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December

 53) Secret Letters at Trebizon by Anne Digby (1993)
 52) Fifth Year Friendships at Trebizon by Anne Digby
✔     51) Ghostly Term at Trebizon by Anne Digby (1990)
✔  50) Fourth Year Triumphs at Trebizon by Anne Digby
 49) Sorceress of Darshiva by David Eddings
 48) Something Wilder by Christina Lauren (2022)

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November
✔     47) Phoenix in Flight
✔     46) Well Met by Jen DeLuca
✔       45) Soulless by Gail Carriger (2009)
✔  44) Demon Lord of Karanda by David Eddings
✔  43) The Keeper of the Mists by Rachel Neumeier (2016)

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October
✔     42) A Three Dog Problem by SJ Bennett (2021)
✔     41) How to Find Love in a Bookshop by Veronica Henry (2017)
✔        40) The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (2021)

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September
✔  39) King of the Murgos by David Eddings (1988)
 38) Lady Susan by Jane Austen (1795)
 37) The Trouble with Kings by Sherwood Smith
✔       36) The Little Wedding Shop by the Sea by Jane Linfoot (2016)

August
✔     35) Over the Sea by Sherwood Smith (2007)
✔     34) The Windsor Knot by SJ Bennet (2020)
✔  33) Fireborne by Rosaria Munda (2019)
✔     32) See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon (2022)
✔       31) We Can't Keep Meeting Like This by Rachel Lynn Solomon (2021)
✔  30) The Stranger Times by C.K. McDonnell (2021)
✔  29) Guardians of the West by David Eddings (1987)

July
✔       28) Under One Roof by Ali Hazelwood (2022)
✔     27) The Clergyman's Wife by Molly Greeley (2019)
✔  26) The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan (1991)
✔     25) Beach Read by Emily Henry (2020)

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June
✔  24) Enchanter's End Game by David Eddings (1985)
✔     23) Eggsistential Thoughts by Gudetama the Lazy Egg by Francesco Sedita (2013)
✔       22) Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston (2021)
✔     21) The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (2020)

May
✔       20) Just a Heartbeat Away by Cara Bastone (2020)
 19) The Merciful Crow by Margaret Owen (2019)
 18) Caraval by Stephanie Garber
✔     17) When We First Met by Cara Bastone

April
✔  16) Castle of Wizardry by David Eddings (1984)
✔       15) The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
✔     14) A Brief History of Montmaray by Michelle Cooper (2010)
✔  13) Gordon Ramsay Quick and Delicious by Gordon Ramsay

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March

✔     12) Today, Tonight, Tomorrow by Rachel Lynn Solomon (2020)
✔  11) Fireborne by Rosaria Munda (2019)
✔  10) Magician's Gambit by David Eddings (1984)
✔  9) Queen of Sorcery by David Eddings (1984)

February

✔       8) The Maid by Nita Prose (2022)
✔     7) The Serpent's Shadow by Mercedes Lackey (2001)
✔     6) Irresistible Forces edited by Catherine Asaro (2004)
✔     5) On Salads by Sue Lawrence (1999)
✔       4) You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria (2020)
✔  3) A Sword Named Truth by Sherwood Smith (2019)

January

✔  2) Pawn of Prophecy by David Eddings (1982)
✔     1) The Oathbound by Mercedes Lackey (1988)

'You might want to come upstairs, ma'am, he said with some urgency. 'They've got the nets out.'
'Oh, have they? Where?'
'Your bedroom.'
'Goodness! Yes, of course. I'll come straight away'
The Prime Minister asked what the problem was. The Queen grinned, then grimaced.
'Bats.'
It was as comical as it was frustrating. The poor creatures wanted to get out just as desperately as one wanted to move them from there, but their famous sonar seemed quite incapable of detecting a wide-open window. Usually they caused a nuisance in the white-walled Ballroom below, where the long-handled nets were kept on standby for the purpose of shooing them to freedom. It was rare for them to visit one's bedroom, and the Queen tried not to think about the droppings that might be accumulating on the fixtures and fittings. Charles said the guano was good for the garden. Well, let the bats do it there.
Meanwhile, from a position of safety in the corridor (the Queen was not a huge fan of squeaky, unpredictable pipistrelles close up, despite appreciating them in principle),

Philip had started a picture. He had his oils out in the Octagon Room - which stank of turpentine - and he was putting together a decent landscape of Balmoral, based on some sketches he'd done in the summer. It was the garden, seen from inside the castle. She marvelled at his self-control to do something creative and retrospective, and not to sit glued to the BBC.
'That's nice,' she said, standing over his shoulder.
He grunted.
'Balmoral?'
'No. Timbuctoo.' He had a recording of an old cricket match playing in the background, and she sensed she was distracting him.

You're being evasive, Belgarion.' Zakath gave him a steady look, then passed his hand wearily across his eyes.
'I think you need some sleep,' Garion told him.
'Time for that soon enough - when my work is done.'
'That's up to you, I guess.'
'How much do you know about Mallorea, Belgarion?'
'I get reports - a little disjointed sometimes, but fairly current.'
'No. I mean our past.'
'Not too much, I'm afraid. Western historians tried very hard to ignore the fact that Mallorea was even there.'
Zakath smiled wryly. 'The University of Melcene has the same shortsightedness regarding the West,' he noted.

You're being evasive, Belgarion.' Zakath gave him a steady look, then passed his hand wearily across his eyes.
'I think you need some sleep,' Garion told him.
'Time for that soon enough- when my work is done.'
'That's up to you, I guess.'
'How much do you know about Mallorea, Belgarion?'
'I get reports-a little disjointed sometimes, but fairly current.'
'No. I mean our past.'
'Not too much, I'm afraid. Western historians tried very hard to ignore the fact that Mallorea was even there.'
Zakath smiled wryly. 'The University of Melcene has the same shortsightedness regarding the West,' he noted.

Alexia raised both eyebrows and sipped her tea in uncharacteristic silence. She winced at the flavor, looked with narrowed eyes at her cup, and then reached for the creamer.

But you know who’s behind Barrodagh? He’s only a front. He’s run by those crazy Dol’jharians. In fact, he’s no less than the front for their king, or chief, or whatever ‘Avatar’ means—Jerrode Eusabian. And it’s for one of their revenge customs.”
“Revenge?” Palmar had asked, wondering how in the Five Hells you got revenge by stealing a ball from a bunch of bugs.
“What we’re doing, right now, this is what the Dol’jharians call a paliach,” Mother had gone on to say. “It’s a formal vengeance, where the enemy has to symbolically take part in his own destruction. Using the ParcelNet is probably part of it, too, since the nicks run that, so it’s sort of like having the Panarch deliver it himself.” Mother cackled. “Not that this Avatar is really taking much of a chance. Even the Spider and her Invisibles can’t intercept something on the ParcelNet.”

King Fulrach rubbed at his beard. ‘Why does it seem that we‘ve done this before?‘ he asked. ‘It‘s the same as last time. We have to create a diversion to help our friends get through. Any ideas?‘

King Fulrach rubbed at his beard. ‘Why does it seem that we‘ve done this before?‘ he asked. ‘It‘s the same as last time. We have to create a diversion to help our friends get through. Any ideas?‘