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In process -- October 2020

Wind/Water/Salt Chapter 25/28:  Took up.   Chapters 26, 27, 29 - 38:  Need to be taken up.    Chapter 39 - 40:  Finished and posted.  Chapter 41 - 44 (of 48):  Read and revised.  Persephone (probably not its real name)  I had a scene I wanted to write, and I needed to know where it fell in my chronology, so I dated a whole bunch of scenes. I also drew a setting.  Short Story Started one, worked on another.  Connecting Critted  12  Got back 9      Subs  0  Out there  0  Rejects   1 Knitting Masquerade (Louisa Harding).  Dealt with about 400 loose ends and blocked. Took the whole month. Tee (me).  It's a classic with set in sleeves, knit top down out of sock yarn. Last month I put this in time-out because I needed to rip back to just below the neckline (front) because the sleeve short rows weren't beautiful. I did the ripping out and started back, but didn't get far, because–  Hexen Haxen socks (Knitty Deep Fall 2019). Yup, I'm back to knitting socks again, and you know

What I Read - October 2020

LHC #98: "Jade City" by Fonda Lee.  I loved this book, but I worry I'm never going to know what was in that letter from Enyi that Lan put in his desk for later.  "Exit Strategy" by Martha Wells.   In the library race between eBook and hard copy, this time hard copy won.  "Akira Book 6" by Katsuhiro Otomo. Finished the series! Worth the effort even if I didn't completely understand it.  LHC #99: "Alice Payne Arrives" by Kate Heartfield. Long ago when I put this on my list I sent a note to the library letting them know the title had a typo.  "Alice Payne Rides" by Kate Heartfield. I might have gotten this one out because I didn't quite understand the ending of the previous. And the first one was such a quick read, so the time cost is low. I feel like these two could have been one book and it would have made more sense.  "Wear, Repair, Repurpose" by Lily Fulop. A little more basic than I wanted and not nearly long e