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There is not a single homely thing that, looked at from a certain angle, does not become fairy. Think of the Dapple, or the Dawl, when they roll the sunset towards the east. Think of an autumn wood, or a hawthorn in May. A hawthorn in May — there’s a miracle for you! Who would ever have dreamed that that gnarled stumpy old tree had the power to do that? Well, all these things are familiar sights, but what should we think if never having seen them we read a description of them, or saw them for the first time? A golden river! Flaming trees! Trees that suddenly break into flower! For all we know, it may be Dorimare that is Fairyland to the people across the Debatable Hill
-Lud-in-the-Mist, Hope Mirrlees
#lud-in-the-mist#books#i was so upset i couldn't read emily wilde that i racked my brain trying to come up with an acceptable replacement#then i remembered this book has been on my tbr for a long time and gave it a try#excellent excellent choice#i couldn't believe it's as old as they say because the story felt so confident in what it was doing#none of the quaint whimsy or self-parody you tend to see from pre-tolkien fairy stories#gorgeous prose#i've got so many highlights#this is easiest to share independently#thanks to the chestertonian nature#i didn't like everything ('initiation into the mysteries' sets off my freemason alarms though thankfully it didn't go beyond a few mentions#and i'm not sure i understood everything#but i did love it all the same#also looking at goodreads i seem to be the only person who didn't read it because of ne*l ga*man#i can even say i read it in spite of him
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What a year it's been for fic writing!⭐️
There have been soooo many stories I've read and enjoyed this year, that's it's been super hard to pick favourites, and I've spent a good amount of time this year trying to narrow it down to just 25.
Listen, every single story I've read this year has been absolutely amazing. I am blown away by the sheer amount of talent and creativity we have in this fandom!
If you're not featured here on this particular list, it's not because I don't like your work or didn't enjoy it - far from it. I've simply put together a list of my personal favourites this year, based on how they made me feel, how often I re-read them, and some that have completely floored me.
And if you want more than just the 25 fic recs I've mentioned here, then please check out my Pedro Character Fav Fic Rec List where all the stories I've read/want to read and come across are featured. My TBR is through the roof, let me tell you, but it's a great problem to have!
And if your story isn't on my fic rec list, it's more than likely because I haven't found your work yet, so please yell at me to check it out! I'd absolutely love to!
Keep on writing, writers. You're all amazing!
So, without further ado, please find my top 25 Pedro Character Fics that I've really enjoyed reading this year! 🖤
☝️In no particular order, and includes a summary from the writer, where provided. Some series may still be ongoing. Please check the specific triggers/warnings on each story individually as some may not be suitable to your tastes:
• I Am Touchin', I Am Grabbin', Everything I Can't Be Havin' - @chronically-ghosted Dieter Bravo "A storm and a dead phone leaves you at the front door of your uncle’s mansion in LA. Thing is, you haven’t seen each other in over a decade and neither of you quite remember the other one looking like that. But what’s one night gonna do? Well, as it turns out – as Dieter spirals at a breaking point in his career and you’re so lost in life you can’t see up from down – a whole fucking lot."
• Rock Bottom Series - @ghostofaboy Frankie Morales "Frankie is spiraling after Tom’s death. Drugs lead to some unhealthy friendships, and too ashamed to reach out to his former teammates for help, Frankie is drawn into a world he’s afraid he can’t get out of."
• Palomino Series - @fuckyeahdindjarin Agent Whiskey "Unable to get a refund for a week-long horse-riding pack trip you’d booked with your ex, you decide to go solo. As it turns out, a rebound with a cowboy named Jack while traversing the wild landscapes of Wyoming might just be what you need."
• Stepwise @the-scandalorian Din Djarin "Requests for both soft and smutty touch-starved head canons spiraled out of control and became this."
• It Pours From Your Eyes - @the-blind-assassin-12 Joel Miller "Some things don't need to be said. Until they do."
• Transplant Series - @marisferasiop Joel Miller & Ezra "You are a resident and the only trained doctor in Jackson. You're bubbly and sweet, outgoing and friendly, and also in an unlabeled "situationship" with the town scrooge, Joel Miller. He won't say you're together, but he'll scare anyone else off. When Tommy drags back a half-dead man and girl from a patrol, you dutifully patch them up and help them settle into their new slotted house - across Rancher Street from yours and Joel's houses. Ellie and Cee get on like a bonfire, and when Joel sees how often you talk to your newest patient, his insecurities make him draw up and away from you. As you slowly give up on him and start something with Ezra, Joel's pining turns to frustration. Tommy convinces him to see if you'd be interested in being a throuple. Surprisingly, you and Ezra are both open to the idea. But can Joel's insecurities and possessiveness withstand such an arrangement? Or will the blow of another loss be what finally breaks him?"
• I'll Know It When I See It Series - @bageldaddy Joel Miller "It's the golden age of porn. Sex and sin are the national pastime. Your career in adult films starts opposite a man who goes by the name Texas."
• Compulsion Series - @iamskyereads Ezra "Beatrice is a Drifter, a member of that oft-maligned, enigmatic subsection of workers on Baylor Corporation’s long haul expeditions. Ezra is a man with flowery language and a dark past, but he plays guardian to a strong willed, soft spoken teenager. In a madcap scheme to steal precious gems from the corporation’s mining operations, Ezra and his ward, Cee, form a reluctant alliance with this lone Drifter."
• Left In Lincoln Series - @toxicanonymity Joel Miller "After you were orphaned by the Outbreak, Bill and Frank raised you, sheltered in their closed community. Now 21+, you're still inexperienced. They leave to get treatment for Frank and ask Joel to look in on you while they're gone. The town begins to creep you out, but Joel is glad to provide comfort and protection."
• Summer Schooled Series - @boliv-jenta Dave York & Joel Miller "Needing some cash before college, you start babysitting for Mr Miller and Mr York. When you decide to spend the summer teasing them. They decide you need to be taught some lessons."
• I Urge You, Bite Me - @netherfeildren Joel Miller "Sometimes love hurts like a split nail, and sometimes we like it like that. Sometimes Joel hurts like a split nail, you like him like that too."
• Sex Worker Frankie Series - @prolix-yuy Frankie Morales "Francisco “Catfish” Morales, a former sex worker at Pope’s escort service, takes on a final client and is met with something unexpected."
• Said The Spider To The Fly - @blueeyesatnight The Thief No summary provided by author, and I won't spoil it, however this is an awesome little fic which I urge you to check out if you haven't already!
• Catalyst Series - @ezrasbirdie Frankie Morales & Joel Miller "You've been nursing a crush on one of your closest friends, Frankie Morales, for a year now. At his 40th birthday party, you finally meet his new friend and neighbor, Joel Miller, who Frankie hasn't been able to stop talking about. You hit it off a little too well."
• Just A Piece - @palioom - Dave York "Dave only married you to keep his life as a hitman hidden. But when he comes home one day to you having cooked one of his childhood meals, he is doubting if he only married you out of necessity."
• This Charming Man - @ramblers-lets-get-ramblin Frankie Morales "Frankie’s wife kicks him out and files for divorce following a second trip to retrieve their money. He feels lost and hopeless until he meets someone new. He falls hard and fast for her. He’ll do anything to have her."
• Lemon Cakes & Lust - @thetriumphantpanda Oberyn Martell "Just a lowly kitchen girl, that’s all you were. A life of struggle behind you, masked by the facade of the palace. A tray of lemon cakes holds your fate with Prince Oberyn and you are only too happy to oblige his wanting of you."
• Headshots Series - @secretelephanttattoo Marcus Pike "You're a photographer and you get a job working for the FBI, taking corporate headshots."
• Starving Season Series - @wannab-urs Dave York "You and Dave York are two people with nothing left in this world. You find yourselves starving for each other, trying to fill whatever void you each have in yourselves."
• Akrasia - @sp00kymulderr Ezra "Ezra quarantine smut that focuses much less on the lockdown and much more on the smut."
• Sequins - @trulybetty Joel Miller "On a night out with friends, you run into a broad-shouldered stranger and there's no denying that there's an immediate attraction between the two of you."
• Kill Shot Series - @magpiepills Ezra "A lonesome prospector comes face to face with a dangerous stranger. What happens when you can’t resist his charm?"
• Send In The Clown - @covetyou Dieter Bravo "You lose your scarf on a visit to the carnival. Send in Dieter Bravo - washed up actor turned circus clown."
• Precious Possessions Series - @exquisiteserotonin Dave York "Work conferences were supposed to be boring. A meeting with a mysterious man sets your life on a very different trajectory."
• Rumour Has It Series - @senorabond Marcus Pike & Javier Pena "You've recently transferred from a promising job in D.C. to Texas when DEA Special Agent Javier Peña approaches you with his current case. Rumor has it you have an in with the FBI art crimes unit, and the DEA could use your skills and connections on a suspected narcos money laundering case. You need to do well on this case to prove yourself, but you're not sure Marcus Pike will even help after the way you left."
Thank you so much to all the writers for writing such amazing stories this year!
⭐️And as a bonus, I've picked a fic from my own writing that I feel is my absolute favourite piece that I've written this year:
The Pit - Ezra - "Ezra and you stumble into an ominous pit on a prospecting mission for coveted azure diamonds on the Narillan moon, and find more than you bargain for."
🖤
PEDRO CHARACTER FAV FIC REC MASTERLIST
#pedro pascal x reader#pedro pascal#pedro pascal characters#joel miller#javier pena#frankie morales#ezra prospect#dieter bravo#agent whiskey#marcus pike#dave york#comandante veracruz#oberyn martell#din djarin#jett's fic recs#jett's top 25 fic recs of 2023
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[ vol i | vol ii | vol iii | fic rec fridays ]
hi all! :D I have slowly but steadily been knocking things off of my tbr list, a few classics and a few newer fics, and they've been AMAZING! as per usual I wanted to share before the list gets too long for next time!
as always, please remember to leave kudos and a comment if you enjoyed the fic or show support in other ways, and be kind! mind the tags and if you come across something you dislike, please kindly (and quietly) move on.
happy new year and happy reading y'all! <3
Have you ever been alone in a crowded room? | @hgejfmw-hgejhsf | T+ | 5k
When the Legendary Balls-Out Bananas White House Trio New Year's Eve Party is interrupted by a security threat, Henry, Pez, Nora, June, and Alex find themselves locked in the White House library for their own protection with nothing but time, a few bottles of champagne, and some lighthearted conversation, until a single question threatens to change everything for Henry.
(+ read their first au fic here ahh!)
muscle memory | @dumbpeachjuice | E | 30k
It's been ten years since Alex was in London to stage a PR friendship with Henry after ruining the royal wedding. It's also been ten years since Alex dropped to his knees in front of Henry in a Kensington Palace kitchen.
But now Henry's in the Hamptons for the summer, and who should he bump into? None other than Alex Claremont-Diaz, who happens to be working in New York all summer long.
You Are the Wave I Could Never Tame | bleedingballroomfloor | E | 12k
That should be it. Henry is doing his job; the pool is getting cleaned, and Alex shouldn’t think anything more of it. Then why does he feel the slightest bit of disappointment when he walks back to the pool house and Henry isn’t there?
