I am so glad

I have this external brain that I can consult.  I don't need to remember what goes in chili, if I think about making a turkey chili for thanksgiving.  Let's get some extra smoked paprika, just to be safe.  

 I am going to make it through this year. 

Still need to buy those damn tickets. 

Books read: 2024

 Books:

• Saint Death's Daughter.  C.S.E. Cooney.  2024-01-20.
• 15/10.
• v1/3?
• I would like more books with necromancers that just want to have a good time.
• The Obsidian Tower.  Melissa Caruso.  2024-01-30.
• 15/10.
• v1/3.
• Close enough.
• The Quicksilver Court.  Melissa Caruso.  2024-02-05.
• 13/10.
• v2/3.
• He is who I thought, but learning who she was was a big surprise.
• The Ivory Tomb.  Melissa Caruso.  2024-02-08.
• 14/10.
• v3/3.
• Doesn't even show up until 82% of the way through.
• A Necessary Chaos.  Brent Lambert.  2024-02-11.
• 11/10.
• Good, but cover typos.
• An Education in Malice.  S.T. Gibson.  2024-02-19.
• 15/10.
• vX/Y?
• How You Get the Girl.  Anita Kelly.  2024-02-27.
• 13/10.
• v2?
• A Killing in Costumes.  Zac Bissonnette.  2024-03-10.
• 10/10.
• v1/?
• The Calypsis Project.  Brittany M. Willows.  2024-03-17.
• 13/10.
• v1/2.
• This from someone who was like 19 at the time?  Amazing.  And there's a book two?
• The Weavers of Alamaxa.  Hadeer Elsbai.  2024-03-22.
• 16/10.
• v2/2.
• Book of the year.
• Aces Wild: A Heist.  Amanda Wilde.  2024-03-29.
• 12/10.
• The Calypsis Project 2: Rebirt.  Brittany M. Willows.  2024-04-09.
• 13/10.
• v2/2.
• Incredible.
• The Court of Wanderers.  Rin Chupeco.  2024-04-16.
• 15/10.
• Vampires, 3pl, jokes that make it seem like the target audience was me specifically.
• Weird Medieval Guys.  Olivia Swarthout.  2024-04-20.
• 13/10.
• Welcome to Forever.  Nathan Tavares.  2024-05-06.
• heron/10.
• Look, some things just don't project well to a limited 1D metric.  This is not bad, nor good, but some secret third option.
• The Brides of High Hill.  Nghi Vo.  2024-05-07.
• 15/10.
• This series is wonderful.
• 
  

Short Stories:

• Chew.  Tamsyn Muir.  2024-02-25.
• 11/10.
• Source.
• Do Houses Dream of Scraping the Sky.  Jana Bianchi.  2024-01-01.
• 13/10.
• Source.

I need to sort out my "Books Read" list.  Sucks that goodreads succumbed to The Nothing, and is now essentially useless.

I at least need to sort through the Perilous Pile of Publications.  I wanted to build an actual office, with a small attached library this holiday season, but I also didn't want to measure and figure out dimensions and such.  Ugh.

Let's update monthly from now on.

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Hrm.

 I wonder if I can integrate this into org-mode, and my noodleSync scripts.

Books read: 2023

 Books

• The Holiday Trap.  Roan Parrish.  2023-01-07
• 12/10.
• A Swift Kick to the Thorax.  Mara Lynn Johnstone.  2023-01-09.
• 13/10.
• Home: Habitat, Range, Niche, Territory.  Martha Wells.  2023-01-11.
• 13/10.
• v4.5.
• Short Story.
• Hecate's Hollow.  Tallie Rose.  2023-01-17.
• 13/10.
• vampires; retelling.
• Other Ever Afters.  Melanie Gillman.  2023-01-18.
• 15/10.
• retelling?  graphic novel?
• The Restless Dark.  Erica Waters.  2023-01-21.
• 13/10.
• 3MCs + 2POV = 1 villain.
• The Cartographers.  Peng Shepard.  2023-01-26.
• 13/10.
• Slow start, obvious villain.
• 6 Times We Almost Kissed (And One Time We Did).  Tess Sharpe.  2023-02-04.
• 15/10.
• Idiots to lovers.
• A Good Day To Pie.  Mischa Popp.  2023-02-11.
• 15/10.
• I want more of these.
• The Red Scholar's Wake.  Aliette de Bodard.  2023-02-15.
• 16/10.
• vXYZ.
• 
  
