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1. What are you currently reading?

About the same as last week tbh (no progress on TGCF Chinese manhua or on A Memory of Empire, didn't start anything else instead of those). This week has been pretty chaotic and I haven't had much bandwidth for anything requiring focus. Thus, manga...

2. What have you recently finished reading?

The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency by Sakae Kusama: this was fine when all was said and done, I just prefer my couples a little softer for each other.
Witch Hat Aterlier vol. 4 - 8 by Kamome Shirahama: definitely an interesting series. Unsurprisingly I'm more interested in what the adult characters are doing (Qifrey and Olruggio) than the kids, and so it doesn't quite hit for me a lot of the time. It's very interesting to see how it's coming together as a story fundamentally about disability and privilege
Spy x Family vol. 13 by Tatsuya Endo: I'm now caught up on what's available on Libby, so the waiting starts.
Acid Town vol. 4 by Kyuugou: I'd probably like this better if I wasn't showing up at the Very Dark Angsty series like "so when do things get better and happy?" Def my brain going into a bar like "why's everyone here drinking?"
This is but a Hell of a Dream by Senco Yoshimoto: the thinnest trappings of an incubus story to explain why it's pretty much cover to cover sex lmao.
Fire Force vol. 4 by Atsushi Ohkubo
The Way of the Househusband vol. 7 by Kousuke Oono
Yona of the Dawn vol. 13 by Mizuho Kusanagi

3. What will you read next?

I'm just trying to get through each day rn tbh. idk. probably some more manga. I'm probably the only parent on the planet counting days waiting excitedly for my kids to be done with school. My life will be so much simpler once I'm not juggling this intense a schedule for them plus all my own crap. One week left...

1. What are you currently reading?

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: no progress since last time.
*天官赐福 manhua vol. 2 by 墨香铜臭: also no progress since last time.
The Troublesome Guest of Sotomura Detective Agency by Sakae Kusama: kinda weird modern BL/yaoi with middle aged guys. I am usually big in the old man yaoi fanclub but idk I'm not really vibing with this one.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

Solo Leveling vol. 1 by Chugong: I got my hands on vol. 1 finally so I circled back and read it, and am successfully resisting the temptation to use this as an excuse to reread book 2 and on, lmao. My only novel read of the week.
Moriarty the Patriot vol. 6 - 8 by Ruosuke Takeuchi: okay I guess it's growing on me.
My Dear Agent vol. 2 by Ebino Bisque: modern BL, didn't really fix the things I didn't like about vol. 1 so... meh.
Spy x Family vol. 11 and 12 by Tatsuya Endo: this ended on a cliffhanger and I was not able to get vol. 13 immediately and wah.
The Way of the Househusband vol. 6 by Kousuke Oono
Haikyu!! vol. 27 by Haruichi Furudate
Mobsters in Love vol. 2 by Chiyoko Origami: the slow burn is gonna kill me on this one I think. Just use words you morons.
Feigning Fox with a Face Full of Flowers an Ryo Ayamine: an unusually mediocre modern-with-magic yaoi.
Like Two Peas in a Pod by Gorou Kanbe: unmemorable high school bl.
Fire Force vol. 2 and 3 by Atsushi Ohkubo: so far the interesting world building is holding my attention just slightly more than the irritating fanservice is making me want to stop.
Witch Hat Atelier vol. 3 by Kamome Shirahama: stop doing stupid shit Qifrey. I mean it.

3. What will you read next?

Uh. Well, gotta try to finish the reads-in-progress first. I doubt I'll get to any other novel this week. For "from the physical library," I've got more volumes of Witch Hat Atelier next. For Libby loans, I've got the next volume of Acid Town and the next of Yona of the Dawn due within the next week, so those I guess.

1. What are you currently reading?

A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine: I started! I read the prologue. That's. literally all I've managed.
Moriarty the Patriot vol. 6 by Ryosuke Takeuchi: okay the handling of Irene Adler is growing on me... I guess... (I'm enjoying this vol. more than basically all the others, so I def won't be giving up the series yet...)
*天官赐福 manhua vol. 3 by 墨香铜臭: I DID manage to start a second Chinese manhua still within May! I probably won't finish it this month but still, 3 vols in 2 months would still be more than one vol a month. I'll take it.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

so much manga. I haven't been able to brain much else. anyway...

The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish vol. 4 by Xue Shan Fei Hu: finished the book, and thus the series! It was fine. Vol. 4 continued to be less kid-oriented that vol 3, but overall if I'd known how kid-focused the whole series would be I doubt I would ever have read it.
My Beautiful Man vol. 3 by Yuu Nagira
Yona of the Dawn vol. 12 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Rooming with My Two Lovers by Anji Seina: poly BL. unremarkable as yaoi, but it was nice to get some poly.
Spy x Family vol. 10 by Tatsuya Endo: it was nice to get some of Loid's backstory. I was hoping we would, based on the cover.
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 12 by Yuu Toyota
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 17 by Koyoharu Gotouge
Moriarty the Patriot vol. 5 by Ryosuke Takeuchi
Chainsaw Man vol. 10 by Tatsuki Fujimoto: I'm done reading this one. There's only one more vol in this arc, but all the characters I liked but one are dead, and next arc is apparently about all new characters, and I can't imagine why I'd give a single shit when I emotionally invested in the backstory and goals and aims of all the first arc characters only for them all to die without accomplishing any of those things. That's just not interesting to me.
Platinum Blood by Mor Ichigaya: unmemorable priest x vampire yaoi. It was fine.
Ogi's Summer Break vol. 1 by Koikawa: very odd and often uncomfortable book (modern BL, gender non-conforming lead, blind ml). Reserving full judgement until I've read the second half.
Touch Within the Abyss by Moyori Mori: another BL with a blind ml, idk how that happened twice in a row. Assassin x blind shut-in. This was surprisingly good.
Be My Love, My Lord by Adumi Nagano: modern yaoi in a world where people with animal features are enslaved; owner x enslaved dog guy. IMO did a decent job on the awkwardness of the premise and the consent issues.
Cheri, My Destiny! by Okoge Mochino: modern BL. Never really figured out the chemistry between the main characters. Meh.
My Dear Agent vol. 1 by Ebino Bisque: cute modern BL about two body guards. Didn't quite come together, and the ML was obnoxiously pushy, never really figured out why the MC grew to like him. It's only two vols tho so I'm reserving full judgement for the second (which I have like 4 week wait for, sigh.)

