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silverflight8

yuletide reveals and 2014 reading

Jan 02, 2015 00:12

This year I wrote one fic for Queen's Thief (Megan Whalen Turner), Rooftop Sneaking for morganstern, 1,500 words, about Eugenides teaching Eddis how to sneak around her palace.

I already recced my fic but I want to rec it again: Kushiel's Keys, by vibishan, 8,000 words, a what-if AU if Morwen succeeded in getting a child from Imriel and what ( Read more... )

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littlerhymes January 3 2015, 04:08:12 UTC

Spreadsheets are the best. :DDD

There's a lot on your list I need to get to! So many to-be-reads, sigh.

I love DWJ, Howl's Moving Castle was one of the first ones I ever read. Have you had a chance to read any more? She is so great!

silverflight8 January 3 2015, 15:29:06 UTC

They are so useful!

I knowwwww. My to-read pile grows by the day and it's terrifying.

I haven't read her other ones yet! HMC has a couple sequels, right? I think I'll go after them next.

littlerhymes January 4 2015, 01:28:14 UTC

There's a couple of HMC sequels but I think they're pretty weak (by DWJ standards, which is still pretty good). But, anyway, there's so many DWJs for you to discover - sometimes I wish I could recapture that feeling of reading her for the first time. :)

silverflight8 January 4 2015, 21:23:08 UTC

Oh, OK! I've also heard about Chrestomeci (spelling???) which I definitely need to go after.

sometimes I wish I could recapture that feeling of reading her for the first time. :)
I definitely know what you mean! I wish sometimes I could read some of my favourites brand-new again, because they are amazing on reread but even more so the first time.

littlerhymes January 5 2015, 11:55:51 UTC

The Chrestomanci books are great! Uh, not that you asked, but if you did happen to be looking for good starting points for Chrestomanci and elsewhere: The Lives of Christopher Chant, Witch Week, and Archer's Goon are all brilliant.

A selective memory wipe would be so handy sometimes! Would also be good to erase inadvertent spoilers from incautious internet browsing. :)

silverflight8 January 8 2015, 03:02:28 UTC

No, I'm glad you gave me the rec and for the advice on where to start! I never know where to start in the big famous book series. I was in the library today to drop off an overdue book (D:) and took a look around to see if there were any DWJ books, but it wasn't a Chrestomanci book so I left it for now. The local branch is very tiny, alas; I use it mostly to pick up holds and return books *cough*

Yes, selective brain bleach! Oh man. Though of course open to the possibility of someone bad getting hands on it...

littlerhymes January 8 2015, 11:22:07 UTC

Oops, I read over my comment and realised I was totally unclear - Christopher Chant and Witch Week are Chrestomanci books; but Archer's Goon is a stand-alone. ANYWAY they're my faves but most of them are relatively stand-alone.

I remember reading them as a kid, at my own not-that-great local library, so I read them in the most random order according to whatever was available. :)

silverflight8 January 8 2015, 23:37:03 UTC

*fixes note* No worries :)

so I read them in the most random order according to whatever was available. :)
Oh god me too. For other books I mean. I have started SO MANY series from book 2 or 4 or whatever because I picked up the book on the shelf and it just happened to be number whatever.

Hold systems at libraries are the best things ever.

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