First linkpost of the new year

I've been gathering various fandom-related links over the past few days, and it's got to the point where it would be a good idea to share them and close some tabs.

First up, if you're looking to meet new people on Dreamwidth, chromaskies has posted a new year's friending meme:

Click the banner to join us and make some new friends!

The fandomtrees fest is coming to an end, and there are still some participants without any gifts. If anyone feels like creating anything, the 'needy trees' spreadsheet lists all participants with no gifts, or only one gift so far.

If you like fairy tales, folktales, myths and legends, you may be interested in participating in once_upon_fic, an exchange for fic in these types of fandoms. There's an announcement post listing rules and this year's schedule — nominations are set to open in a couple of weeks.

naye has written a really detailed, clear and comprehensive guide to using Mastodon, if that's something people were interested in doing.

In addition to the links, I've started the year off with some reading: two books so far.

( Comments on both books behind the cut )

In any case, my reading is certainly off to a good start in terms of giving me lots to think about.