• As Played By Gods.  Tallie Rose.  2023-02-21.
• 12/10.
• v1/x.
• Zachary Ying and the Dragon Emperor.  Xiren Jay Zhao.  2023-03-04.
• 14/10.
• v1/x.
• A Day of Fallen Night.  Samantha Shannon.  2023-03-17.
• 17/10.
• v0/2.  The next one is #2, so unfortunately there will not be a #-1.  Yet.
• The Priory of the Orange Tree.  Samantha Shannon.  2023-03-27.
• 17/10.
• v1/2.
• Reread after DoFN.  There is so much in this that the second book answers.
• The Faithless.  C.L. Clarke.  2023-04-01.
• 14/10.
• v2/3.
• An Echo of Gods.  Tallie Rose.  2023-04-10.
• 11/10.
• v2/x.
• My Aunt Is a Monster.  Reimena Yee.  2023-04-15.
• 13/10.
• Technically for kids and a picture book.
• Over My Dead Body.  Sweeney Boo.  2023-04-19.
• 13/10.
• Technically a graphic novel.
• The Bone Shard War.  Andreas Stewart. 2023-04-25.
• 18/10.
• v3/3.
• The Roots of Chaos may be technically better books, but The Drowning Empire hits much harder, so it gets to be book of the year.
• The Fiance Farce.  Alexandria Bellefleur.  2023-04-29.
• 14/10.
• Count Your Lucky Stars.  Alexandria Bellefleur.  2023-05-03.
• 13/10.
• Reread.  A character is referenced in the previous one.
• She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat.  Sakaomi Yuzaki.  2023-05-04
• 13/10.
• v2/3+.
• Stars Collide.  Rachel Lacey.  2023-05-09.
• 14/10.
• Bleeding Heart.  Brittany M. Willows.  2023-05-21.
• 15/10.
• v2/2.
• Court of the Undying Seasons.  A.M. Strickland.  2023-05-27.
• 18/10.
• Vampires.  Also book of the year.
• Danger and Other Unknown Risks.  Ryan North and Erica Henderson.  2023-05-29.
• 13/10.
• Love at First Set.  Jennifer Dugan.  2023-05-29.
• 15/10.
• A one day Memorial Day book, apparently.
• The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich.  Deya Muniz.  2023-05-30.
• 15/10.
• Furious Heaven.  Kate Elliott.  2023-06-07.
• 18/10.
• v2/3.
• I love books that have lots to obsess over.
• Devil's Chew Toy.  Rob Osler.  2023-06-14.
• 13/10.
• v1/x.
• Good to see this is going to be a series.  They're good characters.
• Going Bicoastal.  Dahlia Adler.  2023-06-18.
• 16/10.
• Firmly establishing a Dahlia Adler Extended Universe.
• Walk on the Weird Side.  Joseph S Pulver Sr. (Ed).  2023-07-03.
• 10/10.
• Weird tales really need more than "what if murderer?" to be good.
• Haunted Providence.  Rory Raven.  2023-07-08.
• 12/10.
• I really should have read this one first, as we drove past pretty much all the places he lists.
• Out on the Ice.  Kelly Farmer.  2023-07-13.
• 13/10.
• v1/3.
• Under the Whispering Door.  T.J. Klune.  2023-07-25.
• 15/10.
• The Moonlight Kingdom.  Tara Sim.  2023-09-02.
• 17/10.
• v2/3.
• Wicked Things.  John Allison, Max Sarin, and Whitney Cogar.  2023-09-04.
• 13/10.
• v1/6.
• Cleat Cute.  Meryl Wilsner.  2023-09-23
• 15/10.
• Idiots to Lovers.
• The Siren, the Song, and the Sea.  Maggie Tokuda-Hall.  2023-10-02.
• 13/10.
• v2/2.
• Mammoths at the Gates.  Nghi Vo.  2023-10-05.
• 14/10.
• v4/x.
• Mall Goth.  Kate Leth.  2023-10-10.
• 13/10.
• Graphic Novel.
• Romancing the Gorgon.  Tallie Rose.  2023-10-17.
• 13/10.
• Daughter of Winter and Twilight.  Helen Corcoran.  2023-11-08.
• 14/10.
• v2/2.
• Fumbling Into You.  Shannon O'Connor.  2023-11-13.
• 14/10.
• System Collapse.  Martha Wells.  2023-11-16.
• 14/10.
• The Salvation Gambit.  Emily Skrutskie.  2023-12-03.
• 11/10.
• The second half is very good, but it takes a long time to get there.
• Iris Kelly Doesn't Date.  Ashley Herring Blake.  2023-12-11.
• 14/10.
• v3/3.
• Goth Western.  Livali Wyle.  2023-12-13.
• 13/10.
• Graphic Novel.
• 
  

