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'recommend a book to friends' day
Jan. 7th, 2026 06:41 amLast year around this time, I started reading Dianne Duvall's books, starting with the Aldebarian Alliance series (IN SPACE!) and then going back and working through (most) of the Immortal Guardians series.
And I remember thinking to myself 'you know, these books feel very self-indulgent. Everyone is friends and they watch movies together and they have tons of resources to do whatever they want and this vast support network? Sounds fake.' BUT I have since come to appreciate that so much! It's delightful! It's fiction! Why WOULDN'T you make it self-indulgent and awesome?
(haha and now when I'm reading other books I'm like 'author, you made this up! look at your choices!?!?')
ANYWAY love is love, writing is writing, I wish all authors a very good getting the words out, etc, etc. The point is, I've personally come around to really appreciating Dianne Duvall's willingness to commit to things being awesome. And I've got a bunch of the books on my 'to re-read' list!
And I remember thinking to myself 'you know, these books feel very self-indulgent. Everyone is friends and they watch movies together and they have tons of resources to do whatever they want and this vast support network? Sounds fake.' BUT I have since come to appreciate that so much! It's delightful! It's fiction! Why WOULDN'T you make it self-indulgent and awesome?
(haha and now when I'm reading other books I'm like 'author, you made this up! look at your choices!?!?')
ANYWAY love is love, writing is writing, I wish all authors a very good getting the words out, etc, etc. The point is, I've personally come around to really appreciating Dianne Duvall's willingness to commit to things being awesome. And I've got a bunch of the books on my 'to re-read' list!
