Reading in the Past Six Months 最近半年在看

1. 1 高 The Marquis’s Lowly Maid 高门小婢 Little Sweet Potato少地瓜Romance912k WordsCompleted The day-to-day struggles of a little girl. Blurb: On her deathbed, Jin Yu once made a wish: Please let me be born into a wealthy family in my next life! Heaven heard her. So when she opened her eyes again, Jin Yu had become a laundry maid in the household of a government official in ancient times! Jin Yu: “...Damn it!” Heaven: “You got a rich family, didn’t you?” The story features household intrigue, delicious food, farming, and steady progression. The heroine is ambitious. Passages marked w 61.4kFavorites63.5kClicks/ch301.2kGifts

   Curator note

   Actually, I found some of the emotional descriptions at the beginning a bit subtle, but overall it's a workplace farming story with a very clear personal style, which is quite good and not just pure wish-fulfillment.

2. 2 主 A Guide to Surviving as the Principal Wife 主母生存指南 Cola Ginger Soup可乐姜汤Romance1.2M WordsCompleted Bad news: Zhu Mingli transmigrates into a book and becomes the matriarch of a feudal household. Her husband is cold and indifferent, and on their wedding night he receives orders to leave the capital. System: Host, please raise the male lead’s affection for you. You can exchange accumulated experience points for beauty pills and body-shaping pills to win his heart Zhu Mingli: Wait! Look at it from a different angle! This is clearly good news: the matriarch has power, her mother-in-law stays out 134.4kFavorites150.9kClicks/ch299.5kGifts

   Curator note

   Farming novels with management elements

3. 3 神 The Amazing Chinese Student Tells Fortunes on the Streets of New York [The Millennium] 神奇留子在纽约摆摊算命[千禧年] Xie Xianxian谢仙鲜Romance1.5M WordsCompleted Zhao Zhenzhen unexpectedly transmigrated to the turn of the millennium, becoming an international student. She also gained a golden finger: an NPC character panel that let her see everyone's life story. From then on, Zhao Zhenzhen acquired quite a few nicknames. “Medium” to her classmates “Mysterious Oriental student” to her teachers “Eastern Master” on the streets of New York Zhao Zhenzhen: “What master? I'm no master! Don't be superstitious! This is scientific deduction! Observation! Easter 124.4kFavorites175.2kClicks/ch646.4kGifts

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   Shero shines brightly in everyday life! But I couldn't stand it anymore halfway through; there was a subtle sense of disharmony.

4. 4 惊 Horror Movie Survival Rules 惊悚片生存守则 A Touch of Red from Eastern Wu东吴一点红Romance1.3M WordsCompleted In a world of horror movies, how can an ordinary person dodge danger at every turn and survive to the very end? Thanks to all the horror movies she watched before transmigrating, Everly has compiled countless ironclad rules for survival: Horror Movie Survival Rule No. 1: Stay away from desolate ruins, campsites, castles, cabins in the woods, caves, and places like that. So when her classmates invited her to explore some ruins, she firmly said no. Those classmates never came back, not even by th 114.1kFavorites122.9kClicks/ch390.4kGifts

   Curator note

   The downside is that it's a bit short.

5. 5 从 Starting from Zero: A Cultivation Family Simulator 从零开始的修仙家族模拟器 Walking with the Gods与神同行Romance878k WordsCompleted You play a family-building game. You start as an ordinary mortal, without even the faintest trace of a cultivator in sight, yet the goal is to build the greatest cultivation clan in the world. Unlike an ordinary family game, this one lets you pass the game down through generations. You can create each new clan leader, your apparent descendant, from scratch. After countless generations of hard work, you look at your overflowing inheritance points and the traits you’ve given the next clan leader y 86.6kFavorites81.4kClicks/ch319.5kGifts

   Curator note

   It's not a fourth natural disaster, but it's somewhat similar. The author's pacing for satisfying moments is very smooth, and the writing is good. The only annoying thing is that when the main couple leaves the story, people always call for them to return, and the constant mention of the female lead's husband is a bit tiresome. I suggest not reading the reviews.

6. 6 神 Sign-In Tycoon: Spending Money Full-Time 神豪签到，全职花钱 Strawberry Pearl Cake草莓珍珠蛋糕Romance751k WordsCompleted *The main story is complete. Liu Yue, a recent graduate at a loss about what to do next, suddenly received a job offer from the Spending System. System: Host, check in every day to claim a spending allowance. You must spend all of it that same day, or it will expire. Liu Yue glanced at the daily sign-in reward. Only ten thousand yuan a day? That would be a piece of cake. System: Ten thousand yuan is just the base reward. Each daily sign-in also comes with a multiplier, ranging from one to a 80.3kFavorites114.7kClicks/ch307.6kGifts

   Curator note

   A pretty good female protagonist super-rich novel; those who strongly value class equality might find some parts of the plot a bit uncomfortable.

