Books of 2013

I'm a few weeks behind in my bookblogging, but I'll get caught up eventually. In the meantime, here is my complete list of books I read in 2013. Most of these you can find a review of by following the bookblogging tag, but I am also always open to questions!

I read a total of 122 books this year. 45 were written or edited by people of color (37%), and 75 were written or edited by women (61%). I also- just barely- managed to succeed in my goal of reading 50 books about South Asia.

( Books of 2013 )

( 5 Worst Books of the Year )

( 5 Best Books of the Year )

Fandom Snowflake: Day Five

Somehow I seem to be falling farther behind on this whole fandom snowflake thing.

Day 5: In your own space, talk about a creator. Show us why you think they are amazing.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO CHOOSE. So here are four of my favorites:

b_hallward: (Writes in Merlin, Merlin RPF, Supernatural, Starsky & Hutch, and Yami no Matsuei) Her writing is beautiful and subtle and elegant, and I love every single one of her stories.

ladysisyphus: (Writes mostly original fic these days, though also all sorts of fandoms) I very much admire her for organizing and editing Shousetsu Bang Bang, a bimonthly m/m romance webzine, which I should be better about reviewing than I actually am. I recently read her Murder Ballad (a conmen in the Wild West ghost story written for Shousetsu Bang Bang) and looooved it.

obsessive24 is my very favorite vid-maker. I don't have the technical vocabularly to really say what I love about her vids, so here are just some of my favorites:
"Devil Wouldn't Recognize You" - Elementary
"Bachelorette" - Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"Piece of Me" - Britney Spears

ranalore: (Writes in Yami no Matsuei, K-Pop, Saiyuki, Weiss Kreuz, Get Backers, and more). Rana is good at all sorts of writing- humor and angst, gen and porn, action and quiet reflection- and I very much admire that.