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Books read in 2023

70  Blackthorn Winter, Liz Williams (Fallow Sisters #2) (e)
69  Comet Weather, Liz Williams (Fallow Sisters #1) (e)
68  System Collapse, Martha Wells (Murderbot Diaries #7) (e)
67  Defiance, Cherryh and Fancher (Foreigner #22) (read aloud w/Steve)
66  The Marquis Who Mustn’t, Courtney Milan (Wedgeford Trials #2) (e)
65  Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man, Emily J. Edwards ( A Girl Friday #1) (e)
64  The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman2) (e)
63  The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman #1) (e)
62  A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (re-re-&c-read aloud w/Steve)
61  Resonance Surge, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #7) (e)
60  Roses in Amber, C.E. Murphy (e)
59  Wintergate, C.E. Murphy (e)
58  One in Vermillion, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #3) (e)
57  Good Neighbors, Stephanie Burgis (e)
56  Rest in Pink, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #2) (e)
55  Winter Gifts, Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London-adjacent) (e)
54  A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan #1) (e)
53  A Gentleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel, KJ Charles (Doomsdays #2) (e)
52  Witchy Eye, DJ Butler (Witchy War Series 1) (e)
51  Royal Tea Service, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #3) (e)
50  A Christmas Like No Otter, Zoe Chant (Virtue Shifters #4) (e)
49  “Compulsion,” A Murderbot short story, Martha Wells (re-read) (e)
48  The Wizard’s Butler, Nathan Lowell (Wizard’s Butler #1?) (e)
47  Tea Set and Match, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #2) (e)
46  A Coup of Tea, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #1) (e)
45  Let’s Go for Broke, Mary Lasswell (re-read) (e)
44  The Salt-Black Tree, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #2) (e)
43  Lavender’s Blue, Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #1) (e)
42  The Talisman Ring, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
41  Cotillion, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
40  Black Sheep, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
39  A Tempest at Sea, Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock #7) (e)
38  The Warrior’s Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read) (e)
37  Nimona, ND Stevenson (graphic novel)
36  A Queer Trade, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #2) (e)
35  Rag and Bone, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #3) (e)
34  Jackdaw, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #1) (e)
33  The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
32  Spring’s Arcana, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #1) (e)
31  Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery (e)
30  Witch King, Martha Wells (e)
29  This Immortal, Roger Zelazny (re-read) (e)
28  God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell (re-read) (e)
27  The Fair Miss Fortune, D.E. Stevenson (e)
26  Who Cries for the Lost, C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #18) (e)
25  Charlie All Night, Jennifer Crusie (re-read) (e)
24  A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (e)
23  The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles (re-read) (e)
22  Like a Thief in the Night, KJ Charles (e)
21  Hellspark, Janet Kagan (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
20  The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren (e)
19  Artfully Yours, Joanna Lowell (e)
18  Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart (re-re-&c-read) (e)
17  The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry (e)
16  The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles (Doomsday #1) (e)
15  A Conspiracy of Truths, Alexandra Rowland (e)
14  A Tangled Web, Lucy Maud Montgomery (e)
13  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
12  It Takes Two to Tumble, Cat Sebastian, (The Sedgewicks #1) (e)
11  Faking It, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
10  Getting Rid of Bradley, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
9   Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (e) re-read
8   Masters in this Hall, K.J. Charles (Lilywhite Boys) (e)
7   Storm Echo, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 6) (e)
6   Magic for Marigold, L.M. Montgomery (e)
5   The Harbors of the Sun, Martha Wells (Raksura #5) (e)
4   The Edge of the World, Martha Wells  (Raksura #4) (e)
3   The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (e)
2   The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie (e)
1   Salvage Right, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Liaden Universe® 25) (unedited manuscript) (e)

Ribbon Dance Framed

The cover art for Ribbon Dance, by David Mattingly, (novel by Sharon Lee and Steve Miller) has returned home from the Framemakers, in downtown Waterville, and it’s looking fine.  Thank you, David, Roscoe, Ames, Brian and everyone else who made this possible!

