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Our summer reading calendar is here! And other than our longfic stream, at the end of the round, we're kept the fic selections short and sweet: none of the first five stories are over 30k. But these short fics offer plenty to talk about, and we're looking forward to some great discussions. Below you'll find our calendar, with links to the fics and the names of the folks who will be leading the discussions.

Please note that we've made an important change this time around: three of our six discussions this time around will be publicly visible. This means that anyone, not just members of the community, will be able to read the discussions. It remains the case that only members of the comm will be able to post to the discussion. We are doing this because we want the folks who are looking for our brand of thoughtful discussion to know that they can find it here! We want to preserve the sense of trust and mutual respect that has defined our past discussions, while lowering the bar to entry for new people, and we are hoping that publicly-visible discussions will strike the right balance.

The public discussions are marked on the calendar below, and the launch posts for those discussions will also state clearly that the discussions are publicly visible. We'll be asking for feedback at the end of the round, so please let us know what you think!

Thursday July 14 (note date!) - Rigging Screws, size 1 /38 inch, galvanised by

legionseaglelj (AJHall), led by

dognmonkeyshow (genfic). PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Wednesday July 20 - The Mystery of Ill Opinions by

mundungus42, led by

tiltedsyllogism (crossover/fusion). PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Wednesday July 27 - Daddy Loves Me Best by

thisprettywren, led by

dioscureantwins (Moriarty).

Wednesday August 3 - The Nutcracker by

odamaki, led by

phoenix_glow (wild card).

Wednesday August 10 - Sixteen and a Half Months by

emmagrant01, led by

donutgirl (rare pair). PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Wednesday August 17 - At Least There's The Football (series) by

sheffiesharpe, led by

jagnikjen (longfic).

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We are ~~finally~~ ready to announce the lineup for Round 5 discussions! We had a bit of trouble scheduling the discussions, which is why this announcement is a few days later than planned. But here at last, for your anticipation, delectation, and advanced-reading-planning needs*:

We began on Wednesday, January 20th with a discussion of The Violet Hour by

breathedout, led by

pennypaperbrain. Historical AU. (this discussion is going on now. join us!)

Wednesday, January 27th -- Adventure of the Crossed Stream by

mydwynter, led by

phoenix_glow. Casefic.
Wednesday, February 3rd -- Save The Last Dance For Me by Lilith (Citrine), led by

cherrytide. Mrs. Hudson.
Wednesday, February 10th -- Rebound by

tiltedsyllogism, led by

anarfea and

gentlespirit. Femslash.
Wednesday, February 17th -- No Bangs Without Foreign Office Approval by reckonedrightly, led by

neifile7. Genderswap.
Wednesday, February 24th -- The Anatomist by

rosa_acicularis, led by

cherrytide. Molly Hooper.
Wednesday, March 2nd -- Broken Hearts Like Broken Bones by tyleet, led by

anarfea. Adlock.
Wednesday, March 9th -- SPQR by

hoc_volerunt, led by

dioscureantwins. Historical AU.

*There are some very long fics on this calendar: SPQR is over 100k, and No Bangs is past the 200k mark. We are really excited to discuss them, and we hope you are, too -- but make sure to plan ahead for those ones!

Additionally, we are happy to announce a few new members of the mod team -

gentlespirit and

cherrytide will be old friends in new hats, joining tiltedsyllogism and azriona in set-up, organization and day-to-day maintenance of the comm.

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Happy December, and happy Friday, everyone! We've only got a few more weeks to wait, and we're super-excited! About The Abominable Bride as well, of course, but mainly about the next round of discussions here at Reading221b.

Here are the streams for round 5:
Casefic
Adlock
femslash
Mrs. Hudson
Molly
genderswap
Historical AU

Two of these seven streams will be Leader's Choice; just about everybody we've heard from thought the Leader's Choice streams in Round 4 were a success, so we are going to keep it in the mix. The LC discussions will take place on January 20th and 27th. The other five fic selections will be determined through open nominations such as we've run from the beginning, and those discussions will fill out the back half of our calendar.

