted, and the rest is part of Chapter 26 now. Chapter 25: Last month I deleted it. This month I put back half and rewrote half the dialog so the characters were working at cross-purposes to each other. Then I posted it with Chapter 28, because they go together. Maybe I only need one? And if that's the case, it's this one. Chapter 27: Finished and posted. Chapter 28: Finished and posted. Chapter 29: Edit, edit, edit. Chapter 30: Edit. Chapter 31: Edit.  Persephone (probably not its real name)  I spent some time with my timeline and fit the B-plot into the A-plot. It worked better than you'd expect. I added about 4000 words. Short Story Wrote a flash for a contest but it came out too long so I think I'll polish it and send it elsewhere. Connecting Critted 8 Got back 4 Subs 2 Knitting Candlemas  by Jean Moss. I started the month on the gussets, wondering if I would have enough