Now we need to figure out where to hang it.  Sigh. All of our problems should be so joyful.

Guest Post by Steve Miller: You Gotta Have Heart

YOU GOTTA HAVE HEART … is the way I hear it.

Long post about a strange day in several directions.

By about 9:15 AM this morning I’d already decided that today deserved a post … and then more stuff happened. And didn’t happen, too.

To begin with I had a scheduled echo cardiogram to get to by 9:00 and I enlisted Sharon to drive me since I was running a bit off schedule — after all if were were late she could drop me off at the door and then catch up.

On the short way to the cardio office we saw not 1 but 2 trucks run different Waterville traffic lights — 1 was a trailerless road-tractor, going right where I/we’d have been in the first big intersection on our way if Sharon hadn’t been paying attention, and the next a Big Bad Black I Stops For Nuthin pick-up at the intersection leading to the hospital/medical compound. Might have been enough to write about, right there, eh?

We made it in good enough time, nonetheless, and were settled into the sonographer’s waiting room when one of of the therapy nurses from my “old” post cardio-implant cardiac specialty gym stopped by on business with the sonographer’s office — and we had a great short discussions about how we’d all been and how she’d seen the article a few weeks back, and that we both were looking good … so — an “old home week” moment!

Still waiting and … another nurse from my old specialty gym ( few doors down the hall) came in, said hello, and Sharon noticed that this nurse … was carrying a book she wanted autographed. She’d had it in her drawer for a couple years, missing me on the several occasions when I’d stopped in to see the old gang… and hah, there we were signing a Lee & Miller book and chatting away old times when I got called … and so, cool, eh? Not a bad morning … I figured I’d mention it ….

And then my heart got sounded out for almost an hour (this is a boring procedure even if there are some Voyage to the Bottom of the Seas sound moments), and as I prepped to leave … the receptionist stopped me, handing me a green sticky note, telling me she’d JUST NOW had a phone call for me from Bangor, and that I’d better call them back RIGHT NOW.

Not being in the habit of getting phone calls from Bangor while in a doctor’s office in Waterville I called the number immediately … and got the news that over the weekend my ICD-implant had auto-called the hospital system’s “device office” to report an anomalous ICD event … and the device specialist said her reading of the time-stamped report meant I ought JIC probably stop in to the ER before I went home… and that she was calling my cardiologist and the ER, too, to let them know I’d be on the way as soon as I told her that I was, in fact, going to do that. She’d called that office because the hospital portal had told her I was already supposed to be on the grounds ….

Well heck, with the ER being a convenient three hundred foot downhill drift away we ended up with-in moments at ER, where the magic words “cardiac patient name name name device-office name, event trigger, BANGOR CALLED” got me through the ER triage line pretty quick.

Ummm, hey, so there’s the hospital’s electronic portal system working better than I knew, and that’s worth writing about, yes?

Also, we’d both had our tablets with us, so we had reading. Reading is good, right? Especially if you don’t know if you’re getting a room in Waterville or an ambulance ride to Bangor, another round of tests, or what. By way of entertainment, maintenance came and shifted us from side to side in the room and out into the hall at one point in order to fix the overhead light fixture that wasn’t working right ….

Settling things out — apparently my ICD implant functioned Sunday morning despite the fact that I didn’t notice it. I’m told that it is hard not to notice the thing being triggered, but nope, I apparently slept through it. In fact I’d walked extra steps Saturday *and* Sunday because I’d been feeling pretty good.

Over a few hours the ER folks gave me a room, gave me multiple blood tests, and an EKG too, talked to the cardiologist that read today’s fresh heart movies, talked to my local cardio office, got me chest-x-rayed, had me on continuous monitor for about 5 hours. and when we despaired of ever having a meal again managed to get us “lunch” just as the attending late afternoon ER physician was saying “How does going home sound?”

