Books 2014 - A bit of fanfic...

[byslantedlight]

Just to keep things honest, I must admit that I seem to have slipped out of Readers Imbibing Peril mode, and I've been reading Pros over the last week. Maybe I just needed something to cuddle down with whilst I was getting used to my new place! I've read some of the Big Bang stories, and then I cuddled up with some novel(ish)-length lads.

(Ooh! The sun's just set! 4.38pm, and the sun's just set! That doesn't seem right, no matter how much I like curling up in the dark with a good read... of course I get used to it, and then can't imagine going back the other way when the time comes... *g*)

November by Sebastian
I like this one, and it's coming up for the right month too! It's a first time story, set in the difficult cold months when Doyle is recovering from Discovered in a Graveyard. About 22,000 words.

The Yellow Brick Road by Kate MacLean
Another classic Pros story, 61,000+ words, from Doyle's point of view, and starting right at the beginning - well with Private Madness Public Danger anyway, which was the first Pros episode aired, all those years ago. We follow the lads along as Doyle tries to get to know Bodie, through years of ups and downs, until... well, I'm not going to tell you if you don't know, am I? *g* Well worth getting hold of though, if you've not already read it - MacLean is an excellent Pros writer, one of my favourites.

Who Caught and Sang the Sun by Slantedlight
Okay, which is a bit weird, I read one of my own stories. But I thought I'd better remind myself of their universe if I was going to try and carry on one of the sequels to this story, or think about the third one for NaNoWriMo (though actually I'm thinking about something else now...) Anyway - I didn't find it entirely bad, so that was okay. Phew. *g* 63,000+ words. And I do rather like the older lads that I imagine myself (well of course, or I wouldn't imagine them!) so it was quite nice to be in their world for a bit.

Actually, whilst I'm here (silly question, but...) has anyone else been reading Prosfic lately? What've you been reading...? *g*

Comments

[snailbones.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the recs! I read Who Caught And Sang just before the BB kicked off, and I really enjoyed reading your older lads again.

And now I'm happily reading the BB stories every minute I get. Yay! It's like falling in love with the lads all over again *g*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

For the last couple of years my kindle seems to have given new life to my Pros reading and I read Pros all the time. Before this year's Big Bang started I was reading a lot of your stories (as I mentioned before) and Who Caught and Sang the Sun was one of them. (Halfway through yet another read of Love in the Guise.) Have just finished Merentha's BB story and really enjoyed it and must comment but as so often I'm going to be comment 13 so I'm holding back and waiting for another hapless victim to make me 14....

[potztausend.livejournal.com]

I am sure I read all three of them (all are authors I like to read), but it must be two or three years ago.

At present I don't read much Pros, I Spy or Sherlock (fandoms with very intense written stories), but I am reading "Lewis". On average it is softer, warmer, rarely dark. I probably need that now although I don't know why ;-)

[gilda-elise.livejournal.com]

I haven't been reading much Pros, except for those stories recently posted. Haven't been reading too much fanfic at all, to tell the truth. I've had all sorts of things taking up my time, but, hopefully, I'll get back to it soon. I did read the Bruce/Dick mini-zine, King a& Lionheart. The stories were all very short, but there were a couple of real gems.

[miwahni.livejournal.com]

I remember reading Yellow Brick Road, and wanting to just knock the lads' heads together out of frustration, and to wake them up. How could they both be so obtuse?! Loved the story though.
November was fab, Sebastian was one of the first Pros authors I found and I still do adore her stuff. And Who Caught and Sang the Sun was the very first fic I managed to load onto my kindle, in pdf format and the formatting went skew-whiff, but I battled on because it was so engrossing. Love the older lads!
I've not read any Pros for a little while, although I have a heap of stuff bookmarked. Still reading my way through Melissa Scott's work, and like you also awaiting DatDC (although my copy has a *bit* further to go!). My fic reading is limited to about half an hour at night, and then it's mainly Sherlock.

November

[(Anonymous)]

Have just started to read "November" and I'm absolutely loving it. Have also been regularly prowling the aisles at Archive too, only skipped a couple of stories that I either felt were too far removed from whom boys are, or didn't grab me within the first five minutes of reading. Different strokes for different folks and all that. "Who caught and Sang the Sun" will always remain one of my all time favourites and I was pleasantly surprised at just how much I enjoyed reading about our older lads. They hadn't 'lost' any of their chemistry at all = yay!! I'm so glad they stayed together and took over the reins from Cowley too. ...Kiashi