WWW Wednesday

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1. What are you currently reading?

​Nothing; I've got three more books overdue to the library, and I'm determined to read those before I start my next novel (which will be Babel by R. F. Kuang). 

2. What have you recently finished?

A lot. It's the existential dread in action.

• Global Examination vol. 1 by Mu Su Li: finished vol. 1 of the Rosmei translation, and man I hate to stop there. GIVE ME MORE JIUHOU they are still in the enemies part of enemies to rivals when this vol ends  (I am seriously considering checking if I have a copy of the fan translation just so I don't have to stop my reread.)
• The Salt in the Sea by J. D. Rivers: Duck Prints Press launched our crowdfunding on this m/m fantasy novella yesterday! I did my full final read-through (my fourth? time reading it) on Monday.
• Hitorijime My Hero vol. 8 and 9 by Memeco Arii: I feel like I've finally got enough grasp on the characters that I'm not confused all the time. Only took 9 volumes. 
• White Liar by Tomo Serizawa: stand-alone modern BL. I liked this one, decent pacing, lots of porn, with a sex before love thing between a hairstylist and an actor.
• My Beautiful Man vol. 1 by Yuu Nagira: modern HS BL. I'm very tentatively planning to give volume 2 of this a try but idk, if I get to it and just don't feel like it, I won't. The dynamic was just. so toxic. It's bully x the person being bullied.
• A Kiss That Stains the Innocence by Emu Soutome: fantasy BL. I liked this one, managed to fit a decent amount of plot in for a single-volume story.
• Yagi the Bookshop Goat by Fumi Furukawa: modern fantasy BL. very very cute.
• A Complicated Omega's Second Love by Kichi Uekawa: modern omegaverse BL. Didn't like this one much, it whole plot was a weird amnesia thing, no thanks.
• The Way of Househusband vol. 2 by Kousuke Oono: less funny than the first volume but I still liked it.
• Send Them a Farewell Gift for the Lost Time by Cocomi: modern BL. Starts with the main couple breaking up, and I thought the approach to looking at why they broke up and how both parties were at fault and them unpacking that on the road to getting back together was decently done.
• I Hear the Sunspot: Four Seasons vol. 1 and 2 by Yuki Fumino: these are the 6th and 7th volumes in the overarching series with these characters. I hate where vol. 2 left off. I need to know what's gonna happen with The Coworker.  (modern BL, hoh ml, disability stuff and deafness stuff is key to the plot/very well integrated)
• Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 14 by Koyoharu Gotouge
• I Felt Myself Slipping by Ray Nadine: another modern story with deafness as a major element. Much less queer than I expected it to be, but it was fine. The main queer was actually that one of the characters had two dads. Despite wlw vibes from the two main characters, it doesn't actually go there.

3. What will you read next?

Well, I've already read two of what turned out to be four, not three, overdue library books since I wrote this up this morning, so. the other two, which are Land of the Lustrous vol.1 and some wlw graphic novel I can't remember the name of. For novels, as mentioned, Babel by R. F. Kuang is next. It's long so I doubt I'll finish this week.