#i've read basically no books and A Lot of fic this year sooooo

[goingxmissing]

2023 fic reader highlights

thanks to mostlymaudlin for putting together this template. i'm going to enjoy rereading all of these over the next few days and using the floating ao3 comment box, which has significantly improved my life, and increased the unhinged nature of my comments.

Fic that made me laugh

Cool Things to Say to Your Soulmate by @powerful-owl & @love-leah • daniel ricciardo/max verstappen • a collection of soulmate AUs (everything em writes is hilarious, and this is full of heartache, miscommunication, and so many fun takes on the soulmate trope. delightful. haven't looked at geese the same way since.)

2. Fic that made me cry

one step closer and i'm real by @officialmood • daniel ricciardo/max verstappen • time travel, alternate universes (this fic is exquisite, every version of daniel that max meets is distinctly different and broke my heart in a multitude of ways. made my heart twist in the best way.)

3. Fic that gave me a story hangover

all this happened, more or less by multi21 • charles leclerc/max verstappen • social media, canon divergence (so much fun and so inspired! charles is a secret singer-songwriter, told through social media posts and devastating lyrics, le castellet is in my head at any given moment. went with this for story hangover because i thought about it for Days afterwards and then charles literally put his music on spotify. drop the escalier des fleurs content charles!!)

4. Fic I want to discuss book club style

playboy in the grotto by @freeuselandonorris • lando norris/oscar piastri • watersports (the pinnacle of horny romance: gross, filthy, desperate, fond. had to pause reading several times to rant about my favourite bits. need a book club to discuss the wider cinematic universe where they explore more kinks in the most tender way.)

5. Fic that got me a lil flustered

the fire is slowly dying by @strawberry-daiquiris • oscar piastri/mark webber • age difference, mentor/protégé (this is one of the most unhinged fics i've ever had the pleasure of enjoying. oscar is a total menace. scenes in this fic will stay with me Forever. i urge anyone to take a chance on the pairing if you're intrigued and FEAST.)

6. Fic by one of my favourite authors

jump right in by @strawberry-daiquiris • lando norris/oscar piastri • rule 63 (imagine your fiancée muses, 'what if lando was a girl and she'd never had an orgasm?' one day and then a couple of months later she's still working on a 100k+ masterpiece following the 2023 season where a third of the grid are women? i'm the luckiest. this fic is everything and i'm going to be LOST without it when it's finished.)

7. Fic I reread more than once

screen glows in a dark room by @hollywoodsargeant • oscar piastri/logan sargeant • phone sex, sex toys (steaming hot phone sex, not a single word wasted. the first fic i read for this pairing and i keep coming back to it and also the whole apex predator series. HIGHLY recommend checking these out for the Dynamics.)

8. Fic I sent to everyone I know

side by side in orbit by @glasscushion • lando norris/oscar piastri, max fewtrell/lando norris • cuckolding, voyeurism, open relationships (the concept is rancid and the vibes are UNMATCHED. this was delicious. as i said in my comment: when max feels spit pool beneath his tongue, when he forgets to breathe because he's so into what's happening in front of him. i felt that!!!!! immediate rec.)

9. Fic that made me fall in love with an author

i'll kiss you first by venerat • lando norris/oscar piastri • a/b/o (my first fic for this pairing, i read it on a Very Early train and my brain never recovered. you might be able to tell from my tumblr. me reading this fic over and over like: 😅. still can't see the word 'ripe' and not think about lando being a grotty omega. every fic by venerat is an absolute BANGER. hit that subscribe button, my friends!!)

thank you to all of the wonderful authors and creators who have shared their work in fandom this year. 2023 has been a feast <3

#fic rec #i tried to do this post without commentary but it was impossible #blanket rec for all fics by the authors mentioned #i only wish there had been more spaces but it was such a delight to use the prompts to really think about fics that fit #i've read basically no books and A Lot of fic this year sooooo #can't wait to lose my mind rereading all these!!!! #maxiel #max/daniel #lestappen #max/charles #landoscar #oscar/lando #loscar #logan/oscar #oscarmark #nortrell #fic #ao3 #about me

[inevitably-johnlocked]

hi there!!!

