One of the things I love about Merlin fandom is all the fests, even when I can't keep up with them, and one of the best and nicest is glomp_fest where people who can't take part in exchange fests have fic written for them. The fic written for me this year is by sassafrasx, who took my prompt and made it sing.

The Silver Branch by sassafrasx (Arthur/Merlin, 11k, Mature, post- ( Read more... )

No book meme this week. I didn't really read anything while we were away and when we came back I had a mild sinus infection which meant I spent all my time attempting to defeat Level 125 of Candy Crush rather than reading a heavy book. In retrospect I think the heavy book might have been easier! I did make it through 125 but I've decided to go cold ( Read more... )

Only a brief version of the book meme today.

What I'm Reading Now
Malory: the Knight Who Became King Arthur's Chronicler by Christina Hardyment. This is one of those books that is both interesting and massively annoying. The author is trying to write a biography of Sir Thomas Malory but the problem with that is that nearly all the facts that are ( Read more... )

Time for the book meme again

What I Just Finished Reading
The Secret Rooms by Catherine Bailey. Interesting account by an author who started out to write one book about the tenants of the Belvoir Estate serving in the First World Ward, discovered the records she needed had been tampered with and so ended up telling the story of what was behind the ( Read more... )

September's a bit of a strange month for me, full of good and bad anniversaries, but I'd totally forgotten one of the good ones until mrs_leary posted about it this morning. It is, of course, 5 years today since I sat down one Saturday night to watch a new TV series about my beloved Arthurian legends. I wasn't very optimistic because I'd been really ( Read more... )

No book meme this week but hopefully that will be back next week when I actually finish the book!

paperlegends, the Merlin Big Bang, finished on Sunday after posting over 100 complete works of illustrated fic. Huge thanks to all the writers and artists and particularly the_muppet for her astonishing organisation for it over the last four years. As a reader it's been an ( Read more... )

The gas man was supposed to be calling today but he's sick. Actually I don't mind too much about this as I've already dealt with a different gas man once this week, but I wish they'd called *before* I'd moved all the stuff that would be in his way and not after. It's probably quite lucky he isn't here though as the sound of me swearing at the BFI ( Read more... )

I missed Wednesday again! We've been quite busy recently and Niece R and Boyfriend M have just moved in to stay with my mum while they look for a flat. Cue Mum's house dropping to pieces or rather, long neglected chickens coming home to roost. Fortunately Niece R realised that, despite the water pouring through the kitchen ceiling, Granny was far ( Read more... )

I'm managing this on the right day this week.

What I Just Finished Reading
Instruments of Darkness by Imogen Robertson. Well-written and interesting mystery set in late 18th century England. The detective duo of Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther are unusual in being a married woman and a middle-aged bachelor, but the growing friendship ( Read more... )

I meant to do this yesterday but I ran out of time.

What I Just Finished Reading

Dying Fall by Elly Griffiths. As my mother lent me the paperback I went straight on from reading A Room Full of Bones to the next in the Ruth Galloway series. An old university friend of Ruth's is murdered and she's asked to assist with an amazing archaeological ( Read more... )