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Finished reading: Dai Dark Vol. 1

I read this ages ago in fan translated form, and really enjoyed it. So figured I should pick it up when I finally saw it in-store in an actual physical legit translation.

It’s weird, creepy, and joyful. Perfect combo.

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Finished reading: Shattered Nation

So. Confession: A while back I had scanned a PDF copy of this book that I, um. “Borrowed” to see if it was worth buying the hardcover, and it hadn’t really clicked with me. All the same, I did pick up the physical copy recently because, let’s be real, I am a slut for W:tA and wanted to send price signals to Renegade so they release more of it, regardless of whether I’m super into any one specific book. Actually sitting down to read this cover-to-cover and . . . I Get It, now. Not just this book, but 5th […]

Finished reading: Shattered Nation

So. Confession: A while back I had scanned a PDF copy of this book that I, um. “Borrowed” to see if it was worth buying the hardcover, and it hadn’t really clicked with me. All the same, I did pick up the physical copy recently because, let’s be real, I am a slut for W:tA and wanted to send price signals to Renegade so they release more of it, regardless of whether I’m super into any one specific book. Actually sitting down to read this cover-to-cover and . . . I Get It, now. Not just this book, but 5th […]

Up next: Terry Pratchett’s Discworld: Adventures in Ankh-Morpork

Eeey! I backed this on Kickstarter a while back, promptly forgot about it, then was pleasantly surprised to get the PDF download link (and shipping notice for the physical copy) this morning.

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Finished reading: Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 8

Aa-aa-aa-and done!

So I like Hualian better than the main pairings in SVSSS or MDZS (no shade on either, mostly just a personal preference thing), but the story itself I think suffered from being unfocused in places and with, honestly, a pretty disappointing villain reveal.

Still a fun read, and with some parts that will live rent free with me forever.

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Finished reading: Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 7

After the last volume being such a banger, this one was a bit . . . meh? Partly because it just felt there was too much — too much plot, too many characters, too many side-stories — which I guess is very much an MXTX hallmark, but as someone who tends to prefer closer and more intimate stories, this kind of “crossover special” shtick doesn’t work for me.

The other one was the White No-Face reveal. I’d actually been trying to avoid spoilers for once, but had still managed to figure out most of the plot based on fedi vagueposts. And this is another one of those “for me personally” things, but I don’t like the actual reveal as much as the fake-out, which I firstly thought was foreshadowed better, and secondly I just found more thematically interesting. So . . . that was kinda a letdown.

Finally, Hua Cheng is inching into bratty bottom territory, which again is Big MXTX Energy . . . but does my id totally cold. I’d been enjoying Hualian because it didn’t have this dynamic, but . . . here it is, I guess. Even if only a teeny tiny bit.

Anyway. I guess we’ve got another six months before I remember to buy the final (?) volume. So . . . look out for that.

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Finished reading: Heaven Official’s Blessing: Tian Guan Ci Fu (Novel) Vol. 6

Oof. What a volume, ey.

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Finished reading: Chicago by Night (VtM 5e)

I admit I bought this whole-ass 355 page book for the one (1) Loresheet page of the Cobweb, i.e., the V5 version of the Malkavian Madness Network. Yeah. I am That Bitch.

Currently reading: Chicago by Night (VtM 5e)

Wait. Like. Pink Pink???

(Shout-out to all the, like. Two other people who played Redemption. I trusted you, man! I liked you!!!)

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Currently reading: Field Studies Institute (ARG)

So this is technically a website-based found-object ARG, not a “book” . . . but it involves a lot of reading so, hey. It can go here.

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