Please do. Please. The only way any of us who work in translation or copy, making products people use for both necessity and enjoyment, are going to keep our jobs (and users aren't going to get pummelled by slop) is if the people who pay for the products stop buying and the companies know why.

For those unfamiliar with Jólabókaflóð, or Jólabókaflóðið (Christmas Book Flood), it is an Icelandic tradition that books are given as gifts, opened on 24 Dec and everyone reads the books straight away, often while drinking hot chocolate or alcohol-free Christmas ale called jólabland.

On the sixth day of bookmas, 2025 gave to me... a small press novella.

It's No Such Thing as Duty by Lara Elena Donnelly.

A pleasure Margot. Janet 😊💚📚