pippinfan88
Stories nominated in 2006
Fair-weather Friends : Genres: Drama: Featuring Pippin or Merry (Story Info)
Just Us Lads : Times: Late Third Age: The Shire - Honorable Mention (Story Info)
Merry's Graduation : Times: Late Third Age: The Shire (Story Info)
Once Upon a Memory : Races: Hobbits: Friendship - Third Place (Story Info)
The Courtship of Peregrin Took : Genres: Romance - Third Place (Story Info)
The Falcon's Watch : Genres: Drama: Featuring Pippin or Merry - Second Place (Story Info)
The Gift of Gold : Genres: Drama: Remembering - Honorable Mention (Story Info)
The Unexpected Guest : Genres: Humor: The Shire - Third Place (Story Info)
Reviewed by: Marigold -- Score: 3
Pippinfan's stories can be guaranteed to bring pleasure to the reader that loves hobbity tales. She is never afraid to write realistically and doesn't avoid topics that might be angsty, yet her stories are not ever too heavy or too sombre, she always balances them just right with a mix of genres to suit the individual tale.
Reviewed by: Marta -- Score: 5
Pippinfan88 really nails the way that Merry and Pippin and everyone they knew were impacted by their ties with Gondor and Rohan. Nowhere is this more obvious than in "The Falcon's Watch", which is about their children reacting to news of their death. It's also one of the most effective stories I've ever read dealing with the topic of grief, it handles that difficult topic really sensitively but at the same time without pulling any punches. I look forward to reading the stories I didn't get around to yet, because this is an author I definitely want to read more of.