first of all: you are sooooo appreciated i hope you feel all the love you deserve!

secondly... do you happen to know the book "every day" by david levithan? i am currently rereading it because YEARS ago i was like "THAT'S IT THAT'S MY FAVORITE BOOK" and i am trying to find out if that's still the case :P

anygays... my main question is if someone from the johnlock fandom has written an "every day by david levithan but make it johnlock-AU" yet? because if not i might have to do it myself...

it's a super interesting plot: basically this person A wakes up in a different body every day. then they fall in love with a girl, while they are in her boyfriend's body. it's really sweet and can definitely be read in an agender and panromantic/sexual way and omg if this doesn't exist as johnlock yet i WILL write it, i swear-

okay sorry this got so long but i started thinking about this AU since even before rereading this book and i am kinda obsessing over it (kfifbfjdj!!!)

thanks for listening and lots of hugs to you!!! (if you want them)

-turtely 🐢

HI TURTELY!!

Your message made me so happy seeing it, so I hope you don't mind it took a few days to reply, I liked seeing your cute little emoji in my inbox LOL.

Thank you so much for the well wishes! I hope you are doing well too!! I don't feel much love these days, but that's my own issues to deal with lol. And I'm exhausted. I can't wait until August when I have holiday time. Might take a break from here as well then just to get my head on right again. :P

Secondly, NO I HAVEN'T HEARD of this book, but OMG I LOVE bodyswap stories, you have no idea. I know of Body Swap Fic Recs but I don't think any of those explicitly state they are inspired by that story, but I would LOVE to read it, for sure!! I've really gotten into AUs too, so I'd be open to reading a story about this AU if I don't HAVE to know anything about the story to read it, LOL!!

LOTS OF HUGS to you too!!!!! I love reading these nice little stories and snippets about all my Lovelies here, they make me happy!! Seeing other people happy about their interests genuinely makes me happy <3

Thank you so much for your little story!!!! And if anyone has any fics similar to that story requested, please do suggest them!!

#steph replies #chatting with lovelies #johnlock fic reqs #help steph find fics #bodyswap fics #sherlock au fics

[rosyjuly]

hi rosy! i've been wanting to get back into reading actual books instead of fic because i used to read so much and now i kind of don't anymore. and i was wondering if you have any good book recs or books that have stood out to you in the past months/years? i'm pretty much up for anything and you seem like a really good person to ask 🫶

hiya anon! thanks for the question -- i used to be an avid reader basically up to uni, and then stopped reading for pleasure because of my assigned readings. and then when i picked up books in my free time, it was always something related to my studies to #advance my knowledge and at that point it was honestly dreadful. so don't make the same mistake: start whatever genre you like most! is it fantasy? romance? thriller? stick to that genre for the first few books that you'll read!

thinking of the most fun books i read the past years, one of the first books i got lost in once i finally had some free time for my actual hobbies was The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. it was really big around in the late 00-s but i was too young for it back then and then just never got around it (have no idea whether the movie is good), and the two sequels are also incredible. if you haven't read the Hunger Games trilogy, the books were sooooo well written and so much better than the films! i also absolutely loved Neil Gaiman's American Gods and also Nevermore (i actually liked both more than Good Omens). i just finished this week She Who Became The Sun and it was incredible! if you like something more melancholy, Swimming In The Dark was amazing, and if you're looking for something dark, dystopian then i can deffo recommend the Handmaid's Tale, and also the entire Arch of a Scythe series by Neal Shusterman. and if you want to start reading poetry, then my go-to would be Devotions or American Primitive by Mary Oliver :)

also if you're like me -- you might find that your attention span is worse than it used to be when you read a lot, and you'll start worrying whether you'll be able to get lost in books again. the answer is yes! not to sound like a boomer but screens and the tiktokification of the internet is indeed ruining our concentration, but it will totally get better with time. so be patient with yourself, try to get rid of distractions, and enjoy yourself!

#not sure what genres you like best so i tried to cover a few #let me know if you like any of them! #i love holding book club so please feel absolutely free to DM me any time too -- i'd love to hear what you think!! #lit tag #rosy.ask #if anyone has any other Qs they might want to ask (literature or blorbo related) i have the rest of the night free :))