3. What will you read next?

I only have like 6 manga borrowed on Libby and none are due imminently, so nothing urgent there... since I think I might finally be getting a little invested in Moriarty the Patriot, probably that? Those volumes are from the physical local library so I'd like to read um and return um sooner rather than later. And Solo Leveling vol. 1 by Chugong, now that I got my hands on it (after I read vol. 2 to 8 lol).

1. What are you currently reading?

I've got about 100 pages of The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fishvol. 4 (and final vol.) left. It hasn't been as painful as expected lol (I was dreading it being as kid-focused as vol 3, but so far mostly the kids have been pushed to the side and the focus has been on more political stuff).

2. What have you recently finished?

Hitorijime My Hero vol. 14 by Memeco Arii: now that I've fully got a grasp on who all these characters are, I can say I've basically enjoyed this series. I kinda want to reread the beginning cause I can't really remember it anymore. Vol. 15 is out but not on any of my Libby libraries so dunno when I'll be able to read more.,
Fire Force vol. 1 by Atsushi Ohkubo: saw the anime being advertised on Crunchyroll and got curious. It's fine I guess. Pretty standard. I'm gonna read another couple volumes and see how I feel. I tried ep 1 after I read it but I bounced off the English dub voice actor for the mc, oh well.,
Mobsters in Love vol. 1 by Chiyoko Origami: surprisingly funny mob BL. Basically The Way of the Househusband if they were both men and both still gangsters (and, well, less stand-alone shorts, more of a continuing plot. but the vibes are very similar).,
Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love) by Laura Gao: surprisingly unmemorable modern wlw. The mc and ml's reasons for caring for each other never really clicked for me, and the emphasis on Christianity made sense in context but didn't really work for me personally.,
Haikyu!! vol. 26 by Haruichi Furudate: the last few volumes kinda dragged for me but we're getting back into competition stuff and I suspect it'll be more engaging going forward.,
The Way of the Househusband vol. 5 by Kousuke Oono,
Acid Town vol. 3 by Kyuugou: god someone needs to give Yukio a hug, like, a fully consensual hug he actually wants,
Leap by Simina Popescu: contrasting with Kirby's Lessons, this was a surprisingly memorable modern wlw. I really really appreciated that (SPOILERS) the characters being in relationships wasn't the end game. The lesbian rep in a book focused on romantic relationships gone wrong and platonic friendship gone right was wonderfully refreshing.,
A Lovestruck Cat Wants to Be Petted by Nira Kaneyuki: modern with a splash of magic yaoi. Cute, but the transitions from cuteness to explicit stuff were extremely abrupt and jarring.,
I Ship My Rival x Me vol. 3 by PEPA: modern BL. a reread for me now that the print official English version came out. Reading vol. 3 made me want to go back and reread vol. 1 and 2 (again), lol. Wei Yanzi is such a fuckin' clown.

3. What will you read next?

Next novel is still A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine - now that I'm not sick anymore I feel mentally up for something new. :D My next Libby read is My Beautiful Man vol. 3 by Yuu Nagira, and my next physical library read are like 5 volumes of Moriarty the Patriot by Ryosuke Takeuchi.

1. What are you currently reading?

Well, I was supposed to and planned to start A Memory Called Empire last night but I was so tired I couldn't face it, so instead I started the last volume (fourth) of The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish by Xue Shan Fei Hu. I'm not particularly enthusiastic about this, either, since book 3 committed so fully to kidfic and I hate kidfic, and I might have dropped the series if it wasn't that I knew this was the last one, but as it is, well. I'll read it. At least there's some fun political stuff happening in the beginning.

2. What have you recently finished?

I had a lot of Libby borrows with very imminent due dates, so I read a lot of manga and graphic novels.

Solo Leveling vol. 6 - 8 by Chugong: unsurprisingly, I finished the remaining books.
天官赐福 manhua vol. 1 by 墨香铜臭: my Chinese manhua read of the month! I actually finished before, like, the 30th this month! I'll probably tackle vol. 2; I want to increase my pace as my language skills improve.
Hitorijime My Hero vol. 13 by Memeko Arii
Spy x Family vol. 9 by Tatsuya Endo
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen: story about Vietnamese immigrants set in the late 90s, including a lead who is a gay young man. Really interesting juxtaposition between fairy tales and real life immigrant experience, gorgeous art, all in all fantastic. Gave me deep thinky thoughts about my high school friend Minh, whose family were Vietnamese immigrants. I hope he's doing okay...
Still Sick vol. 3 by Akashi: cute conclusion to this wlw story, though the characters felt really generic by the end, like, they lost the things that had made them distinct in the first volume.
Chainsaw Man vol. 9 by Tatsuki Fujimoto: well my favorite character died and I looked up spoilers and another character I like is gonna die and I'm starting to wonder if it's worth the effort.
Sakamoto Days vol. 2 by Yuto Suzuki: continues to be cute, harmless fun
Bergamot and Sunny Days by Lyee Kitahala: cute modern BL with an age difference. Pretty standard for the type.
All You Want, Whenever You Want by Omayu: modern BL; an aggravating amount of "no, no, yes" was offset by like 70% of the volume being hot and explicit, lol.
Les Normaux by Janine Janssen and S. Al Sabado: cute modern fantasy BL from a webcomic. I like the supporting cast and the range of rep (there's an aroace character! there's a pan character! there's an ace character! no gender stuff yet tho...)
Fated NOT to Meet by Ei Eijou: modern BL. No idea what the title has to do with the story, but it was fine. A lot like All You Want, Whenever You Want, the two had almost identical plot beats (and amounts of porn).

3. What will you be reading next?

My next library graphic novel (physical) is Kirby's Lessons for Falling (in Love) by Laura Gao. And I still need to read A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine for book club, I just keep procrastinating.

It Wednesday. I'm sick, and have been getting sicker, and so I upended my reading plans because the prospect of reading a book in which I didn't already know the characters made me feel like crying. Fortunately, I have several series I can turn to in my time of need.

