2025 Reading #9 plus more
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musycFinal update on Mr Holmes! He has been officially adopted! His foster mom fell in love with him basically on sight and she and her partner have given Mr Holmes a forever home. I am so grateful that he found a loving family and a comfortable life for the rest of his years.
Picture book readings:
Home is a Wish - Julia Kuo, author and illustrator
Dealing with a big move to a new home, and the worries that come with that. Cute but not memorable. 5/10
A Cat Like That - Lester L. Laminack, author; Nicole Wong, illustrator
A chubby cat and his wanderings around his town. Illustrations were a bit off for me, but I did like the little map that showed the cat's movements. 5/10
Pavlo Gets the Grumps - Natalia Shaloshvili, author and illustrator
Pavlo is a grumpy kid/kitten that doesn't want to play. Mom and friends help with his big feelings. Okay, but nothing special. 5/10
Midnight Motorbike - Maureen Shay Tajsar, author; Ishita Jain, illustrator
I liked the story and setting of this - Amma and daughter take a motorcycle ride through India at night when it's too hot to sleep - but the illustrations were very muddled. Lovely story, not a joy to look at. 4/10
We Are Lion Dancers - Benson Shum, author and illustrator
Lovely book about children watching lion dancers and learning how to do the dance themselves. 7/10
Scamp - Anden Wilder, author and illustrator
Cute story about a little girl who is almost more cat-like than her cat. 7/10
Another Word for Neighbor - Angela Pham Krans, author; Thai My Phuong, illustrator
Gorgeously written, excellent vocabulary, lovely illustrations. This was a winner of a book, where a new family with two kids moves next to an older man who just wants quiet. They make friends and they make pho! 9/10, would definitely buy.
Safe Crossing - Kari Percival, author and illustrator
This was adorable. Environmental education and citizen outreach, plus a diverse set of characters. There is a touch of a sad moment when the unfortunate realities of salamanders and frogs crossing a road gets explained but it's not huge, and treated with compassion. 9/10, would absolutely buy.
Reading goal #9!
Ben Aaronovitch - Masquerades of Spring
If you had set me down and said this is Aaronovitch's Yuletide fic, I would not have been in the slightest bit surprised. This read like a Folly-based Jeeves and Wooster AU, which is not a criticism! It was a frothy book, very enjoyable and fun. 8/10
DNF: Manda Collins - Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem. Five chapters in and I kept picking something else to read, so back it went!
Currently checked out:
Boyd and Beth Morrison, Lawless Land
Evie Woods, Lost Bookshop
Picture book readings:
Home is a Wish - Julia Kuo, author and illustrator
Dealing with a big move to a new home, and the worries that come with that. Cute but not memorable. 5/10
A Cat Like That - Lester L. Laminack, author; Nicole Wong, illustrator
A chubby cat and his wanderings around his town. Illustrations were a bit off for me, but I did like the little map that showed the cat's movements. 5/10
Pavlo Gets the Grumps - Natalia Shaloshvili, author and illustrator
Pavlo is a grumpy kid/kitten that doesn't want to play. Mom and friends help with his big feelings. Okay, but nothing special. 5/10
Midnight Motorbike - Maureen Shay Tajsar, author; Ishita Jain, illustrator
I liked the story and setting of this - Amma and daughter take a motorcycle ride through India at night when it's too hot to sleep - but the illustrations were very muddled. Lovely story, not a joy to look at. 4/10
We Are Lion Dancers - Benson Shum, author and illustrator
Lovely book about children watching lion dancers and learning how to do the dance themselves. 7/10
Scamp - Anden Wilder, author and illustrator
Cute story about a little girl who is almost more cat-like than her cat. 7/10
Another Word for Neighbor - Angela Pham Krans, author; Thai My Phuong, illustrator
Gorgeously written, excellent vocabulary, lovely illustrations. This was a winner of a book, where a new family with two kids moves next to an older man who just wants quiet. They make friends and they make pho! 9/10, would definitely buy.
