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Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 5 by Jun Mayuzuki, Amanda Haley

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

STOP ADDING MORE MYSTERIES INSTEAD OF EXPLAINING THE ONES ALREADY THERE GODDDDDD 😭

The Complete Chinese Takeout Cookbook: Over 200 Takeout Favorites to Make at Home by Kwoklyn Wan

2.75

Really wanted to like this one and I just didn't. For starters, this is a UK-centric Chinese cookbook so if you're looking for Chinese-American standards, you're out of luck. The "store cupboard essentials" list of ingredients is so brief that it's nearly useless - and then there are multiple ingredients that are not described in any way. For instance: one recipe calls for chilli bean sauce which I'm assuming is different from the fermented chilli bean paste used in other recipes but seeing as neither one is explained, who knows. Most recipes serve 2 but some serve 4.... why not make them all consistent? Finally (and I admit this is extremely petty) my dude, you're a 48yo grown ass adult man, in the year of 2022, putting the words "nom nom nom" into a book and no one stopped you? Seriously?

Delicious in Dungeon, Vol. 12 by Ryoko Kui

adventurous emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 4 by Jun Mayuzuki

medium-paced

3.75

jfc just tell us what is going on already ugggggghhhhhh

Spock's World by Diane Duane

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Hoo boy, I wanted to like this but the longer it went on, the less I enjoyed it. Chapters alternate between a story with our TOS crew and what are basically short stories about Vulcan's past, going back to their prehistoric times. The Vulcan stuff was fun but the TOS story wasn't great.

I mean, frankly Diane Duane did my girl T'Pring dirty, to make her into someone who's still so ridiculously jealous that she's willing to fund a planetary wide conspiracy to get Vulcan to leave the federation?? (A conspiracy which wasn't explained well enough for me besides but maybe it's because I was reading too fast to try and get through this.) The whole treatment of T'Pring's character felt... if not all the way to misogynist then at least the same area code as misogyny. And then the last minute reveal that the gaming computer is sentient, with a little "but that's just between us tho" wink like a sentient computer HASN'T been disastrous on like six different occasions canonically? Come on Diane sheesh

Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 3 by Jun Mayuzuki

mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

Starting to get a little frustrated with all the unanswered questions in this but still going to press on for now

The Fall of Númenor: and Other Tales from the Second Age of Middle-earth by J.R.R. Tolkien, Brian Sibley

challenging informative slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Interesting without being exciting: the perfect bedtime book. I thought it would tie into the Rings of Power show a bit but it doesn't much really, not that it wasn't interesting otherwise but it wasn't quite what I was expecting.

Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 2 by Jun Mayuzuki, 眉月じゅん

mysterious medium-paced

4.0

Juuuuuust weird enough to keep my interest but this one was a bit uneventful

Kowloon Generic Romance, Vol. 1 by Jun Mayuzuki

mysterious slow-paced

4.0

Welp this ended on such a weird note that I'm going to read the next one

Delicious in Dungeon World Guide: The Adventurer's Bible by Ryoko Kui

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A

5.0