Or, the pool boy Henry AU that I couldn't stop thinking about until I wrote it.
if evil, why so cute? | @everwitch-magiks | E | 5k
Alex’s cat hates Alex, but loves Henry, the Bookstagram influencer who’s on vacation in Alex’s quiet seaside town. And while Alex is pretty salty about his grumpy cat’s inexplicable affection for a complete stranger, he must admit he can see the appeal; Henry is fucking gorgeous. It’s why Alex follows him on Instagram in the first place. It's just, Alex had never thought he’d be officially introduced to Henry by his own goddamn cat.
Or: Henry takes a two-week vacation to a seaside cabin with the intent to read a lot of books. Instead, he has a lot of sex.
Just like that | @myheartalivewrites | E | 10k
When Henry comes home from a date frustrated by the guy’s lack of expertise, Alex starts having thoughts. And then, because he’s Alex, he sticks his big foot in his even bigger mouth.
(@myheartalivewrites listen I fell down a rabbit hole ok and if I could rec your entire ao3 here I would -- OH WAIT I CAN)
In His Wildest Dreams | @myheartalivewrites | E | 11k
Set in and around the Henry bonus chapter, this is a story about Henry and Alex’s hectic schedules, family appearances etc. pulling them apart, and about what starts to happen between them, in the quiet of night: their sleeping bodies turning to each other, finding their sweet spots and opening up. And Alex and Henry learning a lot about each other in the process
Be Worthy Love, and Love Will Come | @sparklepocalypse | E | 30k
"For Christmas this year, all I would like is a best friend who doesn’t mind too much that I’m a prince. Most of my classmates poke fun because of who I am, or treat me like I’m too special to be their friend. I want a best friend who knows me as much as my family does and still likes me. I know that you can’t wrap a best friend up in a box and put it under the tree, but you’re magic so you know the best way to bring one."
(Movieverse canon divergence; Prince Henry, age 8, writes to Father Christmas wishing for a best friend. A few weeks later, he finds one.)
A Picture on Your Corkboard | bleedingballroomfloor | M | 23k
It happens on a random morning in May when Alex, age fourteen, pads into the kitchen to greet his mother and steal a waffle from June's plate and sees a man sitting at their breakfast counter, reading a newspaper, a cup of coffee raised to his lips. Like he belongs. Like it's the most natural thing in the world. June doesn't seem to give the man a second thought. She merely flicks Alex on the forehead and takes back the waffle. Ellen isn't worrying, either. In fact, she's talking to him. Asking what his schedule is like. Making plans for dinner.
Alex has never seen this man before in his life.
I want to mark my skin (it is paper thin) | @violetbaudelaire-quagmire | M | 10k
To: [email protected]
From: [email protected]
Subj: Tattoo Reference
Attached: 1 file (orionsketch.jpg)
Hello,
Attached you’ll find a line art drawing of the constellation Orion. The shoulder blade is the intended location.
Best,
H.J. Fox
[OR: It's a Tattoo Shop AU!]
(Dil)Do It Yourself | @happiness-of-the-pursuit | E | 16k
“Listen,” Nora starts, turning her body once more so that she’s sitting sideways in the chair with her legs thrown across the armrest. “I did the math. There’s a 79% chance you’re gonna become a slut to the power of the prostate, and while we’re not dating anymore, it’s my duty as your fellow slutty bisexual to get this party started.”
Or, when Nora drags Alex to a holiday dildo workshop, he doesn’t expect to find someone to use it with.
just a figure of speech | @congee4lunch | E | 17k
“Like I said: Alphas really don’t know how to fuck.”
“And like I said,” Alex sets down his mug and steps closer to Henry. “I can fuck and I know how to fuck you so well, you’ll see stars, baby.”
[henry, an omega, hasn’t had good sex in a long time. as his alpha roommate and friend, alex can help with that. in a totally platonic bro way, of course]
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saving some for next rec, I'll see you all then! enjoy, and remember to show support if you did! <3
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#my fic recs#fic recs#rwrb#red white and royal blue#firstprince#Alex x henry#RWRB fic#red white and royal blue fanfic#firstprince fic
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12 Books for 2024 (Japanese Edition)
You may have seen my post about the twelve books I read in 2023 (here), and I thought it would be fun to follow it up with a little tbr for 2024! Ideally, I'd like to read more than twelve books in 2024, but twelve is enough for now since I've got some series on this list that I'd like to either make some serious progress in or finish up completely. This list is in no particular order!
地球星人 - 村田沙耶香: I read コンビニ人間 by Murata a few years back and loved it, and this one has been high up on my tbr for a long time now. With how many people say they're completely traumatized by it, it sounds like the perfect book for me. The only reason I haven't read this yet is because I've hyped it up so much for myself.
生命式 - 村田沙耶香: A short story collection by Murata? Sign me up ten times over. This one sounds weird and gruesome and right up my alley.
本を守ろうとする猫の話 - 夏川草介: Another cat book, who can blame me? This was also touted as being perfect for book lovers, and I haven't heard a bad review yet.
吾輩は猫である - 夏目漱石: Keeping with the cat theme, this one I actually have planned in tandem with a challenge I have to read twelve big ass classics throughout the year. Between the sheer size of this and the fact that the text is so densely packed in, this book kinda scares me. I'm planning to read it in December of next year so that I have as much time as possible to prepare haha.
世界から猫が消えたなら - 川村元気: Last cat book, I promise, but I had to keep them all together (it's actually not about cats, though). I've had this one for a long time and just picked it up on a whim. I've heard a bit of mixed reviews, but the premise sounds interesting enough, and it seems to be pretty popular.
博士の愛した数式 - 小川洋子: This was one of the first books I bought in Japanese, so it's high time that I get it off my tbr. I've seen so many people love this, in and out of the language learning community. This author also has a bunch of other popular works, so I'd really like to jump into her books and experience the hype for myself.
告白 ‐ 湊かなえ: I've seen a bit of buzz about this book in the language learning community, but what really convinced me on it was seeing people outside of language learners also enjoying it. It sounds dark and mildly depressing, and I'm hoping that it'll have some interesting commentary as well.
独り舞 - 李琴峰: Somehow, I haven't read any queer literary fiction in Japanese yet, despite it being my favorite genre, so I'm so excited to jump into this one. For the life of me I can't remember where I heard about this, but I think it'll be one of my first reads in 2024.
デゥラララ！！- 成田良悟: I used to be obsessed with the anime adaptation in middle school but never revisited the series out of fear that it wouldn't stand the test of time. After seeing a fellow language learner gush about the series, I decided to give it a shot, managed to find it at a local used bookstore, and snatched up the first volume. Don't let me down, nostalgia!
憎らしい彼 - 凪良ゆう: This is the second book in the 美しい彼 series, and even though I'd like to read the third one next year as well, I'm just combining them. Seeing this series next to series like No. 6 and キノの旅 I'm really grateful to have a trilogy on my tbr haha.
No. 6 - あさのあつこ: Saying that I would like to finish this series next year is a bit of a stretch, seeing as I have eight of ten volumes left, but I'd like to put a serious dent in it to be sure.
キノの旅 - 時雨沢恵一: This series is more of a read as I please type series for me, since there's not really any overarching plot. I'm also not racing to make progress, since there are over twenty volumes (and still going). I'm savoring this series and I'm okay with that.
#I have way more books than this on my tbr#and this doesn't even touch on manga#but its a start#these actually are ordered but less in priority order and more in similar books together#even if im the only one who knows what those similarities are#langblr#studyblr#booklr#bookblr#language learning#studyspo#polyglot#studying#日本語#benkyou posting
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book recommendations
tysm @winedark and @rosenfey for the tag <:
passing it along to @hythlodaes @scionshtola @coldshrugs @likeabirdinflight @lesbianalicent @veeples @narrativefoiltrope @kirnet @disequilibria @jennystahl @elvves @queenofthieves @weird-ecologies @erielake @verbose-vespertine @solarisrenbeth @onceinabluemoony @queerbrujas @oldblood but ofc no pressure!!
1. the last book I read:
GOTH WESTERN by LIVALI WYLE — well. technically, it’s an indie graphic novel. but it’s a western meets magical realism about necromancy, revenge, and the power of love. and lesbians. I burned through it in a couple hours sitting because I was so gripped by it tbh.
2. a book I recommend:
THE HACIENDA by ISABEL CAÑAS — an absolute all time fave book in my heart; I would say one doesn’t even need to necessarily love horror to get invested in this one, since it also involves very interesting critique of spanish colonialism, religion, and class struggles in post-independence mexico only using hauntings as the lens to view it.
3. a book that I couldn’t put down:
THE PRIORY OF THE ORANGE TREE by SAMANTHA SHANNON — I was glued to this book for a solid two weeks despite its length. I have a lot that I would change about the pacing and certain events or qualities of some characters’ outcomes, but it was such a fun fantasy read, and I had a difficult time even moving on from the setting and protagonists once I was done.
4. a book I’ve read twice (or more):
THE SONG OF ACHILLES by MADELINE MILLER — my first time reading this myth retelling was my freshman year of college, so I reread it again ten years later to see if it would still hold up for how much I loved it, and it absolutely did. the perspective of the man standing beside and in love with the hero interwoven with the tragedy of achilles and patroclus takes me right out and the passages that tumblr enjoys to quote from it have so much more impact in the full context of the narrative.
5. a book on my TBR:
OUR WIVES UNDER THE SEA by JULIA ARMFIELD — this poor book keeps getting knocked down on my TBR but I’m determined to read it this year. I’m intrigued by the horror of the protagonist’s wife ‘coming back wrong’ in a sense, and the recommendations based on its similarity to ANNIHILATION, but also the fact it seems to be a wlw scifi horror, too.
6. a book I’ve put down:
AFFINITY by SARAH WATERS — I wanted to like this one so bad, considering how often waters has been hyped up to me as The Author for historical lesbian novels and the fact it delves into victorian spiritualism, but the pacing felt so slow at getting to the point in the plot, and when it finally did, the twist put me off on finishing the end. it’s probably more of a case of ‘it’s not you, it’s me’ but I def had to DNF it.
7. a book on my wishlist:
GHOST STATION by S.A. BARNES — space horror quickly became a fave niche genre that I got into last year, so I’ve been very excited for this release, too. I’m also a fan of how barnes writes atmospheric dread and I have high expectations for it.
8. a favorite book from my childhood:
WUTHERING HEIGHTS by EMILY BRONTË — it altered my brain chemistry as a teenager in high school and I haven’t been the same since I read it. I distinctly remember listening to ‘you said I killed you — haunt me then!’ read aloud and having to pretend like it didn’t make me feel so completely unhinged in the middle of class.
9. a book you would give to a friend:
PIRANESI by SUSANNA CLARKE — I was recommended this one by a friend to begin with, so it feels like an even more perfect book to pass forward. I think it’s one of those books that’s easy to get absorbed into even if it’s not a typical genre one would read, and it’s such a life-altering experience to go through with the protagonist, too. the underlying message that we’re all changed by our own trials and we’re never the same as we were before lingers with me.
10. a book of poetry or lyrics you own:
CRUSH by RICHARD SIKEN — it’s taken me so long to finally track down a physical copy at my bookstore but it was worth it because it remains my fave book of poetry to date. I could quote so many lines, after how hard they’ve hit me, and some of them have influenced my own writing or pairings in some ways.
