Dora Reads is the book blog of a Bookish Rebel, supporting the Diversity Movement, bringing you Queer views and mental health advocacy, slipping in a lot of non-bookish content, and spreading reading to the goddamn world! :) (All posts may contain Amazon links, which are affiliate, unless marked otherwise. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. USA ONLY - please do not make UK purchases with my links)
Sunday, 3 November 2024
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.'
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!
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)
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...
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 π
They also all turned out to be LGBTQ+, because fanfiction be like that.
*If it has a ghost, I'm counting it π
As always, remember to check the tags and the original rec'ing posts for Content Warnings and other details, like SPOILER status!