Read-in-Progress Wednesday

[geraineon]

This is your weekly read-in-progress post

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[halfcactus]

Cnovel-adjacent—I picked up Detective Di: The Silk Rose Murders because it was on sale on the Switch store for $2 and am enjoying it so far! It's a point-and-click game so it's probably better on a computer (it's also on Steam). The intro case was very short and had an obvious murderer (I mean, the cover art alone is already a giveaway), but I'm pretty interested in seeing how it goes! The pixel art is really so charming and hits my costume drama buttons.

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[aurumcalendula]

That looks cool!

[llonkrebboj]

Just binged 灭世boss们的软肋 | The Weakness of World-Ending Bosses in 24 hours on a /weekday/ 🥹 You'll never guess how it ends (it made me LOL while tearing up - and I couldn't help wondering if it was written in response to certain events in 2025).

Author was definitely having fun with the novel transmigration trope with an entire bureau dedicated to managing these dangerous activities, specialized teams and safety regulations. We follow them on one particular crisis through some absurd situations. At 93k, this a relatively short story, but the pacing is great and the writing of characters and Situations is so genre aware and charming. It felt like a much longer story. 🤣 I loved it!