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Countdown: 16

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Well, if I'm being completely fair, 16.5 since it's just about lunchtime. Also, weekends and holidays don't count, so 16.5 business days if we're being sticklers for accuracy. Today I told my team so it's official: March 10th will be my last day as the ScrumMaster (ScrumMistress? ScrumMa'am? ScrumPerson?) for the process automation team at… Continue reading Countdown: 16

Review: Such Pretty Flowers by K. L. Cerra
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Review: Such Pretty Flowers by K. L. Cerra

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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Such Pretty Flowers is a mystery with Mexican Gothic vibes set in a fancy townhouse in Savannah, Georgia. Holly is a floundering twentysomething woman in Savannah at a crossroads in a pretty directionless life. Her roommates are newly engaged and… Continue reading Review: Such Pretty Flowers by K. L. Cerra

Not What It Looks Like
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Not What It Looks Like

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Every other month I get a suspiciously obfuscated slim package in the mail. Every time, I wonder what sort of magazines the post office thinks I'm ordering. I thought only certain inappropriate magazines get sent in ominous black privacy plastic. So it's INTERNATIONAL porn. How fancy. (What the PO workers think, probably.) I don't know… Continue reading Not What It Looks Like

Greetings from FFS Minerva
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Greetings from FFS Minerva

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Someone is very cabin-feverish in this house. Maybe more than one someone, but Minerva is the only one with crazy eyes. So far. This post is just a relatively boring midwinter hunkering update. SK and I were in Florida at Disney World two weeks ago for our honeymoon, and it was hilariously different from the… Continue reading Greetings from FFS Minerva

Review: The Clackity by Lora Senf
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Review: The Clackity by Lora Senf

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I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. This book is FANTASTIC. Twelve year old Evie lives in Blight Harbor, a notoriously haunted small town with so many ghouls and ghosts that her aunt and guardian, Desdemona (Des) making her living writing a witchy advice column for the… Continue reading Review: The Clackity by Lora Senf

Review: The Devil You Know by P. J. Tracy
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Review: The Devil You Know by P. J. Tracy

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I received an ARC of this novel through NetGalley in exchange for my unbiased review. When I started reading The Devil You Know, I was annoyed. I didn't realize there are two books prior to this one in the series, so some of the minor characters' chapters seemed jarring and out of place for the… Continue reading Review: The Devil You Know by P. J. Tracy

Review: Athena’s Child by Hannah Lynn
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Review: Athena’s Child by Hannah Lynn

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First, I read this book in a day and put off my own writing to finish it. Athena's Child is Hannah Lynn's retelling of the Medusa myth from (mostly) Medusa's point of view. Medusa is a beautiful and completely mortal girl whose parents differ on what's best for her fourteen year old self. Her mother… Continue reading Review: Athena’s Child by Hannah Lynn

Seasons Greetings from The In-Between
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Seasons Greetings from The In-Between

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Sauna steam: outside air is below zero Fahrenheit and inside is about 140. 100% the best present SK and I got ourselves this year (besides wedding rings, of course). Not to be confused with The Upside Down: there are no Gormegons here, but there is a horde of D&D players in this household, so it… Continue reading Seasons Greetings from The In-Between

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Missed Deadlines, Holidays, and a Cookie Thief

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I had a plan, a well laid out plan that had reasonable daily and weekly goals, to finish the cancer book by today. I have not finished the cancer book by today. I'm frustrated as hell about how the last few chapters are going, and frustrated with myself for not finishing (yet) again. Writing is… Continue reading Missed Deadlines, Holidays, and a Cookie Thief

Review: The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood
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Review: The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood

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I received an ARC of this novel through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. I think by now we all know I love a good retold myth, and that Medusa is one of my favorite figures in any mythological cycle. I would've been interested in a Perseus novel based purely on those two criteria.… Continue reading Review: The Shadow of Perseus by Claire Heywood