#april’s reading list

[writing-in-april]

Spencer Reid Fic Recs (#1-Sub!Spencer)

A/N: I decided to start doing a fic rec list every once and a while for Spencer since I share so much of him on this blog. Every time I’ll pick a category and listing my most recent reads and favorites in the category. I’ll also update this as new favorites in the category come out. My plan is trying to do this once a month but I’m not the best at remembering schedules😂 Send me an anon if you have a request for the subject of next months fic rec list. Also explore the tag #April’s reading list on my blog if your looking for anymore fic recs, I share stuff for any of the actors I write for. These are in no particular order. Also some of these don’t list sub!spencer in there warnings/disclaimers but it gives off the vibes to me ya know? Main Masterlist Fic Rec Masterlist

My own Sub!Spencer fics: Surprise Pretty Boy, Solaris, Painted Nails, Georgia Peach plus all the fics for my 750 follower celebration

@zhuzhubii :

lace

train car

in the act

handiwork

Series- be patient

@ontheoddoccasioniwritestuff

Romanticise yourself - Subtle Sub!Spencer

@davidrossi-ismydad

I wanna boi

@safertokiss

Lost in translation

@homoose

Tie it back - Subtle Sub!Spencer

@catsadams

Pretty in pink

@subbyspence- Sub!Spencer anon blog

@mercy-burning

Petite Etoile

@spenciegoob

Triple edged sword

@definitelynotkatesblog

Well taught

@sunlight-moonrise

Relax your mind

@pumpkin-goob

Hoop ring theory&Stress relief&Introducing:sir

@prettyricky187

Reid to me?

@differentkettleoffishalltogether

Moi je joue

@moon-light-jukebox

Series- All you have to do is ask

@criminalmindzjunkie

In case you hadn’t noticed

Avoidance & Reassurance

@dontshootmespence

Painting

Unraveling oblivion

My lady

@imagining-in-the-margins

Sweater paws

Rodeo show

Stuck

Red handed

Breathe

Bigger bitch than payback

Spoiled- Ralvez Polyamory Fic

@akvtsuki-ari

Sweetheart ch.1 & ch.2

Be mean

Strawberry Shortcake

Violins

Baby boy

[softlystarstruck]

✩ softly reading april 11 - 30 ✩

backstreet’s back, baby. except only kind of, because im doing these monthly now! this one is just belatedly filling in the rest of april. welcome to softly reading, in which i list every single drarry fic i’ve read this month in hopes that you, dear reader, find a fic you like too!

✩ - a fave | 🔥 - hot | 🌼 - gentle read

longer reads

✩ Once More With Feeling by InnerLilith [E, 28k] 🔥

Draco is dosed with a consummation-compelling potion, with Harry Potter as his intended. It’s a cruel irony, because he’s wanted Potter for years. But not like this.

✩ Offer Up Our Hearts by @tackytigerfic [M, 23k]

Harry Potter has a very nice life, thank you very much. He's a top Curse-Breaker with a lucrative Ministry contract, and exciting prospects ahead. Sometimes he does wish that he had time to pursue something official with Draco Malfoy - they're half in love with each other, after all, and a great team (in and out of bed), though Draco is still one of the most infuriating people he knows. And when Draco asks Harry to accompany him on a diplomatic mission to the mysterious Sidhe fairies in Ireland, Harry agrees to lend his expertise. [HD Tropes Exchange Fest 2019] Recced to me by @the-starryknight

✩ The shape of my love by @orange-peony [E, 23k] 🏳️‍⚧️🔥🌼

Harry’s happy — happier than he’s ever been in his life, really. He loves living with Draco, studying with him and cooking together. Draco is still oddly mysterious about the potion he takes every day, even though Harry is a bloody Healer in training, and he still never changes in front of him, but that’s fine. Harry respects his boundaries, because he has his own too. And he is probably - or most likely - a little enamoured with the blond git, if he has to admit it to himself, but it’s fine. [HP Trans Fest 2022]

✩ all my love’s wrapped in shades of red by asininemind [T, 15k]

Ron and Hermione are moving out - so, naturally, Harry does the responsible adult-thing: Stalk Visit Draco Malfoy at his job at a costume store.