1. What are you currently reading?

Unusually, I have multiple reads-in-progress.

Novel: Solo Leveling vol. 6 by Chugong. I'm most of the way done. There are two more volumes left and as of yesterday, I have them both.

Graphic Novels:

天官赐福 manhua vol. 1 by 墨香铜臭: this is my Chinese read-of-the-month, and at least the fourth time I've read this volume of the manhua in some language or other. I have the vague idea that if I can finish it early in the month, maybe I'll (gasp! shock!) try to read TWO volumes of manhua in Chinese this month.
Hitorijime My Hero vol. 13 by Memeko Arii

2. What have you recently finished reading?

Novels:

The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch: yeah, this was cute! I'm not sorry I read it, even if I never quite figured out what they like about each other beyond mutual attraction.
Solo Leveling vol. 4 by Chugong
Solo Leveling vol. 5 by Chugong: first time I've read a whole novel in a day in a looooong time.

Graphic Novels:

Hungry Heart by Jem Milton: a cute mlm modern graphic novel about a celebrity chef and his interviewer. Never quite figured out what they liked about each other. It was nice to have some explicit pan rep.
Cherry Magic: Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 9 - 11 by Yuu Toyota
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 16 by Koyoharu Gotouge
The Treasure of the King and the Cat by You Kajika: a fantasy with minor mlm that had interesting world building but all kinda added together into a big nothing.
Haikyu!! vol. 25 by Haruichi Furudate
Heat x Beat: A Shut-in Omega Becomes an Idol! by Ken Homerun: omegaverse mlm. It was fine. Unmemorable.
The Way of the Househusband vol. 4 by Kousuke Oono

3. What will you read next?

Well, if I get my brain back from the sick enough to cope with new characters, I need to read A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine for book club. Failing that, if I stick to books I'm familiar with the characters, I've got the last two volumes of Solo Leveling by Chugong, and I've got The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish vol. 4 by Xue Shang Fei Hu, and I've got The Husky and His White Cat Shizun vol. 8 by Meatbun Doesn't Eat Meat, all of which fit the "I know these characters" bill and are on my TBR. I can't imagine I'll stay sick long enough to get through that many books. For library books, I've got a few volumes on Libby due in seven days or less: The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen, Spy x Family vol. 9 by Tatsuya Endo, and Still Sick vol. 3 by Akashi. I've got some physical library books I really should get to also, but oh well.

1. What are you currently reading?

I'm almost done with The Nightmare Before Kissmas by Sara Raasch and enjoying it much more than I expected, mostly, I think, because despite the goofy premise, the stock cover the same as 87 other rom com covers on the shelf, and the overwhelming Christianity of it all, it's a surprisingly interesting world with a decent amount of not terribly written politics and introspection on the nature of grief. I actually think the romance is one of the weakest parts of it. Like I'm not positive what these two men like about each other past raging attraction, but I'm enjoying the actual plot. I strongly suspect the author has spent time in the fanfic trenches. Like don't get me wrong. It's far from flawless. But I'm enjoying it.

2. What have you recently finished?

Solo Leveling vol. 3 by Chugong. I'm forcing myself to not just read all of them in a row. Which is probably good cause I noticed I'm missing vol. 7 by accident, so I ordered that. I ordered vol. 1 too but it's on back order, oh well.

And this week in manga reading...

Spy x Family vol. 8 by Tatsuya Endo
Still Sick vol. 2 by Akashi (modern wlw): more engaging than vol. 1 was
Don't Call Me Daddy by Gorou Kanbe. A spin-off from a title I read a couple weeks ago, about the main character's dad. Old man yaoi my beloved, the characters are in their 50s.
Chainsaw Man vol. 8 by Tatsuki Fujimoto
XXXHolic Omnibus edition vol. 1 by CLAMP: I'm a lifelong CLAMP lover, especially Tokyo Babylon, but I tried XXXHolic when it was first being published in English and it didn't grab me; I fell neck-deep into Tsubasa (published at the same time) instead. And reading XXXHolic again now... I can see why. I really find the main characters unappealing. But I do think I'll keep going, if only cause I'm curious about the merit many of my friends say they've seen in it, and because now (unlike 20 years ago) I can read it for free.
The Flower That Seems to Truly Dance by Saki Tsukahara (historical BL): a surprisingly solid 1 vol BL set during WW2 Japan. And no one dies, which surprised me once I figured out the premise.
全球高考 manhua vol. 3 by 木苏里: Global Examination has been my Chinese read-of-the-month the last few months (I'm studying Chinese by, among other things, reading one vol. of manhua a month). I definitely got lazy about things by the end but eh, whatever.

3. What will you be reading next?

For novels, Solo Leveling vol. 4 by Chugong and then A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, which is for the book club I'm in. I swear I'll get to Babel one of these months.

For graphic novels/manga, I've got a few Libby books due imminently - Hungry Heart by Jem Milton, Kimetsu no Yaiba/Demon Slayers vol. 16 by Koyoharu Gotouge, and The Treasure of the King and the Cat by You Kajika are all due before next Wednesday so. Those. I've also got Les Normaux by S. Al Sabado and Janine Janssen as my next-up from my local (physical) library.

I'm trying to decide which manhua to read next in Chinese, of the ones I own in hard copy, if anyone feels like voting in my dumb Tumblr poll to weigh in. When you see the choices and guess which one is winning... you'll be right. https://www.tumblr.com/unforth/782250138763755520/as-part-of-my-current-chinese-studying-i-am?source=share

1. What are you currently reading?

While I was in NYC last week, I asked my mom how much money she'd be okay with me spending on books she'd pay for. She gave me a budget, and I spent it all on volumes of the Solo Leveling novel translation lmao. I wasn't able to get vol 1 but I figure... who cares, I know what happens... and anyway I'm currently about 60% through volume 3.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

Novels:

A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander (historical, trans man main, mlm, [redacted for spoilers]): I had to get through this quick cause libby loan. I really loved it until I didn't; the last 40 or 50 pages were badly rushed imo. Definitely major pacing issues. It's a pity.
Solo Leveling vol. 2 by Chugong: it's nice to get some glimpses of what doesn't get shown in the more visual manhwa and anime formats. Tho I also don't think I'd like it as much without the nuance that the visual versions give to Sung Jinwoo's reactions.