Safe Crossing - Kari Percival, author and illustrator
This was adorable. Environmental education and citizen outreach, plus a diverse set of characters. There is a touch of a sad moment when the unfortunate realities of salamanders and frogs crossing a road gets explained but it's not huge, and treated with compassion. 9/10, would absolutely buy.
Reading goal #9!
Ben Aaronovitch - Masquerades of Spring
If you had set me down and said this is Aaronovitch's Yuletide fic, I would not have been in the slightest bit surprised. This read like a Folly-based Jeeves and Wooster AU, which is not a criticism! It was a frothy book, very enjoyable and fun. 8/10
DNF: Manda Collins - Lady's Guide to Mischief and Mayhem. Five chapters in and I kept picking something else to read, so back it went!
Currently checked out:
Boyd and Beth Morrison, Lawless Land
Evie Woods, Lost Bookshop
SnarryBANG! Exchange 2025!
May. 24th, 2025 02:32 pmtitconao3 posting in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
potterfests
Last days to sign up for the SnarryBANG!'s 2025 gift exchange!
Art? Fic? Podfic? Bookbinding? All forms of creativity welcome!
Your mission:
Sign up here before May 25! Give at least three different prompts, PLUS you have the option of putting up your works for a remix/fanwork created from your own Snarry works!
Anonymous matches sent right after! You will know who your giftee is, but not your creator (they are different!). You can get in touch anonymously with your giftee via their askbox or anon guest comment on AO3 if you have questions, to say hi, just to squee... :D
Creation time until July 25 ! Pick at least one prompt to create at least one work (no maximum;-). 2000 words min for fic and podfic. The 2000 words can be split between different works, but a single work is minimum 1000 words.
Posting: You will have until July 25 to post in the unrevealed, anonymous AO3 collection. If you do not have an AO3 account or don't want to post there, you can submit your work to this blog here (no Tumblr account needed).
Gifts revealed (anonymously) on July 31st! Posts will be made here on Tumblr by the mod. De-anon about 2 weeks later.
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HP Het Mini Fest 2025: Prompting Open Till June 6
May. 24th, 2025 07:54 amlee_bella posting in potterfests
Come join
hphet's Mini Fest!Prompting and posting open on both livejournal and dreamwidth
Fest Name: HP Het Mini Fest 2025
Links: Dreamwidth | Livejournal | Rules | Prompting on DW | Prompting on LJ
Type of Challenge: Self-posting prompt fest
Description: A HP fest focusing on heterosexual couples. Transgender characters are allowed. Open to fic, art, podfic, craft and other medium. Prompting is open till June 6.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Between 500 to 1500 words
Art: Equivalent of the above
Timeline:
Prompting: May 24 - June 6
Claiming: June 7
Posting: June 21, until finished
Nomination Clarifications #1
May. 23rd, 2025 08:59 pmjamez posting in epidemficThank you for the nominations so far! We have several clarifications needed for nominated tags. If you are the nominator for any of these tags, please comment on this post or email the mod email with clarifications. Nominations can also be edited from the tagset nomination page if they have not yet been approved. Anon commenting is enabled.
If you notice any tags in the tagsets that are duplicate, wandering outside of their fandom, or missing a specified sick character, please let us know in the comments of this post or via email, thank you!
Please see the nominations post for more details on where and how to nominate tags. Nominations that are not in the proper formats may be cleaned up or rejected.
Illness - Mental Breakdown
Illness - Performance Anxiety
Illness - Sharingan Sickness Which Mimics Lung Cancer
Kink - Feedism
Kink - Vorarephilia
Scenario - Character loses a limb
Scenario - taking care of an injured monster/enemy
Symptom - Burns
Symptom - Going Berserk
Sherlock Holmes (AMT)
"All Media" tags are not accepted for this exchange. Can the nominator please specify a certain Sherlock Holmes fandom or adaptation they would like to nominate?
