Happy New Year

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.

2014 book acquisitions

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 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

Mt TBR report: December 2013

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