My 13-year-old daughter started reading Wings of Starlight immediately and waited anxiously for me to finish it. A romantic YA book prequel to Secret of the Wings? We both loved it.
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The Dividing Sky by Jill Tew
Time: Future (2460)
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Location: Boston, Massachusetts and New Hampshire
Genres: Dystopian, Romance, YA, Sci-Fi
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2024 Books
In 2024, I read 89 books! That’s more books than I’ve read in a year since before I had kids. That count does include re-reads which I didn’t always track in the past.
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New NAS
We got a new NAS! It’s a Synology DiskStation DS1522+ to replace the DiskStation DS1511+ we’ve been running for over 13 years(solidly and beautifully).
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Christmas Tree Farm
Visiting Peltzer Pines Christmas tree farm to pick out our tree for this year.
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Blizzard Halloween Party
Here’s a photo of my three kids at the Blizzard Halloween party this year in the traditional photo spot in front of the orc statue. I shot this photo at 1/15s on my Fujifilm X-T5 handheld and I’m really impressed with how it turned out. There’s some motion blur where my son is flapping his Ender Dragon “wings”, but besides that it’s quite sharp. The lens used was the Sigma 18-50mm 2.8 if you’re interested in that sort of thing.
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My Salty Mary
Read: September 6-9, 2024
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Seasonal Vibe: Summer
Travel Location: the Caribbean
Historical Time: 1719
Genres: YA, Historical, Fantasy, Funny, Romance
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The Spellshop
by Sarah Beth Durst
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Travel Location: A cozy seaside town on a magical island
Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Cozy, Cottagecore
376 pages