Hi January! Bye January! This month has been a blur of reading, writing, and editing! Here are the highlights:Twoglowingbetas came back forA Wild and Unremarkable Thing!  Check out the mostly-spoiler-free excerpts below, and a tentative jacket.  Additional reports to come!A WILD AND UNREMARKABLE THINGJacket(STC)“Men bow to nothing but gold, glory, flesh, and death.”Cody has trained fifteen years to slay a Fire Scale.  Wolfe has not trained fifteen minutes.  Now they’ll both march into the Summer Alps for the Emerging.  But who will come out the victor, and who will not come out at all?Castleberry pits girl against dragon in this brisk blend of Greek mythology and medieval lore.  Readers will not quickly forget the diverse cast or the thrilling, sexy ride!BETA EXCERPT #1BETA EXCERPT #2In other news...Freight(TRT #3) has shifted into second-draft mode.The Sparrow Queenhas been fully blocked and I'm 10,000 words in!  Stay tuned for updates on this one...I'mkind offreaking out about it..!And last but not least:I'm five books into my Goodreads goal!Reviews are on the way, but in the meantime, here are my star-ratings:The Magicians,by Lev Grossman - Four StarsVicious,by VE Schwab - Five StarsSix of Crows,by Leigh Bardugo - Five StarsCrooked Kingdom,by Leigh Bardugo - Five StarsA Fierce and Subtle Poison,by Samantha Mabry - Three StarsWhat haveyouread so far this year?  Leave it in the comments!-J