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It's 2016. The Chainsmokers are on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Rogue One. New terms coined include: cancel culture, girlboss, MAGA, and touch grass.

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During the third 10 rounds of my Lifetime Fic Bingo game, 2006 to 2015, I read 52 fics. Of those, the five that I would most recommend today are:

Babylon Is Fallen by PR Zed (przed) (The Professionals x 28 Days Later; slash; 29,990 words)
A Mercenary's Tale by Fictionwriter (The Professionals; slash; 46,849 words)
Ice-Cold in Alexandra Palace by unbelievable2 ( ( Read more... )

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It's 2015 and same-sex marriage has become legal throughout the United States. Adele is on the radio again. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Star Wars: The Force Awakens. New terms coined include: aquafaba, edgelord, ghost kitchen, red flag law, and sponcon ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I posted. My bingo reading slowed down a lot in October. Part of that was a planned break to allow me to read the entries in the Professionals Big Bang, which were released over the course of the month. Part of it was turbulence in my mental and physical health. (What else is new?)

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It's 2013. Miley Cyrus is on the ( Read more... )

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It's 2012, and people are talking a variety of nonsense about the Mayan calendar. Psy is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is The Avengers. New terms coined include: escape room, generative AI, hot take, JOMO, and reaction GIF ( Read more... )

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It's 2011. Adele is on the radio. Here in the USA, the year's top film is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, the final film of that franchise. New terms coined include: ASMR, blockchain, gender-affirming surgery, nanoplastic, and wokeness. (More recent years have shorter lists of coinages because most of the terms invented recently ( Read more... )

Again, it's been a while since I posted. I'm definitely not going to finish this game by the end of the year. (Oh well.) I do hope to pick up the pace a bit, though. Reading fanfic is a healthy activity for me, and I haven't been doing enough of it lately ( Read more... )

I'm not feeling much enthusiasm for writing up fics today. It's been at least a month since I read the first one for this round, though, and I neglected to take any notes this time. I feel I should get something down while I still remember my reactions. The results may be sketchier than usual.

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It's 2009, not a good year for me. Lady Gaga is on ( Read more... )

My mental health has been bad this week...which means it's time for another rec post. Playing with my Beloved Collection of favorite fics always makes me feel better ( Read more... )

Today I have two years' worth of write-ups to share. I've been reading quite a bit lately, but between one thing and another, I haven't been able to post. Fortunately, I recently had the bright idea to write notes about each fic as I finish it, rather than trying to write them all up from memory later. (Don't ask me why I didn't think of this ( Read more... )