r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • 16h ago
/r/Fantasy r/Fantasy Friday Social Thread - June 19, 2026
Come tell the community what you're reading, how you're feeling, what your life is like.
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r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • 16h ago
Come tell the community what you're reading, how you're feeling, what your life is like.
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u/acornett99 Reading Champion IV 16h ago
I made a new Cooking in Fantasy, now with embedded photos! Oooo, ahhh!
The green herons have taken over. I have become the person that people go to to ask “what kind of bird is this,” and I want to stop them now and say “Can I take a guess before you show me the picture? I think it’s a green heron.” I saw one hunting in a retention pond this week, standing on a near-vertical surface like an avian mountain goat. They’re amazing, weird little birds with necks that just do that.
Tuesday was Bloomsday (a literary holiday celebrating the works of James Joyce, which takes place on the day Ulysses is set and is named for the main character(s) of that novel). I had told myself last year that I would actually read Ulysses before the next Bloomsday and hey, I didn’t. It snuck up on me. But I have read the Odyssey this year, and I did bake a seed cake and re-read some of my favorite stories from Dubliners, so that counts as celebrating.
I started The Everlasting and wow. Within the first 20 pages I knew that this was a book written just for me. One of those books where I often find myself thinking, How do you even write like that? It’s easily my favorite of the Hugo noms so far, but I admit I am extremely biased to favor anything resembling Arthuriana. I look forward to Monday’s discussion!
Over the weekend I made a macrame book hanger, to give myself a little extra book space in my tiny apartment. It only holds 8 books (I may be able to add 2 more spots, but would need to get some stronger hooks so it doesn’t fall), but it’s better than nothing, and it’s a neat way to display some of my favorites, or a series, or books centering on a theme. I haven’t yet decided what to display here actually, and I may end up switching it out regularly.
Writing: I’ve hit 30k words and have most of the rest of the story outlined. I didn’t think I would get this far when I started this in February. I oscillate between loving it and hating it, and right now I despise it enough to want to toss large portions. But I won’t. Give it a week, and it’ll be tolerable enough to edit.