Books Received, November 22 — November 28
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james_davis_nicoll
Eight books new to me. Five fantasy, one horror, two science fiction, of which two are series and six may not be.
Books Received, November 22 — November 28
Poll #33890 Books Received, November 22 — November 28
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 37
Which of these look interesting?
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Kill All Wizards by Jedediah Berry (June 2026)
10 (27.0%)
The Franchise by Thomas Elrod (May 2026)
7 (18.9%)
Carry Me to My Grave by Christopher Golden (July 2026)
2 (5.4%)
Obstetrix by Naomi Kritzer (June 2026)
18 (48.6%)
Inkpot Gods by Seanan McGuire (June 2026)
10 (27.0%)
Cursed Ever After by Andy C. Naranjo (June 2026)
6 (16.2%)
For Human Use by Sarah G. Pierce (February 2026)
2 (5.4%)
The War Beyond by Andrea Stewart (November 2025)
5 (13.5%)
Some other option (see comments)
1 (2.7%)
Cats!
25 (67.6%)
The Day in Spikedluv (Friday, Nov 28)
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:53 amspikedluvI hit Price Chopper and the Bakery while I was downtown. Later I dropped a book off at the library.
I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, did some house cleaning (swept kitchen and dining room, further swiffered and mopped dining room, and also dusted some of the furniture in the dining room (still have two items to clear off and dust), went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, shoveled the sidewalk, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, placed a couple of online orders, including Chewy, scooped kitty litter, and showered.
We had leftover turkey and sides for supper. I love Thanksgiving leftovers. I read fanfic. Dr. Pol was my evening background tv.
Temps started out at 30.9(F) and reached 34.5. The forecast called for 1-3 inches of snow during the day and an additional ‘less than an inch’ overnight, but we ended up getting much more than that. Pip shoveled off the deck after we ate (and made sure there was a path to the basement for the garage cats, lol!), and then he blew out the short walking trail. So we all went for a walk in the dark, which is kind of nice when there’s snow on the ground.
ETA: I forgot to include this pic of our visitors last evening!
Mom Update:
Mom sounded okay when I called her, ( more back here )
I did two loads of laundry, hand-washed dishes, did some house cleaning (swept kitchen and dining room, further swiffered and mopped dining room, and also dusted some of the furniture in the dining room (still have two items to clear off and dust), went for a couple walks with Pip and the dogs, shoveled the sidewalk, cut up chicken for the dogs' meals, placed a couple of online orders, including Chewy, scooped kitty litter, and showered.
We had leftover turkey and sides for supper. I love Thanksgiving leftovers. I read fanfic. Dr. Pol was my evening background tv.
Temps started out at 30.9(F) and reached 34.5. The forecast called for 1-3 inches of snow during the day and an additional ‘less than an inch’ overnight, but we ended up getting much more than that. Pip shoveled off the deck after we ate (and made sure there was a path to the basement for the garage cats, lol!), and then he blew out the short walking trail. So we all went for a walk in the dark, which is kind of nice when there’s snow on the ground.
ETA: I forgot to include this pic of our visitors last evening!
Mom Update:
Mom sounded okay when I called her, ( more back here )
Daily Happiness
Nov. 28th, 2025 09:32 pmtorachan1. I had a nice morning at Disneyland today, but I am definitely glad I have two more days off to rest up! Tomorrow I am not going anywhere further than the farmers market.
2. Chloe!
2. Chloe!
2025 Disneyland Trip #74 (11/28/25)
Nov. 28th, 2025 09:22 pmtorachanDespite having spent all day yesterday at Universal Studios, I was up bright and early this morning to go to Disneyland.
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Me-and-media update
Nov. 29th, 2025 02:25 pmchina_shopPrevious poll review
In the Making friends with chatbots poll, 66.1% of respondents hadn't used AI in the last seven days, as far as they were aware, and 8.9% had used it for work. A quarter of respondents had used it against their will. Once again, I'm left wondering how representative Dreamwidth denizens are. My people!
In ticky-boxes, alpine octopuses practising their yodelling came a distant second to hugs, 41.1% to 67.9%. Thank you for your votes!!
Reading
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Kdramas
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Other TV
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Audio entertainment
Tons of Tech Won't Save Us, which is really good. Argh, everything. /o\ Most of the available episodes of new Aotearoa NZ political podcast Cross Party Lines (in the vein of and inspired by The Rest is Politics), which is really good -- intelligent and informed, of course, and I appreciate that the right-wing representative has zero time for our current government. Writing Excuses. Letters from an American. One episode of Fansplaining. A couple of episodes of The Life Indigenous, and the start of an episode of The Tongue Unbroken: Language Revitalization & Decolonization.