Graphic Novels/Manga:

Acid Town vol. 2 by Kyuugou: (dystopian near-future dark BL) a bit more promising than vol. 1? but still. meh.
Hitorijime My Hero vol. 12 by Memko Arii
Sakamoto Days vol. 1 by Yuto Suzuki: next up in my "this seems popular I should check it out." It's "hitman retires cause he falls in love, now runs a convenience store." It's pretty funny, similar vibes to Way of the Househusband with more plot.
My Beautiful Man vol. 2 by Yuu Nagira: also a bit more promising than vol. 1? but also still. meh.
Spy x Family vol. 7 and 8 by Tatsuya Endo
Manly Appetites: Minegishi Loves Otsu vol. 1 to 3: modern BL. This was cute but I wish there'd been a bit more "there" there, and I wish it felt a bit less like "hahaha it's funny cause the hot guy loves the fat one." Like. The rep was nice and it wasn't nearly as fatphobic as it could have been but the whole premise was just a bit...yeah. (3 vols is the full series)
The Way of the Househusband vol. 3 by Kousuke Oono
My Love Mix-Up! vol. 4 by Aruko and Wataru Hinekure
What Did You Eat Yesterday? vol. 1 by Fumi Yoshinaga: modern BL. I expected to like this more than I actually did. I'll probably keep reading if only cause my local library has a bajillion vols (but DIDN'T have vol 1 so it's taken me a while to get to it). The cooking parts are utterly skippable.

3. What will you read next?

Well acquiring like 7 volumes of Solo Leveling kinda upended my TBR plans, plus a Libby hold of The Nightmare Before Kissmass by Sara Raasch came through, and a book club I'm in is doing A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine, so uh. Some combination of those, I guess. For manga/graphic novels, Witch Hat Aterlier vol. 2 (physical) from the library and Still Sick vol. 2 on Libby, and idk after that.

1. What are you currently reading?

A Gentleman's Gentleman by TJ Alexander, which I got from a Libby hold. I've been interested in it ever since I heard the premise and so far it hasn't disappointed, I read more than half of it last night and didn't particularly want to stop, I stayed up later than I usually do and had to force myself to put it down. I could wish for a little less second-hand embarrassment but oh well.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

These are all manga or graphic novels.

Just Friends by Ana Oncina Tortosa: modern wlw, weird story about two girls who met at camp and now see each other every few years and hook-up. The "current" part where they hook-up was a bit uncomfortable.
Haikyu!! vol. 24 by Haruichi Furudate
Chainsaw Man vol. 7 by Tatsuki Fujimoto
Puppy Love by Tsuchida Haru: cute modern BL with an odd premise where one character is the reincarnation of a dog and thinks the mc saved him during that previous incarnation.
Delicious in Dungeon/Dungeon Meshi vol. 6 to 14 by Ryoko Kui: having borrowed these from the library, I mainlined the rest of the series and I have zero regrets. Surprisingly deep given the initial premise.
Moriarty the Patriot vol. 4 by Ryosuke Takeuchi: it's been so long since I read the first three that it took me most of this volume to remember who was doing what and why. But now I can keep going - my local library has every volume BUT vol. 4 and I've been trying to get my hands on this one for like well over a year.
Star Trek: Celebrations: a short collection of Pride-inspired queer Star Trek stories. It was fine. I especially liked the Sulu one that opened it.
Koimonogatari: Love Stories vol. 2 by Tohru Tagura: modern BL, definitely showed more signs of mlm than vol 1 did, but it ends on a cliffhanger and it's been 7 years since it came out soooooo...
Heat x Beat: I May Be an Omega But I'm Going to Be an Idol by Ken Homerun: omegaverse BL, pretty standard, the title kinda says it all.
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 15 by Koyoharu Gotouge
Hitorijime My Hero vol. 11 by Memeco Arii
Lunar Boy by Cin Wibowo and Je Wibowo: cute middle grade sci-fi about a trans boy moving with his mom to New Earth and dealing with the related changes. Most of the characters are some flavor of queer, sometimes to a heavy-handed extent, but then - middle grade. I especially liked a vision of the future that was so thoroughly not Western - it's Indonesian through and through and by Indonesian authors.

3. What will you read next?

I'm traveling until Sunday, which limits me to books I brought with me and stuff on Libby. I did bring Babel by R. F. Kuang, which I have been procrastinating reading like whoa, but I'm fairly determined to actually make myself start it after I finish A Gentleman's Gentleman. I also have like 4 volumes of manga on Libby that are due back in the next week, so presumably those. Two are vol 2s of things I was pretty meh about vol 1 of so I've been procrastinating starting them. I'm kinda figuring if I end up flaking on reading vol. 2 of one or both that kinda says it all about continuing those series and I'm not going to worry about it (the two are Acid Town and My Beautiful Man).

1. What are you currently reading?

Uh, I'm halfway through Dungeon Meshi vol. 6, does that count? I'm not currently reading a novel.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

So I had a whole bunch of overdue library books that I was really determined to finish, and as such I decided not to start a novel until I got through them. I also, about 3 weeks ago, went on a Libby BL spree, and all those were gonna be due in a couple days, so I also had to read through all those (one left as of now...). So I planned to not read a novel until I finished most or all of that, but then I realized part of my problem wasn't "reading a novel," it was that I bouncing off a novel as serious as Babel, so I grabbed the next book on my pile - a fluffy, low-stakes, slice-of-life stand-alone danmei - and motored through it, AND got through all the rest too. Anyway.

