Umm… Yeah… It’s just an r with a long decender…

If you enjoy fantasy Rome, have you checked out Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera yet? It started as a bet between two writers arguing whether good writing or novel concepts were more important. Jim Butcher came down on the good writing side and to prove it asked the other author to give him a tired writing trope and they chose the “lost Roman legion” trope. And then Pokémon got added in somehow to the challenge too.

It’s really good

Dracula Daily starts tomorrow for a fun way to revisit Dracula

Are you looking for more LitRPG stuff or something else?

Wow, nice job!

Way to go! Thanks for taking part!

I finished the first 3 Red Rising books and have moved on to T Kingfisher’s Hemlock & Silver.

I still managed to get a few bingos, but didn't do a blackout this year. I had too many things pop up as distractions and a couple full series re-reads that ate up a lot of focus.

1A: Number in the Title Twelve Months by Jim Butcher 1B: Author from a Different Continent Royal Gambit by Daniel O'Malley 1C: Featured Creature Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman 1D: Minority Author The Night Masquerade by Nnedi Okorafor 1E: Now a Major Motion Picture The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selnick 2A: Independent Author All Accounts Settled: Fred the Vampire Accountant #9 by Drew Hayes 2B: Set in War Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (Hard Mode: Yes ) 2C: Orange Crush Binti by Nnedi Okorafor 2D: Short and Sweet Binti: Home by Nnedi Okorafor 2E: Banned Book Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz (Hard Mode: Yes )

3B: Title: [X] of [Y] A Wizard of Earthsea: A Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham (Adaptor) , Ursula K. Le Guin 3C: FREE SPACE: One Less Super Powereds: Year 1 by Drew Hayes 3D: LGBTQIA+ Lead Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell

4A: New Release Rapport: Friendship, Solidarity, Communion, Empathy by Martha Wells 4B: Alliterative Title Brigands & Breadknives by Travis Baldree

4D: Award Winner A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

5B: Political The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

5D: Cozy Read All Systems Red by Martha Wells 5E: Jerk with a Heart of Gold The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids by Michael McClung

The series is titled after the first book. The first few were generally good and enjoyable. The writing is a bit wonky and takes some to get used to.

My biggest complaint is that the book is filled with deus ex machina solutions and Diabolus ex machina problems to ramp things up that aren’t really earned.

I read it when it came out and I’m still mad about THAT PARTICULAR PART

That’s frustrating. I do really appreciate you participating with us and all your help that goes into it.

3B: We’re Putting the Band (Back) Together: A group assembles for a common purpose. HARD MODE: The group had previously drifted apart, but is now reunited.

Dracula Daily starts tomorrow and would qualify for this.

5B: The Late, Great…: The author is deceased. HARD MODE: They passed away before January 1, 2000.

2A: Revisiting an Old Friend: Reread a work that holds a special place in your heart. HARD MODE: Reread it in a modified format (updated reissue, manga or graphic novel adaptation, illustrated or annotated edition, different language or translation, listen to the audiobook, etc.).

2B: Author from a Different Continent: The author(s) resides on a different continent than you do. HARD MODE: The work required translation to be published in your native language.

Questions, Complaints, Whines, General Commentary, Shitposting

What did you think of it? It’s been on my TBR for a bit.

Sorry for the delay in responding, I’ve had a busy time with work recently.

1. there are no bingo police, if you think you can make a well reasoned argument why an interpretation is correct, go for it.

2. I would say the ampersand is a ligature not punctuation, but see 1.

I finished the first 3 Red Rising books and have moved on to T Kingfisher’s Hemlock & Silver.