Rec me!

[krislaughs]

Okay, folks; TWO WHOLE DAYS OFF!! (followed by five days of work and a one-week VACATION. On the beach between dives. This means HEAPS of time for reading.)

So that means HIT ME

This weekend, I'd love recs for X-men First class plotty fic, AU okay, Charles/Xavier (what? It's more canon than canon) and Hank/Alex or Alex/Darwin. Not so much into Alex/Sean. Given the weekend (and, no, I don't have tickets yet. Bad fan, me) I'd read some classic Remus/Sirius HP fic. Also, Being Human US fic: always. Especially Aidan/Josh or TruBlood fic-- which I've never dabbled in since Charlene Harris writes it anyway *g*.

Next week, I'm placing an Amazon book order. I haven't gone the way of the kindle* but I'm looking for quality Urban Fantasy, really good straight fantasy or sci-fi, or surrealist/magical realism in fiction (esp Spanish authors).

*I have nothing against Kindles and I may go there for beach reading especially--less weight in my luggage and the Kindle, in particular, is functional in the sun. I like reading on a screen, as evidenced by all the fanfic I devour. I just a) really wish you could d/l large fanworks onto your kindle and b) wish that purchasing an e-title gave you more complete rights to it. Basically the cost is the same but the rights are far more limited than for buying a real book. I would, however, buy a "package" with the paper and digital versions included for some kind of discount...

Comments

[framlingem.livejournal.com]

With a note on fanworks - you kind of can, depending on the fanwork. AO3 has an e-book downloader, and I read all kinds of fic on my Kobo. Various authors (Big Pink is the one that comes to mind immediately) make their work available in .pdf, which my Kobo also likes. I'm not sure what the Kindle is like format-wise, but I was able to choose from a variety on AO3.

[ignipes.livejournal.com]

Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorafor is both sci fi *and* magical realism and one of the best books I've read in a very very very long time. It's harrowing and sad, so perhaps not ideal for vacation reading, but SO GOOD.

Wait, I can't remember - have you ever read The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch? And there's a sequel too, Red Seas Under Red Skies. They're, like, high fantasy heist adventure stories about bromantic gentlemen criminals who steal stuff and are also sometimes pirates. Excellent beach reading, if you haven't read them already. (I feel like everybody on my flist has, but who knows?)