Right: the blood tests are good (no tell tales of a heart attack or any related problems), my imaging from today shows a heart pretty much looking the way it did a few years ago, there’s no problem shown by multiple chest x-rays…

So, I came home to finish the half of lunch I still had — so I could take my lunch meds! –and now I have lists of who else to call tomorrow — I’ll still see my early consultation about the hernia — and I’m told that for tonight, at least, I can return to my regularly scheduled program. I expect to be seeing my PCP and cardiologist RSN, but they were in the works already, and tomorrow ought tell the tale in part about the hernia situation.

Oh, and that’s how I spent my day, and Sharon’s too. Sharon was amazingly patient.

Hope your day wasn’t quite like ours.

Books read in 2023

69  Comet Weather, Liz Williams (Fallow Sisters #1) (e)
68  System Collapse, Martha Wells (Murderbot Diaries #7) (e)
67  Defiance, Cherryh and Fancher (Foreigner #22) (read aloud w/Steve)
66  The Marquis Who Mustn’t, Courtney Milan (Wedgeford Trials #2) (e)
65  Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man, Emily J. Edwards ( A Girl Friday #1) (e)
64  The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman2) (e)
63  The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman #1) (e)
62  A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (re-re-&c-read aloud w/Steve)
61  Resonance Surge, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #7) (e)
60  Roses in Amber, C.E. Murphy (e)
59  Wintergate, C.E. Murphy (e)
58  One in Vermillion, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #3) (e)
57  Good Neighbors, Stephanie Burgis (e)
56  Rest in Pink, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #2) (e)
55  Winter Gifts, Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London-adjacent) (e)
54  A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan #1) (e)
53  A Gentleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel, KJ Charles (Doomsdays #2) (e)
52  Witchy Eye, DJ Butler (Witchy War Series 1) (e)
51  Royal Tea Service, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #3) (e)
50  A Christmas Like No Otter, Zoe Chant (Virtue Shifters #4) (e)
49  “Compulsion,” A Murderbot short story, Martha Wells (re-read) (e)
48  The Wizard’s Butler, Nathan Lowell (Wizard’s Butler #1?) (e)
47  Tea Set and Match, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #2) (e)
46  A Coup of Tea, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #1) (e)
45  Let’s Go for Broke, Mary Lasswell (re-read) (e)
44  The Salt-Black Tree, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #2) (e)
43  Lavender’s Blue, Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #1) (e)
42  The Talisman Ring, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
41  Cotillion, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
40  Black Sheep, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
39  A Tempest at Sea, Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock #7) (e)
38  The Warrior’s Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read) (e)
37  Nimona, ND Stevenson (graphic novel)
36  A Queer Trade, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #2) (e)
35  Rag and Bone, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #3) (e)
34  Jackdaw, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #1) (e)
33  The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
32  Spring’s Arcana, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #1) (e)
31  Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery (e)
30  Witch King, Martha Wells (e)
29  This Immortal, Roger Zelazny (re-read) (e)
28  God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell (re-read) (e)
27  The Fair Miss Fortune, D.E. Stevenson (e)
26  Who Cries for the Lost, C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #18) (e)
25  Charlie All Night, Jennifer Crusie (re-read) (e)
24  A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (e)
23  The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles (re-read) (e)
22  Like a Thief in the Night, KJ Charles (e)
21  Hellspark, Janet Kagan (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
20  The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren (e)
19  Artfully Yours, Joanna Lowell (e)
18  Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart (re-re-&c-read) (e)
17  The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry (e)
16  The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles (Doomsday #1) (e)
15  A Conspiracy of Truths, Alexandra Rowland (e)
14  A Tangled Web, Lucy Maud Montgomery (e)
13  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
12  It Takes Two to Tumble, Cat Sebastian, (The Sedgewicks #1) (e)
11  Faking It, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
10  Getting Rid of Bradley, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
9   Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (e) re-read
8   Masters in this Hall, K.J. Charles (Lilywhite Boys) (e)
7   Storm Echo, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 6) (e)
6   Magic for Marigold, L.M. Montgomery (e)
5   The Harbors of the Sun, Martha Wells (Raksura #5) (e)
4   The Edge of the World, Martha Wells  (Raksura #4) (e)
3   The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (e)
2   The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie (e)
1   Salvage Right, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Liaden Universe® 25) (unedited manuscript) (e)

