Sorry, didn’t mean to be giving you advice when you sounded like you had things well in hand. I was thinking of people who might hear of this for the first time from your post and need more info.

@rahaeli.bsky.social has a lot of information about MCAS. She has a pinned post with a link to a long thread.

I posted a screenshot of this on the East Bethesda FB group. Probably not on our side of Bethesda but you never know.

142. The Wizard’s Cat, Nathan Lowell. Sequel to The Wizard’s Butler. The main characters return- and I count Shackleford House as a character. There’s something subtly wrong in the house. There’s a cat who can let himself through the protective wards. Not a cliffhanger, but clearly not the end.

Good morning, Womble. I am reading the newly released The Wizard’s Cat by Nathan Lowell. It’s a sequel to The Wizard’s Butler, which I have reread enough times that I don’t think I need to revisit it before I dive into the new one. Magic in the modern world, big old house with secrets.

I noticed the absence of KJ Charles also but figured it was because Amanda said she was focusing on contemporary romance and all of KJ’s are historical. The Will Darling Adventures and Spectred Isle are the most recent in post-WW1, Think of England and Proper English are in early 1900s, rest older.

Sigh. I dropped my WaPo subscription a couple of months ago. Had held out that long because the reporters (not eds) were still doing good work. I had hoped to find myself able to go back. This is *not* a move in the right direction.

Pass me the signup sheet next.

I think I see the problem with your motivational strategy.

Question: it seems like a critic talking about a film or book can say that these parts worked for them and this other part didn’t without being vicious. That’s different from an opinion that the work as a whole is not worth watching/reading. Is that consistent with what you try to do?

Some years ago, halfway through the work day, I realized I was wearing one black and one navy blue shoe. I liked that style and bought it in several colors…

I say this not to insist that this is the answer, but to remind people that statistics can tell a number of different, and sometimes competing, stories, depending on how you align them.

141. Snake-Eater, T Kingfisher. Fantasy, creepy in spots but not horror. Selena leaves the city and her partner, who is sure he knows better what she needs than she does. In a tiny desert town she makes friends with neighbors, gods, and herself. Her dog is very good. The roadrunner god is not.

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The majority of my posts are my reading log.

140. The Stablemaster’s Heart, Sarah Honey. Reread. Sequel to The King’s Desire, another m/m romance.

139. The King’s Delight, Sarah Honey. Reread. Light hearted fantasy m/m romance. The king can have a fling with his groom, but how will they manage when they both want it to last? I like that the king’s chancellor and the captain of the guard (the groom’s father) check in to confirm genuine consent.

I think you must be rereading the Paladin’s Legacy series. That’s probably my favorite of yours (love the gnomes) and one of my favorites of any writer’s works.

Next up in fiction is T Kingfisher’s Snake Eater. I am also beginning some spiritual reading for Advent, Cherished Belonging: The Healing Power of Love in Divided Times by Fr. Greg Boyle, and A Time of Fulfillment: Spiritual Reflections for Advent and Christmas by Anselm Grun.