My good friend devilwrites wanted to know what books I got for Christmas, so here’s the list:

Books I bought at the used bookstore and that Matt confiscated as soon as I got home so he could give them to me:

• When True Night Falls by C. S Friedman – I have the first in this trilogy already, but haven’t read it yet.
• Arrow’s Fall by Mercedes Lackey – One of the few bits of the Valdemar series that I don’t have on my shelf already.
• Year of the Unicorn by Andre Norton – I’ve been looking for Witch World books to read for ages, but they’re out of print. I still haven’t read any, but at least I have some in hand now.
• Sorceress of the Witch World by Andre Norton
• Three Against the Witch World by Andre Norton
• Spell of the Witch World by Andre Norton

Then Matt also got me How To Be Your Dog’s Best Friend by the Monks of New Skete.

My brother-in-law Daniel gave me Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy, The Annotated Brothers Grimm (which was on my wish list), and a copy of one of his favorites, Gene Wolfe’s The Knight, which I’ve never even heard of but which I am looking forward to reading.

And then with the gift cards I got, so far I’ve bought Susan Elizabeth Phillips’s Nobody’s Baby But Mine, which was pretty good; Carrie Vaughn’s Kitty and the Silver Bullet, which was excellent; and Carol Berg’s Breath and Bone, which I’m not reading until after residency but which I anticipate will be excellent as well. I have about $50 left to spend, but I don’t know what I’ll use it for.

Plans changed for Saturday, so today’s the writing day instead… unfortunately, with Matt home and playing Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii, I’m going to need to go into the office to work.  Trouble with that is the office windows leak and we haven’t been able to get maintenance out to fix them, which means the office usually ends up being about 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the apartment.  I’ve got a space heater under the desk and I’ll have my tea, but I really don’t want to go in there.  Also, at this point I hardly remember where I left off writing, much less where to start today.    

Maybe I’ll work on my legends. That’s not a bad idea.

I checked my flight info for Friday, when I’ll be traveling to PA for residency, and realized that I’m getting up at a ridiculously early hour. I’ll be a zombie by the end of orientation. Just you watch.

Also, I have no idea what to wear for the “come as you aren’t” wine social on Sunday. Ideas?