Short Stories

• “Such an Honor”.  Sarah Gailey. 2023-05-08.
• 11/10.
• Link.
• "A Full Life".  Paolo Bacigalupi.  2023-07-13.
• 12/10.
• Link.
• The Year Without Sunshine.  Naomi Kritzer.  2023-11-12.
• 13/10.
• Link.

Books read: 2022

 Books:

• A Thousand Nights.  E.K. Johnston. 2022-01-05.
• 12/10.
• Retelling.
• Nottingham.  Anna Burke.  2022-01-08.
• 13/10.
• Retelling.
• The Coldest Touch.  Isabel Sterling.  2022-01-16.
• 14/10.
• Vampires.
• The Dragon of Ynys.  Minerva Cerridwen.  2022-01-17.
• 15/10.
• Carmilla and Laura.  S.D. Simper.  2022-01-25.
• 14/10.
• Retelling; vampires.
• Necessary Repairs.  Skye Kilaen.  2022-02-03.
• 12/10.
• Not My Problem.  Ciara Smyth.  2022-02-12.
• 14/10.
• Darling.  K. Ancrum.  2022-02-17.
• 13/10.
• Retelling.
• Fire Becomes Her.  Rosiee Thor.  2022-02-20.
• 14/10.
• The Thousand Eyes.  A.K. Larkwood.  2022-02-26.
• 16/10.
• v2/2.

• Sisters of the Forsaken Stars.  Lina Rather.  2022-02-28.
• 15/10.
• v2/2.
• A Love Story Starring My Dead Best Friend.  Emily Horner.  2022-03-05.
• 14/10.
• Delilah Green Doesn't Care.  Ashley Herring Blake.  2022-03-08.
• 16/10.
• v1/2.
• Last Exit.  Max Gladstone.  2022-03-18.
• 13/10.
• The City of Dusk.  Tara Sim.  2022-03-30.
• 15/10.
• Bloody Spade.  Brittany M. Willows.  2022-04-08.
• 13/10.
• v1/2.
• Amy of the Necromancers.  Jimena Novaro.  2022-04-13.
• 13/10.
• She Gets The Girl.  Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick.  2022-04-20.
• 14/10. 
• The Midnight Girls.  Alicia Jasinska.  2022-05-02.
• 14/10.
  
• Scale and Smoke.  Tallie Rose.  2022-05-07.
• 13/10.

