it's the most wonderful time of the year, actually

[lirazel]

I just made my Yuletide noms, squeaking in with like two hours left before the deadline, and I really wish there was a way you could see what has been approved before you do it, you know?

After all that worrying about it, I did it on the fly, and actually that was probably the best thing to do, because the only thing I absolutely knew I wanted to request was Shut Up Flower Boy Band (I want something involving Ji Hyuk, Su Ah, Hyun Soo and/or Ye Rim in any combination at all). I decided to go with one book and one Western TV show to round out my noms, and since the book I really want fic on (M.M. Kaye's out of print 600 page epic Shadow of the Moon) I know I will never get fic on, I went with Mara Daughter of the Nile aka the book I have read most often in my life aka the book that dominated my middle and high school years. For TV show I selected Designing Women, though I'm hoping/assuming that Happy Endings got nommed because I might ask for Jane/Brad fic because PERFECT TELEVISION MARRIEDS.

And now that I think about it, I wish I'd nommed The Thin Man because it occurs to me that what I really want is Nick and Nora fic. But it's too late now, I suppose. Oh, well.

[eta] Anybody with an AO3 account who isn't participating this year who would be willing to nominate it for me?

Comments

[molly_may]

Oh man, I read Shadow of the Moon over and over as a teenager. Winter and Alex Forever! Also, I loved most of Kaye's other books, especially Trade Winds, which looking back on it now I realize had a "romantic" rape scene between the hero and heroine, but I loved it anyway. She wrote a number of mystery novels all set in different parts of the world - Death in Berlin, Death in Zanzibar, etc. that I gobbled up. Strangely enough, the one book by her I could never quite get through was The Far Pavilions, which is the most famous one she wrote and the only one that is probably still in print.

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[penny-lane-42.livejournal.com]

Alex and River are my FAVORITES FOREVER.

I also have a lot of fondness for Trade Winds, despite the "romantic" rape. It's so lovely other than that!

Her Death books are still in print, I think, but I haven't read them. I've been working my way through The Far Pavilions for a year or two now (seriously), but I haven't finished it yet, either. It's got some stuff I love, but I feel like her other books are superior. Oh, well.

Yay for mutual love!