July books

A little late...

46. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell - ** 1/2
47. The Iron Witch by Karen Mahoney - ***
48. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline - ***
49. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman - *****
50. Sea Change by S. M. Wheeler - *****
51. Let's Get Digital by David Gaughran - ****
52. Rosemary and Rue by Seanan McGuire - ***
53. Girl Under Glass by Monica Enderle Pierce - *****
54. Foundation by Mercedes Lackey - **** 1/2
55. The Copyright Handbook by Stephen Fishman - *****

Paper TBR: 55

Finally managed to get it down some more! I am nowhere near as close to my goal as I should be (for reference, the goal is getting it from 64 to 32), but I might actually be able to manage it.

Fiction: The Dream of the Lake

Title: The Dream of the Lake
World: Extranormal Crimes
Word count: 2,479
Rating: PG-13 for seductive faeries
Prompt: rainbowfic Antique Brass 5, No, hey, hey, you know what? She's pretty scary. If we hadn't found something, she probably would have glared us to death.; Fire Opal 18, Hell or high water; Midsummer Night's Dream prompt [NSFW]; daily_prompt image
Notes: This would appear to be a fairly early Extranormal Crimes case, before the team members know each other or their powers all that well.


Maggie spluttered as another—yes, yet another—branch hit her in the face. At least this one didn’t have thorns. She pushed it away, blinked to clear the bits of leaf from her eyelashes, and called back to Lynn, “Are you sure this is the right way?”

“You’re the one who’s supposed to have the great natural sense of direction!” Lynn called back. “This is not my element. I am a computer geek.”( Read more... )