Introductions

[geraineon]

Welcome! You can use this post to share a little bit of yourself! Feel free to also just post an introduction to the community instead of replying to this post! You don't have to follow any format, but here are some prompts:

1. What are you currently reading?
2. What is your favourite cnovel?
3. Do you have a favourite author?
4. What are your other hobbies and interests?
5. What do you hope to see from this community?

Comments

[grayswandir]

Hello! I'll probably be mostly quiet here, but thought I'd post an intro anyway. :) So far I've only read three Chinese webnovels, one in English translation (the first book of the Grave-Robber's Chronicles), one in Cantonese (Sai Ying Pun [西營盤]), and one in a mix of Cantonese and standard Chinese/Mandarin (So My Kitchen Boss Is a Part-Time Exorcist). I've also read Jin Yong's The Deer and the Cauldron in English translation, plus a few chapters of it in Chinese, and I'm about halfway through a Cantonese audiobook recording of it, going very slowly.

Most of my Chinese media consumption is at least partly for language immersion (for learning Cantonese), so whenever I get back to reading more webnovels it will probably not be popular cnovels but just random Hong Kong webnovels nobody else has heard of. ;D I'm also planning to read more Jin Yong -- I keep hoping eventually I'll be able to read his novels in Chinese, but I'm definitely nowhere near there yet. And I'm trying to get around to reading translations of some classics like Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Anyway, I'm mostly here to lurk, but looking forward to hearing about what everyone else is reading!

[geraineon]

Hi and welcome!

Feel free to share reviews and thoughts about any books you read/listen to anyway~ maybe you'll get some people interested in them!

I speak Cantonese, so I'll be interested in audiobook recommendations haha (I can't read but I grew up speaking it)

[grayswandir]

I speak Cantonese, so I'll be interested in audiobook recommendations haha

Oh, cool! I'm still learning and definitely can't understand it fluently yet, but I'm excited to check out more audiobooks. :) Will share if I find anything interesting!