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Dec. 15th, 2025 11:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
aethel1. Reading the talk pages on Fanlore, and I found someone asking about whether "duaric" was a common fannish term. I did a bunch of searches and posted my results, but has anyone heard this in a fannish context? I'd have no way of knowing if ~secret discord servers~ were using it.
2. 2025 reading progress: 107 books
Most recently finished: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall. I read Glitterland earlier this year and spent a lot of it wishing I were reading Boyfriend Material instead. Boyfriend Material runs on romcom logic, but Glitterland's stereotyped characters just felt psychologically inaccurate for no reason. Ash and his supposed interest in Darian made no sense to me. So I reread Boyfriend Material and was entertained.
2. 2025 reading progress: 107 books
Most recently finished: Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall. I read Glitterland earlier this year and spent a lot of it wishing I were reading Boyfriend Material instead. Boyfriend Material runs on romcom logic, but Glitterland's stereotyped characters just felt psychologically inaccurate for no reason. Ash and his supposed interest in Darian made no sense to me. So I reread Boyfriend Material and was entertained.
misc.
Dec. 6th, 2025 06:10 pmaethel1. Dreamwidth's December points bonus has started. dw_news also has an update on some of the state-level censorship legislation.
2. I found another quirky booktuber to watch: Michael K Vaughan. See Classics of Literature…or ARE they?
3. I recently watched The Green Knight and thought the scenes I could see were very pretty, but it seemed to be less gay than the poem?? I need to reread the poem.
4. 2025 reading progress: 102 books
Most recently finished: Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I had previously read this one as a teenager; the concept is interesting, but this time I couldn't help noticing that it mainly consisted of men explaining things to each other--no action, no female characters.
Most recently abandoned: Mr Collins in Love
Currently reading: Native Nations (will probably have to return this to the library before I finish); Ancillary Sword (I listened to the audiobook of Ancillary Justice, but the whole trilogy was sitting on the bookshelf in paperback, so I couldn't stop at just one); Salt Magic, Skin Magic (same author as Mr Collins in Love, but with characters who aren't the most annoying character in Jane Austen); and A Princess of Mars (I expected it to be dated and sexist, but I didn't realize the hero was a former Confederate soldier)
2. I found another quirky booktuber to watch: Michael K Vaughan. See Classics of Literature…or ARE they?
3. I recently watched The Green Knight and thought the scenes I could see were very pretty, but it seemed to be less gay than the poem?? I need to reread the poem.
4. 2025 reading progress: 102 books
Most recently finished: Foundation by Isaac Asimov. I had previously read this one as a teenager; the concept is interesting, but this time I couldn't help noticing that it mainly consisted of men explaining things to each other--no action, no female characters.
Most recently abandoned: Mr Collins in Love
Currently reading: Native Nations (will probably have to return this to the library before I finish); Ancillary Sword (I listened to the audiobook of Ancillary Justice, but the whole trilogy was sitting on the bookshelf in paperback, so I couldn't stop at just one); Salt Magic, Skin Magic (same author as Mr Collins in Love, but with characters who aren't the most annoying character in Jane Austen); and A Princess of Mars (I expected it to be dated and sexist, but I didn't realize the hero was a former Confederate soldier)
