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Original fiction reading of the month included Christie's Evil Under the Sun, which is one I thought I'd read when I was young, but had no record of. Reading it now didn't especially answer the question, since I've definitely seen the David Suchet episode (also a long time ago). As I was reading, I vaguely remembered whodunnit, but not how. Regardless, it wasn't one of my all-time favorites of hers, but I enjoyed it and am glad I can now officially check it off my list.

And here are some of the fics I enjoyed in April:( MDZS and Word of Honor )

This quarter got off to a little bit of a slow start, I thought. January and February didn't have a lot that wowed me, and then March released a whole bunch of good songs all at once and I haven't had time to fully determine which ones will end up as long-term favorites yet. So it might be kind of funny to come back and reread this in a year, because it's totally possible I'll guess wrong.

Here's my best guess, though:

( Top 5 New Songs )

( Honorable mentions, older K-pop, and non-K-pop )

I went to see Taemin (from SHINee) in Chicago this weekend on his (solo) Ephemeral Gaze tour, one of the best Valentine's Day presents my spouse has ever given me.

I had enough time sitting around hotels, airports, and on planes going home the next day that this turned out kinda long and full of links. 😅 ( Read more... )

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My latest favorite K-pop releases! Thanks as always to the mods at paradisediner for making it so easy to check out new music (and remember when it came out for these compilation posts)!( Read more... )

I use a spreadsheet to track my fanfic reading, and here are my 2024 stats! ( Wordcount, top fandoms, top ships, top tags )

I had a fairly slow reading year, including re-reads, but here's a few of the fics I came back to most often this year.( Read more... )

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in November!( Nirvana in Fire and K-pop RPF )

The other day I was looking at my 2023 fic reading stats post for unrelated reasons and got to the line about hoping to find a new "large and active fiction-based fandom" in 2024 and had a sad little laugh. That very much has NOT happened so far and I've neither read nor written much fic this year as a result. Being in between major fandoms is the worst.

October was particularly bad because I was traveling again for most of it (work-related) and while I enjoy traveling and am quite happy with what I accomplished, it also leaves me even less time to sift through my favorite tags in search of anything to capture my interest.

Anyway, that's all a lead-up to the unfortunate fact that I only have one single rec this month. 🥲

K-pop RPF Fic Rec

At least it's a fun one, though! This was one of those fics I didn't know how badly I wanted until I saw it in the tags and pounced.

puppy boy solutions, Kim Kibum/Choi Minho/Kim Mingyu, 5k, explicit

Happy reading! I hope there will be more in November.

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I was arguing with myself about what to include in this post to the point that I decided to just do five each for boy groups and girl groups. Thanks as always to the mods at paradisediner for making it so easy to check out new music (and remember when it came out for these compilation posts)!

⚠️ for flashing, rapid cuts, and other physical triggers in many of these videos

( Boy Groups )

( Girl Groups )

( Older K-pop and Non-K-pop Bonus Recs )

Here are some of the fics I enjoyed in August:( MDZS, Beyond Evil, Singin' in the Rain )