11. a nonfiction book you own:
HAVANA NOCTURNE by T.J. ENGLISH — back in 2015-2016ish I went through a true crime phase in the prohibition era through the foundation of the US mafia, and this is a very informative book on how the mob became tied to cuba and how the revolution affected it.
12. what are you currently reading:
AN EDUCATION IN MALICE by S.T. GIBSON — I stumbled across this retelling of carmilla set in a late 60s massachusetts women’s college after reading gibson’s A DOWRY OF BLOOD and had to give it a try. I’m enjoying it so far; the prose is full of thick emotional yearning and electric chemistry, and the balance in the narrative of toxic mentorship, historical romantic and sensual attraction between women without shaming them for it, and vampiric elements is really fun.
13. what are you planning on reading next:
WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT by T. KINGFISHER — I only found out the other day that the sequel to WHAT MOVES THE DEAD was even released but I’m so desperate for the next part of alex easton’s story (and how eerily kingfisher writes horror) that it shot up to my next read.
#childhood is a stretch but i only read like. where the red fern grows. as an actual smaller child#and honestly? who let me do that? i sobbed for weeks i can’t consider it a fave after how bad it shattered little dani’s soul#dani.txt#tag game
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INTRODUCING: TERRIFIC TWOSDAY
because what's better than one rec? that's right, two.
Happy Tuesday, everyone! ... Or should I say TWOSDAY? In an effort to get through my TBR list and to shout about things I've been meaning to shout about for far too (two) long, I am going to be turning every Tuesday into Two Recs Day. I'll be highlighting two works in each category that I loved and that I know you'll love, too (2)! Check them out, and remember to show some love to the creators!!
Two Series Recs:
This week, I am going with two series that are currently in progress. I know that finished works often get a lot of focus. As they should! I can tell you first hand that seeing a whole series through to the end is a TALL ORDER. But you know what is also very freaking cool? Hopping on board while the train is still in motion, catching up with previous chapters and waiting excitedly to see where the train is taking you! So without further ado, here are the two trains that I recommend you all hop on this week.
LIMINALITY by @something-tofightfor
Frankie Morales x F!Reader
Wolf AU + “forbidden romance”
9 Parts in so far (plus extras + POV switches)
Thrills. Chills. Swoons. Moons. This story is brimming with excitement and adrenaline… not to mention the heat. (Frankie is a whole entire menace, as he should be.) All the guys are here (yes, that does include Tom 🙄) and they are all captured so perfectly, as is their friendship with one another and with Frankie. It features a very confident, brave, badass reader, ancient lore, supernatural elements, family business, and one heck of a connection between our main characters. Every chapter flies by and leaves you wanting - needing - more, and now is an excellent time to let yourself get hooked on this one, because the action is only ramping up from here!
PASSENGER by @whatsnewalycat
Din Djarin x OFC!Charlie
Modern Trucker AU + dog Grogu
6 Parts in so far
Are you looking for a new OC to fall in love with and want to protect with your life? How about a morally gray long-hauler who moonlights as a bounty hunter? Well you’re in luck because this story has BOTH. It’s also got incredibly high stakes juxtaposed with really sweet, human moments. Charlie is one of the most charming OCs I’ve ever met (which happens to be one of her rules to live by- all of which are good advice for anyone to follow, IMO) and Din’s characterization is so very well done - as is Grogu’s. The theme of delivering the bounty vs doing what’s right is very present and extremely well done, and watching these characters warm up to each other and blur the lines is truly a treat. Get caught up and hitch a ride for the rest of the journey, because I know it’s only going to get better from here!
Two One Shot Recs:
GREATEST OF ALL TIME by @gnpwdrnwhiskey
Dieter Bravo x OFC!Ava
Meet cute + “Do you believe in aliens?”
Dieter needs a break from work and the hullabaloo that comes along with it, and has enlisted the help of his assistant to book him a solo getaway so he can just relax, reset and revive the vibes. Sounds great, right? It is, until he gets turned around and off the beaten track in the middle of the desert and meets the enigmatic Ava and her faithful pal Goat… who might be more than your average Great Dane. After a misunderstanding about where he’s supposed to be, Dieter realizes that the airstream desert oasis under the stars is exactly where he’s meant to be.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE DAUGHTERS by @sixhours
Joel & Ellie
Part of an existing universe
Even though I’ve not yet read the series that this one shot takes place in, it’s immediately gone on my list due to this little interlude. This is such a good character study of Joel and of Ellie - of what they’ve been through, what they want for each other, and how their relationship has grown and changed. It’s got some really beautiful lines and heartwarming/heartbreaking feelings. I love these two forever and ever, and this little slice of life shows just how much they love each other, too. Joel Miller is Dad of the century. Period. The end.
Two Art Recs:
Ezra & Cee Jammin’ by @thekawaiifruitworld
Literally every time this artist draws these two, my heart grows ten sizes to accommodate how much more I love them. JUST LOOK AT THEM! So goofy, so happy, so whole and healthy and and and..!
Joel Strummin’ by @nic0o-o
I whimpered when I first saw this masterpiece, and you will, too. Just go. Just go look. Look at his beauty. I dare you not to be in your feelings about this man after seeing this piece.
#terrific twosday#fic rec fic rec fic rec!!!#art rec art rec art rec!!#frankie morales x f!reader#din djarin x f!oc#dieter bravo x f!oc#joel & ellie#Ezra & Cee#Joel miller#go show these creative geniuses some love!#❤️❤️twosday recs❤️❤️
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Jily Fanfiction Recommendations
So, I’ve received more than one ask about giving some Jily fic recommendations... but tumblr is determined to drive me mad and if it didn’t crush after I’d spent hours compiling a list, making me lose everything, it refused to process my post as an answer to an inbox message *sigh*. But I’ve been meaning to make a list of my recommendations for a while so I’m posting it separately here!
Buckle up cause this is going to be a LONG post.
The first half consists of sort of canonverse stories (in that they take place in the magical world of the hp books) but not necessarily canon compliant. The second half consists of varying non magical AUs.
There are some stories that I’ve revisited time and time again over the years as well as others that I haven’t read since I was a teenager but remember liking at the time.
At the end of the post I’ve also included some fics and new authors that are on my TBR- I’ve hit a big slump over the pandemic, but I’m still keeping an eye out and there are some new jily writers that have began writing over the past 2-3 years whose work looks amazing and I can’t wait to check out!
Enjoy!
HP UNIVERSE (CANON-COMPLIANT AND AU)
LONG MULTICHAPTERS (90,000+ words)
The Life and Times by Jewels5
She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and one day they shared a kiss, but before that they shared many arguments, for he was cocky, and she was sweet, and matters of the heart require time.
Words: 613,762 Status: Abandoned
Pretty much my holy book. Anything I say about TLAT will not be enough to describe this masterpiece that has owned a piece of my soul for years, more so than the hp series itself. The perfect Marauders era story to read even for those who don't ship or particularly care for James and Lily. No other fanfic has managed to make me feel attached to its ensemble the way Jules' story did. While it's abandoned, the way the last two chapters are structured could serve as a nice conclusion of sorts- in any case do NOT let its abandoned status put you off!!
An Unexpected Attraction by thegingerhairedlass
A telling of the Marauders Era and the romance that shaped it all. Lots of teenage angst & romance spanning from the Marauders' seventh year until the end of the First Wizarding War.
Words: 648,698 Status: Complete
My second favourite Marauders era canon compliant long fic and by absolute favourite portrayal of Marlene McKinnon (Jules' Marlene doesn't count, she's a Price and I view her as a whole different character, okay? 😝)
All Right, Evans? by CokeBottleK
Part I of in-progress trilogy [6th year]: The thing about being Lily Evans and James Potter was that you couldn't do anything without everybody else saying something about it.
Followed by Dangerous Crowds by CokeBottleK
Part II [7th year]: "As in all wars, life goes on."
Words: 106,188 Status: Abandoned
The Rise and Fall of the Stag and the Doe by SiriusUntiltheVeryEnd
Moments. They make or break relationships. Lily didn't just happen to fall in love with James. It wasn't an accident, but a long drawn out process that grew out of the relationships of the people around them. And when it came down to it, even Lily and James couldn't fight fate.
Words: 379,212 Status: Complete
Turning Tables by scared of clouds
Lily Evans' and James Potter's relationship has always been a complicated story; it's just about to get a lot more complicated. And so is everything else. They might not know each other well, but they're about to know each other a lot better. Cover art by anxiouspineapples.
Words: 205,589 Status: Complete
Followed by My Kind Of Love by scared of clouds
James and Lily are out of Hogwarts and engaged; add in the Order of the Phoenix, complicated friendships and deranged Death Eaters, and things can only get more difficult from here.
Castle on the Hill by ac0llecti0n0fn0nsense
After graduating Hogwarts, Lily finds herself quietly fighting the First Wizarding War from an Order of the Phoenix safe house in Scotland as a potions mistress. As the war escalates, Lily and James learn about love, fear, and what it means to grow up.
Words: 200,042 Status: In Progress
Sunshine in My Eyes by monroeslittle
Mr. and Mrs. Evans are killed when Lily's only a girl, and she's supposed to go to a home with her sister. Instead, a relative they didn't know they had comes to collect them, and introduces Lily to manners, magic, and a life that's just the slightest bit different from the life she was supposed to live. Or, an AU in which Minerva McGonagall raises Lily.
Words: 93,410 Status: Complete
Crazy Little Thing Called Love by Breanie
The story of how James convinced Lily that he wasn't actually the arrogant bullying toe-rag she claimed with help from her new best friend, Sirius Black, who is working to help Lily through difficult times. Can be a standalone, but also works as a prequel to my Beginning Series.
Words: 234,367 Status: Complete
First James/Lily fanfic I ever read back when I first discovered fanfiction is a thing. Aw nostalgia.
Sparks by BirthOfAPhoenix
Lily was certain her final year at Hogwarts would be the best yet. She had amazing friends, top marks, and was a shoo-in for Head Girl. Everything was as it should be. But with a war brewing on the outside and a new relationship heating up on the inside, she could no longer pretend it was business as usual when, all around her, there were sparks.
Words: 154,134 Status: In Progress/Abandoned
Every Other Midnight by Kathryn's NomDePlume
Professor Potter and Head Girl Lily Evans... The Dark Decline
Words: 997,210 Status: In Progress
What About Now? by SiriusUntiltheVeryEnd
She noticed him, of course she noticed him but Lily didn't let her gaze linger. She had always thought James was fit, but she didn't particularly want to. James Potter was trouble and she had enough problems.
MULTICHAPTERS AND ONESHOTS (10,000-70,000 words)
Kiss and Tell by SunshineDaisiesWindmills
The rules were simple. Provoke each other. Scream at each other. Snog each other. Do this as frequently as possible, but don't ever, ever kiss and tell.
Words: 47,861 Status: Complete
Talk Me Down by gxldentrio
James is determined to stay away from short, freckled redheads. Lily, having had enough drama for a lifetime, is equally resolved to avoid dark-haired troublemakers. But he rarely does what he ought, and she is too stubborn for her own good. It should be an interesting year.
Words: 54,647 Status: Complete
October Thirty-First by jamespotterthefirst
Even before they were a couple, they always seemed to spend Halloween together. Series of oneshots.