Online life
Constantly running to keep up, partly because I haven't been around as much. | I need to not compare my Yuletide productivity with last year's -- finishing my assignment is enough! Anything else is jam. | The![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
sid_guardian Slo-Mo Guardian Rewatch continues to be wonderful!
Writing/making things
A few bits and pieces inspired by the Slo-Mo Rewatch, a few flashfics. It's time to roll up my sleeves and dig into my Yuletide fic: so far I have 360 words and a scene list. I'm in a reasonably good writing headspace, so I expect it to be funif I can keep from second-guessing my prose. *knock on wood*
Life/health/mental state things
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Link dump
Ryan Coogler gives a speech at Chadwick Boseman's posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony (viaminoanmiss) | ![[tumblr.com profile]](https://www.tumblr.com/favicon.ico)
dyk-tv-theme-song | wordhippo.com is my current thesaurus of choice | The Old College Try (Feel Good (TV) fanvid) by ![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p2.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
periru3 | Japanese heavy metal (who linked to this? the video is amazing) | From Now on I’m Taking All of My Storytelling Lessons From This Wild Epic About Love, Loyalty, and Necromancy by Kali Wallace (via starandrea) | !!!!! Did you know you can search across all sign-ups for events on AO3? !!!! :D
Good things
Meerkats and kangas and lemurs, oh my! Sunshine. TV. Dumplings. Biking. Yuletide and Guardian. Dreamwidth. Haircuts (I had 8 months' worth cut off, and when I stood up, there was a MOUNTAIN of clippings on the floor). Coloured pencils. Podcasts. Libraries.
In the Making friends with chatbots poll, 66.1% of respondents hadn't used AI in the last seven days, as far as they were aware, and 8.9% had used it for work. A quarter of respondents had used it against their will. Once again, I'm left wondering how representative Dreamwidth denizens are. My people!
In ticky-boxes, alpine octopuses practising their yodelling came a distant second to hugs, 41.1% to 67.9%. Thank you for your votes!!
Reading
( Read more... )
Kdramas
( Read more... )
Other TV
( Read more... )
Audio entertainment
Tons of Tech Won't Save Us, which is really good. Argh, everything. /o\ Most of the available episodes of new Aotearoa NZ political podcast Cross Party Lines (in the vein of and inspired by The Rest is Politics), which is really good -- intelligent and informed, of course, and I appreciate that the right-wing representative has zero time for our current government. Writing Excuses. Letters from an American. One episode of Fansplaining. A couple of episodes of The Life Indigenous, and the start of an episode of The Tongue Unbroken: Language Revitalization & Decolonization.
Online life
Constantly running to keep up, partly because I haven't been around as much. | I need to not compare my Yuletide productivity with last year's -- finishing my assignment is enough! Anything else is jam. | The
sid_guardian Slo-Mo Guardian Rewatch continues to be wonderful! Writing/making things
A few bits and pieces inspired by the Slo-Mo Rewatch, a few flashfics. It's time to roll up my sleeves and dig into my Yuletide fic: so far I have 360 words and a scene list. I'm in a reasonably good writing headspace, so I expect it to be fun
Life/health/mental state things
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Link dump
Ryan Coogler gives a speech at Chadwick Boseman's posthumous Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony (via
minoanmiss) | starandrea) | !!!!! Did you know you can search across all sign-ups for events on AO3? !!!! :DGood things
Meerkats and kangas and lemurs, oh my! Sunshine. TV. Dumplings. Biking. Yuletide and Guardian. Dreamwidth. Haircuts (I had 8 months' worth cut off, and when I stood up, there was a MOUNTAIN of clippings on the floor). Coloured pencils. Podcasts. Libraries.
Poll #33888 Subscriptions
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32
Have you cancelled any subscriptions for political reasons, lately?
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yes
10 (31.2%)
no, but I'm going to
0 (0.0%)
no, but I'm thinking about it
3 (9.4%)
no (too hard, don't have any, or other no)
16 (50.0%)
other
1 (3.1%)
grar at everything
12 (37.5%)
ticky-box full of hard copy media
13 (40.6%)
ticky-box full of instant gratification takes too long (Carrie Fisher)
11 (34.4%)
ticky-box full of lemurs locked together like lego pieces
9 (28.1%)
ticky-box full of the dishes are done!
7 (21.9%)
ticky-box full of fairies "helpfully" filling all your cups and mugs with snowdew and honeyflakes
11 (34.4%)
ticky-box full of hugs
19 (59.4%)
Weekend to-do list
Nov. 29th, 2025 10:45 amchina_shop- Slo-Mo Rewatch post
- Yuletide assignment draft
- media update post (or, as I generally refer to it in my notebook: MUp) ✅
- attack email inbox/tabs
- First Aid flashfic (started)
- draw something *struggles with the urge to disclaim this to the horizon and back*
Already achieved: dishes;
fandomtrees signup submitted, tweaked, and re-tweaked (I'm not going to touch it again!) (NINE fandoms, whaaaat?).Also, I took almost no zoo photos the other day (and none of the meerkats), but I did snap these.
