reading diary

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Fake Dating the Amnesiac School Prince by Qiao Bi

Started: 6/28/23

Finished: 6/29/23

Reading Links: Chrysanthemum Garden (1-68)

Summary: Top of his class coward Zhen Yuanbai gets fed up with class bully Shi Bufan and pushes him, causing him an injury that leaves him amnesiac. In order to protect his future, he pretends to be Shi Bufans bestie, but Shi Bufan misunderstands and thinks he’s in love with him. Wishful thinking for a guy who doesn’t remember the crush he’s been harboring for a year now!

Notes: This was cute enough. Im not a huge fan of the characters or their dynamic tbh. I kept wanting ZYB to be a little sweeter or SBF to stop giving ultimatums, but it was a cute enough story.

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You Boys Play Games Very Well~

Started: 2/8/23

Finished: 2/9/23

Reading links: Tailor’s MTL (1-83)

Ling Meng is a high-ranked casual gamer playing “The Legend of the Galaxy”. Infamous for his poison tongue, he’s known in the forums as Lemon Dad and he carefully cultivates a following of black powder fans over time. The trajectory of his fate completely changes the day he plays a match against the popular god-tier live stream anchor, Mangosteen. A meme created out of his dying words makes him a countrywide laughingstock and he begins to stalk Mangosteen to determine his rival’s weaknesses…to beat him in a match for revenge!

notes: THIS WAS REALLY CUTE!!! Sweet romance! Fast development and a relatively easy read. Lots of dog food specially delivered on live stream ☺️

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C-Novels Available in English Translation

A few weeks ago, a few of my danmei-loving friends and I got to talking about how much there is that we want to read, but that none of us have been very organized about keeping track of titles, fantranslation links, etc.

So, we decided to make a spreadsheet.

AND to combine every link we'd each separately stashed around on that spreadsheet.

The result is a list of 73 titles (currently 70 are danmei, 2 are baihe, and 1 is gen, reflecting our personal interests/preferences) with links to translations, some complete, some not. (as of 2/5/23)

Love C-Novels? Especially danmei? Looking for something to read? Check it out!

Some notes:

This is specifically for English translations from Chinese titles. Though some of the links do include other works (for example, some translators also do Japanese, and some Carrds list fantranslations in multiple languages), we're English speakers who are interested in Chinese novels, so we focused on that.

Currently, this is mostly basic information (titles, authors, links), with no summaries, genre tags, etc. We hope to ultimately expand it but that will be a lot of work and the information is already available at the provided NovelUpdates links, so we encourage you to use those.

We make no claims that this list is exhaustive; while the first sheet lists the resources we had collectively already gathered, there's a second sheet with things we know of and intend to add.

We'll try to keep links and such up-to-date but if you spot a problem please let me know!

Know of something that's not on the main list OR on the "to add" page? Please do send the info my way! Comments or ask box stuff will help.

Note that to actually access the fantranslations, you'll often need to take additional action to read them - you may need to request access, or get a password, etc. How to get this access is usually included on the pages.

Known official translations are listed. We will not link fantranslations for titles that are out officially in English. Don't send them. Don't ask for them. We won't help you pirate these titles.

Don't forget to thank and respect translators, and honor their wishes! Without fantranslators, we wouldn't have all this amazing stuff to read in English, so THANK YOU FANTRANSLATORS!

GO FORTH, AND FIND YOUR NEW FAVORITE BOOK!

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I’m Completely Clueless About Sockpuppet Accounts Being Unmasked

Started: 2/5/23

Finished: 2/7/23

Reading link: Chrysanthemum Garden (1-103)

Film Emperor Fu Mingyuan recognizes retired esports god Angry by his hands while he livestreams under a different name, is pursued, and gets grumpier every day he can’t come out and claim their relationship publicly. Shen Qi works on setting up his own team to get revenge for being forced out of the industry by rumors.

Notes: This was enjoyable! SQs family backstory makes what would just be a fun romp of an esports novel a little heavier. The gaming part dragged a bit but the romance was sweet. I’ve clearly never played PUBG but i feel like i can imagine it so clearly now…

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Fanservice Paradox

Started: 1/21/23

Finished: 1/24/23

Reading Link: Peach Pits Translations (1-129)

Two members of an unpopular idol group are filmed having a homoerotic moment at the airport, and when their management seizes the opportunity to suggest they sell more fanservice while it’s on people’s minds, the arrogant young rapper of the group cuts through the group face’s objections.

notes: this was one of the most romantic things i’ve read in so long oh my god… i have like 0 interest in idols or boy bands but it was interesting to read about that aspect. the character development was So good, the plot was well developed, the romance was extremely touching. my complaints for this book are some racist jokes and the really bleak outlook on addiction and on addicts, but i overall really enjoyed it and im planning on checking out the authors other books.

