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Emilie and the Hollow World, Martha Wells 06 January 2025

2013 YA gaslamp fantasy, first of a pair though it stands alone. Emilie is fleeing from her guardians when she stows away on the wrong ship, and finds herself part of an expedition to the world within the world…

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The Weekly Challenge 302: Step By Step One Becomes Zero 05 January 2025

I’ve been doing the Weekly Challenges. The latest involved string searching and sequence analysis. (Note that this ends today.)

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A Thief in the Nude, Olivia Waite 04 January 2025

2013 Regency romance novella. Hecuba Jones is stealing back paintings that were to be her inheritance, sold by her uncle. But the younger brother of the Earl catches her… vt Color Me Bad.

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2024 in boardgames 03 January 2025

In 2024 I went to fewer conventions but got to play a bit more at home.

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2024 in Books 02 January 2025 - 3 comments

In 2024 I read 186 books (most novel-length, a few separate novellas and short stories); after a strong start to the year I slowed down a lot later, for no obvious reason.

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Roger's 2024 in 50 Words 01 January 2025

A friend likes to sum up his year in a set number of words, and I copy this fine idea. "Think of it as a short and un-boastful summary of the year, which nobody is expected to understand all of."

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