You're Too Op by Yi Xiu Luo: my novel read of the week! This is a Rosmei title, modern esports BL. It was cute, and a very quick read, and I appreciated how few extras there were, it made it all more cohesive to not have a lot of extraneous stuff at the end. I never really figured out why the ML actually liked the MC, but nonetheless, I enjoyed it and am not sorry I read it.
Hitorijime My Hero vol. 10 by Memeco Arii: I feel like I've finally actually gotten invested in this; I borrowed the next few volumes from Libby. It's still not amazing but I'm enjoying it enough to keep going.
Runaways Volume 1: Pride & Joy by Brian K. Vaughan: I did a little websearching on which Marvel titles were queer, and I remembered hearing good things about this one when it first came out (I was dating a huge Marvel comic fan at the time). I actually thought? I'd read the beginning??? but ngl it didn't ring any bells. Anyway, I expect to keep going, I've always liked Marvel, and I want to support the queer titles on their catalog. Just gotta find the next vol at the library.
全球高考 manhua vol. 2 by 木苏里: my Chinese read-of-the-month for March; I finished it a little late. Vol. 3 will be my read for April, and then I'm out of vols of it and will probably move to 天官赐福.
The Snake Who Loved a Sparrow by Nina Natsuo: interesting fantasy BL with way more world to explain/justify than could possbily fit in a single volume. Definitely needed WAY more room to breathe to really do justice to the premise.
How to Be Ace: A memoir of Growing Up Asexual by Rebecca Burgess: I had high hopes for this and waiting a.g.e.s. to get it from QLL, but ultimately wasn't that pleased with it. I get that it was a memoir, but with a title that claims such definitiveness, it was frustrating how much of the book was actually about the author's OCD.
My Ultramarine Sky by Nagisa Furuya: modern BL. Utterly unmemorable among the ton of stuff I read this week.
Don't Call Me Dirty by Gorou Kanbe: modern BL. Kinda weird story about an overly friendly guy and the homeless dude he befriends. Glossed over too many of the details to really work imo, but it was fine in and of itself.
This Wonderful Season With You by Atsuko Yusen: modern BL. Cuteish HS title about a total dork and the former jock who falls for him. It was fine but unremarkable.
Navigating With You by Jeremy Whitley: definitely my read of the week, this was a GREAT f/f modern romance about two girls who've both recently moved to the same backwater bonding over their love of the same manga title.
Kaiju No. 8 vol. 12 by Naoya Matsumoto: I found this at the library, was overjoyed, and had finished it less than 2 hours later. Vol 13 when?
Still Sick vol. 1 by Akasha: weird modern GL title about a woman finding out that her coworker sells yuri fan doujins on the weekends. I can't really figure out the not-doujin-artist, her behavior is really erratic and weird. Still, I borrowed vol. 2 so eh.
Katakoi Lamp by Kyohei Azumi: modern BL. Pretty meh, definitely one of the weaker ones I've read.
Delicious in Dungeon vol. 5 by Ryoko Kui
Adversary by Blue Delliquanti: modern m/m with a trans main (who tops!) and many trigger warnings. I found the ending insanely confusing, can't say I was a fan overall.
Wails of the Bound vol. ...2??? by Keri Kusabi: very weird omegaverse modern BL that was listed as vol 1 but I think is actually vol. 2. Took me most of the volume to figure out wtf was going on.
The Black Cat and the Vampire vol. 1 and 2 by Nikke Taino: fantasy BL. My favorite manga read of the week, this was a cute duology which stayed pretty fluffy considering the premise. Might make it on to my list of books to buy.

3. What will you be reading next?

I borrow 10 volumes of Dungeon Meshi from the library, so...that, definitely. And for novels... well, I keep saying Babel but after realizing I'm not sure I'm up for something Serious, I might put it on hold and read some other random stuff first. I haven't really decided to be honest. If I do switch, next would be the last volume of The Disabled Tyrant's Beloved Pet Fish.

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.

1. What are you currently reading?

I'm about halfway through Rosmei's translation of Global Examination vol. 1 by Mu Su Li. It's funny to be reminded how grouchy Qin Jiu and You Huo are toward each other in the beginning, considering where they end up. Especially from Qin Jiu's end. Like. You Huo is always a grump, but Qin Jiu is one of the only grump -> sunshine (but like. grumpy sunshine). transformations I've ever seen. Like. Qin Jiu will absolutely still shank someone who ticks him off but he becomes so soft and romantic for You Huo.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

I'm trying to get through physical library books cause they're so late and I'm embarrassed.

Solo Leveling vol. 11 to 14 by Chugong: I finally snapped and mainlined all the remaining manhwa in one day, lmao. I'm more or less satisfied with the ending, even tho it leaned in on a couple tropes I don't usually like.
Acid Town vol. 1 Kyuugou: oddly unappealing dystopia dark BL manga. And apparently never completed. My Libby libraries only have the next vol so I guess I'll read it??? but also. meh.
Cherry Magic vol. 8 by Yuu Toyota: continues to be cute and harmless.
The Glass Scientists vol. 1 - 2 by S. H. Cotugno: steampunk retelling of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. I borrowed it cause it was labeled LGBTQIA and after vol. 1 I was like, "I guess I see some mlm if I squint?" and then vol. 2 was like, "bam, two trans characters. bam, f/f/m poly. bam, yeah that mlm doesn't need to be squinted at to see it anymore." I checked the website where it posts to help cope with the vol. 2 cliffhanger, and it looks like vol. 3 is coming soonish and will be the last volume, and I'm definitely interested.
Loved Circus by Nemui Asada: weird stand-alone modern BL focused on sex workers. Not bad-weird, but definitely dark and worth checking trigger warnings for anyone considering reading it.
Snow Fairy by Tomo Serizawa: very very VERY fluffy modern BL, which I needed after the last two manga I read lmao. One of the better stand-alone single-vol manga I've read imo.
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin: historical-to-modern wlw. Had some pacing issues and everything felt too "easy" but still the core of it was really nice. Also nice to get some explicit bi rep.
I Hear the Sunspot: Limit vol. 2 and 3 by Yuki Fumino: modern BL. fiiiiinally they got together.
I'm Looking for Serious Love! by Shoko Rakuta: modern BL. Way too much non-con treated as okay for my taste.
Dekoboko Bittersweet Days and two short vols. of extras by Atsuko Yusen: modern HS -> adulthood BL. I read vol. 1 last week. All in all, a cute fluffy series with a satisfying amount of porn, too.
Tristan and Lancelot: A Tale of Two Knights by James Persichetti: Arthurian retelling with a happy ending for everyone and mlm Tristan/Lancelot. I usually hate Arthuriana and I liked it. Based on the other reviews, people who actually like Arthuriana were less pleased lmao.