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i read this another two times since i first finished it. btw.

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Fanservice Paradox

Started: 1/21/23

Finished: 1/24/23

Reading Link: Peach Pits Translations (1-129)

Two members of an unpopular idol group are filmed having a homoerotic moment at the airport, and when their management seizes the opportunity to suggest they sell more fanservice while it’s on people’s minds, the arrogant young rapper of the group cuts through the group face’s objections.

notes: this was one of the most romantic things i’ve read in so long oh my god… i have like 0 interest in idols or boy bands but it was interesting to read about that aspect. the character development was So good, the plot was well developed, the romance was extremely touching. my complaints for this book are some racist jokes and the really bleak outlook on addiction and on addicts, but i overall really enjoyed it and im planning on checking out the authors other books.

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Mistakenly Saving the Villain

Started: 1/15/23

Finished: 1/18/23

Reading Links: Chrysanthemum Garden (1-120.3)

Song Qingshi, a doctor suffering from ALS, dies and transmigrates into Song Qingshi, a medical cultivator who shares many of his mannerisms and views, and is tasked with rescuing the Protagonist Shou—whatever that is? But he chooses wrong, and rescues the canon fodder who was about to die instead.

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The Daily Life of Being the Campus Idol’s Fake Boyfriend

Started: 1/12/23

Finished: 1/13/23

Reading Links: Chrysanthemum Garden (1-74)

Ling Ke gets a crush on a boy he meets during a youth piano recital, and doesn’t realize until much later that the boy gave him his contact info. Used to being unsociable, Ling Ke has no idea how to casually contact him, so he satisfies himself looking through Qi Feng’s MySpace. When they cross paths again a year later… Qi Feng impresses him with his violin skills, and also doesn’t recognize him at all!? Ling Ke’s crush grows teeth after this, which would be fine except now they’re university roommates, and Qi Feng is asking him to be his (fake) boyfriend… Time for Ling Ke to give the performance of his life as a gay man pretending to be a straight man pretending to be gay. Too bad he doesn’t know Qi Feng is in the same boat.

notes: this one was so cute! i really love ling ke and all his secret keeping. he’s such a serious character and his thought process was fun. qi feng is likewise very thoughtful and fun. i liked how involved qi fengs family got in his relationship, and it was interesting to read a story where the couple is out to a lot of people. i would have liked to see more of qi feng interacting with ling ke’s family, but maybe i will write that.

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PUBG Online Romance of the Century

Started: 1/10/23

Finished: 1/12/23

Reading Links: Chrysanthemum Garden (1-118)

A debuting streamer with a difficult past catches the attention of the workaholic Big Boss Yi, whose deep voice catches the attention of the streamer.

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M.X.

Started: 1/8/23

Finished: 1/10/23

[reading links and summary omitted]

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Guide on How To Fail at Online Dating

Started: 1/5/23

Finished: 1/7/23

Reading Links: Chrysanthemum Garden (1-119)

Seeking revenge for his cheated elder cousin, Jing Huan decides to buy a voice changer and catfish his cousin’s “slag man” of an internet boyfriend via Nine Chivalrous Heroes, an MMORPG he also used to play. Only, he doesn’t know that this slag man goes to his school? And furthermore, he may be innocent…

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The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun

Started: 11/15/22

Finished: 12/2/22

Reading links: Seven Seas Publishing

A tyrant who has spent his adulthood getting revenge on his unfeeling shizun commits suicide after his teacher-turned-concubine’s death and returns to his disciple days. Given this chance to protect his shixiong from an untimely death, he sets out to change his tragic past to a favorable one—but someone else seems to have a different plan for this do over. Things he was ignorant of the first time come to the surface, along with feelings he couldn’t classify in his past life.

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Liu Yao: Revitalization of Fu Yao Sect

Started: 12/6/22

Finished: 12/14/22

Reading links:

1-33 | 34 | 35-85 | 86-112 (end)

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a young boy is sold to a traveling cultivator by his family, and after a period of learning, enters the upheavals and tribulations of cultivation society along with his sect.