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  LHC #228:  "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline.  Office book club selection. A quick read, a little rape-y but maybe I just found it that way because it's not my lived experience.  The Toronto Public Library's website had some sort of hacking incident or something, which was great, because I can remember enough of my holds list to get the next few books, and I can't add new things to it! Considering that it was up to 94 books, this was a blessing.  LHC #229: "Jade Legacy" by Fonda Lee. The easiest thing to remember, of course, is the sequels on the list. I think I wanted something that stuck more together, this seemed a little pulled apart, across time and space, at least for the first third. The middle was awesome, and I was glad I'd kept reading. About 75-76% I was bawling my eyes out.  "Refuse to be Done" by Matt Bell.  I bought it with some credits I had at Indigo and then read most of it on TTC rides to the office. This is where ...

Wind/Water/Salt  Chapters 39-51:   Still n eed to take up comments and revise.  Persephone  (probably not its real name): Thought thoughts mostly.  Short Stories: Finished the draft I was working on, and started using some editing strategies on it.  Critted  4  Got back  0    Submissions  0  Out there   0   Rejects   0 Knitting Cathar  (self). Started the month with the fair isle portion barely started. Did not progress. Braids   (self). Started  the month with five inches to go on the left shoulder. I was stressed about having to accomplish things and, you know, work and stuff, so one Sunday I just finished the first (extremely large) ball of yarn. Like, literally these balls of yarn are the size of a loaf of bread. Then there were about six rows to go, so I did that. Then I learned a sewn bind off so I could match the long tail cast on. Now, just the hood and hem to go.  Scarlotta socks...