Spider-Man - All Media Types
"All Media" tags are not accepted for this exchange. Can the nominator please specify a certain Spider-Man fandom or adaptation they would like to nominate?
Relationship tags must specify one or more sick characters. Please adjust your nomination to include one or more sick characters using S! or Sick! before the character name.
If you notice any tags in the tagsets that are duplicate, wandering outside of their fandom, or missing a specified sick character, please let us know in the comments of this post or via email, thank you!
Please see the nominations post for more details on where and how to nominate tags. Nominations that are not in the proper formats may be cleaned up or rejected.
Freeform Nominations
Illness - G force related injuries- For the purposes of this exchange, injuries are not considered illnesses. An injury is a bodily harm resulting from an accident or a specific event, while an illness is a condition that arises from internal causes, such as disease or infection. Illnesses can cause injury (such as a connective tissue disorder causing dislocations), which is in the scope of this exchange. Is there a way to align this tag more with illness or symptoms of illness?
Illness - Mental Breakdown
- As far as we can tell, this isn't an illness in itself. Would a scenario (ie Sick Character Experiences A Mental Breakdown) be more fitting?
Illness - Performance Anxiety
- As far as we can tell, this isn't an illness in itself. Would a scenario (ie Sick Character Experiences Performance Anxiety) or a Symptom be more fitting?
Illness - Sharingan Sickness Which Mimics Lung Cancer
- We aren't accepting fandom-specific illnesses as freeform tags, but they are welcome to be mentioned in optional details. Is there a non-fandom-specific wording for this tag?
Kink - Feedism
- As far as we can tell, this isn't an illness-specific kink (such as sneezing kink or emetophilia). Would this be better as an optional detail?
Kink - Vorarephilia
- As far as we can tell, this isn't an illness-specific kink (such as sneezing kink or emetophilia). Would this be better as an optional detail?
Scenario - Character loses a limb
- For the purposes of this exchange, injuries are not considered illnesses. An injury is a bodily harm resulting from an accident or a specific event, while an illness is a condition that arises from internal causes, such as disease or infection. Illnesses can cause injury (such as a connective tissue disorder causing dislocations), which is in the scope of this exchange. Is there a way to align this tag more with illness or symptoms of illness, such as "Scenario - Character loses a limb due to illness"?
Scenario - taking care of an injured monster/enemy
- For the purposes of this exchange, injuries are not considered illnesses. An injury is a bodily harm resulting from an accident or a specific event, while an illness is a condition that arises from internal causes, such as disease or infection. Illnesses can cause injury (such as a connective tissue disorder causing dislocations), which is in the scope of this exchange. Is there a way to align this tag more with illness or symptoms of illness?
Symptom - Burns
- The mods are unaware of any illness with burns as a symptom, can the nominator please clarify?
Symptom - Going Berserk
- The mods aren't sure what this means as a symptom, can the nominator please clarify?
Relationship Nominations
Sherlock Holmes (AMT)- Sherlock Holmes & John Watson & sick!child (SH)
- Sherlock Holmes & sick!John Watson (SH)
- Sherlock Holmes/sick!John Watson (SH)
- sick!Sherlock Holmes & John Watson (SH)
- sick!Sherlock Holmes/John Watson (SH)
- Solo: sick!Sherlock Holmes (SH)
"All Media" tags are not accepted for this exchange. Can the nominator please specify a certain Sherlock Holmes fandom or adaptation they would like to nominate?
Spider-Man - All Media Types
- Sick!Harry Osbom/Norman Osborn (Spider-Man)
- Sick!Norman Osborn/Harry Osborn (Spider-Man)
- Sick!Norman Osborn/Peter Parker (Spider-Man)
"All Media" tags are not accepted for this exchange. Can the nominator please specify a certain Spider-Man fandom or adaptation they would like to nominate?
