January's Books and other things

[cornerofmadness]

I think this week is going to go downhill on a sled Today my sugar had NOT come down so now I'm not sure it was the rice noodles. Not sure what is going on though. I'm struggling with depression and burn out and it's causing me to blow past deadlines. SIGH.

I have been thinking about my Slaying 80s Style nano novel. I could have left the monsters as monsters are just there ala Buffy or Supernatural but decided that someone has to be summoning certain types of demons. I'm like okay great that does give me a definite villain...who the hell are they and what do they want? Way to make everything harder. But then I thought about the social horror stuff I was talking about and that could play into this. And power can be a motive right? I mean it's often a motive so why not here? I started putting this into my writers group

Also the writing critique group I'm in (pretty low pressure) is way down in numbers. We exchange chapters/short stories every 6 weeks. If someone would be interested let me know.

So my reading. I read SO MUCH in January. I haven't had a reading jag like this in a few years I don't think. I love talking books so if you see something you'd like let me know and we can talk it
Such a Pretty Smile horror

On Deadly Tides mystery

Monstress, Vol. 3: Haven fantasy GN

Jade City Fantasy

The Counterfeit Clue Historical mystery

Portrait of Peril Historical mystery

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories classics, horror

Drowned Wednesday YA fantasy

Bob middle grade fantasy

The Ghostway mystery

Squad YA urban fantasy GN

The Ancient Child cotemporary

Into the Lightning Gate SF

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal Superheroes

Wonder Woman: The True Amazon superheroes

From Here to Eternity: Traveling the World to Find the Good Death nonfiction, burial customs and issues with the funerary system