But which two will be LC, you ask? We don't know yet, either! Here's what we're going to do:
About two weeks from now, we are going to make a separate post inviting y'all to volunteer to run a LC discussion. Instead of just puting your name in the hat, though, we are going to ask you to tell us 1) which fic you want to discuss, 2) in which stream, and 3) why you think it will make for a good conversation. You can volunteer for ANY of these seven streams. After those two fics (and concomitant streams) have been selected, we will then open nominations for the remaining five streams.

( Here is the full calendar for this round: )For those of you considering volunteering to lead a stream this time around: we are going to put up a separate post on the 21st. In the meantime, feel free to toss around ideas in the comments section here!

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Hi all! We are delighted to announce the reading calendar for Round 4. You can also find this calendar linked in the sidebar on the comm's main page.

July 8 - AU - Eight and Fifty Nights by Poppyalexander, led by

phoenix_glow
July 15 - Angst - Seeds by

thesardine, led by

unovis
July 22nd - Lestrade - Opposition Party by

mydwynter, led by mathe_roni
July 29th - Kidlock/Parentlock - Saccharomyces Cerevisiae by yaycoffee, led by

donutgirl

*mini-hiatus on account of mods’ para-Sherlockian RL hijinks*

August 12th - Remix - Murder Will Out by

keerawa and Intimate Knowledge by

tiltedsyllogism, led by

cherrytide
August 19th - OT3 - The Making Of by

emmagrant01, led by

phoenix_glow
August 26th - Crossover/Fusion - the Queen of Gondal series by AJHall, led by

dioscureantwins

please note: our first discussion kicks off TOMORROW. We hope that announcing the fic selections for the Leader's Choice streams gave you enough time to read in advance.

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Hi all! Here are some more details for round 4, as promised last week.

First of all, we have revised our community guidelines to reflect the ideas and insights generated in our most recent community discussion. Whether you’re new or have been here since the beginning, please take some time to read it. In particular, take a look at the section on nominations, since that’s coming up soon.

As mentioned in the post last week, we’re running two of our streams a little differently this time around. Instead of holding open nominations for fics and voting on them as a comm, we the mods are going to ask for volunteers to lead these two streams (Angst and AU), and the leaders will then choose the fics to discuss. Leaders will be RANDOMLY selected from among those who volunteer. We’ve got full details below, if you’re interested in volunteering.

( more information on Leader's Choice streams! )

( Round 4 Calendar here! )

There’s one other thing we are going to test-drive for this round: you will only be nominate a fic if you are willing to lead the discussion. If you aren’t interested in leading, you can still play a role in the process by seconding others’ nominations, and by voting – and, of course, taking part in the discussions themselves!

We'll see you all soon, we hope!

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Hello all! Here is the calendar for the next round of fic discussions:

Nov 19th: The Cold Song Series by

eldritchhorrors, discussion led by

pennypaperbrain (Sex-focused fics stream)
Nov 26th: Red Velvet and Reciprocity by

cherrytide, discussion led by

frozen_delight (Hidden Gems stream)
November 30: I Used To Live Alone Before I Met You by

etothepii, led by

jmarlinquin (short AUs stream)
Dec 3: The Scotch 'Verse Series by

earlgreytea68, led by

azriona (Mystrade stream)
Dec 10: Winter in London by

w_a_i_d, led by

keerawa (ACD stream)
Dec 14: The River Variations by

withoutawish, led by

swissmarg (short Casefic stream)
Dec 17: Don't Is Not The Same As Haven't by Impractical Beekeeping, led by

tiltedsyllogism (Rare Pair stream)

How this will work:
On discussion days, the discussion leads will make a post to kick off our conversation. Please keep all conversation about the fic in that post, which will be locked to members only. (You're obviously allowed to say whatever you like about whatever you like on your own journals, but we'd like to try to keep the conversation all in one place for ease of reading.)

