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Oh my goodness Engie, DID I READ Into the Drowning Deep, INDEED I DID, and five-starred it, it's one of my favourites of Mira Grant/Seanan McGuire's - maybe THE favourite. I had read Rolling in the Deep (now called 0.5) and thought it was good but really needed some fleshing out, and this was all I wanted and more from a sequel. It's catalogued as "Rolling in the Deep #1" and I keep longingly investigating whether there is a #2, and thus far my search has been fruitless. She said something on Twitter about needing it to sell well to get signed for a sequel, so maybe it did not, which is a travesty. Matt's away for the week again. It is, by some kind of glacial sorcery, still January. I remember one day saying to Eve "well at least we're about halfway through" and Eve said "mom it's the ninth". That was, like, eight months ago? I tend to have a headache most days in January. Something about the rotation of the earth and my head. Some...

Tudor - absolutely fair opinion on Sophie Hannah. I really have no defense for reading the book, I generally hate it when the estate of a beloved writer grants permission to another author to continue the series. And this is AGATHA CHRISTIE, who thought that was a good idea? People who want to cash in, obviously. It's distasteful. And Sophie Hannah is a successful author with her own books, so again - well, never mind, it all comes down to money.  Suzanne - You get me! Please feel free to comment at length, I always feel so seen.  About my library's new fees policy, which I actually really like - there are no longer overdue fees for late books. Whatever books you have are renewed automatically as long as no one has requested them, and you get an email about that with the new due date. Once they can't be renewed, you get a notice about that. I think you get 21 days then, and they suspend your account so you can't borrow anything else until you return the book or pay a re...