Dec. 31st, 2013

calissa: A stalk with drying grass seeds sits in the foreground with a golden hill and blue mountains in the background. (Summer)
New Year's Eve. The sky outside is flawless blue. There's a bit of wind blowing in from the cyclone that is menacing the west coast (and, fortunately, looks to be losing power), but nothing too dramatic.

Landscape photo )

This morning I woke up and was dismayed to discover I had come down with a cold. Not quite the end to the year I would have liked but a good excuse to spend the afternoon reading (in case I needed any extra motivation). I have been drinking lots of ginger tea and orange juice in the hopes I will feel well enough tomorrow to head out to the national park with Sahaquiel for our anniversary.

I know 2013 has been a tough year for many of you. It is my most fervent wish that 2014 treats you more kindly.

Happy New Year.
calissa: A low angle photo of a book with a pair of glasses sitting on top. (Mt TBR)
And now here's the list of my acquisitions beginning from 2 January. Hopefully this entry will stay empty for a while to come.

Once again, stealing [personal profile] sweet_sparrow's formatting:

Format: ([Date Book Arrived]) Book Title by Author ([Date I Updated Entry to Cross Book Off])
Bold means I've finished reading it
Strike-through means I've abandoned it
* means it's a reread
@ means it's an electronic version

(4/1) The Rebirth of Druidry by Philip Carr-Gomm (5/2)
The Lodestar of Ys by Amy Rae Durreson @ (13/3)
(12/2) Orion's Kiss by Becca Lusher @ (25/2)
(19/2) King Solomon's Ring by Konrad Lorenz
(8/3) Written In Red by Anne Bishop * (9/3)
(8/3) Murder of Crows by Anne Bishop (10/3)
(9/3) Nor Iron Bars A Cage by Kaje Harper @
(13/3) Lavender Blue and Other Poems by Elizabeth Conall @ (20/9)
(17/3) Apocalypse World by Vincent Baker (18/3)
(30/3) Emyr's Smile by Amy Rae Durreson @ (27/4)
(14/4) Dimension 6, Issue 1 @
(22/5) Running Deer, Hidden Badger by K.D. Sarge @
(22/5) Reawakening by Amy Rae Durreson @
(23/5) The Little Green Grammar Book by Mark Tredinnick
(6/6) Mindtouch by M.C.A Hogarth @
(7/6) The Lost Zodiac by Catherine Tennant
(11/6) Raven Flight by Juliet Marillier (15/6)
(3/7) The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (5/7)
(5/7) The Dragonbone Chair by Tad Williams
(5/7) The Silver Metal Lover by Tanith Lee
(5/7) Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris (12/7)
(5/7) Crown Duel by Sherwood Smith
(5/7) The Dark Mirror by Juliet Marillier
(5/7) Temeraire by Naomi Novik
(5/7) Tehanu by Ursula Le Guin
(5/7) Sailing to Sarantium by Guy Gavriel Kay
(8/7) The Passage of Pearl by Lynn O'Connacht @ (6/9)
(19/7) Broken Phoenix by Edmond Manning @ (17/8)
(21/7) The Court of Lightning by Amy Rae Durreson @ (24/7)
(30/7) Unbound and Free by Becca Lusher @
(1/8) Shadows of Asphodel by Karen Kincy @
(11/8) ASIM #59 edited by David Kernot @
(14/8) Worlds Next Door by Tehani Wessely @
(14/8) Focus 2012 by Tehani Wessely @
(14/8) Splashdance Silver by Tansy Rayner Roberts @
(14/8) The Aware by Glenda Larke @
(16/8) Flower and Weed by Margo Lanagan @
(18/8) The Burning Wheel Fantasy Roleplaying System by Luke Crane
(18/8) Dark Heresy Core Rulebook by Owen Barnes & Mike Mason
(25/8) The Shipping News by E Annie Proulx
(25/8) The Inimitable Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
(25/8) Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian
(25/8) The Thirteen Gun Salute by Patrick O'Brian
(25/8) Clarissa Oakes by Patrick O'Brian
(25/8) The Wine-Dark Sea by Patrick O'Brian
(25/8) The Commodore by Patrick O'Brian
(25/8) The Yellow Admiral by Patrick O'Brian
(25/8) The Hundred Days by Patrick O'Brian
(25/8) A Ship of the Line by C.S. Forester
(25/8) The African Queen and other stories by C.S. Forester
(25/8) The Commodore by C.S. Forester
(3/9) The Interrogation of Ashala Wolf by Ambelin Kwaymullina (12/9)
(25/9) Sea Hearts by Margo Lanagan
calissa: A low angle photo of a book with a pair of glasses sitting on top. (Mt TBR)
At the beginning of the year, I set myself a goal to finish the year with less books on Mt TBR than I started with. That really didn't happen. Since I can't say that I mind, I have decided not to set the same goal for 2014--though I do plan to continue with these monthly reports.

For the curious, here are the stats:

Mt TBR Status
Mt TBR @ 1 January: 162 books
Mt TBR @ 31 December: 191


Books Read
Finished: 71
DNF: 1
No. of acquisitions: 42

* denotes a reread.
@ denotes electronic copy

December
68. Cockatoos by Matt Cameron
69. Feather by Feather by Lynn O'Connacht
70. Talechasing 2013: Then & Now edited by Alyssa George

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