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Just in time for my trip to Atlanta for the RnR tour, I’ve finished up this month’s reviews! No surprises or changes from the schedule for once, either.

The reviews were:

• Delicate Cries of Death by Chrysten
• A Different Point of Inspiration by NJ
• Distortedly Perfect by Jenn
• Sunshine in the Shadows by Taye and Jamie
• Lady Madonna by Gabi
• Sisyphus Rising by Aeryn
• Blue M&M’s Forever by Ellen Van Looy

And next month:

• Conundrum by Stephanie
• Driving Him Crazy by Tasha
• Air Kisses by Sara-Marie
• Blind White Lies by Aura
• Catalyst by Brittney
• Avenues and Mirror, Mirror by Diamond
• Radioactive and Contagion by Elizabeth

So, keep your eyes out for those! They may be a bit late again, given that I have yet another trip planned and NaNoWriMo, but they’ll be here eventually.

What begins? The new year of reviews, of course! It took a little longer than expected, and I’m still awaiting word from the author of one of my planned fics, since the final chapter of said fic was missing. For the time being, I’ve had to alter my plans to replace that story, and so the final list for September is as follows:

• The Manchester Trilogy by Stephen
• Coming of Age and Again by Jamie
• Bloom and Off the Ledge by Jasper
• Hair Like Fire by Diosa
• Shake It, Take Control by Ashley and Taylor
• Searching for Home by Chelle and Nikki
• Having My Baby by Elizabeth

And the plan for October, which we all know could change between now and then:

• Delicate Cries of Death by Chrysten
• A Different Point of Inspiration by NJ
• Distortedly Perfect by Jenn
• Sunshine in the Shadows by Taye and Jamie
• Lady Madonna by Gabi
• Sisyphus Rising by Aeryn
• Blue M&M’s Forever by Ellen Van Looy

Check back in a month for those! But don’t hold your breath for any updates between now and then; it’s looking like October will be a hiatus month for the spotlights. However, I do have a few things to planned to start getting ready for the new album we all hope is coming next spring or summer… So stay tuned for that starting next month, too.

That last post got kind of long, so I figured it would be best to put my future plans in a new post.

So, the fics I’ll be reviewing in September are:

• The Manchester Trilogy by Stephen
• Coming of Age and Again by Jamie
• Bloom and Off the Ledge by Jasper
• Hair Like Fire by Diosa
• Shake It, Take Control by Ashley and Taylor
• The Silent One by Julia Doty
• Having My Baby by Elizabeth

The rest of this last year of reviews’ fics can be found, in alphabetical order, on my “To Read” list, here.

So, what’s next? I think I’ve said a few times that this will be my last year of reviews. There are still twelve months before it all ends, and I’ve got them planned out pretty well.

Why am I stopping? Well, for a few reasons. First of all, it’s getting harder to find fics that meet my requirements. So many of them have either vanished entirely, vanished in part or languish behind friends lock in a journal that was abandoned years ago. Second of all, it’s been a lot harder to get the reviews done since I started working full time last year. I’ve had to avoid adding new stories and authors to my repertoire, and I don’t like that. I don’t feel like I’m being the good advocate for hanfic that I want to be if I’m putting arbitrary limits on what I’m reading. I do, however, feel like I’m pretty well read by this point, so I don’t feel bad about ending the reviews… eventually.

So what happens after the reviews end next August? It doesn’t mean the reviews section is going away and it doesn’t mean I’m going to completely stop doing reviews. I’ll still post at least one a month, sometimes of new fics and sometimes of old. And I’ll still post guest reviews whenever I get them. So, as always, please email me your reviews or fill out this form if you have a review you’d like for me to post.

Until next time, happy reading and I hope you enjoy the site 🙂

I’m going to split this post into two, with this one focused on the reviews I’ve just finished, and the next one focused on what’s to come.

So, the reviews for this last month of my third “year of reviews,” were as follows:

• Label by Joey
• Something To Talk About by Jenn
• Someone by Ashley
• Hanging and The Wheels On The Bus by Crystal and Megan
• A Minute Without You by Lorrie
• Flawed Design by Sarah Irene
• Sound of Light by Jess

Additional reviews of sequels to stories I’ve already reviewed can be found in the Anthem era. These stories were Alcatraz 2: Redemption by Aimster, Desire by Tigress, Switching Sides by Galadriel and Ten Years And Muses — The Wedding by Madden.

Below the little “read more” thingy, you’ll see a little wrap-up of this year along with lists ranking them by era and overall.

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NaNoWriMo hasn’t delayed these reviews… much.

The stories were as follows:

• One Night by Albertane Child
• Amazed by Serene
• When You Were Here by Erica Mary and Elise
• Tomorrow May Never Come by Holly Shomo
• Keep You Close by Kristy
• The Winding Road by Jessica
• Life After Love by Sarah

Next month, the last month of this year of reviews, I’ll be reading:

• Label by Joey
• Something To Talk About by Jenn
• Someone by Ashley
• Hanging and The Wheels On The Bus by Crystal and Megan
• Some Hearts by Amy
• Flawed Design by Sarah Irene
• Sound of Light by Jess

I’m not sure right now if there will be spotlights for August, so if not, I’ll see you again in about a month for the wrap-up of my third year of reviews!