*squee!!*

[kangeiko]

Happy New Year, everyone!

Had a lovely, sedate time last night (sorely needed as I am still shaky on my feet), and had bacon butties and heaps of tea this morning. Bliss

Anyway, last set of recs before the reveal. I'm reading and reccing while my brother, who's staying with me over New Year, is watching Robots in the next room. Bless. :)

ROME

- Miles Fortunae
Pullo spirits Caesarion, Vorenus and Vorenus's family away, out of Rome and away from Augustus's grasp to help Vorenus recover. And it's going to be fine, because the Fates blew Pullo's thread a kiss while they were spinning it and, and, and, this is so amazingly lovely it made me sniffle a little through sheer happiness. It's so completely them, and they get their happy ending. *sniff*

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I, Claudius

- Mater Patriae
Stunning portrait of Livia, before, during and after. She is, first and foremost, a woman of virtue.

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Kim Stanley Robinson - Mars Trilogy

- Shalbatana
I forgot that this was fic and read it as being straight out of Red Mars; this fic is that good. Nadia and Hiroko go out to recover a rover, and reach a tentative understanding along the way. Bonus appearances by everyone, but especially Ann, who is all kinds of broken. *LOVE*

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Terry Pratchett - Discworld

- The Unseen University Department of Inthaumation Science
A day in the life of the Discworld academics - hilarious and fun.

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Transmetropolitan

- the new jerusalem
Spider starts out as a sports reporter, and, gradually, the Truth hooks him - and eats him whole. This also made me sniffle quite a bit.