3. What will you read next?

Still workin' toward Babel by R. F. Kuang, for novels. For library graphic novels, I can't remember what the next one is called by the one after that is the first vol. of Marvel's Runaways. Which I think I may have read when it first came out??? But I don't even remember any more, and I know I never finished, so whatevs. And from Libby, next is the next vol. of Kimetsu no Yaiba. It's due in a couple days, so gotta do the thing. I just got distracted by finding a huge amount more BL manga on there, lmao.

1. What are you currently reading?

I have no novel-in-progress; I did start a manhua in Chinese (I've got a self-enforced goal to read one volume of manhua in Chinese each month). It's 全球高考 vol. 2 by 木苏里; I'll actually be starting my re-read of the novel in the next day or three, too, but that's for later in this post.

2. What have you recently finished?

Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle: my novel read-of-the-week. I enjoyed it! I found it scarier than Camp Damascus and I definitely liked it, though I thought the pacing of the last, like, 20% didn't quite work for me.
Witch Hat Atelier vol. 1 by Kamome Shirahama: it's charming, though I can't say I yet understand why people love it so much.
Yona of the Dawn vol. 11 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Koimonogatari: Love Stories vol. 1 by Tohru Tagura: an unmemorable and difficult to pin-down book? I genuinely can't tell if it's supposed to be about a romantic or platonic thing, like, it's a story about a gay high school student, his crush, and the crush's best friend who figures out the gay guy's crush. And platonic is fine, btw, I just wish I could read the vibes better.
Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 5 by Gege Akutami: I've decided to put this one down. There was just never any point where I really felt like I knew what was going on or why I should care about 90% of these characters.
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 5 - 7 by Yuu Toyota
The Way of the Househusband vol. 1 by Kousuke Oono: I've known this by reputation for ages so I grabbed vol. 1 from the library, and I'll own I didn't expect it to be this fucking funny, like laughing out loud repeatedly.
I Hear the Sunspot: Limit vol. 1 by Yuki Fumino: this is definitely starting to ping my "but why can't they be together NOW?" senses. (it's volume... 3 or 4?...of the overarching series.)
Spy x Family vol. 6 by Tatsuya Endo: last vol. I complained that not much was happening/it felt like it was settling a bit into silly-episode-of-the-day. This volume had some of that but it also had a big plot advancement right at the end, so I'll keep reading for now.
Solo Leveling vol. 7 - 10 by Chugong: after the most recent episode of the anime left me at a cliffhanger, I decided to go for the webcomic; I started where the last episode left off (those parts are a re-read for me), and have now continued into parts I haven't read before. This is what I want to be reading, instead of hanging out on Discord.

3. What will you be reading next?

I ended up rearranging my tbr slightly cause Bury Your Gays was a Libby loan so I had a timetable for finishing it, so next up will be the Rosmei translation of Global Examination vol. 1 by Mu Su Li (I've previously read the fantranslation) (I'm also currently reading vol. 2 of the manhua in Chinese, which is ALSO a reread, as I've read the manhua on Bilibili in English). After that is Babel by R. F. Kuang.

1. What are you currently reading?

I ended up shuffling around my tbr order a little because my Libby hold of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle came in ~~for the third time~~ and instead of bump it, I decided to read it, cause I had a good moment for that amidst other reading. I'm about a quarter in, and so far it's interesting. I feel like it's a bit creepier and also more mysterious than Camp Damascus, like, in Camp Damascus I felt like what was going on was pretty obvious and not that scary? But in this I still have no idea what's going on and that makes it tenser. There's a lot of different pieces, I'm interested to see how they'll come together.

2. What have you recently finished?

My novel read for the week was The Missing Piece by Kun Yi Wei Lou. I ending up motoring through it, to my surprise, considering I'd bounced off the first page the previous time I tried to read it. It wasn't amazing or anything but it was enjoyable and had some interesting twists. The rest is graphic novels...

Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 4 by Gege Akutami: I feel like I still don't get it. idk. I guess I'll keep reading.
I Hear the Sunspot vol. 1 and 2 by Yuki Fumino (modern BL, hard of hearing ml): an interesting college story with a lot about disability and disability advocacy related to hoh and deaf people in Japan.
Spy x Family vol. 5 by Tatsuya Endo: I'm a little surprised how fast I'm losing interest in this, considering how much I liked the start. It feels like it's settling into "now we have our premise, let's have episodic zany stuff happen" and that's not that interesting to me. But I'm not stopping yet.
Hitorijime My Hero vol. 6 and 7 by Memeco Arii: vol. 6 was more interesting to me, but vol. 7 was all over the place again. I still plan to read all the ones I've got from the library, but also... meh.
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal by E. K. Weaver: modern mlm, really liked this
Go For It Again, Nakamura! by Syundei: I hadn't been all that enthusiastic about vol 1 and only grabbed this cause I spotted it on Libby and it was imo pretty much entirely pointless.
How to Be a Werewolf vol. 1 by Shawn Lenore: very interesting premise, with various queer going on and lots of werewolf shenanigans, of course. I can't find any evidence of a vol. 2 despite it being a decade old? It might be webtoon only, idk. I don't have time to check right now.
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 13 by Koyoharu Gotouge
Dekoboko Sugar Days by Atsuko Yusen: modern high school BL. Fine and fluffy, a decently strong example of the genre, otherwise unremarkable.

3. What will you be reading next?

As I mentioned, I shuffled my tbr a little to make room for Bury Your Gays, so now next is Global Examination vol. 1 by Mu Su Li (a reread for me), then Babel by R. F. Kuang, which I'll probably not get to until next week. Next physical library graphic novel is volume 1 of Witch Hat Aterlier, and next Libby one is whatever the next volume of Yona of the Dawn is.

1. What are you currently reading?

nothing! I finished my main novel read last night and haven't started a new one yet.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

why yes I am still mainlining manga.

