Mostly (queer) fiction these days.
I read more when I was younger and most of the books here are still imports from several years ago (and many of those, especially the to-read shelf, were very random; the to-read shelf can basically be disregarded altogether). Younger-ish reads are still archived as handwritten lists in notebooks on my shelf.
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Khemjira was born into a cursed family whose sons shall perish before they turn 20. …
I really liked this! The story and all the details were so interesting, and the extra stories at the end were sweet.
Khemjira was born into a cursed family whose sons shall perish before they turn 20. …
I saw the pilot for this a bit back, but looking at the production company it may be a good while yet, so I was glad to check back and see that an English translation is now available!
“Let’s smile a lot, a lot, together as a family”
A warm, soothing, heartfelt family …
Just watched the anime and now I’m curious about what happens later.
A famous sentient robot enters the fan-fiction universe of a popular Japanese anime.
Computron is …
Someone recommended this online (I think cited by Martha Wells as a favourite?) and it’s delightful!
When Li Yu falls asleep reading a webnovel about a ruthless, mute tyrant falling in …
I think there are four volumes so I’m not sure where this is headed (except maybe mpreg?? that’s not a spoiler; the system had a throw-away line about it very early on) but I’m curious!
While many scholars agree the Gothic mode has been a precursor to science fiction since …
Have to return to library (too many things competing for my attention) but I look forward to buying this to read when the paperback comes out!
When Li Yu falls asleep reading a webnovel about a ruthless, mute tyrant falling in …
This sounds very delightfully madcap, hopefully a bit more cheerful than Scum Villain's Self-Saving System?
While many scholars agree the Gothic mode has been a precursor to science fiction since …
My inter library loan finally arrived and I’m very excited to start reading!
After he was reborn in a sci-fi Alpha/Beta/Omegaverse world, Xi Wei became the newly born …
Content warning Some spoilers about the end
I found some of the omegaverse stuff in-universe ("gender" roles etc.) really annoying and frustrating; the MC (from "our world") does push back against them in a way but I still found it frustrating (compared to his uncle's approach, other character approaches), but on the other hand he was sucessful (along with the help of others) and things change a lot by the end so it did feel like there was a lot of progress.
Lin Qian and Zheng PingQing, two people who have wanted to kill each other for …
It took me a while to remember this one, but now that I think back, it was kind of high school hijinks/redemption; pretty fun!
The genius cultivator Lin Xuanzhi didn’t let down the world in his past life, yet …
It look me a while to read this one as I kind of stopped after reading volume two; the narrative shifted gears and I felt a bit like I had to reorient myself. The story was so large and intricate with so many characters, but the plot really all came together in the end in a really satisfying way; at first, earlier on, it felt like we were coming to a close but there was so much book yet, and then it felt a bit like breaking through the ceiling into so much more complexity. Anyway, I quite enjoyed this one!
Zhang Qiu is an archaeology undergraduate. One month ago, he went to Qinling Mountains with …
Okay so I'm not done reading this one yet, but it has been an enjoyable but also very unpredictable ride so far; my eyebrows have definitely been raised a lot!
The film emperor, Qin Yize, has a secret. He secretly married an Omega with a …
Content warning A bit of a spoiler about the end/motivations
Again, recording this after the fact. I felt like the sort of reveal later on that the MC kind of tricked the ML into marrying him was a little unexpected/kind of soured my perception as a reader a bit? (Even if ML didn't seem to mind.) However, it was fun to read more about this universe of characters.
Short, rich, and handsome, Lin Feiran was always the center of attention. But after transferring …
I'm adding this after the fact so my memory is a little lacking, but I remember this being quite fun.
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit …
I liked this! It felt more like an episode than a stand-alone, but very enjoyable and additional characters growth/development was great.