this is my problem with winter! bless face masks tbh

21 total for the year is not too bad, even if they were heavily front-loaded (it's been a big few months here and I make no apology)

and a few days overdue but I'm still counting it: Unruly, by David Mitchell. Gotta admit, history is not my strong point, and not least because I can't follow a story when the characters change every two pages (but also there's only four names to share between them)

I just got an invitation to my 20 year school reunion and it's WEIRD

it's definitely a time investment, and book 2 (Blade of Tyshalle) is out of print most places, although I'm pretty sure you can still get the ebook. I loved those books but mileage as always may vary!

Caine's Law by Matthew Woodring Stover does some fun stuff with non-linear weird time and second-person narration, but it's the last in the Acts of Caine series (also trigger warning for SA/lots of visceral violence)

I'm gonna have an act of a circus show written and rehearsed and ready to perform

I've been picking up some circus stuff over the last few years which is great, I'm having fun with it, and there are other schools I could go to for swords, but they're not GLECA. I'd feel bad letting it die, you know?

we resurrected my swordfighting school post-covid but our head coach is kind of over it and we don't have anyone to take over

had a big couple months, had a hysterectomy and changed jobs and bought a new house and sold the old one, but I'm in a really nice area now and it's a lovely house. Just means I gotta keep making that tech salary to afford it :(

it's been a while. How are you doing?