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Sep
21st
2016

Read It Later Reviews #57 – Passing the Torch, Ponies Are Squishy, Magical Pony Ultrasounds, The Immortal’s Burden, Born That Way · 9:36pm Sep 21st, 2016

I was going to devote this post to stories about Dragon Lord Torch, in honor of me writing a story about him, as well as an excuse to populate my new group with stories about him.

I then learned that there are four stories on FIMFiction which appear to be about Dragon Lord Torch, or at least feature him heavily.

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Jan
29th
2017

Read It Later Reviews #65 – Oh My… Did I Misread the Signs?, That Awkward Moment When…, The Game the Princesses Play, On the Inaccuracy of Proverbs, The Nature of War, Gotta Get Down on Friday, The Nightmare’s Night · 12:25am Jan 29th, 2017

Happy Saturday, everyone!

If you haven’t heard, Obselescence is stepping down as a FIMFiction moderator, so feel free to go over there and thank him for his time spent here.

Then, perhaps, do some reading?

Today’s stories:

Oh My… Did I Misread the Signs? by Blue Dragon
That Awkward Moment When… by Hyzaku
Obiter Dicta by Ghost of Heraclitus

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May
25th
2016

Read It Later Reviews #50 – Pinkie Pie Has Infiltrated the Changelings’ Secret Base, The Rainbow Pony, Under the Mistletoe, Good Thing She’s So Disorganized, Small-Town Charm · 10:54pm May 25th, 2016

It is amazing how long a couple weeks can feel like.

At the time of writing, less than a week ago I was at Everfree Northwest.

It feels like it was forever ago already.

I was feeling like I haven’t recommended a story in a long time… but the last story I read that got added to my Recommended list was read on May 11th, only 11 days before I wrote this introduction (which I then took four days to post).

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Feb
7th
2016

Read It Later Reviews #41 – Hypothetical, Good Ponies Don’t… Do They?, All Our Villains Are Horny, A Wind in the Petunias, A Puzzle Unsolved · 12:01am Feb 7th, 2016

I always feel a little bit guilty doing non-writeoff reviews during the writeoffs, but given how frequently the writeoffs happen these days, if I didn’t, I’d hardly do any at all.

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Sep
14th
2015

Read It Now Reviews #54 – Red Apples, Sometimes Maps are Dumb, Would It Matter If I Was, The Last Dreams of Pony Island, One Heck of a Case · 6:50pm Sep 14th, 2015

So, it turns out that Sunday was a really good day for new stories. I read five new stories, and I liked them all.

How did this happen?

How is this even possible?

Who knows.

But I’m liking it.

Today’s stories:

Red Apples by Billymorph
Sometimes Maps are Dumb by HoofBitingActionOverload
Would It Matter If I Was by GaPJaxie
The Last Dreams of Pony Island by Horizon
One Heck of a Case by iisaw

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Jun
9th
2016

Read It Now Reviews #83 – Breaking Peeved, All Better Now, Make It Better, A Brief Glance at the Papers on Luna’s Desk, Peachy Pie and Misty Moon Keep the Realm Safe Until Dinnertime · 6:59pm Jun 9th, 2016

A lot of people I follow came out with new stories yesterday, and in the spirit of not procrastinating, I actually read them. :pinkiegasp:

Today’s stories:

Breaking Peeved by Bad Horse
All Better Now by OCalhoun
Make It Better by Twinkletail
A Brief Glance at the Papers on Luna’s Desk by Chuckfinley
Peachy Pie and Misty Moon Keep the Realm Safe Until Dinnertime by Pascoite

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Aug
24th
2016

Read It Now Reviews #91 – Cherish, At the Riverside, You Can’t Always Get What You Want, Letters from an Irradiated Princess, The Majestic Tale of a Noble Hunter · 9:34pm Aug 24th, 2016

Sorry about the dearth of posts recently. I told myself that I’d get one of my stories done before I did some other pony stuff, and it turns out I’m really, really good at procrastinating.

On the upside, it did finally force me to actually get my story done! I’ve been sitting on it for far too long – in fact, I started on it before the Season 6 premier, and then managed to procrastinate on it for half a year.

