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Misc + Reading Wednesday
Mar. 9th, 2022 08:40 pm+ Life continues to be busy!
+ Continuing to have some nice slow conversations with a couple of fans from the Chinese side of Hetalia fandom. Lu and Kosmi are very chill, but also enthusiastic, and it's just so nice to talk to people who have the same favourite characters as I do, ahh. ;3;
+ Working on this exchange fic is like pulling teeth. I know exactly what I want to happen! Getting it down on paper is really hard! I need to have this draft done in a week so I can send it to the beta! Oh no. (I'll manage.)
+ Fandom Trumps Hate raised over 50K for US charities this year (details here). I'm so glad this event continues to be successful. Kind of bummed that I got outbid on some fanart offers, but oh well. ;p
And since it's Wednesday, some reading-related things:
Just Finished: Woom by Duncan Ralson. It's supposed to be a horror novel, but it isn't scary at all, just kind of gross (lots of body fluids, vomit, etc, and a very odd unbirthing scene). And it's very... like, the entire time I was reading it, I was thinking, "Well, this sure is someone's kink, but not mine". The novel centres around the main character telling various stories of horrible things that have happened in one specific hotel room, leading to him committing one final horrible act in said hotel room. I feel like the bones of the premise could work for me, but the execution did not. At all. Would not recommend.
Currently Reading: The Oslo Conspiracy by Asle Skredderberget. Not as gritty as my usual Scandicrime fare; this one's more of a breezy read. I'm enjoying it quite a bit; will check out this author more later.
Want to read: Henryk Sienkiewicz's With Fire and Sword/Ogniem i mieczem. I recently came across a post discussing the translations into English and the merits of each of them, which reminded me of it. In truth this book has been on my to-read list for ages, but it might be a while before I get around to it. I really want to read it though. And then watch the film (I've thirsted over the costuming in screencaps, at least).
Occasionally I get peeks into, like, "Eastern European Literary Classics Fandom", due to various people I follow being into that sort of thing, and there's something that just interests me about it a lot. Maybe it's because so much of it is stuff I have intended to read for ages, but haven't yet. And as for OiM specifically, some people I follow are into it fannishly in the "creating fanworks" sense, and I'd like to have more context.
Discussion about Gogol came across my dash as well, and of course his works are on the to-read list too. The library doesn't have anything on paper, but maybe I'll see what the electronic options are, even though that isn't my favourite way to Do Books.
+ Continuing to have some nice slow conversations with a couple of fans from the Chinese side of Hetalia fandom. Lu and Kosmi are very chill, but also enthusiastic, and it's just so nice to talk to people who have the same favourite characters as I do, ahh. ;3;
+ Working on this exchange fic is like pulling teeth. I know exactly what I want to happen! Getting it down on paper is really hard! I need to have this draft done in a week so I can send it to the beta! Oh no. (I'll manage.)
+ Fandom Trumps Hate raised over 50K for US charities this year (details here). I'm so glad this event continues to be successful. Kind of bummed that I got outbid on some fanart offers, but oh well. ;p
And since it's Wednesday, some reading-related things:
Just Finished: Woom by Duncan Ralson. It's supposed to be a horror novel, but it isn't scary at all, just kind of gross (lots of body fluids, vomit, etc, and a very odd unbirthing scene). And it's very... like, the entire time I was reading it, I was thinking, "Well, this sure is someone's kink, but not mine". The novel centres around the main character telling various stories of horrible things that have happened in one specific hotel room, leading to him committing one final horrible act in said hotel room. I feel like the bones of the premise could work for me, but the execution did not. At all. Would not recommend.
Currently Reading: The Oslo Conspiracy by Asle Skredderberget. Not as gritty as my usual Scandicrime fare; this one's more of a breezy read. I'm enjoying it quite a bit; will check out this author more later.
Want to read: Henryk Sienkiewicz's With Fire and Sword/Ogniem i mieczem. I recently came across a post discussing the translations into English and the merits of each of them, which reminded me of it. In truth this book has been on my to-read list for ages, but it might be a while before I get around to it. I really want to read it though. And then watch the film (I've thirsted over the costuming in screencaps, at least).
Occasionally I get peeks into, like, "Eastern European Literary Classics Fandom", due to various people I follow being into that sort of thing, and there's something that just interests me about it a lot. Maybe it's because so much of it is stuff I have intended to read for ages, but haven't yet. And as for OiM specifically, some people I follow are into it fannishly in the "creating fanworks" sense, and I'd like to have more context.
Discussion about Gogol came across my dash as well, and of course his works are on the to-read list too. The library doesn't have anything on paper, but maybe I'll see what the electronic options are, even though that isn't my favourite way to Do Books.
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.