After much chaos, screaming, and voting in the chat, our first-ever Fanfiction Anonymous Book Club read is official
Title: Once More, Slightly to the Left
Author: misplacedausten on AO3
Fandom: Percy Jackson and the Olympians (& co)
Length: Multi-chapter | 100K+ words | Complete ✅
Queer. Witty. Painful in the best way. 99 chapters of emotional damage. WOOHOO
No need to reread the original series. if you vaguely remember the vibes of Camp Half-Blood, you’re good.
Reading Plan:
We’re aiming to get through 10–12 chapters per week, which’ll keep us all spiraling at a healthy pace.
Weekly reminders & meltdown check-ins will happen in the Substack Chat
✅ Week 1 (April 7th – April 13th): Chapters 1–12
✅ Week 2: Chapters 13–24
✅ Week 3: Chapters 25–36
...and so on!
Each Monday, you’ll see a thread titled something like:
📖 Fic Club: Once More Slightly to the Left — WEEK 1 Discussion
React. Scream. Overanalyze. Drop memes. Trauma-bond.
Okay okay You know the drill.
Feel free to read ahead if you’re possessed (we support that energy), just no major spoilers in chat until we get there pls xx
Wanna Go the Extra Mile?
Drop your favorite quotes in the thread, make a playlist, share cursed moodboards, you name it. Pretend this is a seminar and you’re the fanfic professor. We are HERE for it!
TL;DR for the Chaos Gremlins
We’re reading Once More, Slightly to the Left
10–12 chapters a week → Weekly chat thread opens Mondays
NO spoilers ahead of schedule!!!
Vibes = feral & feelings-forward
Start reading here: AO3
Go read and cry my beautiful deranged bestie. see you soon!!
Rach 𓂃🖋