The Reading Room

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As my Tuesday post was not possible this week, I’m here to say a belated thank you very much to the_other_sandy for reccing “Scissors” by LRH Balzer, and also to everyone who read and commented.



You may have noticed there aren’t any more Reading Room fics scheduled. I’ve been finding it hard to do justice to the Reading Room due to the ever-increasing pressure of RL work, paid and unpaid. So, as we were coming to the end of the current list, I decided that I would not prod you for any more recs and then I would bow out. Now I can’t put this sad post off any longer.

When the Reading Room first opened its doors and its shelves I never imagined we’d still be doing this eighteen months later. I was thinking weeks rather than months, but then I was new to Pros fandom and didn’t reckon on the endless enthusiasm here for reccing and reading and chatting. It’s been more successful than I ever hoped, thanks to all your participation and generous support for the project. The best thing, apart from an excellent education in the canon of Pros fanfic, has been getting to know readers I wouldn’t have encountered in other comms, and getting to know some of the usual suspects much better.

It would be great if someone wanted to take over the Reading Room and carry it on, or else launch some new and different reccing project here – in either case, I guess you should consult the mod, byslantedlight. If there’s any interest, we might still have the occasional get-together. For instance, franciskerst has offered a recc for some time in October.

And I’m sure byslantedlight would agree that recs are always welcome here at ci5hq.