Books read in 2023

68  System Collapse, Martha Wells (Murderbot Diaries #7) (e)
67  Defiance, Cherryh and Fancher (Foreigner #22) (read aloud w/Steve)
66  The Marquis Who Mustn’t, Courtney Milan (Wedgeford Trials #2) (e)
65  Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man, Emily J. Edwards ( A Girl Friday #1) (e)
64  The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman2) (e)
63  The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman #1) (e)
62  A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (re-re-&c-read aloud w/Steve)
61  Resonance Surge, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #7) (e)
60  Roses in Amber, C.E. Murphy (e)
59  Wintergate, C.E. Murphy (e)
58  One in Vermillion, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #3) (e)
57  Good Neighbors, Stephanie Burgis (e)
56  Rest in Pink, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #2) (e)
55  Winter Gifts, Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London-adjacent) (e)
54  A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan #1) (e)
53  A Gentleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel, KJ Charles (Doomsdays #2) (e)
52  Witchy Eye, DJ Butler (Witchy War Series 1) (e)
51  Royal Tea Service, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #3) (e)
50  A Christmas Like No Otter, Zoe Chant (Virtue Shifters #4) (e)
49  “Compulsion,” A Murderbot short story, Martha Wells (re-read) (e)
48  The Wizard’s Butler, Nathan Lowell (Wizard’s Butler #1?) (e)
47  Tea Set and Match, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #2) (e)
46  A Coup of Tea, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #1) (e)
45  Let’s Go for Broke, Mary Lasswell (re-read) (e)
44  The Salt-Black Tree, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #2) (e)
43  Lavender’s Blue, Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #1) (e)
42  The Talisman Ring, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
41  Cotillion, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
40  Black Sheep, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
39  A Tempest at Sea, Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock #7) (e)
38  The Warrior’s Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read) (e)
37  Nimona, ND Stevenson (graphic novel)
36  A Queer Trade, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #2) (e)
35  Rag and Bone, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #3) (e)
34  Jackdaw, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #1) (e)
33  The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
32  Spring’s Arcana, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #1) (e)
31  Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery (e)
30  Witch King, Martha Wells (e)
29  This Immortal, Roger Zelazny (re-read) (e)
28  God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell (re-read) (e)
27  The Fair Miss Fortune, D.E. Stevenson (e)
26  Who Cries for the Lost, C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #18) (e)
25  Charlie All Night, Jennifer Crusie (re-read) (e)
24  A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (e)
23  The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles (re-read) (e)
22  Like a Thief in the Night, KJ Charles (e)
21  Hellspark, Janet Kagan (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
20  The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren (e)
19  Artfully Yours, Joanna Lowell (e)
18  Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart (re-re-&c-read) (e)
17  The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry (e)
16  The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles (Doomsday #1) (e)
15  A Conspiracy of Truths, Alexandra Rowland (e)
14  A Tangled Web, Lucy Maud Montgomery (e)
13  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
12  It Takes Two to Tumble, Cat Sebastian, (The Sedgewicks #1) (e)
11  Faking It, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
10  Getting Rid of Bradley, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
9   Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (e) re-read
8   Masters in this Hall, K.J. Charles (Lilywhite Boys) (e)
7   Storm Echo, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 6) (e)
6   Magic for Marigold, L.M. Montgomery (e)
5   The Harbors of the Sun, Martha Wells (Raksura #5) (e)
4   The Edge of the World, Martha Wells  (Raksura #4) (e)
3   The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (e)
2   The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie (e)
1   Salvage Right, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Liaden Universe® 25) (unedited manuscript) (e)

But the only time that seems to short, is the time that we get to play

Frequent auditors of this web log will recall that we here at the Cat Farm and Confusion Factory live by our wits.  By which I mean, we write for a living.

Just to make the game a smidge more challenging, we write fiction for a living.  Science fiction.  Shaken, not stirred.