Stars of Chaos/Sha Po Lang vol. 5 by priest: the last volume! I'm done! What a good book. I liked the extras better than I expected to based on what other people had said to me, though I do kinda wish we'd gotten more of the immediate aftermath of the actual end of the story. I'd have loved some "wtf do you mean EMPEROR" from Gu Yun. Regardless, overall, really really enjoyed this. It's no Modu but eh. priest continues to be my favorite danmei author, absolutely.
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 3 and 4 by Yuu Toyota
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 12 by Koyoharu Gotouge
Number Call by Nagisa Furuya (modern BL): I've been poking around Libby looking for more BL manga with no wait times and I spotted this one, by an author I've read before. It was fine! Cute! Kinda supremely unmemorable, but eh, can't have it all I guess lol.
Yona of the Dawn vol. 10 by Muzho Kusanagi
Go with the Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann: this month's "read this banned book with no hold times" YA graphic novel on the New York Public Library Libby. It's about a group of girls trying to understand their periods and to convince their school to put feminine hygiene products in the bathroom for all students. There's a little hint of wlw with a couple of the characters.
My Summer With You: The Sequel by Nagisa Furuya: despite being called "sequel" this is actually the third story in the 'verse, and it was nice and fluffy. More memorable than the middle one, not as good as the first.
Mashle: Magic and Muscles vol. 1 by Hajime Komoto: continuing my "tour of popular shounen," I had this from the library. I probably won't be continuing? It was funny but the secondhand embarrassment came on too strong for me pretty often.
Hitorijime My Hero vol. 5 by Memeco Arii: this is a modern BL series and I spent most of this volume supremely confused and I thought it was just me but no, the reviews are full of equally confused people. I probably wouldn't keep reading the series except I've got four more physical volumes from the library so like. I might as well I guess.
Haikyu!! vol. 23 by Haruichi Furudate

3. What will you be reading next?

As I've said the last few weeks, The Missing Piece by Kun Yi Wei Lou is next, and I expect to start today. It's short enough that if I get enthusiastic about it, I could finish it this week, and if I do, after that is Babel by R. F. Kuang. My next graphic novel is vol. 6 of Hitorijime My Hero, tho if I don't like it better than the last couple, idk, even though I have more from the library after vol. 6 I might just. not. I haven't decided.

1. What are you currently reading?

Still in Sha Po Lang/Stars of Chaos by priest, but I'm close to done now! I finished the main story last night (so about halfway through vol. 5), now I just have the extras left. priest sure does love rushing her endings, lol.

2. What have you recently finished?

I honestly don't think I have the brain for commentary today, but I can make a list

The Flying Ship vol. 2 by Jem Milton (queer)
Spy x Family vol. 3 - 4 by Tatsuya Endo
Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 2 - 3 by Gege Akutami
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 10 - 11 by Koyoharu Gotouge (I also put on the anime as background noise yesterday, and started vol. 12 but don't feel like putting that in currently reading)
My Love Mix-Up! vol. 3 by Aruko and Wataru Hinekura (queer)
Signals vol. 1 - 2 by Nika (full series, queer)
Cover My Scars with Your Kiss vol. 1 by Io Amaki (queer, is actually stand-alone but there's a sequel)

3. What will you be reading next?

Next novel in my pile is The Missing Piece by Kun Yi Wei Lou, a single-volume modern danmei. If I somehow manage to finish that before next Wednesday (highly unlikely but you never know), after that is Babel by R. F. Kuang. I think. Or maybe it's Global Examination (Mu Su Li) vol. 1 and then Babel. Close enough. For graphic novels, next is something I borrowed from tryslora, and a pile of manga from Libby (as always).

so I was expecting to read much this weekend but it turned out I wasn't able to do the work-related reading I wanted to at last weekend's con (required too much concentration) so I instead ended up reading a lot again.

1. What are you currently reading?

remarkably, nothing. I'm between books rn.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

I Ship My Rival x Me manhua vol. 2 by Pepa (modern mlm): did I include this last week? I can't remember. Anyway it's the third time I'm reading this series, now in print official English translation format.
Run: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin: this is an autobiographical account of a couple years of Civil Rights movement, and it was very good, and interesting to read in light of everything happening now. I grabbed it because the NYPL Libby has an "unlimited borrows of this banned book this month" thing. Totally worth it.
Stars of Chaos/Sha Po Lang vol. 3 and 4 by priest: yep, I finished vol. 3 and read all of vol. 4. I just haven't started vol. 5 yet. still loving it.
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 9 by Koyoharu Gotouge
Haikyu!! vol. 22 by Haruichi Furudate
Yona of the Dawn vol. 9 by Mizuho Kusanagi
Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 1 - 2 by Yuu Toyota (modern w/ magic, bl): I figured this would be really cute and yeah, it's really cute. I've got a hold out for vol. 3.
My Love Mix-Up vol. 1 - 2 by Aruko and Wataru Hinekure (modern, bl): this is also cute, though I struggled with second-hand embarrassment, especially through the first volume. Upside, it's 9 volumes and completely translated. Downside, turns out none of my Libby libraries have volumes 4 and 5. All the other volumes, sure, just missing those two. I'm debating what to do about it, sigh.
The Flying Ship vol. 1 by Jem Milton (fantasy, wlw, probably some gender stuff, amputee mc): this was an interesting fantasy world but I didn't find the characters that likeable and found the last section confusing. I've got vol. 2 from the library also, I'll give it a go.
全球高考漫画 vol. 1 by 木苏里 (sci-fi mlm): this was my "read one book in Chinese" for February; it's Global Examination by Mu Su Li. I've read a fantranslation of the book, and I've read this part of the manhua twice before, so it was good practice, though my brain kinda crapped out for the last section.

3. What will you read next?

Obviously Stars of Chaos vol. 5 is up next for novels, and then The Missing Piece by Kun Yi Wei Lou. For graphic novels, The Flying Ship vol. 2, and then I'm not sure, I think some of the books I've borrowed from tryslora are below that in my graphic novels pile. And more manga, of course. My brain is fried so I've been reading manga like I'm nomming candy.

so, we were traveling over the weekend and I got very little sleep so I simultaneously was too tired to function and also had fuck-all to do, which meant I read a truly ludicrous amount of manga. As such:

1. What are you currently reading?

Sha Po Lang/Stars of Chaos vol. 3! I'm a bit over 50% through and still enjoying it very much. These morons are f.i.n.a.l.l.y. using their words.

