Can't help laughing. Sounds like the makings of a book. Sorry about your ordeal with your furbaby but glad he's okay.

How could I have forgotten about Amari. Have it on my virtual nightstand as well. I've been reading Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series which are just as good. Other epic fantasies I have enjoyed are Samantha Shannon's Priory of the Orange Tree. Have gifted to several people. Christopher Paolini's Inheritance series starting with Eragon. Going back to my 80's roots reading fantasy, there is Marion Zimmer Bradley's Mists of Avalon, Moonheart by Charles de Lint or anything else by de Lint, and Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman.

So do I. Currently on my nightstand are Black author Namina Forma's The Gilded One and African author Suyi Davies Okungbowa's Son of the Storm. All the books on this list sound so good.

Mine's M.L. Buchman's Raider shelved by 298 people and it's part of the Miranda Chase series about an NTSB crash investigator who is an autistic air crash genius . 4 star read.

Be aware that the Amalo books do not feature Maia. I enjoyed them but don't feel compelled to reread them as I do with the Goblin Emperor. Thanks. I know but as usual since decided to read Addison, feel compelled to read her other books. Lol! I think its a compulsion once discover new to me author to read their whole backlist.

I enjoyed it so much it definitely will be worth a reread in 2023. Also decided I need to read The Witness for the Dead from Addison's The Cemeteries of Amalo Book series.

I have it in my virtual stacks as well.

Yes, she’s fine. I talked to her earlier. They aren’t close to the area either.

We’re good. Sacramento is about 300 miles away so we didn’t even feel it. Reports are it was several Miles out in the ocean near the coast of fortuna.

Welcome back to WTM! We are in a state of flux right now since I wont be hosting 52 books here on the board in 2023 and Vintage81 has volunteered to continue but with a revamped what are you reading thread. No decisions yet as to whether that will be weekly, biweekly, or monthly.

Currently in Palo Alto where we celebrated my father in law's 90 birthday. Got to visit with many of the extended family we haven't seen for a several years. A good time was had by all. Brunch with fil tomorrow, then home. I finally dove into Katherine Addison's the Goblin Emperor and enjoying the heck out of it. Feel sorry for Maia but he's trying. I think my winter read will be Vinge's Snow Queen. Another dusty books that I'm finally ready to dive into.

Link to week 51

Happy Sunday! The December solstice is upon us and it's time to celebrate. It's Winter in our neck of the woods and whilst we're preparing for Christmas and enjoying hot toddies by the fire, it's Summer in the Southern Hemisphere (those lucky dawgs), and folks are enjoying fruity rum drinks on the beach. 15 Books celebrating Christmas around the World The Reason for the Season: 9 Books That Celebrate the Meaning of Christmas RD's 35 Best Christmas Books to read around the holidays Book Girl's Guide to 30 Best Christmas Books for Adults For some reason, I've been in a winter mood all year long, indulging in reads set in frigid cold settings, characters braving the elements, all the while falling in love, finding killers, solving mysteries, or simply exploring. I discovered a new to me series this year in Dana Stabenow's Kate Shugak series which is 22 books long but well worth reading. Once I started reading, couldn't stop. I can also recommend James Rollins Ice Hunt to Alistair Maclean's Ice Station Zebra to to Nalini Singh's Caressed by Ice to Hampton Side's non fiction tale of In the Kingdom of Ice, . They are all quite good. Read a book With Snow, Ice or Frost on the Cover or in the Title Read a Romance Book with Ice in the title. Read a book with Winter in the title Read about Eskimos, penguins, the Iditarod, or polar bears. Tolstoy's Therapy 15 of the Best Books to read on cozy winter days. Our letter and word of the week are B and Brrr! **** Link to Book week 50 Visit 52 Books in 52 Weeks where you can find all the information on the annual, mini, and perpetual challenges.

hugs and prayers!

It would be the head of the bed, where you lay your head, so lying down. I sleep on the left side of the bed.

My plan is to do another 52 Books Bingo, read more nonfiction, as well as do another 10 x 10 all from my TBR virtual and physical stacks, quite a few which are dusty and/or chunky while extending my ban buying through the first half of the year. My 10 x 10 categories are 1001 Books Before You Die Baby It's Cold Outside Books about Books It's a Crime Flights of Fantasy Tales of the Past Literary Magical Realism What a Mystery Thrills and Chills Plus I'm enamored with the Queen Consort's The Reading Room where she talks about books, books, and more books. She picks four books a season which I think is a quarter and has a readalong with background and historical videos by the author. Her choices are rather eclectic and it was just announced on Instagram the next season will start on Jan 13th and includes Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, Mrs 'Harris Goes To Paris by Paul Gallico. The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye, and Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. Which I just happen to have in my TBR pile. Yes, I usually complete the challenges I set for myself. Other challenges I manage to go off the rails somewhere because I'm a mood reader and follow a lot of rabbit holes, so don't attempt them anymore. Same here. I get cranky without my books.