The thing about living by your wits is that (1) you need always to have them about you — the wits, I mean — and (2) if you don’t write (and sometimes if you do), you don’t get paid.

There are also a lot of tasks that are . . . writing adjacent, though not remunerated, exactly, and which sometimes actively take away from the reason for the season, which for most of us is?  Writing.

It doesn’t matter if a writer is trad, indie, or combo, all of us have to do promo for our work, which includes figuring out how to get heard, and! what will entice people to buy your book.

And then there’s the whole business of having a life outside of writing, because if the only people you talk to are the ones who live inside your head, you’re courting trouble.

None of this is news to anybody reading here, I’m sure.  I’m just, yanno, reminding us all of Certain Realities.

Speaking of writing, yesterday saw some good progress in plotting the sequel to Ribbon Dance, and I hope to see more of the same today.  On the Having A Life edge of things, I need to either write or not write a Yule letter to enclose with the holiday cards.  Yeah, I know, but it’s a Tradition, and if we don’t send a letter, people will worry.  I did draft a sort of Summary of the Year, and that may have to stand in for the more detailed letter this year.

One of the reasons I’m stressing the Yule letter is that I can See somewhat into the future, and at about 12.05 there’s a large boulder of Stuff blocking the timeline, including deadlines, copy edits, and rewrites on the writing side, and on the Real Life side, an appointment with a surgeon which will hopefully clarify for us the particulars of Steve’s upcoming (minor, we hope) surgery, including, so I devoutly hope, Real Time Recovery Information.  Plus, there’s the Other big boulder which is the holidays. We don’t tend to party hearty, but we do like to take it a Little Easy.

What I guess I’m saying is that Scheduling may be a little haphazard, going forward, and things might take longer than they should, while the objects in the mirror, as always, are closer than they seem.

Today’s blog title brought to you by Jackson Browne, “The Load-Out/Stay.”  Here’s your link.

 

The Liaden Universe® Award and Gift-Giving Post

So, it’s the time of year when people ask writers what they saw published in the current year.

There are a couple of reasons for this.  One is that books make great gifts! and we’re coming up on a gifting time of year.

The other is that some folks read for and nominate in the various awards that are floating about.  The end of the year is coming up right briskly, and they want to make sure that they’ve read as widely as possible.

That said, follows the list of What Lee-and-Miller published in 2023:

“Gadreel’s Folly,” novelette, Chicks in Tank Tops, edited by Jason Cordova, published by Baen Books, January 2023

Salvage Right, novel, published by Baen Books, July 2023

“Interventions,” short story, Solar Flare: Solarpunk Stories, edited by Patricia Bray and Joshua Palmatier, published by Zombies Need Brains LLC, July 2023

Not a long list, but quality counts.

For those who are thinking in the direction of gift-giving to readers who may need some sarcasm, hope, and good triumphing over evil in their lives, not to mention cats, norbears, and sentient trees,  I cannot recommend the novels and stories set in the Liaden Universe® enough.

There are 25 novels published in the Universe, which may sound . . . overwhelming.  However!  There are arcs within the Universe, which may be more manageable.  A brief list of those arcs, with titles listed in order, is below.

Theo Waitley (coming of age as a pilot):  Fledgling, Saltation, Ghost Ship, Dragon Ship, The Gathering Edge, rejoining the rest of the characters in Neogenesis

Jethri Gobelyn (coming of age as a trader): Balance of Trade, Trade Secret, Fair Trade

Prehistory:  Crystal Soldier, Crystal Dragon

Space Regencies (for fans of Georgette Heyer):  Local Custom, Scout’s Progress, Mouse and Dragon, joins the Theo Waitley arc in Fledgling

The Dutiful Passage (space traders):  Conflict of Honors, Alliance of Equals, Trader’s Leap, Ribbon Dance (publishing in June 2024)

Agent of Change (action adventure):  Agent of Change, Carpe Diem, Plan B, I Dare

Korval in Exile (action adventure):  Dragon in Exile, Neogenesis, Accepting the Lance, Salvage Right

Standalone within the series (coming of age as the new kid in a new culture):  Necessity’s Child

For more information about reading order in the Liaden Universe®, check out this link

For more information about which titles have been combined with other titles in omnibus editions, click this link

Thank you for reading.

