Seven Seas gauging interest in baihe novels!
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cnovelsSeven Sea's July survey is gauging interest in The Beauty's Blade and asking what other baihe novels they should license!
aurumcalendula posting in cnovelsSeven Seas gauging interest in baihe novels
12 July 2025 02:58 pmaurumcalendula posting in baihe_mediaI just saw that the first question on Seven Seas' July survey is gauging interest in The Beauty's Blade and the second questions asks what other baihe novels they should license!
Book review: "The Tyrant Baru Cormorant"
11 July 2025 06:11 pmrocky41_7 posting in fffridayToday I finished the latest book in the Baru Cormorant series (fourth book remains to-be-released), The Tyrant Baru Cormorant. Y'all, Baru is so back.
! Spoilers for books 1 & 2 below !
! Spoilers for books 1 & 2 below !
If you've looked at other reviews for the series, you may have seen book 2, The Monster Baru Cormorant, referred to as the series' "sophomore slump." I disagree, but I understand where the feeling comes from. The Monster feels like a prelude, a setting of the board, for The Tyrant. The Monster puts all the pieces in place for the cascade of schemes and plays that come in The Tyrant. They almost feel like one book split into two (which is fair—taken together, they represent about a thousand pages and would make for one mammoth novel).
If you felt like Baru was too passive in The Monster and that there wasn't enough scheming going on, I can happily report those things are wholly rectified in The Tyrant. Having located the infamous and quasi-mythological Cancrioth at the end of The Monster, Baru wastes no time in whipping into full savant plotting mode.
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Reas-in-Progress Wednesday
10 July 2025 10:33 amgeraineon posting in cnovelsThis is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!
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Post-deadline pinch hit for Summer of Horror
9 July 2025 06:10 amsummerofhorrorexchange posting in yuletideSummer of Horror could use your help! We have one pinch hit left, due July 11 at 11:59 PM EDT or negotiable. Minimums are 500 words or a piece of original art (no manips), either digital or on unlined paper. For claiming and more details, go here.
PH 3 - FIC, ART - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)
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PH 3 - FIC, ART - Psychonauts (Video Games), Higurashi no Naku Koro ni | Higurashi When They Cry, Umineko no Naku Koro ni | When the Seagulls Cry, Mortal Kombat (Video Games 1992-2020)
Thank you!
Miss Forensics 我亲爱的法医小姐 Read Along: Chapters 21 to 30
7 July 2025 10:24 amyuerstruly posting in baihe_mediaRosmei orders and novel impressions
6 July 2025 08:29 pmheadstone posting in cnovelsSome interest was expressed in a writeup of the Rosmei titles I've acquired over the last year, so I wrote up some of my impressions of their books, as well as my experience ordering from each of the two main North American distributors. On my personal site: https://durandal.blog/blog/rosmei/
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Subbed: 哑舍 Ya She (Silent House) full-cast audiobook ep 1
6 July 2025 09:49 pmhalfcactus posting in cnovels(If subtitles don't automatically appear, please tap the CC button.)
You can read the translation transcript here and my translation notes here.
ABOUT:
哑舍 Ya She (Silent House) is modern-day fantasy novel by 玄色 Xuanse. It is about a magical antique shop and has a customer-of-the-week format.
A donghua adaptation came out last year, and a radio adaptation is currently airing on Missevan where chapters are broken into 10-minute segments. The audio adaptation has a full-cast format, so it's kind of like an audio drama with narration.
I haven't read the novel, but based on the audiobook version of this chapter, the donghua adaptation seems to diverge from the novel in terms of how it handles the cases. In the donghua, the bronze mirror case is the second case.
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This was a one-off translation project (mostly to show some donghua-novel differences) and I currently have no plans of continuing, but I'm open to feedback on translation / writing / grammar / subtitle timing etc! I have a tendency of trying to match the onscreen subtitles with what I'm hearing and I'm not sure it's readable that way.
Post-Deadline Pinch Hit for Sakura Exchange (Due July 18)
5 July 2025 10:47 amsakuramod posting in yuletidesakuraexchange has one pinch hit still in need of a creator! If you might be able to fill this request by the current due date (July 18 at 11:59 PM UTC (7:59 PM EDT), or negotiable), please comment on the pinch hit post with your AO3 name and the number of the pinch hit you'd like to claim.The minimum requirements are 1000 words for fic, or clean lineart on unlined paper for art.
Available pinch hit (click through for details):
PH 16 - 終ノ空 remake | Tsui no Sora Remake, Tsukihime (Visual Novel & Anime), Kara no Kyoukai | The Garden of Sinners
Read-in-Progress Wednesday
3 July 2025 12:38 amgeraineon posting in cnovelsThis is your weekly read-in-progress post for you to talk about what you're currently reading and reactions and feelings (if any)!
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JJWXC Reader Annual Report 2024
1 July 2025 02:09 pmllonkrebboj posting in cnovels This is a public service announcement for JJWXC users!
Every year, around January or February, jj releases your previous stats for the year, which can be accessed via searching 年度报告 on the app search bar, or via the link for the web version. The search bar access method may be limited time only as it currently does not work xD But here is the link to access on the browser (just remember to be signed in!).
https://www.jjwxc.net/sp/2024annualuserstat/readerstat.html
Every year, around January or February, jj releases your previous stats for the year, which can be accessed via searching 年度报告 on the app search bar, or via the link for the web version. The search bar access method may be limited time only as it currently does not work xD But here is the link to access on the browser (just remember to be signed in!).
https://www.jjwxc.net/sp/2024annualuserstat/readerstat.html
Rebuilding journal search again
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dw_maintenanceWe're having to rebuild the search server again (previously, previously). It will take a few days to reindex all the content.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.
Meanwhile search services should be running, but probably returning no results or incomplete results for most queries.