#recommmendation

[flakandforay]

Weekly Fanfic Recommendations 206

strong mafia au feels from this gif only !! coughs yoongi looks so good in a black jacket, fuck me, i dont care if he has blue hair because he is nailing this look, fight me on this 

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lets start~

1) On The Significance if Names

by @wildernessuntothemselves

a taehyung x y/n fic 

one shot 

werewolf au 

when you ask taehyung, a prince of the wolves to help you with your curious mind of a witch 

2) It Started With a Text

by @minxiuseokmin

a taehyung x y/n fic 

one shot 

3) Your Love

by @nostalgicbts

a jungkook x y/n fic 

one shot 

college au 

the love between you and your boyfriend was enough to satisfy you and get by despite all the difficulties 

4) The Python’s Playground

by @cosmichobi

a jungkook x y/n fic 

one shot 

( shit this got me good ) 

when helping a stranger out turns out to be part of one the greatest gangs against yours 

5) Insemination wars

by @blueagust

a yoongi x y/n fic 

ongoing series with part one out 

domestic au 

when you finally think youre ready for a child, but when you try with your husband, its not that easy 

6) Hush Hush

by @seisuga

a ot7 x y/n fic 

ongoing series with part one out

fuckboy au 

so when one of them screws you over, you decide to get back at him using his 6 friends 

7) Double Duty

by @hobismorning

a yoongi  x y/n x jungkook  fic 

one shot 

so who knew you'd end up in a situation in which your boyfriend yoongi decides to invite jungkook over for his satisfaction 

8) Yes, Mr Park

by @jeylovestoblog

a jimin x y/n fic 

ongoing series with 4 parts out 

ceo au, office au 

you should have seen it coming, he could easily get tired of you

9) Forever Embraced by Him

by @chim-chimmie

a hoseok x y/n fic 

one shot 

tattoo artist au 

you decided for a tattoo but you didnt think itll be done by your childhood best friend 

10) Keep You Warm

by @seokvie

a yoongi x y/n fic 

oneshot 

you decided to catch up with an old flame and when it strated to rain, yoongi just lets you in for old times sake

11) Nochu Unsolved 

by @mint-tape

a jungkook x  y/n fic 

oneshot 

halloween au, graveyard au 

( lmao i laughed so much oh god )

having jungkook as your boyfriend has its perks but when he wants t go crytic hunting and it ends up going to a graveyard, well what could be worse 

lastly

12) Cordially, Jimin

by @kpopfanfictrash

a jimin x y/n fic 

oneshot 

( i laughed at al the emails ) 

who knew working in a new office would have a cute distraction

this is all for this fic rec, another one up soon~

[sunsedge]

Blake Crouch's Dark Matter: A book that gripped me and won't let go....

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On the onset let me say, I am branching out to newer genres this year and Sci-fi is one of them. Additionally, I am also learning physics and have a very minimal understanding of these matters. And so you can imagine my surprise that Blake's writing of Dark Matter delivered me from one word to the next without making me feel like I needed an aspirin by the end. I had the exact opposite experience- it ignited my curiosity to learn more about physics and these theories. I am reading "The lies of Locke Lamora" parallelly (10% in), and reading that book with all its made up words and alliterations is a difficult experience. So I appreciated the prose here all the more! Back to the book, what an incredible, thrilling read! Great twists and foreshadowing, nice action scenes (held at gun point, robbed on streets, chased by colleagues who think of the character are a threat to the society, snow storms, pandemic and quarantine...) The set up at the beginning laid all plot lines neatly and it felt as if it were my own memory, of Charlie's sketches, and the home with the Chandelier, the dynamic of the couple, the sounds mentioned in each scene and prop characters, all signified something, not a word was wasted. The skylines, the autumn, the emotions, all leapt out of the pages. The underlying beauty of the work is the question itself: What if we made different choices than the ones we did? What if we could reverse our regret? And the answer is life will always be bittersweet. On the writing: Few things touched me a lot. That scene where Dani sees Jason's shot body and cries, the author describes it in this way: She had an understanding of the matter, but seeing the body she crumples, cries, because that part of her which she hadn't known had still been intact, had finally broken down. That is so close to how one feels when realization of a loved one's passing sinks, it broke me.

