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1800 words on The Bone Palace today, and the dangerous realization that it might not be Isyllt who goes to Mongolstantinople to eat pastries and rescue oppressed boywhores and be romanced by the demon prince--it might be Isyllt's spunky apprentice. Hot eunuchs will definitely be involved.

This is why I don't worry about running out of ideas. Not writing fast enough to keep up is a greater concern.

In other news, Miss Maddy had her girl-parts removed today, and is now sulking in the garage. Despite this serious life-altering surgery, she complained less in the car than Siggy, who only went in for her yearly shots.

Bookkeeping

( So far this year )

33. The Engine's Child - Holly Phillips

A gorgeous, vivid, evocative book, with beautiful description and setting. There is perhaps not enough plot to carry all the gorgeous setting (or the existing plot isn't developed enough), but I don't really care.

34. The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms - N.K. Jemisin (ARC)

I got a bit of whiplash going from The Engine's Child to this. Kingdoms has plenty going on, and Jemisin's prose is clean and spare. More spare than I prefer, since I'm a stop-and-roll-in-it kind of girl and there was so much cool stuff and characters that I wanted to see more of, but it was snappy and fun and I like Yeine and love Nahadoth. I'm looking forward to The Broken Kingdoms

35. Fever Season - Barbara Hambly (reread)

As always, I'm in awe of the grace with which Hambly juggles ten million plot threads while still giving the best setting in the business. This is also the squickiest of the January books for me.

Go ask LJ

Has anyone out there ever ruptured an eardrum? Do you know what recovery time is like? Any nifty telling details or horror stories?