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Fiction books
Becky Chambers. A Psalm for the Wild-Built (e)
Diane Duane. Spock's World
Barbara Hambly. Ishmael
Barry Hughart. Bridge of Birds (e) (re-read)
Barry Hughart. Eight Skilled Gentlemen (e)
Barry Hughart. The Story of the Stone (e)
CS Lewis. The Screwtape Letters (e) (re-read)
William Sleator. The Spirit House
Arthur Upfield. Bushranger of the Skies (e)
Arthur Upfield. Death of a Swagman (re-read)

In progress
Anne Brontë. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (e)
Robert Louis Stevenson. Kidnapped (e)

Non-fiction books in progress
AC Grayling. The Good Book

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Mary Robinette Kowal. The Calculating Stars (e)

Fiction books
Diane Duane. The Book of Night with Moon (e) (re-read)
John le Carré. The Honourable Schoolboy
John le Carré. Smiley's People
Terry Pratchett. A Hat Full of Sky (e) (re-read)
WC Sellar, RJ Yeatman. 1066 and All That

In progress
CJ Dennis. Songs of a Sentimental Bloke

Non-fiction books
Grant Morrison. Supergods

Non-fiction books in progress
Stephen Curtis. Staging Ideas

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Terry Pratchett. Going Postal

Fiction books
Terry Pratchett. Monstrous Regiment (e) (re-read)

In progress
John Buchan. Witch Wood (e)
CJ Dennis. Songs of a Sentimental Bloke
Diane Duane. The Book of Night with Moon (e) (re-read)
Terry Pratchett. A Hat Full of Sky (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books
Jason Morningstar. Fiasco
Jack Plotnick. New Thoughts for Actors (e)

Non-fiction books in progress
Grant Morrison. Supergods

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Stephen Curtis. Staging Ideas

Fiction books
Ben Aaronovitch. The Furthest Station (e)
Neil Gaiman. The Ocean at the End of the Lane (e)
Nnedi Okorafor. Binti (e)
Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby. The Last Hero (e) (re-read)

In progress
James Goss. Now We Are Six Hundred
Terry Pratchett. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents (e) (re-read)

Abandoned
Paul Beatty. The Sellout

Picture books
Patrick Guest, Jonathan Bentley. The Second Sky
Andy Lee. Do Not Open This Book
Juliet MacIver, Terri Rose Baynton. Gwendolyn!
Heath McKenzie. I Wanna Be a Pretty Princess
Heidi McKinnon. I Just Ate My Friend
Julia Patton. The Very Very Very Long Dog
Mo Willems. Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!
Tony Wilson, Laura Wood. The Cow Tripped Over the Moon

Non-fiction books in progress
Randall Munroe. What If?

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Grant Morrison. Supergods


(This month's log is almost certainly incomplete because the log file got eaten by a software gremlin just this morning, so I had to reconstruct a month of data from memory and partial notes.)

Fiction books
Ben Aaronovitch. The Hanging Tree (e)
Julie Edwards. The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles
Terry Pratchett. Jingo (e) (re-read)
Anthony Price. For the Good of the State (e)

In progress
Katherine Addison. The Goblin Emperor (e)
Ursula Vernon. Summer in Orcus (e)

Non-fiction books
Jimmy Maher. Let's Tell a Story Together (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Terry Pratchett. The Last Continent

Fiction books
Terry Pratchett. Maskerade (e) (re-read)
Anthony Price. Gunner Kelly (e)
Anthony Price. The Old Vengeful (e)
Caroline Stevermer. Magic Below Stairs (e)

In progress
Diane Duane. Deep Wizardry (e) (re-read)
Terry Pratchett. Feet of Clay (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books in progress
Adrian Goldsworthy. Augustus (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Sharon Lee, Steve Miller. Alliance of Equals

Fiction books
Diane Duane. So You Want to Be a Wizard (e) (re-read)
Ryk E Spoor. Phoenix Ascendant (e)
Ryk E Spoor. Phoenix in Shadow (e)
Ryk E Spoor. Phoenix Rising (e) (re-read)

In progress
Terry Pratchett. Interesting Times (e) (re-read)

Non-fiction books in progress
Adrian Goldsworthy. Augustus (e)

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Diane Duane. Deep Wizardry

1. Swancon soon! I haven't packed yet, because I usually do that after laundry day, so as to have the widest range of clothing options, and laundry day this week has been postponed because of rain. (Note to self: Go and bring the laundry in off the line once this is posted.)


2. The brass band is contesting at the Nationals again, but I'm not going with them; I've already missed one Swancon and most of another for the previous two occasions, and I feel that's quite enough. I went to all the rehearsals, though, because it's good practice and because the person who will be filling in for me won't be available until just before the contest, so until then it was useful to have someone filling in for them.


3. I've recently rewatched some episodes of Davies-era Doctor Who that I hadn't watched in years. (Part of the impetus was that the Verities are rewatching both first seasons of Doctor Who for their podcast this year.) The stories and performances hold up pretty well, and I don't think any of the special effects struck me as fake-looking that didn't already the first time, but the incidental music! I remember, back in the day, there were a lot of complaints about Murray Gold's music being obtrusive; it never seemed so to me then, but it does now.


4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was on TV last week, the 1992 comedy film version, and I'd never watched it all the way through before, so I did, and now I kind of want to see the Yuletide Buffy fanfic we'd be getting if there'd never been the TV series afterward. There are all these hooks in the movie that everyone ignores now because the TV series went a different direction, like the idea that there's just one Watcher and one Slayer, endlessly reincarnated. Or even Buffy's ludicrously uninvolved parents - imagine what a fanfic exploration of that could be like... (I tried looking at AO3 to see if it had any movie Buffy fic, but all I found was a bit of Pike/Benny slash and a lot of TV Buffy fans who don't understand how fandom tags work.)


5. At Mark Reads, Mark has just finished reading all of Tamora Pierce's novels, and is just about to embark on Diane Duane's Young Wizards series. I was really keen on those when I was around the same age as the protagonists, but I've never re-read any of them, so that'll be interesting. (Actually, I've started re-reading the first one already, and it's holding up pretty well so far.)

ETA: 5a. Mark is, of course, also still reading through the Discworld series. He's just started on Interesting Times; it makes an... intriguing accompaniment to Lian Hearn's Tales of the Otori, which I'm reading as homework for Swancon.
 

Fiction books
Alexis Deacon. Croc and Bird
Tamora Pierce. Wolf-Speaker (re-read)
JR Poulter, Sarah Davis. Mending Lucille

In progress
Tamora Pierce. The Emperor Mage (re-read)

Non-fiction books in progress
Peter Macinnis. Mr Darwin's Incredible Shrinking World

( short, screen, and stage )
( books bought and borrowed )

Top of the to-read pile
Robert Bolt. A Man For All Seasons