
This Old Woman Still Has a Young Heart
老身聊发少年狂
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Explore more →Five-Star Picks 2.0 (Roast Edition)
I'm an omnivore and will read anything if the writing is good. Check for your own dealbreakers. (An addendum to version 1.0.)
44: Twenty Years of Reading, Gone in the Blink of an Eye
Mostly historical romance, with the occasional modern-day one.
Completed Infrastructure-Building, Time-Travel, and Imperial Exam Novels
Just as the title says, I really like everything about it, from the characters and setting to the plot. The protagonists include both men and women, and I like that. 26.9
Fans of Female Protagonists and Western Fantasy
A huge fan of ensemble casts. I love stories with strong female leads, lots of Western fantasy worldbuilding, and infinite-flow plots, as well as authors who can turn any trope into a story.
Wuyue's Top-Tier Recommendations
I'm a longtime reader who's often at a loss for what to read. I've been reading for years, so I'm recommending these to you all, and I hope you'll recommend some to me too. Thanks. Four stars because of the rating scale.
Books I Should Be Able to Finish
Pretty good. There are a few I read before but have forgotten.
A Few Thoughts on Books I Started but Didn't Finish
Four stars across the board, since it's not the books' fault. No recommendations, please! This is just for my personal rambling. Tags like fantasy, futuristic settings, superpowers, infinite-loop stories, and full-dive VR are usually a hard no for me.
For Personal Use, Reading Log, Dropped at Chapter 2
For my own use: clearing out my shelves, books I didn't finish, and some grumbling.
My Favorites, Including Ones I've Read More Than Once
I like stories with little romance, kingdom-building, and smooth writing. Fun and satisfying, but not tacky or too childish. Somehow I keep coming back to these same authors.
Historical Romance
Most of these aren't palace-intrigue stories, actually
Fully Purchased and Read Multiple Times Before 2025
I was in a reading slump, so I went through the author columns of books I'd previously bought in full, and I'm trying to give detailed introductions. I'll make separate lists by genre for new books I finish from now on.
Highly Recommended: Strong Female Leads and Plot-Driven Feel-Good Stories, Part 1
My booklist is full, but I have another list in my profile: "Completed Works, Fully Purchased." I prefer feel-good stories to Mary Sue stories. I'd rather become strong than be loved by someone strong, and I prefer talented supporting heroines to fighting for favor.
Old Flame
Books I've finished, hahaha. I'll reread them when I have time.
Epic Romance
Romance novels I really love. The heroines are usually incredibly strong, and they're pure feel-good reads. Quick transmigration novels are on another list of mine, so they don't belong here.
Books I Finished and Absolutely Loved
So good I'd gladly read it again
Five-Star Romance Recommendations
The heroine is logical, not delicate or flirtatious, and has a more well-defined personality.
Good Reads
When I read these before, I hadn't developed much awareness of women's issues and didn't realize many things were problematic. If any of these stories seem problematic by today's standards, please leave a comment.
Reading List Recommendation 002: Destined to Be Forever Alone
The protagonist definitely has no love interest in the main story, but the extras are uncertain
Novels I Reread When I’m in a Reading Slump
For personal use. I'll keep adding to it.
Some Novels I Read in 2025
For personal use.
Stories I’ve Followed Over the Years
Stories I want to follow all the way through without getting bored
Eclectic Tastes
A bit of everything
Hot Pot
Like spicy hot pot: mildly spicy. I can’t handle anything too intense, so just a little heat is perfect.
Stories That Celebrate Women
If you don't like women, come kick me in the butt
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When I first saw the title and copy, I said: How should an old lady in her fifties write a romance novel? Don't look! But when I was watching "Mulan's Brother", someone said that the plot was quite funny, which aroused my curiosity, and then, it was so delicious, I watched it for three days and finally finished it. The style of painting is really refreshing, and it is like a breath of fresh air in Jinjiang. Happy Raising a Baby really hit my cute side, and taking Xinguo Gongfu to a better place also made me happy. Although it was written in 14 years, it is not outdated at all, and it is very beautiful. Gu Qing: Compared to He Mulan next door, I like Gu Qing better. It's not that He Mulan is bad, I can only say that my personality is closer to Gu Qing's, so I can relate to her better. The time-traveling heroine who doesn't have any golden fingers has also traveled through time and become an old lady in her fifties. She is a really miserable group among time-traveling novels. But because of her kindness and sense of responsibility, the heroine pulled the Duke of Xinguo's palace back from the brink of collapse. I can't help but admire the heroine's strength. We can all imagine the fate of the Duke's palace without Gu Qingxin, so she is really a lucky star, even though she looks like a mascot hahaha. Fang and Li Mao: The vicious villains at the beginning of the story are cannon fodder who die every minute to establish the protagonist's power in other stories, but in this story they survive to the end, which also makes me admire the author's foresight. Fang was stupid and vicious, but the victim Li Rui regarded her as his own mother. His concern and true love were by no means empty, and he could not make the decision to kill her. Whether it is him or Li Ming, Fang cannot die easily. It is easy to kill, but it is difficult to appease the scars of a person's soul. Thank the author for giving her a chance to change her ways and make up for her mistakes. After all, attempted murder cannot be punished with the death penalty even in modern times. As an unrelated person, how can the heroine easily decide a person's life or death? Human life is not trivial. Li Mao gradually fell in love with him more and more. He seemed dull, but in fact he had great wisdom. He managed to balance the left and right in the court and retired. I don't agree with the idea that villains cannot be whitewashed, and this is not called whitewashing, because people are multi-faceted. If we only focus on a person's shortcomings and mistakes, then no one will be ugly. However, people are full and three-dimensional, so he is not a simple bad villain. And for some