WWW Wednesday

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1. What are you currently reading?

• Baker Thief by Claudie Arseneault: I made some progress, tho I continue to drag. My current Libby loan of it will get returned today so I'll have to borrow it again. I think I just don't match well with something this slow paced, I keep wanting, ya know, something to happen.
• 盗墓笔记 by 南派三叔: I'd fallen behind on my "aiming for a page a day" pace but I've almost gotten back on track... I'm at 41 pages in 42 days... but I'll probably not keep that catch-up over the next week cause I'm traveling a couple times, sigh.

No progress on the Jemisin.

2. What have you recently finish reading?

• Dandadan vol. 9 by Yukinobu Tatsu
• Cooking with Monsters: The Beginner's Guide to Culinary Combat by Jordan Alsaqa and Vivian Truong: this was fine, but the conflict/rivalry between the main characters felt kinda contrived and drawn out.
• Killer Queens by David M. Booher: pulp sci-fi about a lesbian and a gay guy who are former assassins and working partners. The premise was delightful but the pacing was flawed; I wish it'd been longer to really follow through on the ideas.
• Fox and Puppy by Nayuta Nago: modern BL. I really liked Star and Hedgehog by this author; this one was about the ml from that one's brother. I liked it, if not quite as much.
• My Fluffy Moody Crush by Nayuta Nago: fantasy BL. This was okay but needed more breathing room imo.
• Kase-san and Shortcake and Kase-san and an Apron (Kase-san and... vol. 3 and 4) by Hiromi Takashima: the first of these was probably my favorite of the Kase-san titles so far. The second was more miscommunication and jealousy drag. I wish the author would stop circling back on that.
• Priceless Honey by Shiuko Kano: so tired of this publisher not accurately marking which are single-volume BLs and which are a single volume of multiple BL short stories.
• It Rhymes with Takei by George Takei: excellent autobiographical graphic novel. Hard to read at times, given the subject matter, but.

3. What will you read next?

Novels: theoretically I should read A Drop of Corruption, as it's definitely my next-due book, but idk. I've been slogging through multiple novels that don't interest me tons. I might relinquish my Libby borrow and actually read something I want to read instead. My next danmei/BL is Don't You Like Me by Lv Tian Yi and I might just. read that.

Physical Graphic Novels: next in my pile is West Hollywood Monster Squad by Sina Grace.

Libby graphic novels: SHWD episode 2 by Sono.N, tho I didn't like episode 1 and I'm finding I'm so unenthusiastic about episode 2 that I honestly might just not. Kase-san and Cherry Blossoms by Hiromi Takashima and Planeta by Ana Oncina are also due in under a week.