Rambling

[kellifer]

-> I'm going to be reccing more on my tumblr now because you just have to copy/paste the title and author off the A03 page and it does all the HTML stuff for you! Did I mention I am the LAZIEST person in the world?

-> I did a bunch of last minute fandom stockings and I think the reveal is... tomorrow? Not sure, I hadn't really investigated but just did some so peeps would not have empty stockings because that's just way too sad. :((( Some of the stuff is going to totally end up in fic though because I am shameless. ALSO LAZY - SEE ABOVE.

-> I'm watching a 'songs named after women' special on a cable music channel and while... good in theory and I always love me some Janey's Got A Gun... but ugh, SO MUCH TERRIBLE. I'm not sure what these programmers are thinking other than... not.

-> I need to write more. I HAVE DONE NOTHING, UGH.

-> Anyone got some bookrecs for me? I'm pretty eclectic in my reading - if you've read something lately that you loved, let me know. I'm starting to feel bad about basically only reading fanfic... I used to get through a book a week and now at a party on New Years someone asked me what the last book I read was and... I COULDN'T REMEMBER. I was horrified. I basically have turned into my sister who DOESN'T READ FOR PLEASURE AND I NEVER UNDERSTOOD THAT.

Comments

[xcziel.livejournal.com]

Yay for fic recs! I will totally reblog awesome recs - yesterday I found one I hadn't seen recced anywhere else at randomficrecs on Tumblr and it was fantastic. It's Clint/Coulson where Phil is the one suffering the after the events in the movie: The Whole World Is Moving (And I'm Standing Still)
by theladyingrey42.

I feel your pain on the reading front. It seems like there's a crazy glut of lovely fanfic to read, what with all the holiday exchanges and everyone posting because they have some free time - I have all the things bookmarked for later! For actual books I've mostly been going through Tanya Huff's backlist on my Nook, but that's basically like fanfic anyway...

If you check rivkat's journal, she does a lot of in-depth book reviews, both fiction and non-fiction, so that might be something to go by - I'm reminded because I think she also had positive things to say about the Martha Wells books. As a bookseller, I'd say maybe check out one of the 'Best American ____ of 2012' series - the yearly short-story, essay, and non-required reading anthologies make a super easy way to find new authors/reads without a huge time commitment. And telling people you're reading an anthology is way better than " uh .... " *tries to think back to last book read* (of course, my copy is still in the queue behind all the avengers_fest fics, so :P)

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Thank you!