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Good Reads (My Taste May Be Limited by When I Read Them)

Great reads I've loved and would happily recommend ever since I joined Jinjiang over a decade ago! (The writing quality may vary.)

Being a Mary Sue Is a Vibe

A universal love interest with multiple admirers? A harem and a Mary Sue? It's just a certain vibe~ I've combined this with my list of novels featuring crazy male leads. *The quality varies wildly. Tossing out the ones that are all payoff and no substance.

Four Stars

My four-star list, including but not limited to romance, lighthearted stories, love-brained male leads, Mary Sues, and beautiful prose

Period Novels 2

Period novels I read a few years ago (I don't remember the plot of many, and I may only have read some of them halfway.)

Romance-Focused, Emotion-Driven Stories for Rereading

So, so many.

Period Pieces

This list has no evil stepmother stories. I just can't handle those novels where the heroine has to raise a bunch of kids as their stepmom, then have a bunch more of her own. It's an absolute nightmare!

Delicious Romance That Saves the World

Female-dominant worlds, obsessive pure romance, yandere, forced love, and charming protagonists: please, everyone, help yourselves. Most are complete. All have happy endings and no female-targeted angst. Recommendations welcome!

Ten Years of Reading: Sharing Great Completed Stories

A little of every genre, with lots of fanfiction. There's straight romance, BL, and no romance. Sharing stories I've already sifted through and enjoyed! Note: Most are lighthearted and funny.

Female Lead Raises the Male Lead

I Should Laugh at My Own Lovelorn Heart; Raising a Sweet Husband; Clinging to My Sweet Husband; A Villain's Upbringing Plan (He Cheated); Training a Sweet Husband; Raising a Childhood Husband; Loving You from Beginning to End

Books I Read Again and Again

Some have great prose and well-written stories, some have wonderfully wild ideas, and some are simply satisfying reads that hit my personal preferences.

A Little Bit of Everything: BG

I read a bit of everything: strong female-lead power fantasies, no-cp stories, formulaic fluff, GB, Harry Potter, The Case Files of the Wen Clan, Jujutsu Kaisen fanfiction

Some Pretty Good Novels

I've read a lot of these, but don't remember most of them. I've put down all the ones I can recall here

Great Reads (Event Picks)

For an event, and also a chance to organize some books I like.

Recommended by an 18-Year Veteran of JJ

Strictly judging the writing, with a focus on what’s enjoyable. I won’t comment on the values they promote.

Great Reads

Books I finished and liked, the kind I'll pull out for a second, third, or even nth reread when I'm out of things to read... I read everything! This is just my personal record and archive.

Period Pieces

Great Completed Stories

Making it all the way through a story is no small feat.

Tears of a Bygone Era

Most of the books I've read over the years are in here! (A bookworm for 12 years)

Memorable After Reading, Worth Rereading

Worth reading twice

Period Novels

The passion and sentiment of that era

My Favorites

Balancing love and career

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Completed and Saved

Worth reading again and again