potentialities

What I've been reading

I read Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere, a collection of P. G. Wodehouse's early school stories, including appearances previously unknown to me of Wrykyn's most famous former student, one Mike Jackson. Delightful as always.

What I'm reading now

I started this biography of Thomas Becket and it's really interesting so far.

What I've been reading

Only two books. And technically both of those books are bound into a single volume, along with another book, which I have not yet read. A flight that's only an hour each way doesn't leave a lot of reading time, and otherwise I've been busy since last Wednesday!

I reread The Inimitable Jeeves and Very Good, Jeeves!, which I did not recall based on titles alone are linked story collections rather than novels. That was actually perfect though, since I was reading in airports and on planes and constantly being interrupted.

I also had two people strike up conversations with me while I was carrying it with me, although neither of them were themselves Wodehouse fans. One said her mother-in-law had been a fan and she thought they were mysteries, and the other asked me if my book was good because I seemed to be enjoying myself and she was reading The Maze Runner and not so much.

Taking a break from NaNoWriMo—1,700 words and counting! (I really need to try to get ahead now, because there's going to be all kinds of craziness later in the month.)

Mike and Psmith in the NHL (469 words) by derryderrydown
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Psmith - P. G. Wodehouse, Hockey RPF
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Rupert Psmith, Ilya Bryzgalov, Mike Jackson, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin
Additional Tags: Notfic

I'm only vaguely peripherally aware of hockey fandom, but this is delightful.

Night-time Experiences (1787 words) by Magistra
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Ecce Romani
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Author Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Davus, Eucleides
Characters: Davus - Character, Eucleides - Character
Additional Tags: Slash, Latin, Textbook, Ancient Rome
Summary:

Davus and Eucleides, newly-bought slaves of the wealthy Cornelii Family, learn about how Roman slaves sustain intimate relationships. Oneshot, slash.

I never actually used Ecce Romani in Latin class, as my Latin teacher adopted it the year after I graduated—back in my day, we used Jenney's First Year Latin and we liked it. Sam took Latin II with Ecce Romani, though, and remembered the characters from it, so I looked to see if there was any fic like I already knew there was for Cambridge Latin. And there is! But Cambridge Latin fandom is still winning, because it has like eight posted stories whereas Ecce Romani has two.

Midwinter (1356 words) by Sineala
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: The Eagle | The Eagle of the Ninth (2011)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Marcus Flavius Aquila/Esca Mac Cunoval
Characters: Marcus Flavius Aquila, Esca Mac Cunoval
Additional Tags: Rituals, Community: kink_bingo
Summary:

Marcus shares with Esca some of the more private aspects of the mystery cult. (Or: This one time, at Mithras Camp...)

And speaking of Romans!

Revival (873 words) by Missy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Gone With the Wind, Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
Relationships: Rhett Butler/Scarlett O'Hara, Ashley Wilkes/Melanie Wilkes
Characters: Scarlett O'Hara, Melanie Wilkes
Additional Tags: Ensemble Cast, Zombies, Community: zombi_fic_ation, Resurrection, Horror, Dark Comedy, Black Comedy
Summary:

Melanie's resurrection is a miracle, right?

Yep, it's Gone With the Wind and zombies. Does what it says on the tin.

Your place away from it all (3530 words) by iridescentglow
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Douglas Coupland - Generation X
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Andy Palmer/Dagmar Bellinghausen, Andy Palmer-Dagmar Bellinghausen-Claire Baxter friendship
Characters: Andy Palmer, Dagmar Bellinghausen, Claire Baxter
Summary:

While working out how to run a hotel, Andy also has to figure out what his non-relationship with Dag means.

I missed this during Yuletide 2009 and it's really nice. I loved Generation X and Microserfs back in the day.