7. 7 我 I Can See the Murder List [Nineties] 我能看到凶杀名单［九零］ Ten Miles of Quiet Joy十里清欢No CP1.2M WordsCompleted [Blurb for this novel]: Yan Zhengyu, a criminal investigation team captain, had solved countless major cases. After an accident, he transmigrated to more than thirty years in the past and became a newly hired beat cop. The original owner of this body should have been the eldest son of a wealt 52.5kFavorites66.5kClicks/ch73.6kGifts

   Curator note

   It's set in a fictional world with significant plot twists and a fast pace. I'm not good at analyzing the rigor and logic of the reasoning, so those who do might give it a different rating.

8. 8 都 [Football] Just as I’m About to Retire, the Comeback System Goes Live [足球]都快退役了逆袭系统上线了 Golden Seal Jade Book金章玉书No CP1.0M WordsCompleted ♥♥ Next up: “I Build a Nation by Playing Soccer with a Clone System” // “Come, People, Pay Your Respects to the Great King Crow!” ◆◆ After Gu Yi dies, he binds to a System. The System drops him into a parallel world as an Englishman, then disappears. Gu Yi isn’t disappointed. Using the simulated training space the System left behind, he becomes a professional soccer player. He may not be all that amazing, but he has been a first-team regular at Manchester United for almost ten years. Now he’s 31.7kFavorites56.9kClicks/ch74.5kGifts

   Curator note

   A very good anti-cliché underdog story, with a classic protagonist who's incredibly hardworking.

9. 9 东 A Tokyo Girl's Worries 东京少女心事 Mi Jiale米迦乐Romance788k WordsCompleted [The author doesn't provide trigger warnings. If anything bothers you, don't read.] A collision of timelines! By chance, she becomes Rihui, the second daughter of the Yamaguchi family, and discovers that her elder sister is none other than the future national sweetheart and Showa-era songstress Momoe Yamaguchi, who will become famous across Asia. Rihui decides to cling tight to this golden opportunity: Big Sis, take me with you! *A heartwarming slice-of-life story, mainly about the daily lives 19.6kFavorites23.4kClicks/ch55.9kGifts

   Curator note

   It has a Japanese novel style, is lighthearted and focuses on everyday details, and is also rather short.

10. 10 谁 Who Says a Warrior Monk Can't Be Beautiful? 谁说武僧不能是美人？ There Are Trees in Taicang太仓有树No CP423k WordsCompleted *Please read the content notes after the blurb first and make sure you’re comfortable with them.* Blurb: Ming Kong, a wuxia enthusiast, transmigrates. Not only does he have a System and an exceptional constitution, he also lands in Southern Shaolin, a temple renowned for martial arts. He’s practically got every protagonist buff there is. Ming Kong has dreamed since childhood of becoming a martial arts master renowned throughout the world. To that end, he becomes the undisputed hardest-working 13kFavorites18.6kClicks/ch10.8kGifts

    Curator note

    Kindness is a kind of faith

11. 11 天 Western Crossover: The Angel Project [综英美]天使计划 Jia Fan加凡Danmei (BL)470k WordsCompleted [Announcement: This story will go VIP on September 16, with a 10,000-word update that day. Thank you for all your support. Please continue to support the official release. *bows*] Le Xia transmigrated into the body of a ten-year-old boy. He was the “child” in the raising simulation game Angel Plan, of which he had only played the prologue. Le Xia: I want to go home! But he had no idea how to get back. After thinking it over, he decided to try unlocking every ending in the game. As everyone kno 8.8kFavorites11.1kClicks/ch24.3kGifts

    Curator note

    Fans of "what if" scenarios are in for a treat!

12. 12 穿 I Went to India and Became the Richest Man 穿到印度做首富 Wooden Mountain木头山Romance266k WordsCompleted After transmigrating into Sasha Gupta, a girl sold by her father to a red-light district in Bombay, she figured she might as well die. She never expected that even dying would be so difficult. India is a populous nation and the country with the greatest wealth disparity. Here, no matter who you are, how you do things, or what you do, nothing seems strange. In 1958, after the Queen of Bombay, the red-light district welcomed India’s future richest person: Sasha Gupta. Indian people: You have to 3.6kFavorites3.9kClicks/ch8.1kGifts

    Curator note

    Well, it does fit the stereotypical image of India quite well. The only drawback is that it feels like the author couldn't continue writing later on, and it ended a bit anticlimactically. It would have been better if the plot involving China had been written in more detail.

13. 13 是 It's Okay to Be a Beta 是Beta也没关系 Chou Chuan酬川Danmei (BL)249k WordsCompleted Yue Chen is the hottest Alpha in their circle, but he has a problem when it comes to dating: his possessiveness toward his partners is so extreme it borders on madness, and he always gets dumped within a month. Xu Wanyu is the famously earnest Beta in their circle, but he has a problem when it comes to dating too: he always does whatever his partners say, and they always cheat on him within a month. Then one day, after knowing each other for years, they suddenly see each other in a new light... 7.9kFavorites10.6kClicks/ch4.4kGifts

    Curator note

    Pure love mixed with a touch of sour and spicy flavor is so delicious!

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