*dusts off blog*

I have been MIA and there are cobwebs everywhere and does anyone even still read this place? I’ll admit, I haven’t been updating here because, well! Guys, I am super busy and also lazy! I KNOW, YOU ARE ALL SHOCKED. I’m glad I arranged the fainting couches nicely before I hit post!

Here’s the scoop: I joined The Organization of Transformative Works and became a wrangler for An Archive of Our Own and lost my fall and winter to an amazing project built by fans and for fans. I am gaining resume skills and also having a blast, and it worked out—$dayjob in retail during the holidays doesn’t give me much brain for reading. Seriously, I read 48 books this year.

I’ll just let that sink in.

This month, the AO3 became host to Yuletide, the rare-fandom fanfiction exchange. The latest Yuletide reveal has taken place and now there are tons of stories to read!

You are wondering, “Renay, why do I care? Really, I do not read fanfiction.” To you, I say, you care because some of these fandoms are book fandoms! And the fic is good! It’s more story about awesome books! I call this a win. Fannish love for everyone, even people who don’t read fanfic. ;) Here are some samples!

Fanfiction for works I have not read:

• The Demon’s Lexicon – Brennan
• Fables – Willingham
• Fingersmith – Waters
• Never Let Me Go – Ishiguro
• Nation – Pratchett
• Liar – Larbalestier
• Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell – Claire
• Her Fearful Symmetry – Niffenegger
• The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay – Chabon
• Anne of Green Gables – Montgomery
• The Barimaeus trilogy – Stroud

Fanfiction for works I have read:

• Neverwhere – Gaiman
• Larklight trilogy – Reeve
• The Hunger Games trilogy – Collins
• Howl series – Jones
• His Dark Materials – Pullman
• Hero – Moore
• Graceling – Cashore
• The Graveyard Book – Gaiman
• American Gods – Gaiman
• Babysitters Club – Martin
• The Book Thief – Zusak

I’ll just leave this here in hopes someone will be tempted by it and I will suck yet another book blogger into the dark, twisty paths of fannish life. Meanwhile, I’ll be over at my main journal most of the time. I think it’s highly likely that until I start reading again this blog is going to become the intersection of my bookish and fanfiction life which means I will just be commenting on things other people are posting.

Or in other words I will be boring. :D