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December is over, 2020 is over–approximately 8 years after it started, somehow. I didn’t read quite as much as I wanted to (nor write nearly as much as I wanted to), but I’m getting back to form. I finished the equivalent of 9,447 pages (or the equivalent) over 25 books. And I think this may have been my best month of the year, a 3.88 Average. A couple of the posts I did write this month are my favorites for 2020, which makes up for the lack of productivity.

I’ll be back today (I think) with a look back on 2020 as a whole but let’s focus on what happened here in December.

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	3		0
	2		0
	9		0
	8		0
	3
		Average =	3.88

“Traditionally” Published: 20
Self-/Independent Published: 5

• Last Stand in Lychford by Paul Cornell: A Tense, Taut Conclusion to this Series (that I really don’t want to see conclude)
• Mostly Human 2 by D. I. Jolly: The Further Adventures of the Rock Star Werewolf
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XIII., ix. – xii.
• Madness of the Q by Gray Basnight Left Me Ambivalent (I didn’t dislike it, but…)
• Amari and the Night Brothers by B. B. Alston: Look Out World, There’s a New Magician on the Loose!
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XIV., i. – iv.
• The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman: Every once in a while the world is unfair in a good way.
• One for the Money by D. B. Borton: This Would-Be Gumshoe Gets By on Her Charm, Wit, Gumption, Friends and a Healthy Dose of Expletives
• The Sentinel by Lee Child and Andrew Child: A New Era for the Series Kicks Off with this Presciently Timely Thriller
• Catch-Up Quick Takes: Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares; Undeading Bells; Paranormal Bromance; My Calamity Jane
• Cooking for Cannibals by Rich Leder: An Ex-Con turned Cook, Experimental Drugs, Reverse Aging and a Gerontologist make for a Very Strange Crime Novel
• Catch-Up Quick Takes: The Power of Bad, Everything is F*cked, The Checklist Manifesto, And Then You’re Dead
• Bone Canyon by Lee Goldberg: Eve Ronin Digs Up Bones, Secrets and Ugly Truths in this Great Follow-Up
• Olive, Mabel & Me by Andrew Cotter: Two Very Good Dogs and the Human Who Introduced them to the World
• Catch-Up Quick Takes: Greenlights, The World’s Strongest Librarian, No Time Like the Future, A Very Punchable Face
• Light It Up by Nick Petrie: Peter Ash Throws a Monkey Wrench into a Denver Conspiracy

Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (5th, 12th, 19th, and 26th), I also wrote:

How was your month?

Okay, so trying to do a little catch up. Three months: 62 books, 17,772+ pages/equivalent (one book was audio-only, so I don’t have a page number). A lot of audiobooks in there. Honestly, that number suprises me–I had a better-than-normal September that helped a lot. There were some blah books in there, yet on the whole, the numbers were good enough that I averaged 3.6. But anyway, I’m pretty much back to form on the reading front, now I’ve got to work on writing. Doing this helped (psychologically, anyway).

So, here’s what happened here in September-November.

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	5		1
	5		4
	16		0
	11		0
	17
		Average =	3.6

“Traditionally” Published: 40
Self-/Independent Published: 23

• Firefly: The Sting by Delilah S. Dawson (and several artists): The Women of Serenity Misbehave on Their Own
• Catch-Up Quick Takes: Skeleton Key by Anthony Horowitz, Simon Prebble; Deadly Assessments by Drew Hayes, Kirby Heyborne
• Rather Be the Devil by Ian Rankin: He’s Hardly the Retiring Type
• Curse the Day by Judith O’Reilly: A Technothriller/Conspiracy Novel filled with Action (and some low tech solutions)
• Bad Turn by Zoë Sharp: Charlie Fox is On Her Own and in Treacherous Waters
• The Last Smile in Sunder City by Luke Arnold: A Fantasy Novel that Defies My Pithy Headline Composing Abilities
• Lone Jack Trail by Owen Laukkanen: Trouble Strikes Deception Cove Again
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XII., vii.-xii.
• A Killing Frost by Seanan McGuire: McGuire’s Latest Will Satisfy—and Shock—All of Toby’s Fans.
• The Secret of Rosalia Flats by Tim W. Jackson: A Trip Home to a Tropical non-Paradise Brings Nothing But Trouble
• Venators: Legends Rise by Devri Walls: The Venators Have Their Hands Full in this Packed Adventure
• Far from the Tree (Audiobook) by Rob Parker, Warren Brown: A Disturbing Crime, A More Disturbing Investigation
• Velocity Weapon (Audiobook) by Megan E. O’Keefe, Joe Jameson: A Brother, A Sister, A Battleship, and the War that Unites Them
• The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes: A princess. A riddle. An heiress. A game.
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XII., xiii – BOOK XIII., iv..
• May Day by Josie Jaffrey: Even Vampires Need Law Enforcement
• Kitty’s Mix-Tape by Carrie Vaughn: One More Trip to Kitty’s World in this Collection
• The Beast and the Bethany by Jack Meggitt-Phillips, Isabelle Follath: A Story of Friendship and a Magical, Voracious Beast
• The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding: BOOK XIII., v. – viii.
• Next to Last Stand by Craig Johnson: Boy Howdy, Walt Longmire and an Art Crime, Who’d Have Seen That Coming?
• Murder by Other Means by John Scalzi, Zachary Quinto (Narrator): When You Can’t Kill Someone Anymore, Criminals Have to Get Creative
• Silent Bite by David Rosenfelt: Andy Carpenter Does a Favor for a Friend and Ends Up Regretting It
• Rattlesnake Rodeo by Nick Kolakowski: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
• Venators: Legends Rise (Audiobook) by Devri Walls, Daniel Thomas May: The Venators Have Their Hands Full in this Packed Adventure
• The Nicotine Chronicles edited by Lee Child is a thing I read
• Breaking Bread with the Dead by Alan Jacobs: Interacting with the Classics from a Contemporary Perspective in Order to Learn and Critique
• The Law of Innocence by Michael Connelly: To Prove He Didn’t Do It, Haller has to Prove Who Did
• My Life as a Dog by L. A. Davenport: Man’s Best Friend, Indeed
• The City That Barks and Roars by J. T. Bird: It Takes Four Legs to Walk These Mean Streets
• The Man in Milan by Vito Racanelli: A Hunt for the Truth on the Streets of New York and Milan
• What the World Needs Now – Trees! by Cheryl Rosebush, Zuzana Svobodová: Orangutans and Rainforests for Kids
• Criminal Collective by Russell Day: Great stories about People at Their Worst

Other than the Saturday Miscellanies (September 5th, 12th, 18th, 26th; October 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st; and November 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th), I also wrote:

• 20 Books of Summer 2020: Wrap-Up
• Even More Quick Questions With…Nick Kolakowski (his fourth time doing this!)
• Happy Birthday, Archie! (my annual tribute to Archie Goodwin)
• Shelfies! (an Irresponsible Reader first!) Also, Looking for Some Advice
• Thanksgiving 2020
• Top 5 Tuesday – Top 5 Favorite Characters A-E, Top 5 Favorite Characters F-J, Top 5 Favorite Characters K-O, Top 5 Favorite Characters P-T
• Down the TBR Hole (13 of 24+)
• Down the TBR Hole (14 of 24+)
• Down the TBR Hole (15 of 24+)
• Down the TBR Hole (16 of 24+)
• WWW Wednesday for September 2, September 9, September 16, September 23, November 11, November 25
• The Friday 56 for 9/4/20, 9/11/20, 9/18/20, 9/25/20

How were your months