I wish her all the best. There are a great many books out there to read. Thomas Merton is my favorite. Also have read Margey Devega's Awaiting the Already. We read through The Magi one advent and it had my hubby in tears every time. Memories of past christmas. This year I got Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas but it's a bit heady and I haven't been able to get into it. May pull Thomas Merton back out.

Yep, building a house takes a lot of creativity. I remember all that went into renovating the shop which took us a good three years. Lots of drawings, lots of discussions, and decisions. Hope you have fun while you all are creating your home. Great job and glad you have fun with the Crime Spree Challenge. Sandy and Amy did a good job of putting it together.

Again yes and no. Have had some very long lasting online friendships that have stayed loyal and been there no matter what. The kind who stick with you through thick and thin and weather every storm, no matter political beliefs, no matter religious beliefs, no matter what. Unconditional acceptance. Kind of like marriage. LOL!

I love Seanan Mcguire's October Daye series but don't like her other series so avoid them. Same with Diana Rowland - enjoy her Kara Gillian series, but not her white trash zombies. There are a lot of books I enjoy more on the reread, probably because I slow way down since I already know what's going to happen and absorb it.

Finished Louise Penny’s The World of Curiosities which was quite good which included the origin story of how Gamache met Beauvoir and brought him into the surete. How that origin story ties an old mystery and a new mystery together. A few red herrings are thrown in along with some vague clues, a few twists and turns, and it made for interesting reading. Creativity books added to my shelves to read through out next year: Another Julia Cameron - Write for Life: Creative Tools for Every Writer (A 6-Week Artist's Way Program), and Amber Kuileimailani Bonnici’s Creativity Unleashed: A Woman's Guide to Unlock Flow and Finally Finish Creative Projects Every Day. The next book up is Bluebird, Bluebird by Attica Locke "When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules -- a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders -- a black lawyer from Chicago and a local white woman -- have stirred up a hornet's nest of resentment. Darren must solve the crimes -- and save himself in the process -- before Lark's long-simmering racial fault lines erupt. From a writer and producer of the Emmy winning Fox TV show Empire, Bluebird, Bluebird is a rural noir suffused with the unique music, color, and nuance of East Texas."

Link to week 50

Happy Sunday! Our last 52 Books Bingo Category for the year is Creativity, my favorite subject. It's time to unleash your inner Creativity. Creativity takes all shapes and forms from the physical to the intellectual, from the deliberate to the spontaneous. Whether you have a creative mind or creative hands, there are a wide variety of ways to be creative and things highly creative people do differently. What is the difference between Artistic and Creative ability? And then there is Creative Leadership Lessons from Star Trek. What do you think? 15 Books About Creativity to Get You Out of a Creative Rut. One book I revisit over and over is The Artist Way by Julia Cameron which unlocked my imagination. The 9 Books Every Artist Should Have on Their Shelf Art and Fiction: 15 Brilliant Novels About Art and Artists The Artist’s Library: 40 Must-Have Books for Music Producers 40 Best Books about Writing. So many good books including Ray Bradbury's Zen in the Art of Writing, and Stephen King's On Writing. Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots & Leaves which is hilariously good, as well as Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird. The 25 Best Cookbooks Of 2022. I have a big collection of cookbooks but my favorite is still an old Good Housekeeping. However, I am fascinated with Moosehead Restaurant's variety of cookbooks. There are so many ways to be creative and I've been diving down rabbit holes all afternoon. *Grin.* However I don't want to overwhelm you with links so have fun diving down your own rabbit holes. How do you nourish your creativity? Our A to Z and Back Again letter and word of the week are C and you guessed it, Creativity **** Link to Book Week 49 Visit 52 Books in 52 Weeks where you can find all the information on the annual, mini, and perpetual challenges.

I'm enamored with the Queen Consort's The Reading Room where she talks about books, books, and more books. She picks four books a season which I think is a quarter and has a readalong with background and historical videos by the author. Her choices are rather eclectic and it was just announced on Instagram the next season will start on Jan 13th and includes Labyrinth by Kate Mosse, Mrs 'Harris Goes To Paris by Paul Gallico. The Far Pavilions by M. M. Kaye, and Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead. Which I just happen to have in my TBR pile. Looking forward to reading along with the Queen consort.

Yes, this exactly.