yuletide thoughts

i've put forward my intention to nominate the secret history and brideshead revisited on the yuletide nomination coordination post! but... what is my third fandom going to be? part of me wants to nominate a new canon, something i will have read/watched by then, but i also don't know how much time i'll have to engage with certain things. e.g. the goldfinch - i bought it, i know i'm a donna fan so i'll probably enjoy it enough to write/req fic, but will i have time to read a brick like this by then? probably not! e.g. the southern reach trilogy, i've just started authority and i love it so much... but would i write/read fic for a series like this? i have no idea! so far it's not giving me "something i'd fic" vibes. e.g. mindhunter, which looks like it's exactly up my alley and would absolutely tick my fic boxes, but again... do i have time to watch it all by then? or should i try to stick to my resolve not to get invested in a tv series this close to my phd end date? so then... what else is there. i'm not really keen on any other microfandoms at the minute (and i wrote for hamlet last year so i'm 50/50 on whether i'd even offer it)... i feel like getting into something new is the perfect solution. i LOVE the idea of getting into a canon specifically for yuletide, i've never done that before. mindhunter is probably the most achievable? but then i have to... watch a whole tv show... and that takes time!! would it be easier or harder than powering through a book? would there even be interest? the goldfinch, on the other hand, has a fairly active fandom because of the movie, but i seriously doubt i can read it by then. there is so much to consider!!! what's my third nomination going to be!!! AAAAAAAAA