Books read in 2023

66  The Marquis Who Mustn’t, Courtney Milan (Wedgeford Trials #2) (e)
65  Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man, Emily J. Edwards ( A Girl Friday #1) (e)
64  The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman2) (e)
63  The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman #1) (e)
62  A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (re-re-&c-read aloud w/Steve)
61  Resonance Surge, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #7) (e)
60  Roses in Amber, C.E. Murphy (e)
59  Wintergate, C.E. Murphy (e)
58  One in Vermillion, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #3) (e)
57  Good Neighbors, Stephanie Burgis (e)
56  Rest in Pink, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #2) (e)
55  Winter Gifts, Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London-adjacent) (e)
54  A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan #1) (e)
53  A Gentleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel, KJ Charles (Doomsdays #2) (e)
52  Witchy Eye, DJ Butler (Witchy War Series 1) (e)
51  Royal Tea Service, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #3) (e)
50  A Christmas Like No Otter, Zoe Chant (Virtue Shifters #4) (e)
49  “Compulsion,” A Murderbot short story, Martha Wells (re-read) (e)
48  The Wizard’s Butler, Nathan Lowell (Wizard’s Butler #1?) (e)
47  Tea Set and Match, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #2) (e)
46  A Coup of Tea, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #1) (e)
45  Let’s Go for Broke, Mary Lasswell (re-read) (e)
44  The Salt-Black Tree, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #2) (e)
43  Lavender’s Blue, Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #1) (e)
42  The Talisman Ring, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
41  Cotillion, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
40  Black Sheep, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
39  A Tempest at Sea, Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock #7) (e)
38  The Warrior’s Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read) (e)
37  Nimona, ND Stevenson (graphic novel)
36  A Queer Trade, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #2) (e)
35  Rag and Bone, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #3) (e)
34  Jackdaw, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #1) (e)
33  The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
32  Spring’s Arcana, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #1) (e)
31  Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery (e)
30  Witch King, Martha Wells (e)
29  This Immortal, Roger Zelazny (re-read) (e)
28  God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell (re-read) (e)
27  The Fair Miss Fortune, D.E. Stevenson (e)
26  Who Cries for the Lost, C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #18) (e)
25  Charlie All Night, Jennifer Crusie (re-read) (e)
24  A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (e)
23  The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles (re-read) (e)
22  Like a Thief in the Night, KJ Charles (e)
21  Hellspark, Janet Kagan (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
20  The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren (e)
19  Artfully Yours, Joanna Lowell (e)
18  Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart (re-re-&c-read) (e)
17  The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry (e)
16  The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles (Doomsday #1) (e)
15  A Conspiracy of Truths, Alexandra Rowland (e)
14  A Tangled Web, Lucy Maud Montgomery (e)
13  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
12  It Takes Two to Tumble, Cat Sebastian, (The Sedgewicks #1) (e)
11  Faking It, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
10  Getting Rid of Bradley, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
9   Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (e) re-read
8   Masters in this Hall, K.J. Charles (Lilywhite Boys) (e)
7   Storm Echo, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 6) (e)
6   Magic for Marigold, L.M. Montgomery (e)
5   The Harbors of the Sun, Martha Wells (Raksura #5) (e)
4   The Edge of the World, Martha Wells  (Raksura #4) (e)
3   The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (e)
2   The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie (e)
1   Salvage Right, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Liaden Universe® 25) (unedited manuscript) (e)

