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larryhammerReading Wednesday after a week+ of being sick:
Finished:
Marvel Rising, story by Ryan North & G. Willow Wilson, art by Helen Chen & Marco Failla -- Tie-in for the animated franchise, but telling an original story of how Doreen Green meets Kamala Khan (in a programming class the former is volunteer teaching) and Squirrel Girl meets Ms Marvel (fighting the video-game themed powers of another student in the class), and eventually working out their secret identities. America Chavez and Inferno join in. Cute, slightly off-character in the way of crossovers, and not essential for fans of either main franchises.
In progress:
Joy of Life (庆余年) (mirror), Mao Ni (猫腻) -- Excellent stuff. I had not realized till I poked at it that Mao Ni had written a reincarnation-from-our-world story, and while this is technically xuanhuan, the feel is very close to a historical romance (complete with court intrigues) and there's even a skiffy vibe at times (the protagonist spends a lot of time examining how his new world is different from ours, including the whole cultivation thing). I see a lot of complaints in comments about the slow early development, but I doubt anyone familiar with bildungsromans would be put off. I love the level of literary and cinematic references, including taking poetry as seriously as it historically was, and the ways Dream of the Red Chamber gets used are a hoot. I'm up to chapter 120 (of 570-odd translated, 825 total) but already I recommend this nearly as strongly as Way of Choices.
The King's Avatar, Butterfly Blue -- While fighting off (or rather, failing to) the Martian Death Cold that's going around, I needed something a) vastly amusing and b) requiring little brain. Returning to Yu Xiu's adventures as a pro video gamer with a profound control of aggro of both NPCs and other players fit the bill perfectly. Am up to chapter 1237, the translation having built up a nice backlog for me, and am still engaged despite shifting attention exclusively to his professional comeback, which to me is the less interesting thread.
Meanwhile, have also taken Miracle Doctor, Abandoned Daughter to chapter 331.
DNF:
Genius Doctor, North Night -- Between dislike of the growing grimdarkness and the story going premium, dropping this one -- there's enough other Good Stuff to read instead.
---L.
Subject quote from Homecoming (Walter's Song), Vienna Teng.
Finished:
Marvel Rising, story by Ryan North & G. Willow Wilson, art by Helen Chen & Marco Failla -- Tie-in for the animated franchise, but telling an original story of how Doreen Green meets Kamala Khan (in a programming class the former is volunteer teaching) and Squirrel Girl meets Ms Marvel (fighting the video-game themed powers of another student in the class), and eventually working out their secret identities. America Chavez and Inferno join in. Cute, slightly off-character in the way of crossovers, and not essential for fans of either main franchises.
In progress:
Joy of Life (庆余年) (mirror), Mao Ni (猫腻) -- Excellent stuff. I had not realized till I poked at it that Mao Ni had written a reincarnation-from-our-world story, and while this is technically xuanhuan, the feel is very close to a historical romance (complete with court intrigues) and there's even a skiffy vibe at times (the protagonist spends a lot of time examining how his new world is different from ours, including the whole cultivation thing). I see a lot of complaints in comments about the slow early development, but I doubt anyone familiar with bildungsromans would be put off. I love the level of literary and cinematic references, including taking poetry as seriously as it historically was, and the ways Dream of the Red Chamber gets used are a hoot. I'm up to chapter 120 (of 570-odd translated, 825 total) but already I recommend this nearly as strongly as Way of Choices.
The King's Avatar, Butterfly Blue -- While fighting off (or rather, failing to) the Martian Death Cold that's going around, I needed something a) vastly amusing and b) requiring little brain. Returning to Yu Xiu's adventures as a pro video gamer with a profound control of aggro of both NPCs and other players fit the bill perfectly. Am up to chapter 1237, the translation having built up a nice backlog for me, and am still engaged despite shifting attention exclusively to his professional comeback, which to me is the less interesting thread.
Meanwhile, have also taken Miracle Doctor, Abandoned Daughter to chapter 331.
DNF:
Genius Doctor, North Night -- Between dislike of the growing grimdarkness and the story going premium, dropping this one -- there's enough other Good Stuff to read instead.
---L.
Subject quote from Homecoming (Walter's Song), Vienna Teng.