I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved string evaluation with fallback and alphabetic rotation. (Note that this ends today.)
2021 fantasy for children. The Studio Mandolini is one of several that paints Illuminations: magical paintings that ward off mice from the cheese or prevent fires. But their fortunes have been waning, and young Rosa wants to help her family. So when a box found in the basement makes her forget all about it and walk away, it must contain something valuable…
1997 mystery, tenth of Granger's novels of Chief Inspector Alan Markby and non-detective Meredith Mitchell. The couple are having some time away in a tiny village. But their neighbour is a retired reporter, and she's got hold of a loose thread regarding the recent death of the reclusive grande dame…
2024 urban fantasy, first of a trilogy. Sierra was taken to High Earth as a child and taught magic… and was then dumped back in our own non-magical world. She is very angry.
How does a bottle differ from a jar?
2020 historical mystery anthology, a crossover between four authors. The pocket watch known as La Sirène has always been said to be cursed. But is it really?
2022 fantasy-romance, second of its loose series. Poppy got drunk after a bad breakup, and thinks she put some real cursing magic into one of the crystal trinkets at the shop where she works. Which would be fine if her workmate hadn't just sold it to a hot guy…
I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved a converging sequence and a fraction generator. (Note that this ends today.)
Here are the answers to last year's quiz.
Inspired by a conversation with Russ Allbery, I found myself thinking that while I know a lot of the standard science fiction terms (FTL, big dumb object, teleporter clone, etc.) I am less informed as to criticism in other genres I favour, specifically romance and mystery.