Books read in 2023

65  Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man, Emily J. Edwards ( A Girl Friday #1) (e)
64  The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman2) (e)
63  The Queer Principles of Kit Webb, Cat Sebastian (London Highwayman #1) (e)
62  A Night in the Lonesome October, Roger Zelazny (re-re-&c-read aloud w/Steve)
61  Resonance Surge, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity #7) (e)
60  Roses in Amber, C.E. Murphy (e)
59  Wintergate, C.E. Murphy (e)
58  One in Vermillion, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #3) (e)
57  Good Neighbors, Stephanie Burgis (e)
56  Rest in Pink, Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #2) (e)
55  Winter Gifts, Ben Aaronovitch (Rivers of London-adjacent) (e)
54  A Memory Called Empire, Arkady Martine (Teixcalaan #1) (e)
53  A Gentleman’s Guide to Seducing a Scoundrel, KJ Charles (Doomsdays #2) (e)
52  Witchy Eye, DJ Butler (Witchy War Series 1) (e)
51  Royal Tea Service, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #3) (e)
50  A Christmas Like No Otter, Zoe Chant (Virtue Shifters #4) (e)
49  “Compulsion,” A Murderbot short story, Martha Wells (re-read) (e)
48  The Wizard’s Butler, Nathan Lowell (Wizard’s Butler #1?) (e)
47  Tea Set and Match, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #2) (e)
46  A Coup of Tea, Casey Blair (Tea Princess Chronicles #1) (e)
45  Let’s Go for Broke, Mary Lasswell (re-read) (e)
44  The Salt-Black Tree, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #2) (e)
43  Lavender’s Blue, Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Liz Danger #1) (e)
42  The Talisman Ring, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
41  Cotillion, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
40  Black Sheep, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
39  A Tempest at Sea, Sherry Thomas (Lady Sherlock #7) (e)
38  The Warrior’s Apprentice, Lois McMaster Bujold (re-read) (e)
37  Nimona, ND Stevenson (graphic novel)
36  A Queer Trade, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #2) (e)
35  Rag and Bone, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #3) (e)
34  Jackdaw, KJ Charles (A Charm of Magpies World #1) (e)
33  The Grand Sophy, Georgette Heyer (re-re-&-read) (e)
32  Spring’s Arcana, Lilith Saintcrow (The Dead God’s Heart #1) (e)
31  Emily of New Moon, L.M. Montgomery (e)
30  Witch King, Martha Wells (e)
29  This Immortal, Roger Zelazny (re-read) (e)
28  God Stalk, P.C. Hodgell (re-read) (e)
27  The Fair Miss Fortune, D.E. Stevenson (e)
26  Who Cries for the Lost, C.S. Harris (Sebastian St. Cyr #18) (e)
25  Charlie All Night, Jennifer Crusie (re-read) (e)
24  A House With Good Bones, T. Kingfisher (e)
23  The Gentle Art of Fortune Hunting, KJ Charles (re-read) (e)
22  Like a Thief in the Night, KJ Charles (e)
21  Hellspark, Janet Kagan (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
20  The Soulmate Equation, Christina Lauren (e)
19  Artfully Yours, Joanna Lowell (e)
18  Bridge of Birds, Barry Hughart (re-re-&c-read) (e)
17  The Magician’s Daughter, H.G. Parry (e)
16  The Secret Lives of Country Gentlemen, KJ Charles (Doomsday #1) (e)
15  A Conspiracy of Truths, Alexandra Rowland (e)
14  A Tangled Web, Lucy Maud Montgomery (e)
13  Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Winifred Watson (re-re-re-&c-read) (e)
12  It Takes Two to Tumble, Cat Sebastian, (The Sedgewicks #1) (e)
11  Faking It, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
10  Getting Rid of Bradley, Jennifer Crusie (e) re-read
9   Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (e) re-read
8   Masters in this Hall, K.J. Charles (Lilywhite Boys) (e)
7   Storm Echo, Nalini Singh (Psy-Changeling Trinity Book 6) (e)
6   Magic for Marigold, L.M. Montgomery (e)
5   The Harbors of the Sun, Martha Wells (Raksura #5) (e)
4   The Edge of the World, Martha Wells  (Raksura #4) (e)
3   The Blue Castle, L.M. Montgomery (e)
2   The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie (e)
1   Salvage Right, Sharon Lee & Steve Miller (Liaden Universe® 25) (unedited manuscript) (e)