On the spirit of conversation
Please remember that we are striving to be an inclusive and encouraging safe where people feel comfortable expressing a range of opinions and judgments. While we encourage thoughtful and constructive criticism, we will not tolerate author-bashing, character-bashing, fic-bashing or reader-bashing of any kind. Everyone's response to a fic is legitimate, and it is perfectly okay to not like one part of a fic while loving another. If you want to disagree with something that someone else has said, make sure your response is focused on the difference in interpretation, not on the person with whom you disagree. Please try to respect the spirit in which others have commented: someone who says "this scene is structured in order to make the reader feel uncomfortable" is making an interpretation you can challenge if you disagree with it, but someone who says "this scene made me uncomfortable" is speaking only about their own response, and their comments should be respected as such. You are absolutely allowed to be critical and questioning; you are not allowed to be rude or abrasive, or to put someone down for enjoying what you disliked.

We are very eagerly looking forward to each of these conversations, and we hope you are, too!

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Hello all! Sorry for the delay. Here is the calendar for Round 1 Discussions:

Sept 10 - The Speed of Objects in Motion by holyfant, led by

violethuntress (Angst stream)

Sept 17 - The Frost is All Over by Chryse, led by

mars_daydream (Alt Universe stream)

Sept 24 - The Paradox series by wordstrings, led by

birggitt (Alt Narrative stream)

Oct 1 - Hitting the Water at Sixty Miles an Hour by what_alchemy, led by

ruth0007 (Wild Card stream)

Oct 8 - What to Do When Your Flatmate is Homicidal by hyacinth_sky747, discussion leader TBA (Humor stream)

Oct 15 - Given in Evidence by verityburns, discussion leaders mathe_roni and

kizzia (Casefic stream)

These six genre streams are the ones that drew an overwhelming response, and these were the fics that came out on top in each of them (although some of those votes were very, very close!). We realized early on that jumping straight in with thirteen streams was more than the mods would be able to handle, which is why we are running discussions only in the most popular categories this time around, but our long-term plan definitely involves expanding the list to include lots more streams. There were so many fantastic fics nominated, in every category, that it was hard to let any of them go by; but this is just the first round of what we hope will be a great many. So if there's a fic or a stream you wanted to discuss that's not on the list above, we welcome you to nominate it again for later rounds.

As always, we welcome suggestions, and we'll make a point of reviewing with all of you how the process has gone before we start the next phase.

How this will Work:
On discussion days, the discussion leads will make a post to kick off our conversation. Please keep all conversation about the fic in that post, which will be locked to members only. (You're obviously allowed to say whatever you like about whatever you like on your own journals, but we'd like to try to keep the conversation all in one place for ease of reading.)

Please remember that we are striving to be a wank-free zone - that is, while we encourage thoughtful and constructive criticism, we will not tolerate author-bashing, character-bashing, fic-bashing or reader-bashing of any kind. Everyone's response to a fic is completely valid, and it is perfectly okay to not like one part of a fic while loving another. You are absolutely allowed to be critical and questioning; you are not allowed to be rude or abrassive, or to put someone down for enjoying what you disliked.

We greatly look forward to the conversations over the next couple of weeks. We're all going to have so much fun!

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Round Six:

Here are the starting dates for all of our Rounf 5 discussions. Remember, these conversations never close - even if it's been a few weeks since the conversation got started, you are welcome to join in!

Thursday July 14 (note date!) - Rigging Screws, size 1 /38 inch, galvanised by

ajhall, led by

dognmonkeyshow (genfic). PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Wednesday July 20 - The Mystery of Ill Opinions by

mundungus42, led by

tiltedsyllogism (crossover/fusion). PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Wednesday July 27 - Daddy Loves Me Best by

thisprettywren, led by

dioscureantwins (Moriarty).

Wednesday August 3 - The Nutcracker by odamakilock, led by

phoenix_glow (wild card).

Wednesday August 10 - Sixteen and a Half Months by

emmagrant01, led by

donutgirl (rare pair). PUBLIC DISCUSSION

Wednesday August 17 - At Least There's The Football (series) by

sheffiesharpe, led by

jagnikjen (longfic).

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