yuletide cheer and burglary; week one story list

[salixlikescake]

My one and only new year's resolution is to read at least 5,000,000 words in 2010. Books and fan fic are the only things counting towards this goal, and some weeks there might be covers. Occasionally there will be notes, and sometimes (like this week) I will start and then forget to finish. Since this is the first one I also want to note that I obviously read a lot, so not every story will be mentioned. Also, if a fic is on this list that means I liked it, I stop reading very quickly if I'm not enjoying one, and nothing gets counted. Don't expect silly things like proper grammar and sentence structure, ... or proof reading.

Week One Reading List
(152,339 words read)

1. No Man's Land by Ullman
2. The name of this story is your name. by Sleep-speaker
3. In Dreams by An_ardent_rain
4. The PennySheldon relationship Paradigm by CSI Ames
5. Count It Out by Cereal
6. The Meemaw Catalyst by Bazinga01
7. The Hokum Hierarchy Determinator by Slybrunette
8. The Beginning by Africayellowcat
9. Through the Eyes of 3B by wasabi_girl1
10. The Relationship Delineation by weasleytook
11. Trip to Pasadena by PyroDeScorpio
12. Donna & Sheldon, Whut? (Working title?) by Montycrowley
13. Heartbreaker by Damia
14. Throw Away Your Dancing Shoes by Hecate
15. The Sum of Educated People by Cereal
16. The Queen and Her Boy by Semmi
17. Sometimes a Banana is Not Actually a Banana by Bergann
18. Looking Up by Steph
19. Claimed Spaces by ninamazing
20. Consultation by Lauriestein
21. Junior Wing by Zvi
22. Happy as can be by K4writer02
23. Something That Feels Right by Starfishofelves
24. Four times Hardison Told His Nana He Was, And One Time He Said He Was (But Totally Wasn't) by LJC
25. The Chirstmas Eve Job by Hardlygolden
26. Deck the Tree with False Blossoms by Ishie
27. Your head's a dead tomato splot with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch. by Smercy
28. Yang by Therienne
29. Songs Inside the Fog Inside the World by Daygloparker
30. Boys That Bite by Mari Mancusi
31. There's No I in Team by Thefourthvine
32. Dead Letters by MoragMacPherson
33. Breathe by Jacyevans
34. The Owner of My Soul by Niinii
35. Dirty Laundry by kittydesade
36. The Lion and the Lamb by Kallierose
37. Yin by Therienne

Oh Leverage, why have I never read stories about you before? Thank you Yuletide for reminding me that fandoms other then BtVS & BBT get written about. The first story down the list I'd like to mention is Deck the Tree with False Blossoms by Ishie. I read it while things were still secret, and it doesn't surprise me in the least that she wrote it. From the very beginning I could picture every scene, and this line by Parker made me laugh out loud. (Probably waking a few people up in the process.) - "I don't want to give up my money," she moaned. "But you guys are making it so hard." - Continuing in the Leverage trend Your head's a dead tomato splot with moldy purple spots, Mr. Grinch. by Smercy gets a mention for the Firefly marathon, and then Parker's show of skills at the end just made me grin wider.

I foolishly read Yin and Yang out of order. It still worked, but the character descriptions in Yin seemed to pop out easier, (perhaps just because I'm more familiar with Leverage, although I'm nearly up to date with White Collar - WC just has such a larger pool of characters I suppose... in Leverage you know it's one of the gang, but random FBI extras happen all the time on WC.)

The third vignette in "In Dreams" was probably one of the most original Penny and Sheldon stories I've read in a long time. The word "court" brought to mind the fantastic costumes and sets of The Tudors, although I'm terrible with timelines and am not really sure how they would line up. But still - a dark wood room, a colorful dress and jewels for Penny, the throne... From the story itself I loved the perverse delight, and long lashes. And that he was very short.

The Hokum Hierarchy Determinator by Slybrunette has taught me that I'll pretty much love anything she comes up with. Most stories with actual change frighten me, but this one took me from canon to present so seamlessly that I barely thought about it. Of course that's what happened! Another story like that is The Sum of Educated People by Cereal, written by an author that I do know I will love anything written by her. (Also: Is it weird that I consider Big Bang Theory and Community to exist in the same universe? I can't put my finger on why...)

(Some art used without permission and won't be posted in a larger size, the rest are here.)