Friday 1 November 2024

Friday Fics Fix - We Got It All

 

'The people who know the Winter Soldier is rogue and hunting won’t exactly be shouting it from the rooftops, because telling people your pet murder machine has gone a little bit rabid on you is just the slightest bit bad for morale.'

 

Title: F3. Background: kaleidoscopic patterns


I'm cheating, this week.

I have rec'd this fic before - way back, in the ancient internet age of 2018 (and also in a few rec lists since then.)

Thursday 31 October 2024

The 10 Year Blog Anniversary Post!

 



Title: 10 Years of Blogging! Background: artsy stars, cos you gotta have artsy stars



YES! It has been a full ten years since the start of Dora Reads -

which back then was known as Diary of A Reading Addict, later shortened to DORA, which is how we got to Dora Reads (- and some people insist on calling me Dora even though I'm clearly marked as Cee everywhere *shrugs*)

- and somehow-or-other, through it all, I'm still here.


Sunday 27 October 2024

Nerd Church - Blogging Schedule Update (...It's Been A Stressful Week)



illustrated woman with a notebook


 

I don't usually write Nerd Church posts like this, but since Nerd Church isn't really tightly defined (...or defined at all, OK, I know,) I figured why not?

You may or may not have noticed that there was no Comics Wrap-Up (CWU) post, or Friday Fics Fix (F3) post this week.

- Which wasn't a planned break.

My life turned into another whirling ball of chaos this week, with my mother's health being very Not Good.

(Thankfully she's doing so much better now.)

Wednesday 23 October 2024

Life/Blogging Update

 

Hey everyone!

My life is once again chaos, so there won't be any Comics Wrap-Up tomorrow (Thursday 24th Oct), or Friday Fics Fix on Friday (25th Oct).

There will be a Nerd Church on Sunday - but whether it'll be a 'proper' Nerd Church or another update, I don't know.

Thanks for the patience!


Sunday 20 October 2024

Nerd Church - That Time American Horror Story Made A Mini-Series About Writers...

 


Title: That Time American Horror Story Made A Mini-Series About Writers...


I love American Horror Story (AHS).

It's amazing, let's be honest.

I started watching a fair few years after the beginning, and started from said beginning - Murder House (as everyone should, imho,) - so haven't actually caught up yet.


Friday 18 October 2024

Friday Fics Fix - 3 Novel-Ish Length Horror-Adjacent LGBTQ+ Fics For Spooky Season

 


It's October everyone!

So I thought we'd revisit 3 horror-adjacent* fics that are novel/novella length for this week's F3 - because I'm nice to you like that πŸ˜…

They also all turned out to be LGBTQ+, because fanfiction be like that.


*If it has a ghost, I'm counting it 😎


Title: F3. Background: kaleidoscopic patterns

As always, remember to check the tags and the original rec'ing posts for Content Warnings and other details, like SPOILER status!