Happy New Year everyone :-)

Full look back at my year in books to come but December was a pretty good month for reading even if some of the books were really quite short *g*

• League of Dragons - Naomi Novik
  
• Drowned Worlds - Jonathan Strahan (ed)
  
• The Circle - Dave Eggers
  
• Little Book of Advent - Canon Arthur Howells
  
• The Secret Christmas: An Anthology ( Read more... )

I started this evening with a rush of organisation and even wrote a list of who I need to buy presents for but then I got distracted by Only Connect (loved the Superman connection) and our Advent wreath and a glass of wine and then finally by League of Dragons which I accidentally read the rest of tonight ( Read more... )

It doesn't feel like November at all with this sun and warmth but apparently it really is which means it's time for October's books! It's been a fairly quiet month reading-wise but I've had a couple of much longer things on the go as well that I think I'll finish soon.

• Lumberjanes #6- Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson & Brooke Allen
  
• Pope Joan- Emmanual ( Read more... )

It's November. Apparently that's a real thing and I can't just pretend it's not I am SO unprepared for the next couple of months but there you go.

• Dodger- Terry Pratchett
  
• One Young Man- Ernest Hodder Williams (ed)*
  
• All But A Few- Joan Aiken
  
• Calling on Dragons- Patricia Wrede
  
• Talking to Dragons- Patricia Wrede
  
• Maya- Jostein Gardner
  
• The Malay ( Read more... )

So apparently it's August now? I'm not at all sure I'm okay with that. Also I have had a headache of smaller or larger nature for the best part of two days now (yes I'm drinking enough, no I'm not sleeping enough and to be honest it's probably stress and humidity) which is not exactly giving me a sweet and helpful personality. People have started ( Read more... )

*deletes post full of whining and self-pity*

yuletide sign ups are open! I still don't really know what I want so I'm not doing mine right now which may back fire but TOO MUCH CHOICE!

In other news the newesthitRECord Tiny Book of Tiny Stories is available for pre-order on Amazon so I've treated myself and will get a shiny mid-December present which will ( Read more... )

Posted this on twitter last night but now I'm actually awake (sort of)

naominovik's Temeraire is up against George R.R. Martin’s Jaime Lannister in this Cage Match and you should completely be voting for Temeraire *nods ( Read more... )

Things that are making me happy today (because omg I really don't like Mondays :P)

• It's actually almost stll sunny outside so my decision to brave sandals was right for once.
  
• I had a lovely Sunday afternoon/evening yesterday with miriammoules and co. and a very lovely service in the evening with them as well (though surely one of these days I'm going to ( Read more... )

So, books read in May?

• Victory of Eagles- Naomi Novik
• The Household Guide to Dying- Debra Adelaide
• Rumours: A Luxe Novel- Anna Godbersen
• All the Dogs of My Life- Elizabeth von Arnim
• Envy- Anna Godbersen

*head desks*

Steve Irwin fans suspected of revenge attacks on Stingrays

I just. I have NO words for that kind of stupidity.

No. Really. WTF?!?

In more cheerful (and totally and utterly squeefully wonderful) news. Peter Jackson has optioned TemeraireAgain I have very few words except EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeee dragons and WETA ( Read more... )