Strings Attached by daisymondays [E, 14k] 🔥

Draco Malfoy's never been interested in dating, and he'll be damned if that changes because of Harry Potter in joggers. [HP Joggers Fest]

✩ To Tame A Kitten (is to love) by @tsauergrass [G, 13k] 🌼

After the war, Harry finds solace in fostering orphaned kittens. One day, a kitten appears on his door step without explanation—and attacks him! Taking it in, he quickly finds that this kitten is nothing ordinary. [H/D Fan Fair 2019]

Kissed by @potteresque-ire [M, 12k]

Draco Malfoy was attacked by a rogue Dementor on the night of his Azkaban release. He self-exiled to Muggle London and opened a late-night chocolate shop called Kissed. [H/D Erised 2015]

short & sweet (< 10k)

hear me (with your whole body) by @teacup-tai [E, 9k]

It was a sexy idea, exploring other bodies with Draco, engaging in sex with other people to spice things up. Something inside of him was excited about the prospect, but the nagging fear, the feeling of abandonment that follows each image that pops in his head is throwing him off. He would give it a go. See what it was like. He could always say no, right? [H/D Hurt Fest 2020]

✩ Worth It by @april-thelightfury115 [T, 8.7k] 🏳️‍⚧️

After a friendly quidditch match, Harry's sure he's the only one left in the changing room. But then Malfoy—a naked Malfoy—stands before him, and Harry instantly knows two things. 1. He's fucked. 2. Malfoy knows he's trans. The only thing that might save him? Draco Malfoy is trans too. [HP Trans Fest 2022]

✩ Everything About You by @nv-md [E, 2.5k] 🔥🏳️‍⚧️

Draco's in love with his best friend, and he's resigned himself to being roommates and nothing more. Until he rescues Harry from a drunk arsehole and in a moment of weakness, confesses everything. [HP Trans Fest 2022]

✩ All the Time in the World (to stay just like this) by @stargazing-enby [E, 2.3k] 🏳️‍⚧️🌼🔥

Draco and Harry spend a lazy afternoon in Harry's dorm, and Draco seizes the opportunity to steal some of Harry's clothes. What starts off as a cuddle session soon turns into something more. [HP Trans Fest 2022]

art gallery

✩ Kintsugi Kisses by @amaisart [E] 🔥🏳️‍⚧️

Harry worships Draco, scars and all. [HP Trans Fest 2022]

✩ Mirror of Ytilaer by OkaySky [M] 🏳️‍⚧️🌼

"You're so beautiful," Harry murmured in Draco's ear. Draco suppressed a shiver; he could feel Harry's heavy-lidded gaze across his body just as tangibly as he could feel the gentle touch of his fingertips across his scars. "Shut it, Potter," Draco grumbled back. [HP Trans Fest 2022]

previous softly reading lists

[teacup-tai]

Tai recs: April Readings

Darling all, April flew by. I had a lot of work and sleelpess nights - due to work - and what kept me alive and happy (most of the time) were the amazing fics I held to along the last few weeks. Here are some of the brilliant fics I read in April that I absolutely rec! Check the tags and be responsible tailoring your reading experience!

Thanks so much to the writers and podficcers that gifted us so many amzing stories! You all have no idea the impact of your words in all your readers life. Honestly, life saviours! <3

Drarry

Way Down we Go by @xiaq (T, 109k)

The war was over. Or at least that’s what the papers said. They’d been saying it, for months, as if people needed reminding. Maybe they did. In which Harry and Draco both run away from their pasts and conveniently choose to hide in the same tiny American town. It's super.

Harry Potter Gives a Shit by talithan (E, 58k)

“Where are you headed?” “No place special,” Draco fumbled, and flushed further. But then: “I can change that,” said Harry Potter.

Heal Thyself by @astolat (T, 46k)

"Are you going for the course?" Lovegood asked. "You have the NEWTs.” “Oh, I thought you might,” she said. “Well, goodbye.” And off she wandered again in her addled way.

Wild by Seffin (E, 92k)

“No,” Harry said, by way of greeting. Malfoy’s blonde head rose slowly, carelessly. “Get out.” “I feel as though we’ve already established this, Potter,” Malfoy responded. “And I feel that what we established was that you telling me to get out of places really doesn’t make me more likely to vacate them.”

When Times Are Dire by @aibidil (E, 130)

Magical Britain is screwed, and it's once again up to Harry to save it. This time, by marrying Draco Malfoy.

Bite me, Hate Memes by pir8fancier (E, 44k)

Draco Malfoy is incensed to realize that someone is trying to usurp his position as the premier Harry Potter hater.