Stranger Things (TV 2016)
- Robin Buckley/Chrissy Cunningham (Stranger Things)
Relationship tags must specify one or more sick characters. Please adjust your nomination to include one or more sick characters using S! or Sick! before the character name.
(#050: Stolen.) Tsukihime Fic: I Will Insist (With Pretty Scars Upon My Wrists).
May. 23rd, 2025 09:39 am
Creator Reveals
May. 22nd, 2025 07:59 pmlettersmod posting in unsent_letters_exchangeGift creators for Unsent Letters 2025 have been revealed! Thank you to all participants and pinch hitters, and I hope you enjoyed the exchange. The collection will remain open indefinitely for treating.
The Friday Five for 23 May 2025
May. 22nd, 2025 12:30 pmanais_pf posting in thefridayfiveThese questions were suggested by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
thegreymouser.
1. What was the best gift you received?
2. What was the worst gift you received?
3. What gift did you wish for, but never got?
4. What was the best present you gave?
5. What was the worst present you gave?
Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.
If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!
thegreymouser.1. What was the best gift you received?
2. What was the worst gift you received?
3. What gift did you wish for, but never got?
4. What was the best present you gave?
5. What was the worst present you gave?
Copy and paste to your own journal, then reply to this post with a link to your answers. If your journal is private or friends-only, you can post your full answers in the comments below.
If you'd like to suggest questions for a future Friday Five, then do so on DreamWidth or LiveJournal. Old sets that were used have been deleted, so we encourage you to suggest some more!
Burden 40
May. 20th, 2025 07:24 pmenchanted_jae posting in hp_bunintheovenTitle: Burden 40
Author:enchanted_jae
Character(s)/Pairing: Lorcan/Lily Luna
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Written for:
♦hp_nextgen100 Prompt No. 326- older and wiser
♦hp_bunintheoven May Prompt - pet
Disclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Summary: Lorcan cheers Lily up.
Burden 40
Author:
enchanted_jaeCharacter(s)/Pairing: Lorcan/Lily Luna
Word Count: 100
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Written for:
♦
hp_nextgen100 Prompt No. 326- older and wiser♦
hp_bunintheoven May Prompt - petDisclaimer: Characters are the property of JK Rowling, et al. This drabble was written for fun, not for profit.
Summary: Lorcan cheers Lily up.
Burden 40
HP Drizzle 2025: Claiming Open Till August 10
May. 20th, 2025 07:36 amlee_bella posting in potterfestsFest Name: HP Drizzle 2025
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Pinned Post | Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP weather-based fest. Claiming is open till August 10. Writer claims will be capped at 80. No cap for art or craft.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Art or craft: None
Podfic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Translation: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: May 5
Prompting Closes: May 16
Claiming Opens: May 19
Claiming Closes: August 10
Submissions Due: August 17
Posting Begins: September 1
Links: Tumblr | AO3 | Pinned Post | Rules | Claiming
Type of Challenge: Anonymous prompt fest
Description: A HP weather-based fest. Claiming is open till August 10. Writer claims will be capped at 80. No cap for art or craft.
Ratings Restrictions: All ratings allowed
Length Restrictions:
Fic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Art or craft: None
Podfic: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Translation: Minimum 500 words; no maximum
Timeline:
Prompting Opens: May 5
Prompting Closes: May 16
Claiming Opens: May 19
Claiming Closes: August 10
Submissions Due: August 17
Posting Begins: September 1
V&Universe (Web series) fic: Stealing Diaries and Other Assorted Raccoon Dog Tricks
May. 18th, 2025 10:23 pmNominations are open for the 2025 round!
May. 18th, 2025 09:58 pmjamez posting in epidemficNominations are now open for the 2025 round. Please refresh yourself on the nomination guidelines before nominating. The freeform tagset has rolled over from last year, while the relationships tagset is new for this round. Happy nominating!