Read-in-Progress Wednesday

[geraineon]

This is your weekly read-in-progress post~

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[geraineon]

I was in Hanoi for a week, and just got back earlier this week so no reading was done for these two weeks. Plus, Where Winds Meet had a whole new area to explore... So, CN media = yes, CN novels = no.

[duckprintspress]

nothing for me, only Korean and Japanese titles (I finished Lout of Count's Family vol 7 and am reading Apothecary Diaries vol. 4 rn...)

[geraineon]

How many volumes total is there in Lout of Count's Family?

[duckprintspress]

siiiigh I wish I knew. at least 10?

[silverblade219]

…I am pretty sure it will be more than 10 for Lout of Count’s Family, just fyi. Part 1 has 776 webnovel chapters + 23 Extra Chapters - the sevenseas edition combined the chapter parts into one chapter, so volume 7 should line up with the end of webnovel chapter 280.

[duckprintspress]

oh yeah to be clear I figured it'd be way more than 10, 10 is just the last one I could find any indication of the existence of. I didn't actually know the chapter count but I knew "long."

sometimes I wonder why I did this to myself (getting into this particular book, I mean lmao)

[llonkrebboj]

I've been keeping up with the WIP 颓丧家里蹲的衣柜和无限世界相连了 by 宿星川 (The depressed hikikomori's closet has become connected to the unlimited flow world), and the story is exactly as described in the title. I think it may be my favourite novel on jjwxc 🥺 It's the SLOWEST burn ever - not in terms of romance (we currently 213 chapters in and the one who loves him most is currently a baby again* for plot reasons xD), but in terms of character growth.

What would a depressed/hoarder/shut-in do as the owner of the safe house that bridges two worlds?

Some readers were very frustrated with Li Sen because he is so closed off, and numb and low energy. But I've loved him from the beginning and also loved the author's depiction of his mental state and the way he sees himself and others and this world we live in (so good! so relatable!), and it's been a delight to see him grow. Also AMAZED at how a story about the unlimited flow world can be THIS EXCITING all without without the main character even entering xD

[geraineon]

Sounds very intriguing. So, Li Sen is not even the main character huh. Has the main character appeared?