• Count Your Lucky Stars.  Alexandria Bellefleur.  2022-05-13.
• 13/10.
• I2L.
• Magic, Lies, and Deadly Pies.  Misha Popp.  2022-05-14.
• 13/10.
• Behind the Scenes.  Dahlia Adler.  2022-06-02.
• 12/10.
• v1/2.
• Under the Lights.  Dahlia Adler.  2022-06-05.
• 13/10.
• v2/2.
• Siren Queen.  Nghi Vo.  2022-06-11.
• 13/10.
• Home Field Advantage.  Dahlia Adler.  2022-06-16.
• 15/10.
• Between the Lines.  Rachel Lacey.  2022-06-30.
• 13/10.
• A Prayer for the Crown-Shy.  Becky Chambers.  2022-07-16.
• 14/10.
• v2/x.
• No Rings Attached.  Rachel Lacey.  2022-07-18.
• 13/10.
• v2/x.
• That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon.  Kimberly Lemming.  2022-07-29.
• 12/10.
• v1/x.
• The Oleander Sword.  Tasha Suri.  2022-08-25.
• 14/10.
• v2/3.

• In the Event of Love.  Courtney Kae.  2022-09-12.
• 15/10.
• v1/2.
• Nona the Ninth.  Tamsyn Muir.  2022-09-13.
• 16/10.
• v3/4.
• Mistakes Were Made.  Meryl Wisner.  2022-10-17.
• 16/10.
• Double disasters.
• I'm the Girl.  Courtney Summers.  2022-10-22.
• 11/10.
• Should have read the content warnings.
• Gideon the Ninth, Harrow the Ninth, Nona the Ninth.  Tamsyn Muir.  2022-10-25.
• 16/10.
• Full reread.
• Exit Strategy.  Martha Wells.  2022-11-01.
• 14/10.
• v4/n
• Network Effect.  Martha Wells.  2022-11-05.
• 13/10.
• v5/n
• Fugitive Telemetry.  Martha Wells.  2022-11-15.
• 13/10.
• v6/n
• Ocean's Echo.  Everina Maxwell.  2022-11-13.
• 14/10.
• v2/n
• Into the Riverlands.  Nghi Vo.  2022-11-19.
• 12/10.
• v3/n
• Astrid Parker Doesn't Fail.  Ashley Herring Blake.  2022-11-27
• 14/10.
• v2/3
• Silver Under Nightfall.  Rin Chupeco.  2022-12-07.
• 13/10.
• v1/
• This Cursed Crown.  Alexandra Overy.  2022-12-17.
• 12/10.
• v2/2.
• Make You Mine This Christmas.  Leslie Huxley-Jones.  2022-12-21.
• 14/10.
• Snowed Inn With Madelyn.  Chelsea M. Cameron.  2022-12-22.
• 13/10.
• I Saw Mommy Kissing the Nanny.  Shannon O'Connor.  2022-12-26.
• 12/10.
• Holme for the Holidays.  Miranda MacLeod.  2022-12-31.
• 13/10.

Anthologies:

• A Monstrous Love.  Magen Cubed.  2022-02-17.
• 14/10.
• If There's Anyone Left.  Ed. Jason Burnham.  2022-03-12.
• 11/10.
• v1/2.

Short Stories/Online:

• Drones to Ploughshares.  Sarah Gailey.  2022-01-01.
• 14/10.
• Source.
•  Bargain.  Sarah Gailey.  2022-02-28.
• 15/10.
• Source.
• The Garden of Three-Hundred Flowers.  E.K. Johnston.  2022-04-26.
• 12/10.
• v1.5/2.
• The Twenty-Second Lover of House Rousseau.  C.M. Fields.  2022-06-20.
• 13/10.
• Rabbit Test.  Samantha Mills.  2022-10-01.
• 14/10.
• Source.
• The Skeleton Crew.  Janelle Shane.  2022-12-22.
• 13/10.
• Source.

Graphic Novels:

• Twisting Time.  Ed. Megan Archer.  2022-04-01.
• 11/10.
• Neither.  Airlie Anderson.  2022-05-13.
• 14/10.
• Banned.
• Harrowing of Hell.  Evan Dahm.  2022-11-15.
• 12/10.
• She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat.  Sakaomi Yuzaki.  2022-12-09.
• 13/10.
• v1/3+.

Non-Fiction:

• The Dance of Death.  Hans Holbein.  2022-03-22.
• 11/10.
• Primitive Technology.  John Plant.  2022-04-22.
• 10/10.

Tinella Nosa?

 "She's had a name this whole time???"