people, he just can't accept whitewashing a character who doesn't like the heroine and is not a handsome guy. If he is an affectionate handsome guy, even if he is so bad that people and gods will be outraged, some people will kneel down and lick him. Lu Jun: I feel sorry for Lu Jun. I don't think a twelve-year-old girl deserves so much abuse for doing something wrong. Her reluctance is completely understandable. She is talented, beautiful, and of noble birth. It is normal for her to look down on a man who is born in a poor family, has no education, and is as fat as a pig. If Lu Jun was the heroine and Li Rui didn't receive any advice from Gu Qing, most people in the comment area would probably say that Li Rui is a toad who wants to eat swan meat. How come resisting arranged marriage, a quality praised in famous books, became the reason for Lu Jun to be criticized verbally and writtenly? She can and should resist. This is human nature. She cannot resist because of current events, but it does not mean that she does not have the right to resist. Why did she break off the engagement to Gu Qing at that time, because who knew when she would see Gu Qing again, and who could gamble with their life? What if Li Rui is really as rumored? Although Lu Jun has selfish motives, she mostly thinks about her family. Her political ignorance is the result of her parents' deliberate upbringing, and the profound sense of justice, bravery and perseverance she showed in the end are truly admirable. Chu Rui: If I were a commoner, I would definitely like this emperor. He cares about people's livelihood, is diligent and frugal, and concentrates on state affairs. What can people be dissatisfied with? It's only when we look at Chu Rui from the perspective of a wealthy family that we realize how ruthless he is and how he exploited the Li family is depressing. But no matter who you are, you will have character flaws, just like the prince. As a powerless commoner, I am still grateful to the emperor like Chu Rui. The biggest laugh point in the whole article: Qi Shao fell in love with Su Shi. Hahahahahahahahaha. I really wanted the author to write that Qi Shao met Su Shi through time. True fans cannot be too beautiful. Favorite cp: Henry Zhang Dislikes: Zhang Ying and Zhang Suyi. I really don't understand the purpose of these two characters. I feel that Zhang Suyi is like a custom-made wife for Li Rui. However, I don't think it will be any different if Wan Ning and Yan Niang fall in love with Li Rui and marry Li Rui. With such an intelligent and kind girl, the husband and wife can still live in harmony. There is no need to deliberately create a nondescript character like Zhang Suyi. Li Ying, no matter how clean he is, as soon as I see him thinking about relationships and lolita, I feel that he is vulgar. I can't tear off the label of a vulgar otaku stuck in my mind. I really feel that these two characters are unnecessary and have no role in promoting the plot. It would be more streamlined by deleting them.
After reading this book, I have to admire the author's magnanimity and mind. I have always believed that people are like their writing. How a story develops and how the characters in the story make choices when facing things are all reflections of the author's thoughts. I am also a person who loves to write. I asked myself, if it were me, at least before reading this book, I would not be able to escape the stupidity of Li Mao and Fang in the early stage. But the story happened to develop like this. The author or Gu Qing was willing to give them a chance to repent and be reborn, which was really the best thing. After seeing the long comments written by some friends, I agree very much, but I have some different thoughts. This book was written eight years ago, and the author is indeed relatively immature in some aspects, the most obvious of which is the love line. The love between grandparents and grandchildren, the love between father and son, the love between brothers and sisters, and the morality of compatriots are all so well written in this book that I cry every time I think about it. But the love line is relatively weak, for example, Zhang Jing and Li Meng. From the lines, you can imagine the helplessness and pain of the beautiful couple between them, but the limited space may not be able to fully express it, so it does not seem too thrilling; another example is the empress, the first couple is sincere to each other after many years, and the latter couple are childhood sweethearts. The person most affected by this is Zhang Ying, who has been criticized. When he taught Zhang Suyi, many people thought it was vulgar, as if he was raising a lolita. But in fact, I think it's just a matter of description and ink. Because there is too little written, it is difficult to express his thoughts. He and Gu Qing are actually very similar. They both want to change children's minds and make them more independent and free. He asked Zhang Suyi to exercise without caring about the opinions of others, so that she could abandon the shackles of a high-class lady and live a happier and healthier life. It was not to satisfy his quirk of developing a "big-breasted beautiful girl". If not, Zhang Suyi might become the second princess (I forgot her name), who was so thin that she could tie ten of them into a handful. It is a pity that Zhang Ying did not spend too much pen and ink to portray the person, and the character was not full enough. Other than that, this book is really well written! ! ! I've been enjoying everything, and it's already on my list of must-have bookshelves that I refresh every year!
I watched it all night, and almost didn't stick it out when I went to work the next day.
Alas, it's over! I like the author's description very much. Although a book can't represent anything, I still feel that people who can write this kind of writing must be very tolerant and gentle people. Today's society is too extreme. Small mistakes will be magnified infinitely. It is really sad. No one is a saint, and no one can make mistakes.
I dug out the book from ten years ago and read it again. It's still so good.
No, I still want to read the story between them and the monkey.
What special couple and monkey? Please solve your doubts!
Ah, I just realized that the article was written eight years ago. JJ's current romance is really...
Phew, six years and ten dollars, I spent fifty or sixty today to finish reading it... Anyway, it's over! Thank you for your hard work!
I've read it several times and every time I finish reading Mr. Prayer's article, I run out of meal replacements! ! ! !