Read-in-Progress Wednesday

[geraineon]

This is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!

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Comments

[shipperslist]

I finished Purely by Accident yesterday and...sadly didn't like it as much as I wanted to. 😕 My thoughts are here but in a nutshell...there's a reason I'm not into romcoms.

Now I'm reading SPL vol 5 and pacing myself a bit because that book only has 13 chapters of the main story left and the rest is extras! Anyhoo, enjoying myself A LOT. I'm trying to not think too much and just Vibe. 😁

[aurumcalendula]

I didn't realize so much of that volume was extras!

[shipperslist]

Yeah, it's a lot!

[geraineon]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Mm, there are romcoms I love and there are romcoms I don't love, but I haven't quite figured out what are the commonalities between those I like vs. those I don't XD

[shipperslist]

Too many romcoms lean heavily on second-hand embarrassment and I just can't stand it. It makes me recoil from the screen and close the book and, just. Ick.

[larryhammer]

That's true of a lot of comedy, not just romcoms -- and I can't stand it. A good romcom without embarrassment humor is :chef's kiss:

[aurumcalendula]

I've been continuing my QJJ reread and am caught up to chapter 90 in Wen Guan's translation and chapter 70 in Dragon Subjugation Incantation's translation! I'm enjoying them all tremendously!

[geraineon]

<3 That's great!

[larryhammer]

Poked at, as in read a couple more chapters of, Assassin Farmer. This trip to the imperial capital is tedious, and it's been ages since we got to see FMC being quietly awesome. It may only be sunk-cost that's keeping from giving up 3/4 through....

[geraineon]

Ah, if you're not enjoying it much anymore, then even if it's 3/4 through... 1/4 will feel like a very long read, imo. Would you be opposed to just skimming for the rest of the story?

[larryhammer]

I've been considering doing just that. It's annoying.

[douqi]

Tragically, this week at work has been even worse than the last two weeks put together, so I've managed to read about two pages of something that isn't a work-related document or something I'm currently translating :(

[geraineon]

Oh no! Hopefully work will calm down soon for you!

Well, I am back to full health but I'm mostly not reading cnovels at the moment XD

[anne]

more of a Future Planning RIP Wednesday, aka RIP MY BUDGET:

Yiggybean will be carrying not just Haitang, but also Cherry-Apple and Onebean. (source: I emailed and asked them)

[geraineon]

Yay, thank you for emailing to check!

[duckprintspress]

ooo?!

[silverblade219]

Still slowly reading Sha Po Lang, but then got distracted by rereading too many SVSSS fanfics lol

[geraineon]

Ohh, what CPs are your favs?

[silverblade219]

For SVSSS, my current favs are probably BingQiu, BingLiuShen, and MoShang. Though I usually read more gen type fic, with background pairings, instead of more shippy fic.

[dreamy_dragon73]

I started reading Record of the Missing Sect Master and so far (4 chapters in) I'm enjoying it a lot.

[geraineon]

Glad you're enjoying it so far! I quite liked it myself.

[ehyde]

Ooh, I looked up the summary to that one and it looks fun! Has that one been licensed?

[geraineon]

I can't remember seeing any licensing announcement so maybe not?

Might be good to save a copy of the tl anyway though. The tl is complete.

It's a pretty fun read!

[alterkrmn]

I'm on chapter 78 of Married Thrice to Salted Fish . Now that I'm back to work and to Mandarin classes, and the kid is also back to school, my reading pace has slowed down quite a bit and it's very noticeable ToT. Sometimes I want to read before going to sleep, but I get too sleepy and can't get very far. But that's fine, I guess. No one's pressuring me to finish, just the story itself... because I want to know what happens next XD

Spoilers for chapter 77

They finally said they like each other and it was funny and adorable. I mean, I keep trying to visualize Gu Fuzhou as a mighty general and my only visual references are more or less Xiao Jingyan and Meng Zhi lol, and then he says things like "Just now, I was completely un-cool, wasn't I?" after confesing to Qingyu and I remember he's just 19... it's kind of funny.

[geraineon]

XD yeah, he's just 19...

response to spoilers

I keep imagining him as one of those towering manly men general too.

[wolffyluna]

I have started Peach Blossom Debt. I'm currently very charmed by the MC, but I am still at the "oh no, why does everyone have three names?" phase. I am going to have to sit down and make a chart.

[duckprintspress]

I definitely felt like I had a steep learning curve on the names for that one.

[geraineon]

Glad you're liking Peach Blossom Debt! Haha, maybe your chart can be a general resource for people reading it! (No pressure to share it though!)

[duckprintspress]

I managed to slog through the end of The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish vol. 3. Things did get a bit more political by the end? but. sigh.

I also read the Eng print release of the Dinghai Fusheng Records manhua vol. 2. I read the manhua on Bilibili so this is a reread. I still love it, though I think there was a print error??? there were a few pages that definitely seemed like they didn't go where they actually were in the manuscript, sigh.

I was gonna start Sha Po Lang, but I had a Libby hold for a non-c-novel come through, so I'm reading that quick, and THEN Sha Po Lang. I expect to have started it by this time next week!

[geraineon]

Oh no! That's unfortunate. Is it possible to feedback to them about the print error so maybe they will fix it in next printing (if any)? Idk how it works when there's a print error...

[duckprintspress]

I don't even know, sigh. probably? But I don't mind, it was just a scene that definitely doesn't go where they printed it, I was trying to remember how it was when I read it on Bilibili - like, where that scene was - but I can't recall, sigh. Hopefully they notice or someone else reports it, I don't really have time to figure it out.

[forestofglory]

It's Thursday now but I started reading Tao Yuanming and Manuscript Culture: The Record of a Dusty Table and its great! I'm enjoying the way it complicates Tao Yuanming and also enjoying learning more about Manuscript Culture

[geraineon]

Nice! What are some of the stuff you're learning about Manuscript Culture that you find particularly interesting?

[ehyde]

I finished the main story of Accidentally Having a Baby With the Enemy Prince and overall I enjoyed it! It was a pretty light read, and I grew to like the mc more over time. If you enjoy identity porn I'd recommend it! There are a few chapters closer to the end that get a bit kidficcy, but overall, the mpreg aspect doesn't overwhelm the rest of the story.

I haven't decided what to read next yet, although I picked up v1 of Thousand Autumns from the library yesterday.

[geraineon]

I feel like the kids are kinda an accessory in the story xD;

My fav is still the ML (and strangely enough, the royal family on his side is ... Kinda cute imo xD)