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Yuletide 2019 recs!
I got TWO gifts this year!
Seafoam Green, Bright Sessions. Caleb and Adam meet again after they’ve both graduated from college, and they’ve still got the same chemistry. It’s from Caleb’s POV, and it’s sweet and adorable and awkward in all of the best ways that the Caleb/Adam relationship always is, plus some lovely imagery describing Caleb’s ( Read more... ) -
Dear Yuletide Author 2019
Dear Yuletide 2019 Author,
Thank you! I'm already happy and flattered that you would take the time to write a gift for me.
All of my previous posts about Yuletide are public under my Yuletide tag, so you can see what kinds of stories I've received, written, and liked in the past.
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Yuletide 2018 Recs
Yuletide recs!
I received a really wonderful fic this year: smiling, smiling, The Bone Key. Claudia takes the lead in a spooky yet hopeful casefic, and deepens her friendship with Kyle. Full of well-researched history, and with a great representation of Claudia's courage.
Here are some other stories I loved this year!
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Yuletide 2018: Dear Author
Things I Love
Gen. Strong friendship. Found family. Romance. Bechdel-passing. Feminism. Inclusivity of genders and sexualities. Femslash. Smart people getting to show their intelligence; competent people getting to do what they're best at. Stories that replicate the tone and style of the original. Stories about people making discoveries about ( Read more... ) -
Yuletide 2015 recs
It's Yuletide! I have been doing a lot of reading, so here are a bunch of stories that I liked. I'm sure I've missed some, so if you've got recs, please send them my way!
(Disclaimer: a few of these I betaed, but will refrain from saying which ones for the sake of Yuletide anonymity.)
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Dear Yuletide 2015 Author
Dear Yuletide 2015 Author,
Thank you! I'm already happy and flattered that you would take the time to write a gift for me.
All of my previous posts about Yuletide are public under my Yuletide tag, so you can see what kinds of stories I've received, written, and liked in the past.
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Purim Gift Exchange Letter
Dear Purimgifts Writer ( Read more... ) -
Yuletide 2014 Recs, Part 3
I am back at my own place, but continuing in a holiday-induced fit of lethargy. Today I have succeeded in paying bills and answering two work emails. Otherwise, I'm playing silly Facebook games and reading Yuletide. whee! Here are my last bunch of recs:
The Emerald Band, A Study in Emerald. AMAZING. Meticulous worldbuilding, a well-constructed ( Read more... ) -
Yuletide 2014, Recs, Part 2
More Yuletide recs!
Good Cause, Lizzie Bennet Diaries. I'd never envisioned Lydia and Gigi as a couple, but it actually works! The best things about this story, though, are the Lydia-Lizzie relationship, and the author's vision of how Lydia has grown over the last two years.
The Real Thing, Mad Men. Everyone's voices are great here: Stan's blue ( Read more... )