Christmas Reading Room with a difference... An Advent Calendar of Stories

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Since I missed getting sorted in time for the usual Thursday Reading Room this week, and since there doesn't seem to be a Hatstand Advent Calendar after all this year (*sighs sadly*), and since 9 out of 10 cats prefer... 8 out of 14 people polled said they'd like something Christmas/Winter/Something Else special for the Reading Room, but on the other hand 6 out of 14 thought they might be too busy to play, I thought we might try something a little different this December. Or sort of the same... *g*

Last year we had The Christmas Reading Room, which was very cool indeed, but we all seem to be short of time this year. Rather than posting reviews for discussion then, I thought we could perhaps have a wee rec each day that might do no more than link to a story that's often missed in the usual flurry of Christmas stories - or just that you might remember fondly - along with anything else the reccer fancies adding. I'll take up any empty days myself (it'll be good for me - a bit of discipline!) I've posted my first one, to give you an idea of what I mean - it's here... *g*

As usual it'd be far more fun if other people joined in, so (as usual *g*) I'm wondering if anyone out there would like to volunteer to choose a story for which they'll post the link on a particular day between now and the 25th of December? You can add as much to it as you like, or invite discussion, or do nothing more than post the bare link (well, maybe title and author... *g*) Ideally, perhaps, they'd be less well-known stories, perhaps fic that's been buried a little bit in the archives, or in a livejournal post somewhere but it doesn't have to be. Anything at all, so that somewhere in our flist there's a wee link for us to hit at the end of a long December day, with the promise of a Christmas-y/Winter-y/December-y Pros story behind it...

You don't have to say what the story is, or spoil the surprise for the day (cos half the fun of an Advent Calendar is the surprise *g*) just comment below to choose a day and let me know. And if no one does, then I'll struggle on by myself, curling up and reading all those cosy stories... well, someone'll have to... *g*

What d'you reckon - does it sound doable, or will you be dropping CI5hq from your flist in horror at the very thought? *g* Oh, and I thought it might help towards moth2fic's idea for another game to play too!

Thurs 1st December - byslantedlight - All I Want for Christmas by Rebelcat
Fri 2nd December - byslantedlight - One of Bodie's Better Ideas by Josey
Sat 3rd December - byslantedlight - The Homecoming by Sebastian
Sun 4th December - merentha13 - Shopping Days, or Doyle the Copper Felt Up by M Fae Glasgow
Mon 5th December - msmoat - Deck the Halls by Hestia (ProsLib CD)
Tues 6th December - moth2fic - A Festive Gift by probodie
Wed 7th December - nypagan - Christmas Wishes by PR Zed
Thurs 8th December - angel_ci5 - In the Bleak Mid Winter by Brenda K
Fri 9th December - nypagan - Join the Queue by Lizzie
Sat 10th December - milomaus - Well Matched at Christmas by PFL
Sun 11th December - starlite876 - Boxing Day by the Hag
Mon 12th December - byslantedlight - Christmas Pantomime by ET
Tues 13th December - milomaus - The Scarsdale Pact by Jojo
Wed 14th December - nypagan - The Hunting of the Wren by SAC
Thurs 15th December - byslantedlight - Gift Wrapped by O. Yardley
Fri 16th December - nypagan - The Christmas Story by DVS
Sat 17th December - nypagan - Leftovers by HG and iLads by angelci5
Sun 18th December - starlite876 - Ringing in the Changes by PFL
Mon 19th December - merentha13 - In the Grotto by Sebastian
Tues 20th December - byslantedlight - I Saw Three Ships by Gael X. Ile
Wed 21st December - nypagan - Mistletoe by S and Beautiful Year by Verlaine
Thurs 22nd December - byslantedlight - Benevolence by Brenda K
Fri 23rd December - milomaus - The Mistletoe Fairy by Jojo
Sat 24th December - byslantedlight - In the Deep Midwinter (The Larton Chronicles) by Rhiannon

Comments

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

No, it doesn't have to be specifically Christmas, but something in the general spirit of the lads' December season please... *g* Winter, or December, or something along those lines... Want to play? *g*

[shooting2kill.livejournal.com]

Whoops, sorry I've done it again!!!!!! But thanks, you've answered my question and if I can think of anything I might. (I'm not too hot on Christmas things.)

I'll play

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

I'll take Wednesdays and Fridays. Not promising any in-depth analysis.

Re: I'll play

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh, all of them? That would be:

Wed 7th December
Fri 9th December
Wed 14th December
Fri 16th December
Wed 21st December
Fri 23rd December

And no in-depth anaylsis required - as you can see from mine I've basically given a link and said something quickly about where it's come from, and that's pretty much it! Well, and I included pics, cos who doesn't love to see our lads? *g*

Re: I'll play

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Another legitimate reason to search and read!

Re: I'll play

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Excellent - you're on! *g*

Re: I'll play

[nypagan.livejournal.com]

Can I have the 24th too?

Re: I'll play

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry, I've only just seen this somehow - it must have got lost in the days lj was being attacked... I've actually thrown something together for the 24th myself by now - unless you had a special reason for that particular day?

[merentha13.livejournal.com]

I'll join as well! I can take the 4th and the 19th if they're still open?

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Yeay - they're all yours! *g*

[angel-ci5.livejournal.com]

I can do 8th Dec, if it's still free. :-)

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Oh it is, it's all yours - yeay! *vbg*

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

This is soooo nice, so much fun, thanks for thinking off it and sharing!!

I´ll take saturday the 10th, if it´s still free.

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It's all yours - and yeay, it is nice, isn't it! *g*

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

So nice, you can assign one or two more days to me. *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

I've only just seen your comment here, I'm sorry! It must have got lost in the days when lj was under attack (the same thing happened with someone else as well...). There's just two days left unclaimed now actually, the 13th and the 23rd - would you like to do those?

It is nice, isn't it! *g*

[milomaus.livejournal.com]

I would! It´s just fun and kinda easy.
Though I guess finding a great christmassy story at the end of the calender will be hard...*G*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

It is fun and (sort of *g*) easy, isn't it! There are so many Christmas fics out there too - it's fun reminding people of ones they might not have seen before... *g*

[starlite876.livejournal.com]

I'll be happy to take the remaining Sundays (Dec 11 and Dec 18).

Do we post based on the Lads' time (ie London – GMT)? I'm only asking because I'm 11+ hours ahead of the Lads' time, so will need to be careful to not post too early *g*

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

Excellent, thank you!

You can post any time really, as long as the person before you has already made their post! Just out of courtesy to them, really... *g* That looks like Milomaus (Germany) and probably myself (UK) so we shouldn't be too far behind, time-wise! *g*