“No one tells you it's all about to change, to be taken away. There's no proximity alert, no indication that you're standing on the precipice. And maybe that's what makes tragedy so tragic. Not just what happens, but how it happens: a sucker punch that comes at you out of nowhere, when you're least expecting it. No time to flinch or brace.”

SPOLIERS BELOW The twist of multiple Jason's running around the city- I never saw it coming, and yet it made perfect sense. I thought he'd run out of his injection liquid and Amanda would meet him again and save the day by giving him her liquids- but obviously and happily I was wrong! Is it possible to outthink yourself? This book worked for me because it was a beautiful coming together of a constellation of elements- love for family, regrets and choices, the multitude of lives we will never live, the fighting/striving spirit of humankind. I am fortunate to have started reading this genre from this book. Also lucked out in the choice visually (watched anime Pyscho Pass!)

“The box isn't all that different from life. If you go in with fear, fear is what you'll find.” Will recommend. *****

[sunsedge]

Ghachar Ghochar, delightful, humous tale of a middle class Indian family's sudden change in fortunes

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The book, Ghachar Ghochar, in a humorously warm tone, takes us on the journey of an Indian family's sudden change in fortunes and its unintended consequences on their family dynamics and personalities- from their previous habits of austerity to sudden loss of ambition, and appreciation for smaller blessings in life. The set up is reminiscent of simpler times, without romantic notions on what it means to be a well knit family unit. The secret, as our witty protagonist wryly notes, is in being diplomatic, and having selective sight and hearing! On relationships: “Ours is a joint family. We live in the same house - my wife and I, my parents, my uncle and Malati. Malati is my older sister, back home now after having left her husband. It is natural to wonder, I suppose, why the six of us should want to live together. What can I say - it is one of the strengths of families to pretend that they desire what is unavoidable.” All the characters in this lovely Indian joint family were well developed and had solid motivations. The mother wants to save money and later keeps defending wrong habits of her children, the protagonist loafs around cafes and sleeps his afternoons away after realizing money from his family business will sail him through life, his new wife who never minces words because she has a different, self-reliant upbringing and can't accept his lack of contribution to the family, the father who was fired and now doesn't know how to make himself of use (...and the family's hope that he wouldn't commit suicide without writing his will etc), the elder brother who takes all responsibility of running business upon his shoulders and lets his family rely on his completely. All these characters come together brilliantly- they are like gunpowder just waiting for a spark to explode on each other! On arranged marriage: “That single moment's intensity hasn't been matched in my life before or since. A woman I didn't know had chosen to accept me, in body and mind. Perhaps it is this instant that forms the basis of traditional marriage—a complete stranger is suddenly mine. And then, I am hers, too; I must offer her my all. I want her to wield her power over me as an acknowledgment of my love. The rush of those feelings all at once is too much to describe. Language communicates in terms of what is already known; it chokes up when asked to deal with the entirely unprecedented.”

On shopping: “If we wanted new clothes, we knew exactly how much he could spare and what cuts would have to be made elsewhere. The result was that we simply did not desire what we couldn't afford. When you have no choice, you have no discontent, either.” On childhood: “Don’t forget us. Keep visiting.’ At the age I was then, this seemed absurd. I had grown up among them – how was it even possible to forget these people? Now I see what they meant.”

On behavior: “Now, let me not give the impression here that I believe in the supernatural - I don't. But then neither do I go hunting for a rational basis for everything that happens.” Conversations and memories of the protagonist's household are built around sharing neighborhood gossips, rationed Sunday afternoon restaurant coffees, family jokes and nicknames, practicality and love of arranged marriages, memories of planning for festival shopping for months when money was tight and later forgetting to appreciate these occasions because money is free flowing, internal family logic that the newly married wife to the protagonist doesn't understand, and feeling of intense relief and harmony as she leaves (with the protagonist feeling like he is betraying her when he laughs at joke made on her expense by his mother/sister...) The addition of the all-knowing waiter in this tale reminded me of Jeeves and added to the intrigue of the narrative. If you are curious about middle class Indian families, I encourage you to give this a shot! You won't be disappointed!

[lovekotorilive]

Whelp, i’ve been in the madoka fandom for about a year now and i still like it, but i’m starting to get tired of it. Any recommendations for similar things or better fandoms?

[kolir]

what's a really really good book

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