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[sarren]

Yuletide has been so much fun - first time I've been fully involved. The people organising it have been totally awesome and there's just so many outstanding fics, some in fandoms I've never read before, including my this year's favourite. And since part of the fun appears to be posting one's recs before the 'big reveal' obviously I had to organise mine, even though it's 3am and I have a sinking feeling somebody's going to be waking me up at about 7am. *cries*

They're about evenly divided between book fandoms and media fandoms, and MORE THAN HALF ARE NOT SLASH!!!

So my Top Five Favourites...

Below and Beneath - Baroness Orczy, The Scarlet Pimpernel
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/28/belowand.html
My FAVOURITE yuletide fic this year! It’s like a missing scene set directly after the book ends and it’s just a beautiful scene of Percy and Marguerite caring about each other.

Adeste Fidelis – Georgette Heyer, These Old Shades (Avon/Davenant)
http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/30/adestefidelis.html
I love this plotty fic about how Avon and Hugh meet SO MUCH, I even think I would have preferred it as a GEN FIC *gasp*

Duende - Patrick O’Brien, Master and Commander series (Aubrey/Maturin)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/33/duende.html
omg omg omg this fantasy AU rocks SO MUCH.

Yes, Sir, Jeeves – PG Wodehouse, Jeeves and Wooster (Jeeves/Wooster)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/23/yessir.html
Fabulous, fabulous wodehouse, plus some hot sex.

A Heaven in Hell’s Despair – Wiseguy (Vinnie/Sonny)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/26/aheaven.html
Amazing AU. *so much love*


Code 69 – Men in Black (J/K)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/23/code69.html
Like the movie, with added porn

Looking on to Spring - Frances Hogson Burnett, The Secret Garden
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/28/lookingon.html
So pretty.

Warrior’s Work – Naomi Novik, the Temeraire series
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/22/warriorswork.html
Just like the books. Adventure!

Fortune – Naomi Novik, the Temeraire series
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/30/fortune.html
Laurence and Temeraire are so adorable together.

Death in the Tuileries - Dorothy L Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey series
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/29/deathin.html
Wimsey’s first case! Wimsey first meets Bunter!

Wild Honey - Fried Green Tomatoes (Idgy/Ruth)
http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/32/wildhoney.html
So pretty!

The Bridal Path - Addams Family (Wednesday/Joel)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/29/thebridal.html
Yay! Should be in the next movie.

Nature Boy - A Knight’s Tale (Wat/Chaucer)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/29/natureboy.html

And the church bells softly chime - Life on Mars
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/23/andthe2.html
Chris watches his bosses.

Teenage Wildlife - The Breakfast Club (Bender/Brian)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/24/teenagewildlife.html
Kinda bleak, but not.

Five, er, Six Reports That Nathan Stark Wished Never Crossed His Desk - Eureka
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/28/fiveer.html
Yay, Nathan! ::koff::

Please Discuss Only Approved Topics With Your AI - Eureka
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/32/pleasediscuss.html
Hee!

Girls are the Eleventh Plague - Gordon Korman, the MacDonald Hall series (Bruno/Boots)
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/28/girlsare2.html
They are so CUTE.

Provenance - Eroica
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/29/provenance.html
Meeting of minds.

Clarity – Heroes
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/30/clarity.html
Great fic about Claire.

Karma Chameleon – My Name Is Earl
http://www.yuletidetreasure.org/archive/22/karmachameleon_cmt.html
OMG it’s like the writer is channeling Earl. Scary.

Hot Duck - Wonderfalls
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/29/hotduck_cmt.html
This fic is cracked! Just like the show.

Pride Goeth Before - Blade Runner
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/25/pridegoeth.html
Roy Batty's 'awakening'

In this Galaxy, Nothing Can Be Said To Be Certain - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/24/inthis.html
Plotty and madcap! So, perfect then.

I haven’t read these last two yet – I want to rewatch the movies first, but they look fabulous

Buy You A Looking Glass – Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/28/buyyou.html

Noir Enough – Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
http://yuletidetreasure.org/archive/23/noirenough.html
This one is being recced all over the place!

Comments

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting these. I was really interested in what other people liked.

[zebra363.livejournal.com]

I can't remember the Scarlet Pimpernel characters enough to picture the story. I'll come back to it.

Glad you liked Duende!

[sarren.livejournal.com]

I'll lend you the book if you like, I know I'm going to go reread it again. God I loved that book when I was a kid, I couldn't count the number of times I read it.

re Duende - well DUH. *g*

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

Yuletide was outstounding this year. You should be so pleased with yourself.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Yes, yes it was.

Why should I be pleased with myself?

[emma-in-oz.livejournal.com]

Cos you did lots of work and were also very creative.

[mcicioni.livejournal.com]

Hi, great recs, and wonderful stories. Loved the Jeeves/Wooster, melted at the Brian/Bender, and melted *all over the place* at the Idgie/Ruth.

Is there a femslash community?

Right now, almost all I can think of is Westerns made in the last century, but here's hoping that you get joy out of all your fandoms, and that your 2007 will be fun and relaxed and hopeful. If you're ever in melbourne, I am going to have a study/ guest room in 4 months or so.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

You are very sweet! I'm coming over to visit victorian_tweed during Comfest. We should definitely meet up and be fannish at each other *g*

[mcicioni.livejournal.com]

Absolutely!

But *when* is Comfest?

[psycho-tabby.livejournal.com]

I'm just going out on a limb here could I don't know what you actually wrote for yultide, but is this person rec'ing you? Sorry if I'm wrong (but you will get some nice rec's out of it so no harm done) but if one is your story I's sure want to know if it was rec'ed! Happy new year! *hyper Dee who can't sleep cause of evil red bull!*

http://bethbethbeth.livejournal.com/386876.html

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Nope. Not me. Promise.

[psycho-tabby.livejournal.com]

Ok, sorry. You are up early on New Years Day?

[sarren.livejournal.com]

not by choice!

[psycho-tabby.livejournal.com]

When do the authors for yultide come out? I'm really curious.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

out now:)