But now it is done, and I am pretty happy with the result.

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Jul
29th
2016

Read It Now Reviews #89 – Out of the Loop; As I Lay Smiling; Eternity; Dead Nuthatch; Yesterday, All My Tavis Seemed So Far Away · 10:21pm Jul 29th, 2016

Writers have been busy little bees, so it is time for me to be a big busybody.

Today’s stories:

Out of the Loop by OkemosBrony
As I Lay Smiling by shortskirtsandexplosions
Eternity by Taialin
Dead Nuthatch by Present Perfect
Yesterday, All My Tavis Seemed So Far Away by shortskirtsandexplosions

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Mar
11th
2017

Read It Later Reviews #70 – Lies and Lyres; So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish; Orange Is The New Blue; Time To Talk; Observatory Hill · 9:41pm Mar 11th, 2017

This about sums up how I’ve been feeling these last few days:

Today’s stories:

Lies and Lyres by King of Beggars
So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish by Blueshift
Orange Is The New Blue by Estee
Time to Talk by Jay-The-Brony
Observatory Hill by Skywriter

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Aug
19th
2015

Read It Now Reviews #46 – Heirlooms, One Night at Fluttershy’s, Rainbow Dash Visits the Proctologist, If You Can’t Beat ’Em, What Do You Mean, We’re Not Related? · 9:13pm Aug 19th, 2015

Fun fact of the day: everyone knows that the Japanese infamously produce very few children, presently sitting at a rate of about 1.4 births per woman (replacement rate is 2.1 per woman). But did you know that the US would have an even lower reproductive rate if we had a similar proportion of children born out of wedlock? Presently, the birth rate within marriages in the US is 1.13, with all the rest of the births (bringing us up to 1.88 per woman) occurring out of wedlock. Only 2% of Japanese

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Oct
20th
2015

Read It Now Reviews #60 – Where the Sun Don’t Shine, What If I Told You There Was A Changeling in the Basement of Carousel Boutique?, Mark Misconception, Bird Flu, A Moment’s Hesitation · 7:20pm Oct 20th, 2015

After finishing writing Mistletrapped, I sat down and read a bunch of recent stories I’d missed reading.

Today’s stories:

Where the Sun Don’t Shine by Obselescence
What If I Told You There Was A Changeling in the Basement of Carousel Boutique? by Hoopy McGee
Mark Misconception by scifipony
Bird Flu by mr maximus
A Moment’s Hesitation by FanOfMostEverything

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Jun
8th
2016

Read It Later Reviews #51 – Plainswalker; The Brief, Torrid Love-Affair of Fernando the Straw and Madame le Flour; “So… what IS your call sign, anyway?”; The Gentle People; The Element of Audacity; The Mechanical Donkey · 7:03pm Jun 8th, 2016

Procrastination on writing creates a surprising amount of motivation to review stories.

Today’s stories:

Plainswalker by Burraku Pansa
The Brief, Torrid Love-Affair of Fernando the Straw and Madame le Flour by CoffeeMinion
“So… what IS your call sign, anyway?” by Vivid Syntax
The Swap by Monochromatic
The Twilight Zone by Bad Horse
- The Gentle People
-The Element of Audacity
-The Mechanical Donkey

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Mar
24th
2016

Read It Later Reviews #44 – Hope; Give A Like – Feed A Changeling; Sweat, Tears, and a Video; Marble’s Horizon; The Sex Shop · 3:39am Mar 24th, 2016

As with yesterday’s Read It Later reviews, four of the five stories in this set came from Scribblefest. As was the case yesterday, please note that my opinion on these stories is not the final word for that contest; we are merely in the preliminary round of judging, and three judges read each of these stories. I am but one of nine judges involved in this, so… yeah.

Anyway! Onto the reviews!

