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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.  Started the month about an inch from the start of the toe on the first sock. Finished the pair.