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Recent fanworks
Nov. 29th, 2025 08:37 amchina_shopWow, I haven't linked my fanworks here in over a month - and I have been writing.
Guardian
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
Guardian
- Additions to the episode 4 interrogation of Shen Wei
- The Mouse and the Dragon, 1,559 words, G-rated, ep 4 missing scene, Guo Changcheng interrogates Shen Wei
- Going Fishing - 1,180 words, G-rated, ep 4 missing scene, Da Qing interrogates Shen Wei
- Analysis and Verification - 838 words, G-rated, ep 4 missing scene, Lin Jing and Wang Zheng stealth-interrogate Shen Wei
- Other things
- Bed of Purrs - Shen Wei/Zhao Yunlan & Da Qing, 2,565 words, T-rated, set in YOHE (Da Qing-centric)
- Reasons - 100 words, G-rated, ep 5 missing scene, Shen Wei POV on moving house
- not close enough - 300 words, G-rated, episode 6, Shen Wei timeloop feels
- Da Qing Works - fanart of Da Qing, riffing off the DreamWorks logo, G-rated
- Retreat - 734 words, G-rated, Da Qing, Wang Zheng, Sang Zan, random fluff with tiny crossover
Bon Appétit, Your Majesty
- Inventions, Invective, and Potential - 2,527 words, G-rated gen, Jang Chun-Saeng (medieval Korean inventor dude), spackle for the ending
multifandom icons.
Nov. 28th, 2025 06:57 pmwickedgame posting in fandom_iconsFandoms: 9-1-1: Lone Star, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Daredevil: Born Again, Doctor Who, Grosse Pointe Garden Society, Made in Heaven, Outlander, Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Romil & Jugal, Stay By My Side, The White Lotus, Triage, Wednesday
rest HERE @mundodefieras
rest HERE @
mundodefieras Et je talonnerai mes rêves by Aurélie Chateaux-Martin
Nov. 28th, 2025 05:36 pmprofiterole_readsEt je talonnerai mes rêves by Aurélie Chateaux-Martin was excellent. It's a standalone in the same world as other novels I haven't read. Dorian and Loïc, rugby players, become sex friends. One day, Loïc has an accident and wakes up without one of his legs.
While the cover art shows Loïc playing wheelchair rugby, note that the accident only happens in the middle of the book and the wheelchair rugby only takes place in the last few chapters. The first half of the story focuses on valid rugby, with Covid regulations in the background.
This is bi4pan m/m, which starts with no romance between the two. They separate when they have the occasional girlfriend or boyfriend, so they're not aro, but I think readers on the aro spectrum will vibe with this aspect. The accident changes them and they start falling in love. There's a secondary nb/nb relationship and a minor lesbian character.
While the cover art shows Loïc playing wheelchair rugby, note that the accident only happens in the middle of the book and the wheelchair rugby only takes place in the last few chapters. The first half of the story focuses on valid rugby, with Covid regulations in the background.
This is bi4pan m/m, which starts with no romance between the two. They separate when they have the occasional girlfriend or boyfriend, so they're not aro, but I think readers on the aro spectrum will vibe with this aspect. The accident changes them and they start falling in love. There's a secondary nb/nb relationship and a minor lesbian character.
GYWO & YEM Writers Share: What Are You Working On?
Nov. 28th, 2025 10:13 amtheemdash posting in getyourwordsoutIf you're running around GYWO—whether you're a 2026 writer or just joining us for the Year-End Marathon—you've got a work in progress and we want to know about it. Comment to tell us a little about what you're working on (obviously only what you're comfortable sharing—please note this post is public), and read other comments to find out what everyone else is working on, too. If you find an idea you love, let that writer know you're excited about their work!
What Are You Working On?
Answer the questions below and/or include a few other fun or unique things about your WIP that you want to share.
One last reminder that this post is public to allow our YEM-only writers to participate, too, so make sure you only share what you feel comfortable sharing publicly.
What Are You Working On?
Answer the questions below and/or include a few other fun or unique things about your WIP that you want to share.
- Fandom or original work?
- Working or file title?
- What's your pitch, your vibes, or a major component or trope driving your story?
- What are you looking forward to the most (a specific scene/moment, writing a twist, being DONE)?
One last reminder that this post is public to allow our YEM-only writers to participate, too, so make sure you only share what you feel comfortable sharing publicly.
James and the Commute Home
Nov. 28th, 2025 09:19 amjames_davis_nicollWell, that was more close brushes with performing CPR than I consider ideal for a commute...
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