Words: 17,557 Status: Complete
In Fields of Poppies by SunshineDaisiesWindmills
Her father's war and her grandfather's war were fought with metal and manpower. Hers was done with magic.
Words: 41,527 Status: In Progress/Abandoned
Playing the Hero by MeganRachel09
James Potter never thought he would be found guilty of a prank he didn't actually commit. When he realizes that Lily Evans may secretly be Hogwarts' greatest prankster, however, he finds he doesn't mind taking the fall for her, especially when she turns out to be unexpectedly enthusiastic in her gratitude. His only hope is that it all ends up being worth the punishment.
Words: 46,343 Status: Complete
Sober by LovelyFlowerAK
The first time James and Lily get drunk are very interesting stories. As are the last. And, really, everything in between.
Words: 49,097 Status: Complete
Let's do something you're not supposed to by Oynnej
Lily isn't happy. Although she should be with a seemingly perfect life and perfect boyfriend to boot. But then James Potter comes along and shows her you're not always supposed to do...what you're supposed to do.
Words: 15,628 Status: Complete
Crossing Paths by twilightstargazer
She knew him in Hogwarts; wildly popular, overly confident and a massive flirt. Honestly, she'd never expect to see him again when he left school but now he's back and, oh goodness... he's going to be working side by side with her now, isn't he?
Words: 37,508 Status: Complete
Just Stay Here Tonight by monroeslittle
AU. Lily Evans isn't a witch.
Words: 38,077 Status: Complete
And the Wolves All Cry by monroeslittle
AU. if a certain person doesn't hear a prophecy, does it still come true?
Words: 31,769 Status: Complete
Time Lapse by Apalapucian
three years ago, lily discovered that she could fly. two years ago, james stopped flying.
the first time they meet, he's twenty four, and she literally falls from the sky.
he thinks it's love at first sight. it's not—it rarely ever is—but close.
Words: 32,136 Status: In Progress
Eight Days by B.C Daily
During a week-long exhibition, professional Quidditch player James Potter encounters Lily Evans, Junior Quidditch Correspondent for the Daily Prophet.
Words: 40,697 Status: In Progress
Firelight Waltz by cgner
"I'd like to assign the two of you a special, undercover mission," Dumbledore says, his wrinkled fingers steepling on his desk. "I require two Order members to pose as a newlywed couple."
Words: 11,411 Status: Complete
Just Keep Your Eyes On Me by crossingwinter *AU- No Voldemort*
You’re not allowed to date your roommate. There’s practically a law against it.
So James moves out.
Words: 50,070 Status: Complete
The Twelve Days of Christmas by pratty-prongs-princesse
With Alice and Frank's impending nuptials on Christmas Day, Lily Evans is back home for the holidays. As maid of honour, she's unexpectedly thrown together with the best man, James Potter, who has seemingly changed since their graduation. This is a Christmas love story about how the two school rivals went from hate to lust to love while planning a wedding.
Words: 68,812 Status: Complete
The Art of Self-Defense by cgner *GILMORE GIRLS AU*
Lily got pregnant at sixteen and left Hogwarts to work at an inn. After seventeen years of single parenting, she now has to manage a persistent James, nosy villagers, and a son who's all too interested in joining the Order.
Words: 22,047 Status: Complete
MULTICHAPTERS AND ONESHOTS (less than 10,000 words)
Snaps by Jewels5
James comes up with a nickname.
Words: 1,680 Status: Complete
Guess where my handle comes from....
The Incident in the Library by greenconverses
Lily Evans has been distracted lately…and it’s all because of James Potter and his stupid, unbuttoned shirt. Hardly any fluff, but plenty of shirtless James for everybody. Seventh year fic.
Words: 3,780 Status: Complete
A Wizard Walks Into A Bar by GhostOfBambi
Contrary to popular belief, it's not always the man who does all the chasing.
Words: 5,558 Status: Complete
Fundamental Laws of Magic by lizardcookie
There are certain rules of magic that Lily Evans would very much have liked not to confront in one day. What began in Defense Against the Dark Arts between two people avoiding the obvious ends in the dungeons, the same two people not the same as they were before.
Words: 4,669 Status: Complete
Yeah, Okay by CokeBottleK
A series of instances in which Lily Evans said yes to James Potter.
Words: 8,214 Status: Complete
Questions and Answers by lizardcookie
The simple question of whether or not they're dating doesn't exactly have a simple answer. Seventh Year Jily.
Words: 5,629 Status: Complete
History of a Friendship by lizardcookie
Seven years of friendship between Severus Snape and Lily Evans.
Words: 4,473 Status: Complete
Just Belong With Me by scared of clouds
Sometimes it's the smallest moments that can cause the biggest changes. Five small moments are all it takes to make the biggest change of all. One shot, seventh year Lily and James. Cover art by anxiouspineapples.
Words: 7,517 Status: Complete
The One With The Forgotten Two of Diamonds by Apalapucian
James and Lily brew Amortentia together—and nothing happens. Lily thinks she's officially gone forever numb, James thinks the dungeons smell like a swamp, and everyone concludes they're both idiots. Everybody's daft in love.
Words: 8,048 Status: Complete
Lovers and Voyeurs by MeganRachel09
Towards the end of their Seventh Year, Snape wants to make amends with Lily, but ends up witnessing a private moment between her and James Potter instead.
Words: 5,604 Status: Complete
To Live Nobly by cgner
It doesn’t feel like he’s living. In a world ruled by the Dark Lord, he’s miserable, but not because of the government. A chance meeting wakes him up, but there’s something familiar about her that he can’t quite put his finger on…
Words: 5,741 Status: Complete
For the Price of a Cup of Coffee by cgner
Something is wrong with Lily's brain. She's not sure what, but nothing good comes out of waking up in a hospital bed with no memory of how you got there. To make matters worse, the messy-haired Healer who shows up doesn't seem to know anything about Healing - he's pretty attractive, though, so that's something.
Words: 5,172 Status: Complete
Good Enough by lizardcookie
They were standing chest to chest, lungs working in tandem and minds blazing. Her wand was still pushed against his heart and he could see gold in her green gaze, but maybe that was his own eyes shining back at him. One move forward and their feet touched now.
"Duel. You and me."
Words: 4,167 Status: Complete
Couples Therapy by GhostOfBambi
Transfiguration Professor. Head of Gryffindor House. Deputy Headmistress. Love Guru. Minerva McGonagall is a woman of many talents.
Words: 4,334 Status: Complete
Two Sides of the Same Coin by GhostOfBambi
There are those who claim that Lily Evans couldn't possibly love James Potter as much as he loves her - including, on occasion, James Potter himself - but they couldn't be more wrong if they claimed that the moon was made of cheese.
Words: 8,126 Status: Complete
i (am in) love (with) you by welcometonerdworld
Five times Lily says she loves James, and one time James says it back. Cover art by viria.
Words: 2,835 Status: Complete
Keep It Sweet, Keep It Slow by Apalapucian
She needs him, needs a lot of things; needs to inspect his head for herself and make sure he didn't crack it open, because he's an idiot. She needs to apologize and berate, needs to trace his jaw with her fingertips, unearth the seasons in his eyes, taste his Quidditch-sky-laden lips.
Words: 3,870 Status: Complete
Fireside by Acacia Carter (xaandria)
Trying to reassure Lily Evans that the world isn't going to fall apart on his watch, James ends up revealing far more than he'd intended - and the emotions that have been bottled up for years are finally realised.
Words: 5,330 Status: Complete
fallen leaves by Apalapucian
they don't tell you about the quiet days.
Words: 1,017 Status: Complete
Easy, Bloody Easy by GhostofBambi
Answer to the prompt: Head Boy James is trying to keep his cool because some Slytherins are causing trouble and he doesn't want to hex them but Lily sails in to the rescue.
Words: 2,546 Status: Complete
Marlene by elanev91
Lily finds out that her best friend was killed in the war. This is the aftermath.
Words: 4,306 Status: Complete
The Early Morning Toast Brigade by GhostOfBambi
In which Lily Evans makes the best of insomnia, with the help of her womanly wiles.
Words: 2,397 Status: Complete
Stay The Night by scared of clouds
The events of a single night can have very unexpected consequences. Two shot, Jily AU. Cover art by Viria.
Words: 6,888 Status: Complete
Eleventh and a Half by Apalapucian
He has never seen her this drunk before, and he's not sure if he's more amused or worried about it.
Words: 1,092 Status: Complete
Of Crossing Lines and Changing Minds by honeylake
In which James asks Lily out... only once.
Words: 6,940 Status: Complete
Perfect Match by Franklet
“Are you coming?” James demanded. Lily raked her eyes over him with marked disinterest and rolled her eyes. “No.”' 7 years at Hogwarts, 7 years of Quidditch, 7 questions asked and only 6 refusals?
Words: 7,342 Status: Complete
The Way I Loved You by Apalapucian
"His name was Terrence Hunter, muggle-born and all kinds of perfect, but Lily couldn't help but note the lack of callouses on his fingers, the way his brown curls crowned his kind face a little too immaculately, the way his eyes were of the wrong hue…how there wasn't a pair of spectacles for her to remove before he leaned in to kiss her."
Words: 9,068 Status: Complete
That Scent by erinsailorditz
Spicy. Warm. All him. That man's cologne was haunting her, though Lily's one night with him was long over. Sweet. Floral. All her. Was that her perfume James just smelt drifting by?
Words: 2,355 Status: Complete
The Potions Missile Crisis by GhostOfBambi
As if Slughorn wasn't bad enough already, now you'll never be able to see him again without spontaneously combusting from shame.
Words: 6,425 Status: Complete
Alarming and Beautiful by stolen-whispers
What she didn’t realize until after she agreed to go out with him was that these things were piling on his shoulders until he was hunched under the weight of the world and it was all he could do not to throw it off and watch it shatter.
Words: 4,831 Status: Complete
Subtle Perspectives by amethysth
Though they've "known" each other for years, it takes Lily Evans and James Potter several moments to truly connect.
Words: 5,166 Status: Complete
ALTERNATE UNIVERSE (NO MAGIC)
LONG MULTICHAPTERS (90,000+ words)
Bloody Shangri-La by firbolging
"The way she babbled on about the place made it seem like some sort of promise land, but James knew full well that is was nothing of the sort. Sowsworth was a wasteland that comprised of seven shops, a pub, and the incredibly bored shadows of lonely people. It was not bloody Shangri-la."
Words: 128,218 Status: Complete
Covet Thy Neighbour by BeeDaily and GhostofBambi
There are lots of ways to introduce oneself to a new neighbour, but breaking into their flat, perhaps, is a road less travelled.
Words: 125,706 Status: In Progress
The Underground by elanev91
James and Lily are doing the fluffy things. Muggle AU, Mass Transit AU (lol not a thing?), Coffee Shop AU.
Words: 91,923 Status: Complete
Fighting Fate by scared of clouds *PIRATE AU*
It may have taken him a while to get to this point, but James Potter is happy with his life; as the captain of the pirate ship Fawkes, no-one tells him what to do or where to go. But when he agrees to carry a passenger - for a fee, of course - his life takes a rather interesting and wholly unexpected turn, and the past may be about to catch up with him. Jily AU, cover art by Viria
Words: 128,296 Status: Complete
MULTICHAPTERS AND ONESHOTS (10,000- 70,000 words)
A Game of Thrones by ritaskeetered *MODERN ROYALTY AU*
Lily Evans had never imagined she would meet Prince James, but when she does at St Andrews' annual Christmas Pub Crawl, her whole world is turned upside down. For who thought that a girl like her - with a sister that reads "Hello" magazine like it's the Bible - would end up with a prince like him?
