What I've been reading May 2025
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I read 'only' 2.4mil words in fic this month, lowest that's been in ages, even though I had a lot of free time! I think I read less because I actually wrote a lot these past weeks for a prompt event!
In addition to fic I also read seven Yoko Tsuno comics, and I continued reading the bird non-fiction by Jennifer Ackerman, I'm now on page 228 of The Bird Way and have read about bird sounds, their 'work', their use of tools (one page precisely describes what's happening in this video!) and how they can be playful :)
Coming to the fic recs of the month (over 80! wow, I've read a lot of good stuff this month!), I've actually mostly got femslash on there this month! Well, the ship I've got the most for is Stucky because basically all of the slash I read was for that ship with just a handful of 00q, Geraskier, and one Poirot, while for femslash it's pretty evenly split up into Bering and Wells and Berena, and I've also read some Avorah and Khany/Yoko. The links are to the fic recs on Ao3, do check them out :)
My absolute fav fics of the month are:
My favs definitely have a theme, lots of fics about Bucky and/or Steve getting out of the fighting business and settling down somewhere :)
From What Seemed Like A Ruin by @artgroves and @rohkeutta, 50k T-E, Bucky centric
an irrevocable condition by @wrenaspun, Bucky centric with lovely OCs, 14k T
The Things That Unlocked Him by @sadbi-hours and @norelationtoatticus 143k E, modern!Steve canon!Bucky BDSM and plot
Where the Need is Greatest by @princessniitza, Steve joins Doctors Without Borders instead of SHIELD, Bucky finds him anyway. 20k T
oh my love, my love, Steve and Bucky from 1939 to 2015 as seen through Steve's quite poetic journal entries, I made a podfic of this! 20min/3k words, T
And my absolute fav 360k monster that I'm still slowly working my way through, Operation: Gros Michel by @norelationtoatticus, "In which Steve learns to surf, Bucky becomes a gardener, and they both begin to heal.", ft. current politics and social justice, dealing with trauma, wonderful OCs, and a move to Florida, rated E.
Mistletoe, a 24k G series which @squishmittenficfan wrote for me for a gift exchange, loved the re-read! Elinor lives and meets Charlotte at university, cue Family holiday fluff.
The Move by @sassyrequin, "Serena moves to Nairobi to be with the one great love affair of her life". 40k M
'Appy' Christmas by robliz, Serena vs. the world of dating apps, 13k T
Appeal by @purlturtle, Helena is an opera singer and Myka spontaneously ends up on stage with her, inspired by a fic idea I had :) 10k T
Christmas in Clement by @birdofdawning, here they are "the jilted other people in a Christmas romcom", 9k rated G
Also by @purlturtle, Sometimes dæmons change, a really emotional little daemons!AU/canon-divergence, 6k words, rated G
Warehouse 13 reimagined by @sparklyjacquelee, an all female Warehouse world! 3k + series note, G
My own fake married fic, I had so much fun with this! Artifact hunt shenanigans, 10k words, rated T
Right here on tumblr, this fun little LotR bit about Eowyn and Glorfindel by @tanoraqui (900 words, G)
My own first Mirandy fic The Mystery Stranger, re-read it for podfic purposes and honestly, slay! I love coming across old fic of mine that I still enjoy :) 6k words, T
And a gen fic I beta read despite knowing absolutely nothing about the fandom (Fallout) bc I know the author from a Star Wars discord: She Had Herself by LambdaGnome, there are currently 4k posted but the entire 30k fic is finished and will presumably update regularly now, and it's such an interesting story, I can only recommend you check it out, whether you know the fandom or not!
Shoutout also/especially to @squishmittenficfan (squishmitten on Ao3) @purlturtle (NuMo on Ao3), @odsbodkins (Ao3), sevtacular, @princessniitza (niitza on Ao3), @wrenaspun (spinawren on Ao3) @enemyofrome (Ao3) @sparklyjacquelee (jacquelee on Ao3), @sassyrequin (requin on Ao3), @amnesiaguy (ftmsteverogers on Ao3), the most fics I read this month were from you guys, so thank you for giving me so much great reading material :D
Tagging everyone tagged above and everyone else who sees this to make your own rec list on tumblr and/or update your Ao3 bookmarks with some fic recs :)
