Raw Data:
Novels - 15 ↑
Short Stories - 1 ↑
Manga/Graphic Novels - 0 -
Comics - 1 -
Average Rating - 3.11 ↑
Pages - 3453 ↑
Words - 1229 ↓
The Bad:
A Rainbow to Heaven - 1.5star DNF
Ethan of Athos - 1star DNF
The Good:
Witches Abroad - 4stars
Dune - 5stars
Miscellaneous Posts:
- Jandor's Saddlebags - MTG 4E
- When a Daddy Eggnog Loves a….
- Jayemdae Tome - MTG 4E
- Jump - MTG 4E
- [Art] Maiden of Christmas Solstice 2025
- Junún Efreet - MTG 4E
- Merry Christmas!!! (2025 Edition)
- Karma - MTG 4E
Personal:
December was quite the month. I was still fighting off the sickness from November and while I felt better in many regards, I could tell I was still on the edge. It didn't help that we had our first snow storm right at the beginning and got around 6-7inches, which is enough to stick around for the entire season. Getting into the routine of working in the snow is always a week long chore. And then Mrs B and I came down with the flu typeA this past weekend. We're out of work for the whole week and we're doing our best to stay hydrated and taking tylenol to reduce the fever. Mrs B started Friday night and I started Sunday night, so she is just rounding the corner on recovery while I'm still in the throes of it all. Life is just grand at the moment.
Things were just busy too. With work Christmas parties and extra stuff going on at our churches, even if WE wanted to slow down, there was so much going on that we were swept along. Since most of the things were people oriented, it just wore me out even faster. There was one Friday where I attended a Land Surveyors Association annual meeting and there were over 250 people there. Just sitting in a room with 60+ people for 2hour stretches wore me out.
Short Round (thanks Spalanz!), the new guy at work, has settled in very well. He still talks, but it's not non-stop, all the time, go-go-go. Now it's just whenever. His plan is to eventually get licensed. I sure hope it works out for him. I have my doubts however.
In regards to books, I reviewed a bunch more than in November but I think most of that was me trying to get stuff all caught up before New Years hit. Even though I like to schedule stuff out 3-4 weeks, I don't like saying I read a book in January if I actually read it in December. The DNF's hit again(!!!!) and man, I must say, that really screwed with my ratings and my feelings. Especially since one of them was supposed to be the Barbara Cartland buddyread that I had plans for all month long. It was cut down in one post, sigh. And besides dnf'ing the book, I had to deal with letting down the people who had agreed to do the read-a-long for the month. I hate being disappointed by other people and I really hate disappointing others and letting them down. At least it happened in the first week so I had a chance to get over it ;-) On the plus side, ending the month and the year with reading Dune was fantastic. That book has so many facets that every time I read it, I see something completely different.
Cover Love:
I read the Dune: Deluxe Edition and man, that cover is fantastic. It is clickable if you want to view it full size.
Plans for Next Month:
I have my annual Year in Review post coming up on Thursday the 1st and then on Friday the 2nd I have a post dedicated to my plans in January.
See you January 1st!
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