End of the year meme

Take the first sentence (or two) from the first non-meme entry of each month and put them together in a post.

• January: Sir Terence David John Pratchett, OBE, Kt


• February: Attention Conflikt Attendees, If your are reading this please check on to Brooke to make sure she has eaten recently.


• March: I declare today an Emergency Pants Day. Snowy Day plus Alternate Transit equals EPD


• April: I've been getting tired of my 1 hour and forty-five minute commute to work every day. So I have decided to get a boat instead.


• May: Goodbye to John Caspell, First, my condolences to those who were close to him. Next, my condolences to those who didn’t get the chance to know him.


• June: This morning I decided I wanted a change of pace for the music I listen to at work, so I decided to see what Filk I could find on YouTube.


• July: Tomorrow is my last day of work


• August: CGC went to work. When she arrived in Chicago she called to say, "It is a perfect day. Why don't you grab your bike, hop on the train, go cycling along the waterfront, then meet me for lunch?" So that's exactly what I did.


• September: I've been busy, That's part of why I havent posted much lately


• October: Still alive, still unemployed


• November: I am now employed! I just went to Orientation


• December: Patty: "Try to catch snowflakes on your tongue. It’s fun."
  Lucy Van Pelt: "It’s too early. I never eat December snowflakes.”

It has been a year full of ups and downs

Books read in 2009

Picked up from almeda. I'm going to track which books I read this year.

• 'Date' below means the date I finished reading it;


• [L] means I got it from the library;
• [O] means online book;
• [P] means proofreading;
• [R] means a re-read;
• [S] means secondhand.



1. Jan 11: Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold (Miles Vorkosigan Series) [S]
2. Shadow Unit, Season 1, [O]
   • Jan 13: Breath by Emma Bull (Episode 1.01)
   • Jan 13: Knock on Coffins by Elizabeth Bear (Episode 1.02)
   • Jan 13: Dexterity by Sarah Monette (Episode 1.03)
   • Jan 14: A Handful of Dust by Will Shetterly (Episode 1.04)
   • Jan 14: Ballistic by Sarah Monette, Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear & Amanda Downum (Episode 1.05)
   • Jan 15: Endgames by Emma Bull (Episode 1.06)
   • Jan 16: Overkill by Elizabeth Bear (Episode 1.07)
   • Jan 23: Refining Fire by Elizabeth Bear & Emma Bull (Episode 1.08)


3. Feb 03: Crimson Mask by Matthew Schwartz [P]
4. Feb 06: Primary Inversion by Catherine Asaro (Skolian Empire, #1) [R]
5. Feb 09: Catch the Lightning by Catherine Asaro (Skolian Empire, #2) [S]
6. Feb 10: Trading in Danger by Elizabeth Moon (Vatta's War #1) [S]
7. Feb 17: Lifeload by Jo Walton
8. Feb 23: Echos of Honor by David Weber (Honor Harrington Series #8) [S]
9. Feb 24: Borders of Infinity by Lois McMaster Bujold (Miles Vorkosigan Series) [S]
10. Feb 26: The Pride of Chanur by C.J. Cherryh (Alliance-Union universe) [S]


11. Mar 02: Awake Chimera by M.J. Graykin
12. Shadow Unit, Season 2, [O]
    • Mar 02: Lucky Day by Elizabeth Bear & Emma Bull (Episode 2.01)
    • Apr 15: Sugar by Leah Bobet (Episode 2.02)
    • May 06: Sin Eater by Emma Bull (Episode 2.03)
    • Nov 25: Getaway by Emma Bull (Episode 2.04)
    • Nov 30: Wind-Up Boogeyman by Elizabeth Bear (Episode 2.05)
    • Dec 04: Cuckoo by Emma Bull, Elizabeth Bear, & Leah Bobet (Episode 2.06)
    
    
13. Mar 05: The Green Hills of Earth by Robert A. Heinlein [S]
14. Mar 09: Mage-Guard of Hamor by L.E. Modesitt, Jr. (Recluse Series)
15. Mar 15: Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree, Jr. [S]
16. Mar 19: The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon [S]
17. Mar 26: Ashes of Victory by David Weber (Honor Harrington Series #9) [S]
18. Mar 31: Rebirth of Wonder by Lawrence Watt-Evans [R]