Shelf Awareness by GhostofBambi *BOOKSHOP/COFFEE SHOP AU*
It's too far out of her way and she's wasting so much money, but Lily can't help but return to the bookstore every weekend, where her passion for good literature has, perhaps, been unexpectedly reignited by the messy-haired, pun-making, rather handsome bloke who works there.
Words: 28,416 Status: Complete
Elevator Love Song by BeeDaily
James unexpectedly finds himself trapped in a dodgy apartment elevator with Lily Evans.
Words: 15,995 Status: Complete
The Fight Before Christmas by GhostofBambi
The heartwarming Christmas tale of Lily Evans and James Potter - two plucky kids who hated one other, until the day they really, really didn't.
Words: 29,201 Status: Complete
Key Limes by cgner *CELEBRITY/MODERN ROYALTY AU*
In which Academy Award winner Lily Evans discovers the periphery of internet fandom and the mysteries of Prince James’s gold star system.
Words: 23,481 Status: Complete
Followed by Ending the Stars by cgner
Five times Prince James proposes to Oscar-winner Lily Evans, and one time he doesn’t. Sequel to Key Limes.
Words: 9,014 Status: Complete
Filthy Animals by GhostofBambi *BROOKLYN NINE NINE AU*
James Potter is a talented young detective who's used to doing whatever he wants. When his new boss, DCI McGonagall, tires of his troublemaker ways, she hires her brilliant protégée, Lily Evans, to keep him under control. Now, if only Lily could control herself...
Words: 65,524 Status: In Progress
Wherefore Art Thou, James Potter? By GhostofBambi
For never was a story of more woe than this of James Potter, and his sad, pathetic attempts to win the heart of a girl who thinks he's a prize idiot.
Words: 56,927 Status: In Progress
Salmon Fishing in the Olympics by GhostofBambi *FAKE DATING AU*
Modern Era AU: When Lily Evans seeks assistance from James Potter to avoid the attentions of a suitor who just won't take no for an answer, she accidentally lands them both on the front page of every gossip magazine in Britain. She should have thought about that before pretending to be the girlfriend of a famous athlete.
Words: 12,163 Status: Complete
Question Time by cgner *POLITICS AU*
Newly-elected Prime Minister Potter has his work cut out for him. If only a certain red-headed MP weren’t deliberately making life harder for him.
Words: 11,214 Status: Complete
Careless Texter by GhostofBambi
Answer to the prompt, “I left my phone number on the bathroom stall wall and you text me about your day and your frustrations for a month & it’s really nice and cute but I still don’t know who you are,” with some twists and differences.
Words: 33,121 Status: Complete
Catastrophe by GhostofBambi *UNPLANNED PREGNANCY AU*
With a best-laid plan, a naked rear end, one jalapeño and a pair of light-up antlers, Lily Evans's carefully crafted life is hurtled into chaos.twists and differences.
Words: 36,602 Status: In Progress
Say When by jamespotterthefirst *COLLEGE AU*
A version of how Lily Evans and James Potter would have met if they were only two university students in a world where magic and Hogwarts didn't exist.
Words: 33,646 Status: Abandoned
Dead Men Rise Up Sometimes by cgner *PUSHING DAISIES AU*
Lily Evans leads a simple life of making pies and waking the dead. She doesn't wake them for good, mind – only for a minute, until she and Sirius can find out who killed them. Their latest case: James Potter, moneyed heir, messy haired, and recent murder victim. Keeping him alive is a terrible idea. Too bad Lily's always been a bit reckless.
Words: 38,824 Status: Complete
Seven Things by Apalapucian
"James leans in. Lily hears the script crumple in his hands, but she doesn't look to check. His lips touch the corner of hers, a hand coming up to cup her face. He is moving. So. Maddeningly. Slow... She curses in her head, makes up about a hundred thousand excuses for the next second—and then grabs him down by the back of his neck and kisses him fully, desperately, fervidly."
Words: 19,097 Status: Complete
Sofa-king Fit by elanev91
Two new people move in across the hall and Lily gets locked out.
Based on the "oops we have to share a bed" trope.
Words: 10,277 Status: Complete
Stop Flirting with the Talent by elanev91 *THEATRE AU*
Lily Evans is the hot new performer on the West End, James snags her first interview.
Words: 12,512 Status: Complete
Build-a-Daddy by dancinglily *SINGLE PARENT AU*
The college au where Lily is a single mom struggling with finishing school and raising a child, and James discovers he quite likes babysitting.
Words: 28,540 Status: Complete
Georgia Peach by elanev91 *UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR/AMERICAN AU*
Lily Evans, lifelong New Yorker, is headed to the University of North Carolina for a job interview and she can’t find the right god damn building. Lucky for her, southern belle James Potter is there to save the day.
Words: 15,680 Status: Complete
One Wild Ride by twilightstargazer *SINGER/BAND AU*
Breaking News: Lily Evans and James Potter are not so secretly snogging. The internet is losing its shit.
Words: 14,405 Status: Abandoned/In Progreess
Provisionally Yours by snapslikethis *FORCED MARRIAGE/PRETEND RELATIONSHIP AU*
Lily Evans discovers she's been married off to James Potter without her knowledge. She and the spoiled count (in whom she appears to have finally met her match) have three days, for better or worse, to decide whether to accept the contract. With her sister adamant to make her life miserable, and a husband who seems equally determined to repel her, what else can possibly go wrong?
Words: 43,618 Status: Complete
Straight On Till Morning by ritaskeetered *ANASTASIA AU*
When Lily Evans leaves the orphanage in Cokeworth, there is much she does not understand. With no memory of the first eleven years of her life, she only knows that she should head to Paris if she ever wants to find out where she belongs. Unsure of where to begin, she meets the Marauders and strikes an unlikely alliance. They will take her with them to Paris if she pretends to be the lost Princess Lilibeth Evangeline. Jily/Anastasia AU.
Words: 17,840 Status: In Progress
Darkest Night by whatcuriousthings *COLLEGE AU*
"It’s a tiny place, warm and welcoming with soft light and softer croissants. A place so small that if you happened to, say, run into the bloke you had been hell-bent on avoiding—well, there would be no avoiding about it."
Words: 11,691 Status: Complete
ONESHOTS (less than 10,000 words)
Textbooks, Time Scarves, and Tea by cgner *COFFEE SHOP AU*
Lily visits the coffee shop because Sev works there, even though he's got a completely obnoxious coworker with admittedly fantastic hair.
Words: 7,389 Status: Complete
Lessons in Lesson Planning by cgner *FAKE DATING AU*
Answer to the prompt: “our asshole mutual friends set us up on a blind date and didn’t tell us it was a blind date, so instead of getting to know each other we spent the entire ‘date’ scheming against them and decided an awesome way to get back at them would be to pretend to date and then have a horrendous breakup but now that we’re two months into this charade we’re not sure what’s real and what’s fake anymore”
Words: 6,585 Status: Complete
Three Swipes, You're Out by twilightstargazer *CELEBRITY AU*
Sports star James Potter tries to pick Lily up on tinder. Lily Evans, a dedicated not sports fan is offended by the idea that someone thinks she wouldn't recognize James Potter's face. She laughs about it with her friends at a bar, until James Potter, who also frequents that bar, comes over to clarify that nope, he's on tinder, and he's definitely hitting on her.
Words: 4,099 Status: Complete
Sing A Reckless Serenade by twilightstargazer *FAKE DATING AU*
After an almost minute of silence, she finally relents, “I need you guys to help me with a work thing.”
A hefty pause. And then-
“What kind of work thing?” James asks, warily.
Lily takes a breath. It seemed like a brilliant idea last night, when she was more than three drinks under, but now in the light of day it just seems… pathetic. Still though, she needs help, and needs it soon, so she finds herself blurting out:
“I need you to fake date me for a week.”
Words: 7,817 Status: Complete
Mother Deer by GhostofBambi *COFFEE SHOP AU*
Euphemia Potter is the unequivocal boss of everyone, including and most especially her son, and if the sweet, bright-eyed redhead who frequents her coffee shop doesn't know that yet, she's about to find out.
Words: 6,712 Status: Complete
Cat in a Fifth Floor Flat by GhostofBambi
Modern Era AU. When Remus Lupin moves out and Lily Evans moves in, James Potter finds himself instantly drawn to his beautiful new neighbour. Little does he know that a mysterious force of nature is secretly pulling the strings.
Words: 5,349 Status: Complete
Supermarket Sweep by GhostofBambi
James Potter can find anything he needs in his local supermarket - bread, milk, the woman of his dreams - they've got it all.
Words: 4,634 Status: Complete
Foam Hearts by Sleepinghookah *COFFEE SHOP AU*
Coffee shop AU. A story in which James and Lily are blind - both in entirely different ways.
Words: 6,655 Status: Complete
Erotic Porridge by elanev91
Euphemia Potter thinks her doctor needs to go on a date with her son. This story is so named because I saw it somewhere, could not stop laughing, and my best friend professor-riddikulus hates it so much that I just had to. This story has nothing, literally nothing, to do with porridge.
Words: 6,351 Status: Complete
The Yeast I Can Do by elanev91
Dr Lily Evans had an absolute shit day at work. Luckily, there's a bakery nearby that offers a course that she hopes will take her mind off of things.
My Spellbound Heart by twilightstargazer
She washes her face and tries to compose herself before heading back out there. Marlene catches her arm and whispers, “You’ve got a soulmate.”
The word sits heavy between them and she says nothing. It’s crazy how in less than ten minutes her life has changed.
Words: 5,265 Status: Complete
Hospital Walls Have Heard More Sincere Prayers than Churches by marauders_groupie
Jily modern AU, based on a prompt - "We broke up but I'm still your emergency contact so when you have a car accident, they call me"
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She knew she could never get James back. But she didn't care. All she wanted him to do is to live.
Words: 8,987 Status: Complete
The One That I Want by snapslikethis
She'd come without a date, dressed as Sandra D, and the owner of the bloody house, the host of the party she was attending, perhaps uninvited, the unfairly fit bloke staring down at her, was actually dressed as her fictional boyfriend. Danny bleeding Zuko. He was really, really fit.
Words: 3,688 Status: Complete
Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days of Summer by dancinglily
Lily works at a country club over the summer and has to remind herself that she can't fool around with guests, even if said guests are charming, bespectacled, messy-haired boys.
or "AU where person A of your OTP works at a summer resort and person B is vacationing at said resort with their family and they both can't stop checking each other out until they finally make out"
Words: 8,826 Status: Complete
Subtle Arrangements by snapslikethis *FLOWERSHOP AU*
Person A owns a flower shop and Person B comes storming in one day, slaps 20 bucks on the counter and says, "How do I passive-aggressively tell someone off in flowers?"
Words: 3,370 Status: Complete
it continues (the beginning doesn't matter) by whitesunlars
She is the last person he expected at his door at that exact moment, despite feeling unsure about the fact that she managed to track down his address, he agrees to go out to coffee with her. A lot could be said about James Potter, but nobody could claim that he had good self-preservation skills.
