Monthly Wrap-up, August 2026

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Not my month healthwise. Started off with a light summer flu that morphed into a bacterial eye infection. Antibiotic cream did the trick, but was a hassle. That was followed by a persistent and aggravatingly itchy eye infection. Surprisingly I still somehow managed to eye-read over 1000 pages. 📖 🎧 Fool's Fate 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺 (Tawny Man #3) by Robin … Continue reading Monthly Wrap-up, August 2026

Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni

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Alpha & Omega #1 Cry Wolf by Patricia Briggs 320 pages • digital • first pub 2008  • 🐺🐺🐺🐺☆ — 3rd re-read Author's Comments Cry Wolf is the first novel in the Alpha and Omega series. The series itself is set in the same world as the Mercy Thompson series and is loosely connected. The first story in this series was the … Continue reading Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni

But now she knew the monsters were real.

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Alpha & Omega #0.5 Alpha & Omega by Patricia Briggs 81 pages • digital • first pub 2007  •  🐺🐺🐺🐺☆. Anna Latham never knew werewolves existed, until the night she survived a violent attack... and became one herself. After three years at the bottom of the Chicago pack, she's learned to keep her head down and never, ever trust dominant males. … Continue reading But now she knew the monsters were real.

The boring part of darkness.

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Charlie Madigan #1 The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay 394 pages • paperback • first pub 2009  • ⭐️⭐️ Atlanta: it's the promised city for the off-worlders, foreigners from the alternate dimensions of heaven-like Elysia and hell-like Charbydon. Some bring good works and miracles. And some bring unimaginable evil.... Charlie Madigan is a divorced mother of one, and a kick-ass … Continue reading The boring part of darkness.

The thing between the wings…

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Terrible Worlds: Transformations #2 Preaching to the Choir by Adrian Tchaikovsky with Emma Newman (Narrator) 4h 35m • audio • first pub 2026  • ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️☆ Elena Mendes thought she understood what “old money” was. She knew her boyfriend Ross Enderbough was rich. Like, “old money” rich. She knew he was the scion of some eccentric British line that predates the whole United States. She … Continue reading The thing between the wings…

There is some weirdness happening outside.

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Kate Daniels #10 Magic Triumphs Ilona Andrews with Nora Sofyan (Narrator), Michael Glenn (Narrator), Michael John Casey (Narrator), Mecca Rogers (Narrator), John Kielty (Narrator), Robb Moreira (Narrator), Kelly Baskin (Narrator), Jon Vertullo(Narrator), Stephanie Németh-Parker (Narrator), Full Cast (Narrator), Emlyn McFarland (Narrator), Richard Rohan (Narrator) 10h 56m • audio • first pub 2018  • 🦁🐲🏰👶🐻 Kate has come a long way from her origins as a loner taking care of paranormal problems in post-Shift Atlanta. She's made friends and enemies. She's found love and started a family … Continue reading There is some weirdness happening outside.