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Had to turn on the window AC last night, set to 18, which did not cool the room as it should have. Maybe because I always had a standing fan to boost the flow, and a window fan, propped up on a chair because the window was closed, doesn't provide sufficient oomph.

Finished Emily Wilde's Encyclopedia of Fairies, very pleasant, and Equal Rites which at least bears more of a family resemblance to later Discworld than vols. 1 and 2, then Cut to the Quick, the first Julian Kestrel mystery, because hot weather turns my brains to mush. Sent Emily Wilde's Map of the Otherlands back unfinished to the two people waiting (see hot weather: brains). Also because a Lady Trent ebook came in unexpectedly, though I don’t think I'm in the mood for her either, and I need to work on Tengoku Ryouko/Journey Through Heaven, my Japanese novel. And then-- rain/pours-- Elusive appeared in the mail today. Diary says it's been precisely a year since Scarlet came out but somehow it feels much longer, as in maybe I need to reread that first before starting on vol. 2. And since I want to do nothing but sit on the sofa in front of the fan, drinking vodka coolers, I may just do that. So thank you, G, for the welcome reading material.

Feel a little sunstruck, which I can't be because I wear a hat outside and anyway today was intermittent cloud and rain. But my phone has decided that gardening is a cardiovascular workout and gives me unwonted amounts of heart points for same.  So maybe I'm just tired.