
Raising the Bar
拔份
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 568k Words
- Genre
- Romance
- Era
- Modern Era
- Updated
- 6mo ago
- Source
- JJWXC
Synopsis
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Explore more →February to Mid-2025 Recap
I accidentally got immersed in reading again
Romance-Focused BG
A lot of romance
Meals to Enjoy Whenever I Feel Like It
I like distinctive characters or beautiful prose, including stories with privileged elites, irresistible charmers, strong female leads, nonhumans, dark and twisted characters, survival-game shows, fanfiction, toxic drama, couples in love, and pure fun.
Top Picks for Female-Lead Fans: Finished or Currently Updating
My tastes: female characters should have complete growth arcs that aren’t tied to romance; the story should flow well, without any glaring logical errors; the author should have at least a basic appreciation for women. Female character arcs > male character arcs.
Some Great Books I Bought the Full Version Of
Historical romance and court intrigue, xianxia cultivation, equally matched leads, wuxia jianghu, Western fantasy, ensemble casts, empresses, female officials, empowering stories about strong women, female-led stories, modern romance, and fantasy romance
BG Books Worth Rereading Several Times
I love good writing, though my preferences are extremely subjective (highlighted). Mostly sweet romances with lots of relationship development. Clingy, lovey-dovey love is the best. Romance from the female lead's perspective. Reviews coming soon~
Cuncun's Personal BG Favorites
Kink bullseye
A Book List
Completed novels I personally think are really good
My Reading List: Collector's Edition
If it's not a classic, it doesn't make the list. But taste matters too, so feel free to recommend things to each other
Modern Romance You Can't Miss
I like relationships that feel realistic and make sense. I’ve read most of the romance novels on the list; I dropped many of the ones that didn’t make it.
Modern Romance with Cozy Vibes, Personal Growth, and Romantic Tension
These books either have fresh concepts, clear character growth, or a warm, natural writing style. Some are just so addictive you can't put them down. Hope you find something you like!
Some Fully Purchased Novels (Completed Versions)
Life is exhausting, so here's a light read.
Favorites
A feeling that stirs the soul
Fully Purchased
All fully purchased.
What Makes Love a Good Story?
Love is best when set against the grand backdrop of history, born from opposing sides, and directed toward someone who cannot be loved. It is best when the lovers misunderstand each other until everything is bloody and raw, and love becomes completely unrecognizable.
Period Pieces
None.
Into Brooding, Possessive Men and Faux-Incest Romance? Come On In!
I'm a fan of pseudo-incest, so here are some books in that genre I've read on Jinjiang. My reviews may be heavily influenced by personal preferences, so take them with a grain of salt.
I Love BG
I love BG, and BG loves me.
Personal Reading List
For my own reading
Good Stories I've Finished and Still Remember
Just as the title says
Contemporary Romance
Modern setting
Stories I’d Read Twice (Full Purchase) - 2
Jinjiang seems to limit each reading list to 100 books, and I couldn't add any more to my old one, so I'm making another, haha. I only read romance, and most of these have fantastical elements.
Personal To-Read List (1)
A personal list of books I’m interested in reading later. Every one is still unread.
All Good
Good
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Meng Da's writing is so good, and his personal style is very obvious. I have known Meng Da from my wife, and I have always guessed that he should be a professor of history in a certain university, and he should be engaged in textual research, so he can flow smoothly between the lines. There is an edge hidden in the calmness, and his writing is restrained, but the irony is very spicy, and the characters are very obvious. In a few words, he can create a person who is by no means rigid. I don't like to read the comment section when reading Meng Da's articles, because the comment section always tells me with strength again and again that no matter what I read, I still need to read first-hand historical materials. Everything that has been processed by second-rate dealers will inevitably have discrepancies. Many readers may have age and reading preferences. The discrepancies in the processed things are often beyond recognition, making people suspicious as if they have never read the original text. I have been reading literature for more than ten years, and I also graduated from a key university with a liberal arts major. Meng Da's writing style is unique and good. I hope that the goddess will continue to write and keep writing. I love you😘
Lin Haichuan and Luo Laosi have something in common: narcissism [spread hands] Unable to hear what others were saying, Gu Qiao said something nice perfunctorily, and the two of them raised their tails to the sky, feeling that they were really attractive [Sunglasses]
The loneliest person in the world is me who just finished reading The Part. This book has become my top one.
It's so easy to fall in love with Gu Qiao, and I've already been tempted by Cousin again. Too enthusiastic after all.
Doesn't our lovely fourth child deserve a name [Joker]?
The female protagonist is growth-oriented, confident and independent, and does not need to rely on the male protagonist to support her. The male protagonist also has his own way of loving and caring for the female protagonist. A very sweet one.
It's very beautiful, but there is a part in the middle that feels a bit lengthy. I separated from my cousin for the second time, and I was working on the virus software part in that part of my life. I felt a little bored, and the writing was too long. The other parts are very good, and the person is quite special. The female protagonist is a girl who likes to make money very much. The male protagonist is honestly like a novel. Although it is originally a novel, his social life is inexplicable. He is better than the female protagonist in terms of status and money. The female protagonist is obviously very hard-working. In the end, he did a great job. As a result, the male protagonist stopped studying for a doctorate and switched to a master's degree. After returning to Singapore, he became the general responsible person of a company that the female protagonist needed to fawn over. Anyway, the writing was quite dreamy, and then the male protagonist really didn't like to talk. The if line was quite interesting. It's a very long article, but overall it's recommended. And when I saw it later, I actually felt that it was very troublesome to just make a phone call between the heroine in China and the hero in the United States. In the end, the two of us really didn't want to separate. I wanted to say that you should separate and don't make things difficult for each other.
Seeing that Mr. Meng is still revising the article, I want a side story, I want a side story, I want a side story
Hahahahahahahahaha I still think the fourth child is so cute after watching it again.
The third and fourth Wenluo characters have no names, which makes them very uninvolving. In fact, these two characters are very distinctive. Without names, there is less memory, which is a pity.