Snowflake Challenge Day 6

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Day 6
In your own space, create a list of at least three fannish things you'd love to receive, something you've wanted but were afraid to ask for - a fannish wish-list of sorts. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your wish-list if you feel comfortable doing so. Maybe someone will grant a wish. Check out other people's posts. Maybe you will grant a wish. If any wishes are granted, we'd love it if you link them to this post.

1. Book recs! I read far too quickly and am always on the hunt for more. I like pretty much all sci-fi and fantasy and will read just about anything if I'm told it's good. I'm trying to getting away from reading just straight white dudes books so if you have recs by POC, queer people, woman, or some intersection of the three I'd love to hear about them.

2. People to write more Katara centric fic. Katara was the first fictional character I highkey identified with and the one who's fanfic I am consistently the most disappointed in. While there's some really good shipping fic, I can never seem to find Fic where Katara is in character, interesting, and Doing It for Herself. such selfish prayers by andromeda3116 is the only one I can think of and I've been reading the fic since the gd ship wars. So recs for fic like this, and also people to write good Katara fic.

3. I wish people would leave more comments on my fic. It's very frustrating to post and then get no feedback whatsoever. Though I gotta say, moving away from tumblr to dreamwidth has helped that already. So i'm gonna be greedy and say even more comments? 

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[kiki_eng]

Books! (Also I am apparently bad at descriptions today and banking on you having read a chunk already, a bit?)

The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison

The Imperial Radch Series by Ann Leckie - vidded by bironic here

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke

The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley

I've enjoyed a couple of Zen Cho's short stories and she has a novel out that I just put a library hold on: Sorcerer to the Crown, and another coming out in March

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Me having read them is a safe bet! The Goblin Emperor is the only one I haven't read and it's been on my list for a bit now. The Imperial Radch series and Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell are among my favorite books, and I read The Blue Sword obsessively as a kid until somebody bought me Tamora Pierce's Song of the Lioness

Sorcerer to the Crown is incredible! I can't wait for the sequel

ALSO: I love the vid! so cool.

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I think I've read The Goblin Emperor at least three times in the past few years. So good.

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Another +1 to the goblin emperor! I've heard nothing but good things about it

[kiki_eng]

I finished Sorcerer to the Crown this weekend! [...and feel like you should get to The Goblin Emperor if you were really into that one. :) ]

...also, yes, I found The Blue Sword as a young teen and it was kind of perfect. I think there's this kind of beautiful snapping in place when you find a book at a right time it slots right into you and you and gets its teeth into you right back.

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Isn't it good?! (I finally laid hands on a copy of The Goblin Emperor and it's excellent so far!)

...oh god yeah it was exactly like that. I laid hands on The Blue Sword at precisely the right age to identify so hard with a girl who had a funny name and felt out of place

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It was a lot of fun! I feel like Zen Cho's short stories have been stronger, but I am excited for the apparently Malaysia-based in-universe follow up novel, and seem to have taken off on an old school fantasy novel kick as a result of reading it, so: :)

precisely the right age to identify so hard with a girl who had a funny name and felt out of place
*nods* Those are the best books.

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old school fantasy novel kicks are where it's at.