A New Year - Time For Resolutions!

[badly_knitted]

A New Year is here and it's traditional to make resolutions, which is something I'm crap at! However this year, I have one I hope to stick to! It involves reading fanfiction =)

It occurs to me that there are hundreds of fanfic series that I haven't had a chance to read yet. Mostly I stick to oneshots, with a few WiPs that I follow. So, my resolution

Comments

[analineblue]

I think this sounds like an excellent resolution. :D I tend to do the same thing as you though - I rarely read WIPs, though I'm sure there are a lot of great ones I've missed. I should probably make this resolution for myself! *_*

[badly_knitted]

I decided when I started reading fanfic that I wouldn't read WiPs, I'd wait until something was complete before i read it. Then I though, 'well. just reading ONE won't hurt...' Now, of course, I'm regularly juggling a dozen or so WiPs, gazing longingly at new stories starting, trying to keep up with new onehots, while trying to read some of the backlog of oneshots that have piled up, so the finished seriesjust keep getting neglected and there are all those Big Bang and reel_tw fics that have been posted in the last couple of months...

I thought this way, maybe I'll get through close to 50 series this year, as long as they're not massively long (no more than 20 chapters maybe). It's worth a try! And it's more fun than resolving to clear out all the junk from my room - which is something I probably should do but I have so much reading to do, I don't know if I'll have time =P

[too_beauty]

Nice resolution but I'd like to read more about your Nosy!
I'd check your reading suggestion, there are so many stories around ... and so little time!

xo

[badly_knitted]

There will be more Nosy, but I'm juggling faulty computers at the moment, so it's hard to settle down to write. I have the next one half-written, but then faulty computers, family upsets and Christmas got in the way =(

I thought if I posted which story I was reading each week, anyone else could join in too, then after, if anyone else read it we could talk about what we liked/didn't like about the story. Like a reading club on a very small scale!

[debmommy22]

Oops! Can't keep up! I posted at DW first. I can't wait to read this one. I will probably cry.

[badly_knitted]

You might cry a little bit, but it seems to get happier - I'm hoping for a happy ending! I know the Epilogue is a smut-fest...

[debmommy22]

I love this kind of fic, angsty and then goes to happy...oh! smut fest! I'm there!

[badly_knitted]

I'm saving the smut for tomorrow - it's gone midnight now so I need to get to bed!

Talk to you tomorrow!

[missthingsplace]

I found this list of fics of the week today ... i have zipped to the beginning. I am sure i have read some, but not quite a few ... i shall be using this for some good reading catch up. thanks :)

[badly_knitted]

You're welcome, I hope you enjoy! There are quite a few by now, it's been running for over 2 years already!

There are a few where the journals have since been deleted, but in some cases I have copies saved or I know of alternate places to find the fics so if any of those are fics you want to read/re-read, let me know and I'll supply either alternate links or email the fic to you.

[missthingsplace]

Cool, i shall keep that in mind. Thank you :)

[badly_knitted]

Always happy to help!