19. Apr 09: Ravens in the Library Edited by SatyrPhil Brucado & Sandra Buskirk
20. Apr 11: Into the Fire by Norma McPhee (Forces of Nurture #1)
21. Apr 13: Walls of Ice by Norma McPhee (Forces of Nurture #2)
22. Apr 21: The Sharing Knife: Beguilement by Lois McMaster Bujold
23. Apr 23: Marque and Reprisal by Elizabeth Moon (Vatta's War #2) [S]
24. Apr 26: Goblin Hero by Jim Hines (Jig the Goblin #3) [S]
25. Apr 28: Mistress of Dragons by Margaret Weis (Dragonvarld #1) [S]



26. May 01: Engaging the Enemy by Elizabeth Moon (Vatta's War #3)
27. May 07: Barrow by John Deakins [R]
28. May 08: Assassin Fantastic Edited by Martin Harry Greenberg & Alexander Potter [R][S]
29. May 09: The Sharing Knife: Legacy by Lois McMaster Bujold
30. May 14: Command Decision by Elizabeth Moon (Vatta's War #4)
31. May 15: Victory Conditions by Elizabeth Moon (Vatta's War #5)
32. May 18: Guards Guards by Terry Pratchett (Diskworld) [R]
33. May 22: Goblin War by Jim Hines (Jig the Goblin #3) [Signed]
34. May 26: Bug Wars by Robert Asprin [R]
35. May 29: Radiant Seas by Catherine Asaro (Skolian Empire, #4) [S]



36. Jun 24: Survival by Julie E. Czerneda (Species Imperative #1)
37. Jun 28: A Confederation of Valor by Tanya Huff (Confederation Series Omnibus #1 & #2)
38. Jun 30: Forging the Sword by Hilari Bell (Farsala Trilogy #3) [S]



39. Jul 03: Heart of Valor by Tanya Huff (Confederation #3)
40. Jul 06: Wellspring of Chaos by L.E. Modessitt Jr. (Recluse Series #12) [R]
41. Jul 07: Organic Orcharding by Gene Logsdon
42. Jul 08: Noah's Garden by Sara Stein [R][S]
43. Jul 09: Santuary by Mercedes Lackey (The Dragon Jousters #3) [L]
44. Jul 11: Strange Attractors by Jeffrey Carver (Chaos Chronicles #1) [L][R]
45. Jul 15: Mind Changer by James White (Sector General) [L]



46. Aug 09: Rise of a Merchant Prince by Raymond E. Feist (Serpent War #2)
47. Aug 12: Rage of a Demon King by by Raymond E. Feist (Serpent War #3)
48. Aug 15: Shards of a Broken Crown by by Raymond E. Feist (Serpent War #4)



49. Sep 03: Rosemary & Rue by Seanan McGuire (October Daye #1)
50. Sep 18: Edible Forest Garden; Vol I by Dave Jacke and Eric Toensmeier [L]



51. Oct 05: Imager by L. E. Modesitt, Jr (Imager Portfolio #1) [L]
52. Oct 13: Valor's Trial by Tanya Huff (Confederation #3) [L]
53. Oct 17: DAW 30th anniversary, Science Fiction edited by Elizabeth R. Wollheim & Sheila E. Gilbert [S]
54. Oct 26: War of the Oaks by Emma Bull [L]



55. Nov 24: An Unexpected Apprentice by Jody Lynn Nye [L]



56. Dec 01: The Sharing Knife: Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold (SK #3) [L]
57. Dec 03: The Sharing Knife: Horizion by Lois McMaster Bujold (SK #3) [L]
58. Dec 04: The Mystery of Grace by Charles De Lint [L]
59. Dec 03: Mirror Dance by Lois McMaster Bujold (Miles Vorkosigan Series) [L]
60. Dec 27: In the Company of Others by Julie E. Czerneda[L]
61. Dec 31: Imager's Challenge by L. E. Modesitt, Jr (Imager Portfolio #2) [L]