Wednesday, October 2, 2013

what i'm reading

"it's over." 
i think people like to tell me this just to be mean. still, after almost a year, i will not let it go. maybe some people consider that pathetic (shut up, YOU'RE pathetic!), but i'm not ready yet. unlike most twilight fans who were following the saga from the beginning or fairly early on, i only came in at the very end (read). i have not spent all that much time with my obsession (although hubby may disagree. strongly.) 
most, if not all, of the hype surrounding twilight is dead. i will still talk your ear off about it if you get me started (so probably don't), but i'm pretty alone in that. i don't give a crap about latching on to "the next twilight". i'm not looking. (i was never even looking for it in the first place. in fact, "strongly resistant" fits.) i am fairly confident that this was a once in a lifetime love affair. and i don't want it to be over. (forever. right?!) so where is someone like me supposed to turn?
thank sweet baby jeebus for fanfiction! 
i'm told that whole realm is nothing like it was in it's heyday either, but there is still a lot happening for newly written twi-fic. there is ALWAYS something new for me to read. and since i've only been reading it for a year, there is always something old that's new for me to read. 
when i first decided i was going to breech my limits of epov's of the original story and continuations after bd, i asked people what were "must-reads" in the twilight fanfiction world. after i confirmed that i had, in fact, read fifty shades, i was told over and over again: emancipation proclamation, clipped wings & inked armor, and wide awake. my twitter group was fairly limited in the beginning and as i began to discuss it with new people, the list obviously grew. of course, the answers you get reflect personal tastes, but there are a few titles that pop up on almost everyones lists. there are actually quite a few "classics". i haven't yet read them all, but i'm working on it.  
i know there are other people out there who haven't been reading that long or just wanna read more that they may have missed over the years. so, i decided i would do an occasional post with what i'm reading now. (i promise they won't always be this rambley.) 
this first one will be the longest list because i have reader's ADD and can't focus on one at a time. generally i have about 25 on the go at a time. some i go back to regularly, others sit for months. so once i mention the ones on the back-burner, i won't need to bring them up again. 

actively reading:
bonne foi by amethyst jackson
grasping darkness by kiya raven
the demon in my dreams by littlecat358
a pound of flesh by jaxon22
a nerd story of love by tufano79

also reading:
animate me by abstractway (now published)
chocolate brown and leather whips by krazyk85
words with strangers by nolebucgrl
written in the stars by lissa bryan 

halfway through:
in your world by solostintwiligt (now published)
let's get phyisical by lalina
million dollar baby by clpsuperstar
the other side of the fence by edward's eternal
under the apple tree by danieller123
words with friends by nolebucgrl

i'm going to save the wip's i'm reading for another post. if you're curious as to what i think of any of these, just ask. i'm pretty opinionated.   

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