They meet in a bar. Mistakes happen. They learn to keep going.
Words: 3,200 Status: Complete
Authors I love and recommend if I haven’t made it too obvious already: Jewels5, thegingerhairedlass, BeeDaily, cgner, GhostofBambi, ritaskiteered, jamespotterthefirst, lizardcookie, monroeslittle, CokeBottleK, a_c0llecti0n_0f_n0nsense
Authors whose work I really want to check out but haven't had the chance just yet: clarewithnoi, missgryffin, AlightWithHappiness, thequibblah, theesteemedladydeborough, mppmaraudergirl
STORIES ON THE TOP OF MY TBR LIST
Potter and Evans by AlightWithHappiness
She was dramatic. He was dynamic. She was precise. He was impulsive. He was James, and she was Lily, and it's about time they shared a kiss already.
This is my attempt at TLAT Chapter 37. It's Jules's world, we're all just living in it.
Words: 43,469 Status: In Progress
I've been putting this one off so that I can read it after another devastating TLAT reread but I'm sure I'll be screaming compliments at the author in between sobs when I finally check it out....in any case, bless this person for taking up the challenge!!!
Bond and Free by clarewithnoi
The year is 1977, and a group of Gryffindors are learning that the final two years of Hogwarts are punctuated by battles – big and small, mental and physical, devastating and triumphant.
It is fortunate, then, that they have grown up warriors.
MARAUDERS ERA: 6th/7th year. Canon compliant. Primarily JILY - but other pairings make significant appearances.
Words: 96,978 Status: In Progress
I Want It to Be Us in the End by theesteemedladydebourgh
"You sneak out the window and into my arms
Tell me where we’re going baby" London, 1979 West End actors and former classmates James Potter and Lily Evans enter into a secret love affair.
Words: 22,932 Status: Complete
Love Is Complicated by theesteemedladydebourgh
Three years. Longing. Academic shenanigans in Egypt. Almost-kisses. A snowed-in office on Christmas Eve.
Or, the one time James Potter’s (who is not Indiana Jones, no matter what he thinks) spur of the moment passion quest isn’t for an ancient artifact.
Words: 12,186 Status: Complete
theogony by clarewithnoi
The trip that Lily Evans expects to go on is the annual pre-dissertation jaunt to Athens with the rest of her Classical Civilizations PhD program. The trip she does not expect to go on is to 479 BCE, right on the cusp of one of the most important battles in the Greco-Persian war. Now, she has to navigate antiquity as she tries to find her way back to the 21st Century, God—or gods—help her.
James wants to win this war. No, James needs to win this war. He is a man of honor and duty, and even if it means dying a gruesome, bloody death, he will go down in history as one of Athens's great warriors. He will suffer no distractions; not even beautiful ones who speak strangely and refuse to listen to his orders.
-- OR: The Outlander-Meets-Ancient-Greece Jily AU that literally no one in the history of the entire world has ever asked for.
Words: 76,269 Status: In Progress
Not Quite According to Plan by BeeDaily
For Fleamont's retirement party, Euphemia hires her favourite event planner, Lily Evans, and wrangles her son, James, into assisting in the planning.
Words: 17,171 Status: In Progress
Last Resort by BeeDaily and GhostofBambi
Dinner with a hostile stranger was not on the holiday itinerary for James or Lily, but it beats getting hit with an ice cube.
Words: 8,085 Status: In Progress
Casablanca by BeeDaily
When James takes over Remus's Uber shift, the last person he expects to take on as a passenger is a familiar redhead who is a trifle inebriated.
Words: 5,532 Status: Complete
Thirty, Flirty, and Aubergines by BeeDaily
Bakery owner Lily is quite good at tempering her consumption of sweets…except when the treat comes in the form of one tall, sumptuous, messy-haired patron.
Words: 4,628 Status: Complete
Everything but the Kitchen Sink by GhostofBambi
Consequences ensue when James Potter drunkenly promises to bring his arch-nemesis to his friend's wedding as his date. Oops?
Words: 32,412 Status: In Progress
The Wedding Ring by mppmaraudergirl
What is undeniably worse than attending your sister's wedding looking as desolate and forgotten as a wilted houseplant?
Drunkenly ringing your ex-boyfriend and asking him to be your date.
Words: 91,655 Status: Complete
Come Together by thequibblah
It’s difficult to say when James and Lily took the first steps to love. Perhaps they had always been walking this road, unaware of the person they were walking towards until the mist cleared. They would fall in love eventually — but we would be remiss in ignoring the hiccups along the way.
Words: 738,179 Status: In Progress
tell me where your secrets lie by thequibblah
She’s Lily Evans. Her best friend is Severus Snape. She's Muggle-born. She's a witch. She's a Slytherin.
You already know how this story goes.
Words: 26,009 Status: Complete
Two's a Crowd by thequibblah
The only thing Lily Evans can share with the Earl of Devon is a healthy dose of mutual dislike.
Prompt: "there was only one bed" but make it Regency.
Words: 4,200 Status: Complete
(Didn't I?) (Didn't I?) Didn't I See You Crying? by ritaskeetered
James Potter has fancied Mary Macdonald for as long as he can remember. Everything about her is practically perfect, except for – if he were being honest and he always liked to be – her choice in friends. For Mary’s best friend, Lily Evans, is a right shrew and, much to his dismay, the Head Girl to his Head Boy.
Lily Evans had disliked James Potter with a passion after their first interaction on the Hogwarts Express. A dislike that turned into hate – never mind that she also has an infatuation going, but no one needs to know about that – as soon as he decided to make her life a living hell. Unfortunately for her, he also decided (a few years earlier) that her very best friend in the world was the worthy object of his affections. (Which was fine, really. She wasn't about to cry over it, for Godric's sake. She was a strong and independent young woman, thank you very much. And yes, perhaps she was a little in love, but it was all for nothing, so she had to keep calm and carry on.)
Certainly, their complicated past would result in major disaster if common ground was not soon established. For the love of Merlin, though, why did either of them think it would be a good idea for Lily to help James woo Mary Macdonald?
Words: 55,682 Status: Complete
It Only Takes A Taste (When You Know It's Good) by ritaskeetered
Lily Evans is 28 years old and far too busy saving - according to her friends - the world to enjoy an epic romance. If you were to ask her, she would say that the last thing she needs is a complicating relationship that will distract her from all that she deems important: 1) her organisation for teens and young adults: Exceed Expectations, 2) her friends and family, 3) Mary's Instagram cooking vlog, 4) her favourite novels, 5) her favourite shows and films, 6) actually going to bed before midnight.
Enter Prince James, heir to the British throne and the world's most eligible bachelor. There is no way she will allow him to sweep her off her feet. It's out of the question. It screams trouble. Yet... it only takes a taste, because - as Mary always likes to say - sometimes one bite is more than enough, to know you want more of the thing you just got a taste of...
Words: 62,556 Status: In Progress
(You're So) Golden by ritaskeetered
After the worst possible year and a half, Lily finds herself at her best friend’s wedding, staring at her ex-boyfriend whom she claimed to hate a year earlier but never actually did. A story of grief, heartbreak, regret and finding yourself.
This fic features James as a windsurfer and was originally inspired by the Tokyo Olympics, except for the fact that I managed to turn this into something different altogether.
Words: 20,879 Status: Complete
If We Never Meet Again by thequibblah
"By the time this is all over, you'll have to be a little in love with each other."
Written for Jilytober 2021's Bittersweet challenge: "here, use my sweater to warm up in," sweet to bitter.
Words: 42,623 Status: Complete
Shout Out To My Ex by ritaskeetered
Phoenix Radio is going through a rough period with the arrival of the new and controversial Riddle Radio. Albus Dumbledore, founder of the country’s number one radio station, asks his team to get ready to rebrand. Gone are the days of family friendly radio, a show where two exes talk about where their relationship went wrong and deliver relationship advice live on air, named Shout Out To My Ex, is exactly what Phoenix Radio needs. Who better to co-host this show than Lily Evans and James Potter, two Phoenix Radio employees who absolutely despise each other, or do they?
A Jily Modern AU inspired by Rachel Lynn Solomon’s "The Ex Talk".
Words: 108, 441 Status: Complete
So Just Act Like You Love Me by twilightstargazer
“Petunia knows Sirius, but she doesn’t know you,” she says, and her voice doesn’t wobble even once.
He doesn’t seem to catch it, but Sirius is staring at her with his eyebrows raised, just a little. She ignores it and trudges forward, steeling herself for what's to come.
“Petunia doesn’t know you. She doesn't know that we're just friends or that we argue like nothing else so–”
A flicker of understanding flares to life in his eyes and his jaw almost falls open. “Oh god.”
or, Lily was looking forward to a nice, quiet Christmas by herself. Instead she's heading back home for her sister's engagement party with a fake boyfriend in tow.
Words: 13,160 Status: Complete
The Season by missgryffin *BRIDGERTON AU*
James Potter, Duke of Peverell, has returned to London just in time for the season, where Miss Lily Evans is about to make her debut. Only, he’s not looking for a wife, and she’s not particularly interested in a husband. [Bridgerton AU]
Words: 43,361 Status: Complete
A Jily Bridgerton AU and I haven't read it. I know, I should be ashamed of myself!
foreigner's god by clarewithnoi
answer to a Tumblr prompt: "we were lovers in a past life" but the current incarnations are enemies-to-lovers, and they don't remember anything from their past selves.
Words: 17,577 Status: Complete
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It isn’t always lonely at the top.
Noah Blue’s finally got her foot in the door. After clawing her way to the top of the charts with her webcomic, she’s garnered enough attention to earn a full-time position at a company re-launching their cult classic Queen Leisah.
Queen Leisah is predicted to be an instant bestseller with movie deals already in the making. Things are falling into place. There’s nowhere to go but up…as soon as she gets one person out of her way.
Sage Montgomery has always been the best artist in every building she’s stepped foot in. Raw talent’s gotten her webcomic to the top of the charts every month for the past eight years. She’s been the best for as long as she can remember. Sure, her career has plateaued but that can be easily fixed by working on a big, mainstream comic.
She was promised complete creative control over Leisah. Instead, she got a shared credit with the one artist who’s been breathing down her neck since college. The one artist who has a fighting chance of being better than her.
Sage and Noah have to work as a team — or, at least appear to work as a team. They thought the hardest part of the relaunch would be drawing together. But that's easy in comparison to falling in love.
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Outdrawn is a slow-burn, rivals-to-lovers sapphic romance. This book is a standalone.
