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Feb. 21st, 2021 08:57 amI finished reading the second story in The Halo Effect series last night, and was sad when I finished because it's so damn good. Extremely well written and obviously researched really well.
I've mentioned it before but it's a Downton Abbey series focussed on Thomas Barrow and between the two stories in the series comes in at nearly 527k. I binge watched all of Downton last year but I really don't think you need to know the show to enjoy this. A lot is focussed on Thomas' experiences as a medic in the war and what he does afterwards, so there's some medical gruesome details on occasions. Mostly though, it's about how Thomas sees himself and the difficulties of being gay in that time period and the resulting sense of worth and getting through life when you spent nearly every moment expecting something bad to happen.
Which sounds heavy, and often it is, but there's humour, love and friendship, well rounded OCs I came to love as much as the canon characters and a epilogue that delighted me. I really do recommend, but if you do read, make sure you have lots of time to do so.
Plus, as a bonus, it stops just before the trial that lasts a million years.
Now that I've finished that I can catch up on some other fics that have been posted. There has been a winterhawk valentine's exchange and a few Musketeer stories posted, including more Dragon Rider fic. I'm spoilt for choice, really.
It looks like it's going to be a nice day today so I think we'll head off for a walk at the beach. It's nice to have a relatively free Sunday, James' new shifts are working great for him but the downside is with only having weekends off, we need to get grocery shopping, cat food and litter either Sat or Sun, and the shops have been so busy every time we've done so. But, he's off tomorrow so the shopping will be pushed back to then and hopefully it'll be a bit quieter.
It was really windy with heavy rain yesterday and it was great to not have to worry about the fence coming down or the roof leaking. Getting these jobs ticked off is really satisfying. What was a little frustrating was the day it was fixed the roofing man texted James to say I'd given him £20 short when I paid. Now, I know I didn't as I checked the money twice but was stupid and didn't get him to check himself when I handed it over. It was all new notes, the springy plastic kind and as he shoved it straight in his pocket so I suspect one has been lost at some point. It's either that or he was trying it on and I'd rather not think that as he did a fantastic job and was nice when he was here. Whatever it was, if we need any more jobs doing like that I'm going to insist on a bank transfer or actually count the money into someone's hand.
Finally, I got invited to![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
disneyplusshows which looks good so far. I've been enjoying it reading Wandavision reactions and of course am looking forward to all the other new shows, especially Hawkeye. If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, check out the comm.
I've mentioned it before but it's a Downton Abbey series focussed on Thomas Barrow and between the two stories in the series comes in at nearly 527k. I binge watched all of Downton last year but I really don't think you need to know the show to enjoy this. A lot is focussed on Thomas' experiences as a medic in the war and what he does afterwards, so there's some medical gruesome details on occasions. Mostly though, it's about how Thomas sees himself and the difficulties of being gay in that time period and the resulting sense of worth and getting through life when you spent nearly every moment expecting something bad to happen.
Which sounds heavy, and often it is, but there's humour, love and friendship, well rounded OCs I came to love as much as the canon characters and a epilogue that delighted me. I really do recommend, but if you do read, make sure you have lots of time to do so.
Plus, as a bonus, it stops just before the trial that lasts a million years.
Now that I've finished that I can catch up on some other fics that have been posted. There has been a winterhawk valentine's exchange and a few Musketeer stories posted, including more Dragon Rider fic. I'm spoilt for choice, really.
It looks like it's going to be a nice day today so I think we'll head off for a walk at the beach. It's nice to have a relatively free Sunday, James' new shifts are working great for him but the downside is with only having weekends off, we need to get grocery shopping, cat food and litter either Sat or Sun, and the shops have been so busy every time we've done so. But, he's off tomorrow so the shopping will be pushed back to then and hopefully it'll be a bit quieter.
It was really windy with heavy rain yesterday and it was great to not have to worry about the fence coming down or the roof leaking. Getting these jobs ticked off is really satisfying. What was a little frustrating was the day it was fixed the roofing man texted James to say I'd given him £20 short when I paid. Now, I know I didn't as I checked the money twice but was stupid and didn't get him to check himself when I handed it over. It was all new notes, the springy plastic kind and as he shoved it straight in his pocket so I suspect one has been lost at some point. It's either that or he was trying it on and I'd rather not think that as he did a fantastic job and was nice when he was here. Whatever it was, if we need any more jobs doing like that I'm going to insist on a bank transfer or actually count the money into someone's hand.
Finally, I got invited to
disneyplusshows which looks good so far. I've been enjoying it reading Wandavision reactions and of course am looking forward to all the other new shows, especially Hawkeye. If that sounds like something you'd be interested in, check out the comm.
