Busy and Mildly Burnt Out

1.  Shout-out to Rhonda Parrish, who won the Mermaid's Madness ARC Auction.  The winning bid was $105, so I was surprised to find a PayPal e-mail which read, "$125 was the highest I was going to allow myself to bid. Since I was willing to spend that much, I don't see why I shouldn't send that much — it's going to a great cause."  Rhonda — you win at awesome.  Thank you!

2.  You know, I like this book.  I think Red Hood's Revenge has a lot going for it.  There's a revelation about Talia's past tha