books read; fics written

[queenlua]

i have been so miserably sick for nearly two weeks now. woe is me!

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during that time, in varying states of lucidity i have finished reading:

* The Poet Empress by Shen Tao (good)
* Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (terrible)
* Bel-Ami by Guy de Maupassant trans. Douglas Parmée (LMAO???)

if you would like further commentary on any of the above, lmk and i will pontificate accordingly~

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in varying states of lucidity i have also been dashing off fills for the three sentence ficathon. mostly variations-on-the-theme-of-Clair-Obscur-incest because empirically that is What The People Want & i aim to please: un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six.

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HOPE ALL Y'ALL ARE COUGHING A LOT LESS THAN I AM; take care; ta for now~

Comments

[wolffyluna]

The Poet Empress sounds interesting, if you wish to say more?

[blotthis]

seconding!

[blotthis]

seconding! (if you don't want to do all three, you can count me here)

[proustbot]

I am always enchanted by takedowns of Fourth Wing.

[blotthis]

I'VE ALSO HAD AN AWFUL COLD FOR TWO WEEKS!!! maybe you have the flu. I'm sorry. anyway this sucks.

maupassant PLEASE

[cephy]

Gah, two weeks is so long! Hope it loosens its hold on you soon.

[helicoprion]

God, Fourth Wing is so dumb! And like, I could at least understand where the "I seem frail but I'm actually the coolest toughest specialest girl, with my Smarts and my Cunning and my Pain Tolerance, and I befriended that one weird Problem Horse at the stable who everyone said would never trust another rider again, and then I also got a second bonus horse who's small and cute. (The horses are dragons)" power fantasy was coming from so that aspect was kind of endearing in its badness (to me). But boy there's a lot of other badness that doesn't even have that charm going for it. Also, the fact the author is not literally a 13-year-old on Fictionpress

[luckydicekirby]

tor has started sending me emails about the poet empress and it looked intriguing, so thirding that!

really enjoyed your three sentencathon contributions so ty for the roundup. the potential for postcanon maelle/verso is as ever EXTREMELY and delightfully bleak and haunting

(also i hope you are freed from the prison of coughing soon!!)