Once More with Feeling by InnerLilith (E, 28k)

Draco is dosed with a consummation-compelling potion, with Harry Potter as his intended. It’s a cruel irony, because he’s wanted Potter for years. But not like this. | In which the boys try to deal with the fallout from an excruciating fuck-or-die, and end up with much more than either of them expected.

The only magic left between us by @lqtraintracks (E, 24k)

Harry goes to the market and ends up having to save Draco Malfoy’s life with sex. He saves Draco’s life with sex and ends up with a husband. The last thing he expects in all of it is to fall in love.

Chasing Shadows (podfic) written by @manixzen read by @lastontheboat [this podfic is everything to me!]

The murder of Lucius Malfoy seems impossible—no cause of death, no traces of spell-work, no potions in his system. The only leads Harry and his partner have are the trail of missing wizards the deeper they go. That and the help of the victim’s estranged son who now spends his time bartending at a queer-friendly Muggle pub. A case fic featuring a closeted Harry Potter, an out-and-proud, tattooed Draco Malfoy, and a murder mystery that seems to lead to more questions than answers.

Pansmione

Sometimes you amaze me by burstofpeony (T, 54k)

Hermione’s on track to become the youngest Minister of Magic in history. There’s just one issue-- the polls hate her. Well, the polls hate her gayness, specifically. When a solution is presented that could fix everything, who’s she to decline?

No need for words by @maraudersaffair (E, 2k)

Pansy interrupts a fight between Hermione and Ron at the pub. When Hermione escapes to the bathroom, Pansy follows so she can show her what she is really missing.

Snarry

Pentamerone by drawlight (snagov) (E, 15k)

A DNA testing service can analyze spit and blood for what they call a "soulmate". Harry has had his done, Severus considers. Or, a love poem in five acts.

Happy readings! love, Tai <3

check out the March list

[expelliarmus]

[suncaptor]

The thing about Castiel is he never has sex, then he meets April and sleeps with (the reaper possessing) her, is murdered by her, comes back, and then (canonically) never sleeps with anyone else again.

[fictionadventurer]

Books That Feel Like Appropriate May Reading:

Jane of Lantern Hill and Anne's House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery

Woodwalker by Emily B. Martin

The Moon-Spinners by Mary Stewart

Almost anything by G.K. Chesterton

[bookaddict24-7]

(New Young Adult Releases Coming Out Today! (April 26th, 2022)

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Have I missed any new Young Adult releases? Have you added any of these books to your TBR? Let me know!

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New Standalones/First in a Series:

Someday We’ll Find It by Jennifer Wilson

Some Mistakes Were Made by Kristin Dwyer

Chasing After Knight by Heather Buchta

Arden Grey by Ray Stoeve

Jagged Little Pill by Eric Smith

New Sequel: 

Veil (Hush #2) by Dylan Farrow

Harley Quinn: Reckoning (DC Icons #6) by Rachel Allen

The Key to Fury (The Key #2) by Kristin Cast

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Happy reading!

[boygirlctommy]

all day at work I was thinking about season 1 Tim. I miss him

[arojenniferwalters]

Aro Week 2022: Canon AroAces 115n/?: Fujisaki Nozomi 藤崎 希 (Ryo Sato) Magic Cherry episode 13 aka Special Episode: Valentine (2020) 

[studying-the-light-of-laurelin]

Here’s a look at what I’m currently reading - I just love the light show on the books!

[bigdreamsandwildthings]

April wrap-up ✨ my favourite this month was Rule of Wolves!

[writing-in-april]

Spencer Reid Fic Recs

(#2- Spencer Reid Fluff)

A/N: This is my second list for fic recs- this time the category is Spencer Reid fluff! Some of these will have snippets of angst but are overall fluffy pieces. Most of these are Spencer Reid x Reader and any fics with adult themes will be labeled accordingly but there will not be fics with any full on smut I’ll save that for another list (MINORS DO NOT READ THE 18+ FICS). I’ll also update this as new favorites in the category come out. This list will probably fill up fast just from the sheer number of fluffy fics for Spencer so I’ll make another list once this one fills up. I’m limiting this specific list to 50 fic links. Send me an anon if you have a request for the subject of next months fic rec list. Also explore the tag #April’s reading list on my blog if your looking for anymore fic recs, I share stuff for any of the actors I write for. These are in no particular order but I am trying to put smaller creators farther towards the top to give their fics a little more love. My own fluff fics for Spencer are at the top of my MGG Characters Masterlist.