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june so far has been filled with intense reads on tragic events, sprawling timelines, vibrant cities, once-sacred rivers, delicate familial relationships, internal conflicts, and formidable women: compelling, wronged, forgotten.
the days have been overwhelmingly long with daunting tasks, nostalgic overloads and dubious weather.
i ate enough mangoes to do justice to my username; gave up on planning tbrs; fell in love with a flower bowl; rediscovered in my shelf, an old portable cd/dvd player - a bunch of disks with it; displayed exemplary self control in a ceramics store; rewatched bojack horseman a fifth time; listened to a playlist i made back in 2014; remembered that bts just completed 10 years and felt aged.
books read -
the fishermen by chigozie obioma
the ocean of churn by sanjeev sanyal
the last queen by chitra banerjee divakaruni
kim jiyong, born 1982 by cho nam-joo
interpreter of maladies by jhumpa lahiri
currently reading -
mahabharat vol.1 by bibek debroy
we the drowned by carsten jensen
flight of deities and rebirth of temples by meenakshi jain
books added to my black hole of tbrs -
station eleven by emily st. john mandel
yellowface by r.f. kuang
complete short stories of franz kafka
hamnet by maggie o’farrell
yugandhar by shivaji sawant
i’m fine, but you appear to be sinking by leyna know
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@lesbiancassius' (very late) february reads
yes I will do this monthly now.
books (as it turns out, I was busy. one book)
Enter Ghost, Isabella Hammad - An actor, Sonia, returns to visit her sister Haneen in Haifa and gets caught up in playing Gertrude in a Hamlet production in the West Bank. Stellar.
short fiction & poetry
Why Don’t We Just Kill the Kid in the Omelas Hole, Isabel J. Kim - obsessed with this on title alone. It has such a feel to it in the way it moves that I envy.
Parthenogenesis, Piya Patel - horror that makes me want to peel out of my skin and/or get a hysterectomy.
Eschatology, Eve L. Ewing - poem that was circulating recently and God. Fuck, dude. Yeah. Yeah.
Ouroboros, Megan Xing - The to-do lists in this got me because I was having my little freak out before my show went up where you think you can fix everything with to-do lists. Also heavily feeling replacing ineffective psych meds with yogurt, a pickle, and two advil.
I also read Cancer Buffet by Mary Hannah Terzino and Soft Opening by Elle Nash, but I was tired and don’t remember them.
(some) articles
Who Was Barbie? (A Symposium), n+1 magazine - this cemented to me that I truly, truly do not care about Barbie or the Barbie movie and if I have to hear anything about it ever again I'm smashing a bowl on purpose
A bunch of Hera Lindsay Bird’s advice column, which is delightful.
Let’s talk about Goodreads, Nicole Brinkley. There are many days I am glad I do not want to pursue a career as solely an author of novels. Godspeed to the authors out there you're braver than I will ever be.
Saving a Life, Patricia Lockwood - my god I have got to read a Patricia Lockwood book, and also my god getting grievously ill on vacation is one of my greatest fears so this one made me a little bit crazy.
The Secret Life: On the poet Molly Brodak, Patricia Lockwood - again, my god, I need to read a Patricia Lockwood book.
A Final Checklist Before You Print up Your Play, Rick Roberts - this reminded me so much of Joshua McGuire’s Rules For Writing Libretto, which I think of a lot.
“I think the word is dignity” — Rachel Corrie’s Letters from Gaza — I don’t know what to say. Read these if you can. They’re striking.
The Sexual Status of Aeschylus’ Cassandra, Paula Debnar - I can put an academic paper here you're not the boss of me. why I opened this one I don't remember but I was fervently texting friends in the middle of a certainly unrelated class about it because I've never been normal about Kassandra and Klytemnestra and I'm not going to start now.
tv/movies
Rewatching Severance, slowly.
Rewatching Sort Of, less slowly - this is probably niche to non-Canadian readers but it is a very good show.
Watched The Prince, which was a long time coming, and then wrote a paper about it. Bless.
tbr/nightstand
in the midst of Salvage the Bones, which is of course very good
Helen of Troy: from Homer to Hollywood
I'm gonna be rereading like every play off my Shakespeare class syllabus for the final which I wish I was more excited about
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what are some fics in ur tbr that ur most excited to read? 😊 and what are some fics that u have read that u loved? (Sorry for all the questions, but do u also have any books recs?) 🧡
OH OH!!! anon, there are soo many, almost too many to list, but i'd love to include a few of em for you here!
no garden can bloom without the sun by teddybeartoji is def a first !! ive had this title stuck in the back of my mind for like ever cause it's just too pretty, but also mickey's bf!satoru is just too cute and ive been meaning to read something longer for him!
if art can be touched, will you let me hold you? by seiwas !!! OURGH, i have been eyeing this fic for the longest time, i gen cant wait to get to it. i havent read anything for nanami in so long which is particularly why im so excited to get to it when i can :D
honeymoons by kissxcore is another ive been meaning to get to for these exact reasons!! i remember reading the first lines of this one and being sooo angry because i was in the middle of a lecture and knew i wouldnt be able to get to it till much later 😭
the choiceless grief that drove him underground by dollsuguru !! an angstier/darker(?) one that i know is just going to drive me crazy when i read it. anything involving suguru and grief immediately has my attention
my blessing; my love. by toomanyonions on ao3!! pretend relationship with itafushi?!?!?! SIGN ME UPPPP!!!!! im gen so excited to get to this one i havent read anything for itafushi in so long! (also this username is cool as hell)
AND MY GOD THERES SO MANY MOREEE i couldnt possibly list them all,,so much good writing out there i can't wait to get my hands on.
for book recs, i'm still a pretty new reader ig so i probs don't have many that you've never heard of. but! a book i do often think back to is wilder girls by rory power. it has some mixed reviews, but im very fond of it. the portrait of dorian gray is also something i've read recently that actually might have changed my life. i was very intimidated by it which is why it took me so long to read but i had a wonderful time with it!
(another would be the troop by nick cutter, which i gen haven't stopped thinking about since i read it. it is however pretty heavy in its content, so beware of that!)
as for fics that i've read and loved, this is going to sound super corny, but i think i've loved every single fic i've ever read...i've been reading them for such a long time and they all have such a special place in my heart. thinking back to the very first fic i read, every single one since then has become a part of me and has made me feel and love. reader inserts specifically are such a cool part of the world to me <3
so making a list would be super hard, but off the top of my head, i did recently reread the colour yellow by rhydonium on ao3 and cried like a baby
ANYWHOOOO i hope you can enjoy any of these!!!! they're all wonderful <3
#THIS GOT SOOO LONG I APOLOGIZE#thank u for the wonderful ask tho my love <33#it was fun thinking these up! made me revisit some stuff :)#moss answers
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I can't remember how long I've had tumblr but many moons ago before the job I have now I worked at a bank. I became really good friends with one of the tellers I worked with but after about a year of working together she moved away because her (POS) husband got out of the military and they wanted to get back closer to family. We lost touch for many years but for the last year or two we've been friends on Snapchat and have talked/caught up some. Anyways she and her sister were in KC for a live podcast show this weekend and I got to see her today!! We went out for breakfast and it was so nice to see her and catch up. We figured up that it's been 9 years! So crazy. Her (POS) husband has been in prison for like 6 of those and she is a completely different person than the one I knew back then. In a good way! She looks happy and healthy and has her own place with their son and a good job and I'm just so so happy for her and so freaking glad we could meet up! I hope it's not another 9 years before I see her again. She's only 3ish hours away so maybe next time I can go to her neck of the woods.
After breakfast I ran some errands, bought 3 new books at Barnes and Noble 😅 I have a TBR list a mile long and could def use Libby or Kindle Unlimited to not pay butttt sometimes you just want an actual book in your hand. I'm going to start Wrong Place Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister today! It'll be my 6th book this month.
Also have a nail appointment here in a bit. I switched to dip from gel last time and man it lasts so much longer! I was having to get gel redone every 2 weeks and I've had this on for 3 and don't have a single chip. They're just starting to look too grown out.
That's it for my random Saturday brain dump lol have a great weekend, friends!
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November started out bookish, because my Dad came to visit for a few days, which meant a bookstore visit, a poetry reading, and a bookish movie. It then got mundane and kind of time-dilated. If feels like October was three months ago at least and that all the books took ages to get through, which is absolutely not the case. I didn't write much, just kind of lazed around. Maybe that's it?
It was a good reading month, though! Apart from one DNF that was just not for me, I didn't read a single dud and Libby kept on coming through with anticipated reads. I not long have anything actively on hold there, and few things on hold physically at the library right now either, which hopefully means I'll be able to tackle The ARC Pile again next month and burn through a handful of those before the new year. Wish me luck?
I am well and truly going to lose most of my reading challenges this year. There's no way I'm going to hit 140 books, no way I'm going to read the remaining books on my personal "read these 50 books" challenges, and I might have hit 10 Canadian authors but I'm certainly not going to hit the stretch goal of 20. I'm mostly okay with this. Really. At least I finally passed my goal of 40,000 pages. Huzzah!
Also, as you can tell by that stack of six books, I do not have a book acquisition problem. You have a book acquisition problem! Only two of those were purchases though—I've been meaning to read The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz and The Mighty Dead comes recommended. The rest of them were out of damaged shipments at work. If the publisher doesn't want them back and we don't have the space to store them, what am I meant to do? Throw them away? Salt Fat Acid Heat is totally writing research, of course.
Somehow, I suspect I'm not going to hit my goal of reading more books off my TBR shelves than I add to them this year either.
And now without further ado, in order of enjoyment…
The Water Outlaws - S.L. Huang
When Lin Chong is convicted of a crime she didn’t commit, she finds herself allied with infamous outlaws.
8/10
🏳️🌈 secondary characters (lesbian, genderfluid), mute secondary character, 🏳️🌈 author
warning: death, violence, torture, blood
The Night Watch - Sarah Waters
Four Londoners after and during the War, and the melancholiness of life and love.
8.5/10
🏳️🌈 main characters (lesbian, bi woman), 🏳️🌈 secondary characters (lesbian, queer)
warning: self-harm, abortion, blood, war, suicide
Lay Them to Rest - Laurah Norton
A portrait of people solving Doe cases and their methods.
8/10
warning: missing and murdered people, human remains
Ogres - Adrian Tchaikovsky
The world is a cruel place full of powerful ogres, and you are a peasant with a grudge.
7.5/10
warning: violence, murder, classism, oppression
Turning Darkness into Light - Marie Brennan
Audrey Camherst gets the chance to translate lost Draconean texts but grows suspicious of her new employer.
7.5/10
Black British-coded main character
warning: xenophobia
The Circumference of the World - Lavie Tidhar
A pulp sci-fi novel that doesn’t exist, the real lives it affects, and the secrets of the universe.
7.5/10
albino Vanuatan main character, faceblind main character, half-Guyanese Jewish secondary character
warning: sexist, racist, and homophobic characters
Sleep No More - Seanan McGuire
October is a changeling born to serve her family, and happy in her role. Unfortunately there are people who remember her very differently.
7/10
🏳️🌈 secondary characters (bi men), 🏳️🌈 author
warning: villains really like their ideas about blood purity
The Innocent Sleep - Seanan McGuire
Tybalt’s wife has been caught in Faerie’s grandest illusion and he just wants to bring her home.
7/10
🏳️🌈 main character (bi man), 🏳️🌈 secondary characters (poly, sapphic, bi man), 🏳️🌈 author
warning: eugenics
DNF
Moorewood Family Rules - HelenKay Dimon
Jillian is out of prison and determined to make her con artist family go straight, no matter what.
Currently reading:
A Power Unbound - Freya Marske
Jack, Alan, and their friends must find a hidden artifact and foil a plot. Jack and Alan do not get along.
🏳️🌈 main characters (gay, bi), main character with injured leg and chronic pain, 🏳️🌈 secondary characters (gay, bi woman, lesbian), 🏳️🌈 author
Music from the Earliest Notations to the Sixteenth Century - Richard Taruskin
A history of early written European music, in its social and political contexts.
