Rec as you read!
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ds_ssdiscussionAbout to delve into the Aladdin's cave that is the Due South Seekrit Santa, 2010 edition? Here's a way to make your holiday reading an exciting communal experience. This post lets us track what we're reading and what we like about it. Mini-recs, if you will.
Comment in the following format:
Just finished: [name of story, with link]
Three things I liked about it:
Next I'm going to read: [name of story, with link]
If you'd rather read in batches, repeat the first couple of lines as many times as you like in each comment.
People who submitted stories to DSSS this year are welcome to comment anonymously to avoid compromising their authorial anonymity, but everyone -- writers, readers, lurkers, you! -- is encouraged to play.
On your marks, get set... let's read!
Comment in the following format:
Just finished: [name of story, with link]
Three things I liked about it:
Next I'm going to read: [name of story, with link]
If you'd rather read in batches, repeat the first couple of lines as many times as you like in each comment.
People who submitted stories to DSSS this year are welcome to comment anonymously to avoid compromising their authorial anonymity, but everyone -- writers, readers, lurkers, you! -- is encouraged to play.
On your marks, get set... let's read!
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Part 3 of Insta-Recs!
Date: 2010-12-26 01:56 am (UTC)Three things I liked about it: Epistolary! Nervous about their first time!Fraser, the Vecchios.
Just finished: Charles Dickens Was a Schmuck (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/140125)
Three things I liked about it: RayK reading Dickens, Fraser's distate for Dickens, the zaniness of airport travel.
Just finished: Illinois Run (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/140125)
Three things I liked about it: Captain!Frannie, the cows, A.I. Turnbull
Just finished: Outer Space is a Lovely Place (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/140057)
Three things I liked about it: Fraser's vulnerability, the first kiss, RayK being a weird magnet.
Just finished: Zugunruhe (http://archiveofourown.org/works/140065/chapters/201280)
Three things I liked about it: Turtle!fic, Turtle's Quest, the illustrations. Dudes, it made me cry because I was *so* happy at the end!
Just finished: Two Roads Diverged (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/143421)
Three things I liked about it: pre-RCMP Cadet!Fraser, Mark making the first move, the bittersweetness at the end.
Next I'm going to read: The last five fics, I think? \dSSS!/
Final Batch of Insta-Recs!
Date: 2010-12-26 06:18 am (UTC)Three things I liked about it: The alternating POVs, Thatcher wearing gloves, Fraser and RayK's conversation.
Just finished: Spring Thaw (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/139180)
Three things I liked about it: RayK's quiet self-reflection, the finest cabin this side of the Yukon, the definition of home.
Just finished: The Best Policy (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/139666)
Three things I liked about it: RayK being invited to dinner, Melissa the 'psychic', the morning after.
Just finished: Guard Duty (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/139446)
Three things I liked about it: Fraser as a freak magnet, RayK catching on to what's happening, RayK's two rules.
Just finished: Nice Day for a Sulk (http://archiveofourown.org/collections/dSSS_2010/works/140126)
Three things I liked about it: M/M profic reader!Frannie, Sahara's Savage Son, Beastmaster.