@spencers-dria

Lost at Sea

Moody Playlist

His (18+)

@ontheoddoccasioniwritestuff

Valentine’s Day for nerds

Seahorse (SFW version there is an 18+ one too)

@187-reid

High blood sugar

The poems you write about me

@mggsimp4life

Hopelessly devoted

@safertokiss

Hate the game, love the player (18+)

@reidrco

A match

Happy little family

@moonlights-glow

I won’t say (I’m in love)

@spencersblog

Early stages

Daily surprises

An (un)usual surprise

@mercy-burning

Payback

@golden-barnes

Meddlesome

@literaila

Hiding in plain sight

@zhuzhubii

Happy accidents

Reader recognizes Spencer’s touch in their sleep

Season one Spencer introduces his s/o to the team

@andiebeaword

My pen pal thinks you’re cute

What the fork?!

What is a holidate?

@90spumkin

Love knows no bounds

@newyorkpenny

Hot cocoa

@spacedikut

The blessings of a blizzard

@its-doctor-reid

Harder than the first time

@criminalmindzjunkie

Unlucky in love

In case you hadn’t noticed (18+)

@definitelynotkatesblog

Something to cry about

6 am

@gubler-me-up

Too much caffeine

Give me a hallmark

Sky’s the limit

@moon-light-jukebox

Our boy

Nervous

Terrible Kisser

Morning coffee

Learning styles

@dontshootmespence

My Annabel Lee

Checkmate

Not that deep guys

@imagining-in-the-margins

Different dialects

Bi the way

Honeysuckle hair

[softlystarstruck]

✩ softly reading march 28 - april 3 ✩

in which i list every single drarry fic i’ve read this week in hopes that you, dear reader, find a fic you like too!

✩ - a fave | 🔥 - hot | 🌼 - gentle read

spotlight rec

✩ You Make Me Melt by @phd-mama [E, 3.9k] 🔥🌼

When Harry finds a discrepancy in the ledgers for the money laundering case he's working on, he thinks nothing of the fact that it's a Saturday night, and Malfoy might be busy. He just shows up. Clearly, Malfoy isn't expecting him, when he opens the door wearing that.

longer reads

The Matchmaker’s Spell by @kbrick [E, 20k] 🔥

Thanks to a spell cast over all of wizarding Britain, Draco is forced to marry Harry Potter, but he refuses to be miserable for the rest of his life. Instead of living a cold, sexless existence, Draco chooses to take lovers. And while Harry may not be able to stand Draco, he can't stand seeing him with anyone else, either.

✩ (Wouldn’t It Be) Worth It by Jen_184 [T, 9k]

“Potter,” Draco said again, his eyes shining. “We are soulmates.” / Harry blinked. “Erm, what?”

short & sweet (< 10k)

✩ Green-Eyed Gits And Where To Find Them by @purplehotmess [M, 6.3k]

It was a Friday — just like any other day, really, bright and sunny, with a forecast of clouds during noon — when Harry discovered that Draco’s eyes weren’t grey. They were green.

Psycho by @famoustruth [E, 4.6k] 🔥

Harry and Draco might suck at loving each other but the important thing is that they do.

✩ Isolation by @eelwinks [E, 4k] 🔥🌼

Harry Potter has been in quarantine for about a month. He no longer feels the need to wear trousers, is starved for human contact, and spends most his time binge-watching Doctor Who. His next-door neighbour Draco Malfoy, on the other hand, does not own a television. And is spending all his time cleaning and reading nearly every book he owns. On one sunny afternoon, they happen to run into one another (from over two metres apart), on their balconies.

✩ The Evolution of Soup (Or, How Harry Learned to be Loved) by @katie-alden [T, 2.5k]

A glimpse into Harry's journey to accepting love, care and himself, as seen through four times he ate soup.

✩ Like Paper, Like a Flame by @lou-isfake [M, 2.3k]

Harry keeps coughing up daffodils, Draco doesn't know why, and Hermione is 100% fed up.

✩ Duel by @lqtraintracks [E, 2.2k] 🔥

Harry is headmaster of Hogwarts. The last thing he needs is yet another Malfoy obsession running his life. He needs his work and his wanking, and he'll be fine.

Some Fun With It by hsvh [E, 2k] 🔥

Draco and Harry run into each other at a hotel bar.