2. What have you recently finished?

Stars of Chaos vol. 2 by priest (historical steampunk China danmei/BL): still loving this
Yuri is My Job vol. 12 by Miman (modern GL manga): there's just so little to get excited about with this title, but I also don't dislike it enough to stop? idk.
Ask Me About Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles by Tikva Wolf (modern non-fiction what it says on the tin): I was sooooo excited about this based on the title, and while I did enjoy it, it felt a little aggressively allonormative to me, lots of "love isn't a finite resource I can love lots of people" which isn't my personal aroace experience of poly at all. This isn't a fault with the book, to be clear, more just a mismatch that meant I was a little disappointed.
Haikyu vol. 19 - 21 by Haruichi Furudate: okay the last match went on a bit too long but definitely had me chewing the pages to find out what would happen.
Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 4 - 8 by Koyoharu Gotouge: finally getting a little invested in this; it helps that I found out it's finished at 23 vols, which gives me a much better sense of the arc of the story.
I Think Our Son is Gay vol. 5 by Okura (what it says on the tin): this was a nice conclusion, though I wish there'd been a little more "there" there. It really just stayed vignettes, though with a definite arc of family support and learning together. The younger bro's clear asexuality becoming explicitly canon was a nice touch.
Fangs vol. 1 - 2 by Billy Baibally (modern urban paranormal BL): sexy and interesting BL story, definitely interested for more.
Chainsaw Man vol. 3 - 6 by Tatsuki Fujimoto: this continues to be a heckin' weird story that I'm still enjoying. It'd be nice if characters stopped dying.
Yona of the Dawn vol. 8 by Mizuho Kusanagi: I continue to not enjoy this as much as I feel like I should, sigh.
Chef's Kiss by Jarrett Melendez (modern BL graphic novel): this was cute but it was a little depressing how aggressively awful all the parents involved are.
Cannonball by Kelsey Wroten (modern graphic novel with lesbian mc/wlw): it's been a while since I disliked something this much. The main character is just so deeply unappealing. The art was good! The writing was fine! But ew this people and everything they stand for.

3. What will you be reading next?

Stars of Chaos/Sha Po Lang vol. 4, obviously. This weekend I'll be traveling again, but this time with virtually no reading time, so I don't really know tbh. I've got I Ship My Rival x Me vol. 2 manhua as my next graphic novel, and other than that... probably more manga. It's on my phone cause I get most of it through Libby, and it's quick to read. (like of the manga above, the only one I read a physical copy of is Yuri is My Job, that was from the physical library.)

1. What are you currently reading?

Stars of Chaos/Sha Po Lang vol. 2 by priest! I'm about halfway through this volume (which means I'm about a third through the entire story, the English edition is five volumes) and I swear if this slow burn lasts much longer Imma start slamming heads together. Like, the glare I have for any characters when they've already kissed yet are still positive the other has no interest.

2. What have you recently finished?

Stars of Chaos/Sha Po Lang vol. 1 by priest (danmei/BL, historical China but with steampunk). Obviously I finished vol. 1. I'm really enjoying it, a delicious mix of cool world building, slow burn morons, and political machinations.
Yona of the Dawn vol. 7 by Mizuho Kusanagi (fantasy shoujo): I kinda wish I had more idea where the story is actually going? idk.
I Shall Never Fall in Love by Hari Conner (Regency/historical romance with m/f trans man): I think I liked the idea of this slightly better than I actually liked it, but I did still enjoy it. The Emma vibes have struck again, though, sigh. (TL:DR I hate Jane Austen's Emma lmao.)
Yuri is My Job vol. 9 to 11 by Miman (modern GL manga): do I like this series? I'm genuinely not sure. But I've got the vols from the library and I might as well read 'um? I've got one more vol. from the library (and I think the series only has one more volume after that??) so I'll read that then move on. shrug

3. What will you read next?

Well, Sha Po Lang vol. 3 will obviously be my next novel read. For graphic novels, as I already said, Yuri is my Job vol. 12, then the book after that on my library graphic novel TBR is Ask Me About Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles by Tikva Wolf. When I saw the title of this one I knew I had to read it, so I'm looking forward to it. Idk anything about Kimchi Cuddles but. yay polyamory. Oh, and I Ship My Rival x Me vol. 2 came out, and so after I pick that up from the bookstore I'll probably read it basically immediately. It's a reread for me tho.

1. What have you recently finished reading?

Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle (modern horror, wlw, background mlm): I motored through this to finish it before it was due, and I enjoyed it! I wish some of the suggested plot strings had been followed slightly farther to logical conclusions? but the writing was engaging and the characters believable and overall I happily plan to read Bury Your Gays based on having read this one.
Kaiju No. 8 vol. 11 by Naoya Matsumoto: spotted the latest volume at the library and immediately yoinked and read it. The next vol comes out in February, so for now I'm caught up. I want more.
Haikyu!! vol. 18 by Haruichi Furudate
Jujutsu Kaisen vol. 1 by Gege Akutami: next up in my "reading the manga of popular animes I keep seeing people talking about" plan. Spent months on hold to get this volume, went in knowing absolutely nothing about the plot lol. So far it's off to an interesting start? Long wait for vol. 2 now, sigh.
Yuri is My Job! vol. 8 by Miman (modern GL): it's been over a year since I read volume 7 and by the end of volume 8 I almost remembered all the plot threads???? I've got the next few volumes so at least I can read more before I forget again.
The Out Side: Trans & Nonbinary Comics anthology (what it says on the tin): graphic novel anthology collection of autobiographical stories by trans and/or NB authors, in many different styles. I found some more personally relateable than others but all were very honest and authentic and real, and I enjoyed the book. The shorts range from 1 page to around 10, and there were a LOT of them in the one volume. I'd been wanting to read this one for a while so I was really excited to spot it available from the Brooklyn Public Library.

2. What are you currently reading?

Stars of Chaos/Sha Po Lang vol. 1 by priest (ancient China + steampunk, BL): I have wanted to read this for aaaaaaaages and I finally aaaaaaaaaam and I am not even slightly disappointed. The only reason I haven't devoured even more is that I haven't felt well enough to focus for long periods of time. (I and both my kids have strep throat, though my wife has been spared so I guess that's something.)

3. What will you read next?

Stars of Chaos is five volumes, all of which I have, so I expect that will keep me busy for at least a couple weeks and be my primary novel-reading in that time. For graphic novels, I've got vols. 9 through 12 of Yuri is My Job! up next from the library (physical) and Yona of the Dawn vol. 7 due in 5 days (on Libby) so I'll have to read that too.

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