Dare to be different and learn to be lonely

Ack. I've not been feeling interesting enough to post adventures and thoughts lately. But since I had planned to keep track of my fanfic reading, and to not get too far behind, I'm sharing a list of stories I read in the past month. (Warning: it's a long one) The fact that I finished these means I liked them, so they're all recommended. I've added stars to the ones I absolutely loved, if you're looking for something to read right now, start with those;) Mind the warnings, though! My taste may not be yours after all;)

( Some things old, some things new, some things borrowed, some things blue.... )
Speaking of that last challenge: for those of you who missed my post after I messed up the latest import to my Dreamwidth: I posted my first artwork of 2013! For callistosh65's lovely nonAU story about Jensen taking care of a sick Jared, I made a paper portrait, pancakes, and more!

My next challenge is spn_cinema: I chose Canadian film Les Amours Imaginaires to be inspired by: "The story of three close friends who are involved in a love-triangle." I will tell you more about that later :-p (If you can, watch it, the English title is 'Heartbeats' a rather inadequate translation, as it lacks the colourful feel of the original, but luckily that doesn't change the awesomeness of the film itself;)

In between rolling around in fandom, I've also finished some regular books, you can find that reading list here.

On Friday I started on a new jigsaw puzzle, this one is 2000 pieces, so that should keep me busy while my mind is swirling with ideas *g*

My heart! *clutches it* Such an excellent episode of The Great British Bake Off tonight. I held my breath through all the baking challenges, it was brilliant. They made spongecakes, (sticky toffee and other) English puddings and (sweet and savoury) strüdels. I just so love watching those bakers. What a great evening.

Exactly what I needed after reading a very depressing book today (Dutch translation of Bord de Mer - Véronique Olmi, about a woman with two young sons who is losing her grip on life). Found that book in mom's collection and from the inscription I see I gave it to her on her birthday in 2004. I feel a little guilty about that, because the story was so sad.

Am still working on that jigsaw puzzle. For two days in a row now when I got home, I went straight to the table to check on it and immediately discovered a fitting piece just lying around. \o/ This project is making me all giddy :-D