Touch by @april-thelightfury115 [T, 1.7k]

“Harry?” he demanded. Nothing but the sound of running water met his ears. “What’s wrong?” Potter gave a faint shake of his head but nothing more. Draco frowned. The next moment, for some godforsaken reason, all rational thought Disapparated to Africa.

✩ Draco’s Birthday List by @lqtraintracks [M, 454 words] 🔥

Draco makes a list of all the things he wants for this birthday. Somehow they all have to do with Potter, except for one and maybe that, too.

✩ 505 (my hands between your thighs) by @veelawings [E, 429 words] 🔥

Draco was his anchor.

✩ routine maintenance by @piarelei [T, 314 words] 🏳️‍⚧️

Wake up. Eat breakfast. Shower. Slip into Auror robes and persona. Go to work. Get bored. Throw paper-clips at Ron. Fill out paperwork. Eat lunch. Try not to sleep. Walk back home. Shower. Wank. Eat dinner. Pretend to read. Go to bed.

previous softly reading lists

[shebelievesindestiny1]

[endlessceaselessboundless]

So here’s a dumb problem I’m having. 

I keep a list of all the books I read, and it has a key denoting things like if the book is translated, a re-read, or written by a woman, a person of color of a member of the LGBTQ+ community.

I just got a copy of Misha’s Some Things I Still Can’t Tell You, and I was about to put it in my book list, when I saw the discourse about his coming out as bi at a recent con, but then some of the accounts seemed conflicting. Probably I should just find and watch the video (is there a video?). But do I mark him as an LGBTQ+ author or......? 

[acnelli]

Romione Fics I read in April

@folk-melody inspired me with this post to promote/support our writers and to keep track of my reading.

Please check the rating and tags before you read!

Dear authors, I’ll only add one link to your story (to the platform I read it). If you want, reblog this post and add the links to the other platforms you published these stories on (Tumblr/AO3/FFN/etc.).

Dear readers, content creation is super important but a fandom lives and dies by spreading love, sharing fics and leaving comments/reviews/kudos on the stories you love. Please consider letting an author know how much you love their work by commenting, no matter how old the work is!

Valentine’s Day by @accio-broom

Muggle AU! As Valentine's Day draws to a close, will Hermione and Ron sort themselves out? Or will the day end in heartache?

Checkmate by @voldemorts-tap-shoes​

Ron and Hugo have a heart-to-heart over a chess tournament.

One Night by @voldemorts-tap-shoes​

Hermione takes a job abroad, but old sparks fly with Ron when she returns to London. Written for Ron's Chessboard Fest.

Perfect Strangers by @adenei​

Ron Weasley is just like any other University student: he attends his classes, plays for the football team, and spends much of his spare time working at the coffee shop that's owned by his best mate's parents. What will happen when an ordinary shift brings in a new customer? 

Lego House by @accio-broom​ (WIP)

Muggle AU. When your best friend is a famous musician and you work as his bodyguard, life is mostly about partying and having fun. But after missing one too many important appointments, Harry’s manager Sirius hires a Personal Assistant to get them organised. Can Hermione Granger get them back on track before Harry’s upcoming UK tour? And what happens when Ron is less than accepting of her being in their lives.

a perfectly nice young man by @ballerinaroy​

Between school, the war and its aftermath, Hermione hasn’t had much time to connect with her family. A family wedding seemed a good of time as any to introduce her family to her boyfriend and her best friend. But when her parents invite her out for tea in the days that followed, Hermione is woefully unprepared for their opinions on who she’s better suited for. 

A Song by @folk-melody​

Ron discovers a secret hobby of Hermione, while staying at the Grimmauld Place. 

Remedy by @kryskrosszee​

Ron knows how lucky he is to have Hermione by his side, she is his remedy.

Meraki by @remedial-potions​

(v.) To do something with soul, creativity or love; to put something of yourself into your work. In which Ron finds his calling.

Perspicacious by @wildegreenlight​

The early morning light was just beginning to filter into the bedroom, but Ron Weasley had no trouble seeing his wife clearly. His clear-sightedness, both literal and figurative, was legendary in the Auror corp. Perspicacious, that's the word Hermione taught him; she said she loved the way he could always see the things no one else could. 

When Fate Decides by @azaleablueme​

Ron returns years later to the only woman he has ever loved- the one whose heart he ruthlessly broke before leaving. But who said the path to redemption was ever easy? Fate sometimes has crazy ways of bringing people together. A journey of a man to find his lost love through the twirling pathways riddled with lust, jealousy, heartbreak and often hopelessness.