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Home at last, in my own bed, from the Great...I forget what I called this trip. I went to LA and then The Woods, basically.

Since Tuesday night, I have mostly been reading books and cross stitching. I got some ARCs in LA, and so I read those:

1. Walk on Earth A Stranger, Rae Carson (DO RECOMMEND!)
2. The Scorpion Rules, by Erin Bow (OH GOD, PRE-ORDER THIS BOOK. It is possibly my favourite book ever.)
3. ILLUMINAE, by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff (conditionally recommend. It's...well, it's weird. And the layout was beautiful, but sometimes hard to read. I can see the style really putting some people off, but it was funny and interesting, and I liked it at the end, anyway.)

I also read some books I've been waiting to read for a while:

1. Rivals in the City, by Y.S. Lee (this finishes off THE AGENCY series, and was A DELIGHT)
2. The Winner's Curse, by Marie Rutowski (I wanted this book to do a lot of things and it did none of them, but it's a good "starter fantasy", and quite compellingly written)
3. Star Wars Rebels: A NEW DAWN
4. Castle Hangnail, by Ursula Vernon (buy this book. BUY THIS BOOK RIGHT NOW. Read it aloud, and children will materialize beside you, but even if they don't, you will still be highly entertained)
5. The Apple Throne, by Tessa Gratton (DO READ. Actually, read all of her books, but DO READ the United States of Asgard. They are...they are the best books I have ever read, I think. Just. UGH.)

And I started rereading THE LUNAR CHRONICLES for when WINTER comes out in the fall. I only got through Cinder and half of Scarlet, but I'd forgotten how VERY CLEVER these books are.

Anyway, now I am doing laundry (with no dryer, so that sucks), and cleaning up, and generally getting ready for The Real World tomorrow.

We'll see how long it sticks.