The Penguin Complete Sherlock Holmes - Arthur Conan Doyle
Victorian detective stories
major disabled character
warning: colonialism, racism
Stats
Monthly total: 8
Yearly total: 117/140
Queer books: 4
Authors of colour: 1
Books by women: 5
Authors outside the binary: 1
Canadian authors: 0
Off the TBR shelves: 1
Books hauled: 6
ARCs acquired: 2
ARCs unhauled: 2
DNFs: 1
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#booklr#bookblr#reading wrap-ups#stacks of books#book recommendations#rec lists#book reviews#my photos#read in 2023
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Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
I've had this book on my tbr since forever. It's not the first book I read by this author, a few years ago I had read Eaters Of The Dead, which I loved. Even though I have seen the Jurassic Park movies mutiple times it's been so long I didn't really remember much, which made the reading experience even better. I must say I really like Crichton's writing, but I have mixed feelings towards this book.
It's very unlikely that you don't know the plot of this story, but here it is anyway. Thanks to the developments of genetics and science a rich old man founds this project for a future amusement park, in which the main attraction will be actual real life dinosaurs. The Jurassic Park is set on an island, fully dedicated to this projects, that several characters will end up visiting before its opening. This is very reductive, but it's the base line for what then happens. I have two main things I didn't love, firstly the fact that so many characters in this book read as incredibly stupid? I will add a few lines in the spoilery part under the cut, but there's a few scenes that left me speachless. It makes sense for Hammond to be ignorant and annoying, because at the end of the day he represents the rich man who does not care at all about the consiquences of his actions let alone the advices people give him. He has a project, he wants to make money out of it, and doesn't care about the rest. It's frustrating to read but it makes sense. Other things that happen do make sense because if it wasn't for them there would be no book, but one in particular felt a bit forced? (as I said look at the spoilery part if you want more context). So, overall I liked few characters, but that's alright the plot was very entertaining and it did its job as a book. The other thing I don't know how I feel about is the ending of the book. For some reason it felt a bit rushed? I don't know why honestly, but I found it very sudden and it was done in very few pages. maybe it wouldn't have made sense in other ways but it left me a bit confused. Aside from these two elements as I said I really liked my reading experience with this book. I wasn't expecting the theme of "this has only been done for financial gain" to be so prominent, but I very much appreaciated it. It's an overall entertaining novel, and the writing flows very well. I feel like it's a great book to escape without needing too much energy. I am not sure yet whether I will read the sequel, but I'll see in the future.
I read this book for the minimalist cover prompt of the jumbo reading challenge
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The main thing I thought was stupid is that the incredibly intelliget scientist who literally makes irl dinosaurs possible doesn't know that some animals can reproduce non-sexually or find a way to against all odds. I will say I for some reason was more thinking of asexual reproduction, but it definitely makes more sense that some of these dinosaurs changed sex like some frogs and fishes do (also trans raptors yaay, I loved them). But in general it felt a bit absurd that a scientist such as him didn't even remotly know about this. Okay, you might haven't considered when you were creating these dinosaurs, but when someone hints about it you should realize what is really going on right away. At least this is how I felt about it.
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I started this book back in November last year but with one thing and another didn't finish it until the second week of January.
It's actually been sitting on my shelf since since some time in the early 2010s when I was reading more nonfiction than fiction. But it's page count is in the 600s and while I'm very interested in the Romantic era, I'm mostly drawn to Mary and Percy Shelley. So this biography has been intimidating me for so long and it feels so good to actually get it off my TBR
It's very thorough and a really great introduction to Lord Byron and his most famous works. I really enjoyed reading it, getting a better understanding of why the mad, bad and dangerous to know poet is so remembered today. I think Fiona MacCarthy does a really admirable job of celebrating Byron's achievements and explaining his impact on literature without shying away from the less than admirable things he did. She creates a very complex portrait of the poet, balancing his often contradictory nature, and making him feel very human despite his legendary status.
I also really liked the final few chapters where she delved into what happened after Byron died. Not just in how his friends reacted and the steps they took, but also in how his poems and his death impacted so many other writers, composers, and artists.
#booklr#byron life and legend#fiona maccarthy#non fiction#lord byron#the romantics#poetry#brigid speaks#read in 2024#book update
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Dani's Book-Tracking Post!
I thought I'd try something for myself, tracking some reading goals. This is mostly for me but I'll explain myself in case anybody's interested. (Original Posting Date: 10.4.2023)
I started tracking all my reading in its totality in 2015, which was also the year I graduated from college and got the job I still have today. Before that, obviously I read plenty of books, but I never kept lists or tracked specifically which ones I read and when. I'm a bit obsessed with keeping my life organized, and the idea of tracking books I'd read before 2015, but knowing I'd never possibly remember all of them, really bothered me.
So, everything is accurate from 2015 to the present day, and everything before that isn't tracked anywhere official (I use Goodreads and Storygraph, which should mirror each other exactly, and also have a personal spreadsheet).
As a consequence of that, I have a lot of books in my house that I read in college or prior, stretching all the way back to middle-grade texts, that I know I definitely did read, but don't have tracked anywhere.
With that context in mind, I have four over-arching reading-related goals in my life, and I want to track how I do on those goals in 2024!
Goal 1: Read all the books that I own and have never read. This one's the most straight-forward - read my TBR, books I've purchased and need to get to! The list isn't that big, I've pared down during the pandemic and basically "caught up" with all the books in my house, but then I keep buying more, because buying books is fun...
Goal 2: Continue various series/authors' bodies of work. This is for situations where I'm midway through a series, or have found an author I really love and want to read more of their stuff. I will either buy or get from the library some of these books throughout the year.
Goal 3: Read books for my four book clubs!
High school friends book club
College friends book club
Internet friends book club
Podcast perk book club
Whenever one of my book clubs picks out our next read, that book jumps towards the front of the list! Sometimes I try and suggest a book from Goals 1, 2, or 4 that I already planned to read, and see if one of my book clubs is interested in it too. Or, if one book club picks something, I'll see if another book club also wants to read it, thus doubling up!
Goal 4: Re-read the books that I own but read prior to 2015. This is what I was mentioning at the top of the explanation. In this category are books that I've held onto for a long time, that I collected during my college years, high school years, and, in many cases, even before that. These books range from texts I read in undergrad in the classroom, to middle-grade books I remember loving back in middle school and have held onto.
I started working through these a few years back, so I'm actually down to less than 50 books left. That journey has had me re-reading YA fantasy series like Inkheart, and children's classics like Stuart Little and Holes and The Giver, and re-reading some literary classics that I first read in a classroom setting, such as Fahrenheit 451 and The Scarlet Letter. It's been a joy, and I'm excited to keep on with my re-reads.
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So! Now's the part where I make lists! This is everything on the TBR. Note that the total is at this exact moment 68 books adding up categories 1 & 4 (all the books literally in my house already for me to read). I usually read 75ish books a year! But, important to note, I do not expect that I will read all of these books by this time next year. This is because categories 2 & 3 will end up taking up a lot of those 75ish-books-a-year slots. Book club books take precedent over making my way through my own individual TBR, and then continuing series, new releases, random book recommendations from friends, getting books as gifts... all of these will reliably happen and expand the reading number.
I do have two hopes for the rest of this year and then on to 2024... one, that my Goal 1 list will get a little smaller - I would love to not own more than 15 or so books at any given time that are new and that I haven't read yet. I feel like when I let it creep up over 20 books, I get a little overwhelmed with the TBR. Plus, that means I get to buy a few books at regular intervals throughout the year, instead of carting home a bunch of new stuff at once, and then waiting a really long time to work the pile back down to reasonable levels.
The other hope is that Goal 4 will shrink from its current height of 45 to 30 TOTAL by end of 2024. Goal 4 books are often de-prioritized behind everything else, so paring it down is a slower process.
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GOAL 1 BOOKS: OWNED & NOT READ (15 - 10.31.23)
pre-ordered but arriving soon
part of series - not caught up/more to purchase&read
The Penelopiad - Margaret Atwood
I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are - Rachel Bloom
Red Rising - Pierce Brown
The Mighty Nein Origins: Fjord Stone
The Mighty Nein Origins: Mollymauk Tealeaf
The Mighty Nein Origins: Nott the Brave
The Dispossessed - Ursula K. Le Guin
Promise of Blood - Brian McClellan
Words of Radiance - Brandon Sanderson
Edgedancer - Brandon Sanderson
Dawnshard - Brandon Sanderson
Yumi and the Nightmare Painter - Brandon Sanderson
The Sunlit Man - Brandon Sanderson
White Sand Omnibus - Brandon Sanderson
The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England - Brandon Sanderson
The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art - Rebecca Sykes
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents - Terry Pratchett
System Collapse - Martha Wells
Glassheart - Kate Alice Marshall
Gideon the Ninth - Tamsyn Muir
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow - Gabrielle Zevin
Tales from Earthsea - Ursula K. Le Guin
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GOAL 2 BOOKS: CONTINUING SERIES/AUTHORS
Series started and not caught up to current/finished:
Discworld series
Brandon Sanderson Novels (Cosmere & Others, especially Stormlight catch-up)
Red Rising series
Powder Mage series
The Locked Tomb series
Earthsea novels (1 to go!)
The Poppy War
The Machineries of Empire (Ninefox Gambit)
Dresden Files
Chronicles of the Avatar - F.C. Yee (Kyoshi and Yangchen)
General other authors/series to read more of/buy upcoming releases:
NK Jemisin
Diana Gabaldon
Brandon Sanderson
Edward Rutherfurd
Kate Alice Marshall
Philippa Gregory
Kazuo Ishiguro
Hilary Mantel
Ursula K. Le Guin
Critical Role content
Adventure Zone graphic novels
ATLA/LOK comics
The Old Guard comics
Noumena series - Lindsay Ellis
Muderbot Diaries
Nampeshiweisit - Moniquill Blackgoose
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GOAL 3 BOOKS: BOOK CLUBS! (3 - 10.31.23)
The Route of Ice and Salt - José Luis Zárate
The Idiot - Elif Batuman
The Empress of Salt and Fortune - Nghi Vo
When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain - Nghi Vo
Babel - R.F. Kuang
Big Swiss - Jen Beagin
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GOAL 4 BOOKS: RE-READ OLD BOOKS (44- 10.31.23)
Peter and the Starcatchers
Peter and the Shadow Thieves
Peter and the Secret of Rundoon
In Cold Blood
The School Story
The Wish List
Walk Two Moons
Bud, Not Buddy
The BFG
Crime and Punishment
Adam Bede
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Copenahagen
The Princess Bride
The Blithedale Romance
Olive's Ocean
Our Only May Amelia
The Odyssey
The Valley of Secrets
Faith and the Electric Dogs
Cages
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Magician's Nephew
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
The Horse and His Boy
Prince Caspian
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The Silver Chair
The Last Battle
Gathering Blue
The Host
Beloved - Toni Morrison
Mama Day - Gloria Naylor
The Accursed - Joyce Carol Oates
Ivanhoe - Walter Scott
The Cricket in Times Square
The Grapes of Wrath
The Hobbit
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Flipped
Slaughterhouse-Five
Charlotte's Web
The People in the Trees
I'll try and report back occasionally on how I'm doing getting through the 1st and 4th categories especially!
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