Today’s stories:

Hope by Dark Avenger

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Dec
13th
2015

Read It Now Reviews #65 – Step Right In and Start Again; Why Couldn’t I Beat Her?; The Reality I Choose; It’s No Wonder That You Feel So Strange; Tantabus, Do Your Worst · 12:13am Dec 13th, 2015

Three days of reviews in a row! It has been a while since I pulled that off, but I really thought I should get caught up on my reading. Alas, the actual writing front hasn’t been going quite as well, though I have gotten some work done on a number of stories – but not gotten any of them finished.

Ah, well. Hopefully these reviews will tide you over.

Today’s stories:

Step Right In and Start Again by shortskirtsandexplosions
Why Couldn’t I Beat Her? by Gingerquill

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Dec
15th
2015

Read It Later Reviews #39 – There’s A First Time for Everything; Cutie Mark Crusader Magicians, Yay!; On the Application of Time and Motion Efficiency Studies to Initial Relationship Formation; Gilda Has the Floor; Rainbownomicon · 2:21am Dec 15th, 2015

Reviews, reviews, who’s got the reviews?

TD, apparently.

In an attempt to simultaneously get something done, clear out the Royal Guard queue a bit, and to procrastinate, I’ve got five more stories read and reviewed for you folks.

Today’s stories:

There’s a First Time for Everything by Dubs Rewatcher
Cutie Mark Crusader Magicians, Yay! by DrakeyC
On the Application of Time and Motion Efficiency Studies to Initial Relationship Formation by Estee

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Apr
11th
2016

Read It Later Reviews #45 – Kaleidoscope, Idols, Inadequecy, Spike’s Slightly Dangerous New Hobby, Weatherpony · 12:49am Apr 11th, 2016

Scribblefest judging is winding down, and I’m working on getting the last few stories judged. Expect some more review posts early next week on the rest of the stories, but I’ll be getting all the rest of them read and judged this evening.

Reminder to those who are participating - I'm but one judge of nine, so my opinions are not the final word on these stories.

Today’s stories:

Kaleidoscope by Winston
Idols by BlazzingInferno
Inadequecy by Regidar

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Jan
31st
2017

Read It Later Reviews #66 – On Forensic Accounting & Choral Singing, Friendship is Physics, Sunny Skies All Day Long, Hyperportentia, Not In Bluff Nor Bravado Nor Loneliness · 1:27pm Jan 31st, 2017

The funny thing about procrastination is that sometimes it ends up wrapping back around into productivity.

It’d be nice if I could be productive in the directions that I aimed, but at least I’m getting something done.

Today includes a few stories from the RCL, as well as a couple stories that I previously read that didn’t quite merit a recommendation, along with a final story – one that I’ve put off reading since the Outside Insight contest all the way back in 2014.

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Jul
29th
2015

Read It Now Reviews #41 – Of Flies and Spiders, Is It Gay for a Stallion to Give a Unicorn Mare a Hornjob, Politics by Other Means, Siren’s Call, Luna, I Had No Idea · 1:54am Jul 29th, 2015

Jan
3rd
2016

Read It Now Reviews #67 – The Personal Ponderings of a Post-Time Displaced Princess, Market Day, Flapjacks, Anyone You Want Me To Be, Pinkie Pie’s Perfect Plan · 7:31pm Jan 3rd, 2016

After a week of having a badly distorted sleeping schedule that made me too tired to be productive half the time, I have finally righted the ship of sleep to the point where I am actually awake during daylight hours and asleep at night (for at least a few hours). In celebration, I thought I’d start attacking all the new stories I missed reading while I was dazed and confused for the holidays.

Today’s stories:

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Aug
30th
2015

Read It Now Reviews #50 –Attention to Detail, The Applemancer’s Apprentice, I Don’t Like the Drugs (but the Drugs Like Me), Dear Princess Celestia, Constellations, Second Birthday · 9:38pm Aug 30th, 2015

Ordinarily, I do only five stories at a time in review sets unless I’m reviewing short story collections, but I decided to do six instead of five in this set so as to avoid compelling myself to try and read four more recent stories in lieu of some older ones I’ve been putting off reading.

Today’s stories:

Attention to Detail by Monochromatic
The Applemancer’s Apprentice by shortskirtsandexplosions

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