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  • 383 weeks
    Goodbye, Fimfiction!

    Well, anyone who read my previous blogs could probably see this coming, but... I have now drifted sufficiently far from the fandom that I no longer feel motivated to actually read new fics, and the old fics I stopped reading a while ago.
    Literally the only thing keeping me coming back here are the blogs of smart people, and people who lead interesting lives.

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  • 402 weeks
    Well then

    I've decided to give up reading incomplete fanfics. In fact, I'm not to sure about complete fanfics either. Still, if you want me to read something, finish it, and give me a shout. If you really want me to read something, make it an e-book before you call me.

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  • 447 weeks
    Screw it - I quit!

    You read that right. I won't be fanficcing anymore.
    For the past ... always, I have treated the authors and stories I have subscribed to as something of an obligation.
    I approached them with the same attitude I brought to normal books - 'I got this because I like it, so I _will_ finish it'.

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  • 497 weeks
    More Bookshelves

    So, those of you who have somehow managed to stumble upon my page my have noticed that the number of bookshelves I have is slowly multiplying.
    So, in my eternal quest to procrastinate, I have come to the decision that I may as well explain my shelving system.

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  • 500 weeks
    Bookshelves?

    Ooh, a new feature! What could it be? What could it be?

    ...

    Seriously?

    So, after that rubbish where they combine our 'tracking' and 'favourite' functions, as, apparently 'everyone' just uses favourite, they give us our tracking button back and have the nerve to call it an update?!
    No, damn it! Restoring the status quo _is not_ an 'update'!

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Nov
3rd
2014

More Bookshelves · 5:12pm Nov 3rd, 2014

So, those of you who have somehow managed to stumble upon my page my have noticed that the number of bookshelves I have is slowly multiplying.
So, in my eternal quest to procrastinate, I have come to the decision that I may as well explain my shelving system.

To start - favourites. Ideally, this would be a short list of those fics I have discovered on the site that are of such stellar quality, I would be happy to pay a not insignificant amount of money for a dead-tree format copy. Unfortunately, because of the mods decision to combine 'tracking' with 'favourites', before eventually granting us this new system, a number of lesser tales may have made it there. That isn't to say it's bad - I followed it for a reason, after all - but instead of a ruby, one is just as likely to find a mere garnet.

Then, my 'Good Reads'. It is as the title says - they are good reads. However, this isn't a judgement on the other lists. If I list a story at all, it is because it is a good read. More, this is a list for those stories that don't have a generic tag such as 'Horror' or 'Comedy'.

Next, the thematic shelves. At the moment, these are the 'Horror' and 'Comedy Box' shelves, but I do not doubt I shall acquire more, as I discover fics that fit under another tag. These are not merely 'good stories', but more specifically, a good _example_ of their specific genre.

Finally, 'Food for Thought'. On this shelf I place those titles that pose a question for the reader, or force you to consider things you normally wouldn't.

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