Hi, I'm hazy! Kind of coming from the baihe comm but also just looking around in general. I'm currently also translating a modern baihe novel called If I Could Mail You A Book.
I'm currently reading a modern school baihe romance novel called The Girls Who Raise Cats (养猫人家) by author Lin Cheng Mu Sen 林城木森.
Some novels I liked off of the top of my head, recency bias also included (don't have a favorite lol): When the Wind Arises (风起时) by Su Xian (苏弦_) Hazy Dawn （晨昏) by Ruo Hua Ci Shu (若花辞树) You Fei | Legend of Fei | Bandits by Priest Picking Up Stars (捡星星) by Bu Wen San Jiu (不问三九) A Certain Someone (某某) by Mu Su Li (木苏里)
Don't really have just one favorite author, but I'll list out a few that immediately come to mind:
Priest - multigenre and depth queen. Ironically, the only tag she hasn't tried on jj is baihe, but it doesn't mean that I don't admire the hell out of her. I love her prose, and I often wonder how she manages to tell a story with such a cheeky tone (courtesy of her protagonists, also my favorite would have to be Xuan Ji), yet the story itself is usually tragic + deep in every stretch of the imagination.
Yi Zhan Ye Deng (一盏夜灯) - the author of the current book I'm translating/editing. The more I read her the more I feel like wait such simple words shouldn't evoke such strong emotions within me, but with her, miraculously, they just do. I have (mostly) read every book she has produced and I love all of them with various reasons.
Liu Yuan Chang Ning (流鸢长凝) - baihe author holding down the north pole section of historical romance baihe. She's got court politics, jianghu, the lives of regular people... everything.
I have too many hobbies and interests so uhhh I'll just rattle off a few. Reading, drawing, music, writing, gaming, watching dramas/anime/donghua. I mostly lean Chinese media/games but anime like Frieren and Violet Evergarden also have my heart. Oh also I'm a Chinese history enthusiast and if anyone would like to climb through the Tang dynasty family tree with me I'll be happy to do so for the 3rd time.
I guess I mostly just want have fun and see everyone else have fun with discussions and whatnot, although I will note that I mostly avoid reviews for spoilers and to avoid forming opinions prematurely. Most c-novel/c media spaces lean heavily into danmei/ male characters which is completely fine and understandable but I definitely like lifting female characters as well, so if some would like to join me in that I'd be very happy.
I mostly lurk but I guess in some contexts I can be pretty expressive so I look forward to interacting with fellow peeps here in the comm. Thanks for having me!
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I'm currently reading a modern school baihe romance novel called The Girls Who Raise Cats (养猫人家) by author Lin Cheng Mu Sen 林城木森.
Some novels I liked off of the top of my head, recency bias also included (don't have a favorite lol):
When the Wind Arises (风起时) by Su Xian (苏弦_)
Hazy Dawn （晨昏) by Ruo Hua Ci Shu (若花辞树)
You Fei | Legend of Fei | Bandits by Priest
Picking Up Stars (捡星星) by Bu Wen San Jiu (不问三九)
A Certain Someone (某某) by Mu Su Li (木苏里)
Don't really have just one favorite author, but I'll list out a few that immediately come to mind:
Priest - multigenre and depth queen. Ironically, the only tag she hasn't tried on jj is baihe, but it doesn't mean that I don't admire the hell out of her. I love her prose, and I often wonder how she manages to tell a story with such a cheeky tone (courtesy of her protagonists, also my favorite would have to be Xuan Ji), yet the story itself is usually tragic + deep in every stretch of the imagination.
Yi Zhan Ye Deng (一盏夜灯) - the author of the current book I'm translating/editing. The more I read her the more I feel like wait such simple words shouldn't evoke such strong emotions within me, but with her, miraculously, they just do. I have (mostly) read every book she has produced and I love all of them with various reasons.
Liu Yuan Chang Ning (流鸢长凝) - baihe author holding down the north pole section of historical romance baihe. She's got court politics, jianghu, the lives of regular people... everything.
I have too many hobbies and interests so uhhh I'll just rattle off a few. Reading, drawing, music, writing, gaming, watching dramas/anime/donghua. I mostly lean Chinese media/games but anime like Frieren and Violet Evergarden also have my heart. Oh also I'm a Chinese history enthusiast and if anyone would like to climb through the Tang dynasty family tree with me I'll be happy to do so for the 3rd time.
I guess I mostly just want have fun and see everyone else have fun with discussions and whatnot, although I will note that I mostly avoid reviews for spoilers and to avoid forming opinions prematurely. Most c-novel/c media spaces lean heavily into danmei/ male characters which is completely fine and understandable but I definitely like lifting female characters as well, so if some would like to join me in that I'd be very happy.
I mostly lurk but I guess in some contexts I can be pretty expressive so I look forward to interacting with fellow peeps here in the comm. Thanks for having me!