Sorry for being away. Spend the holidays with family and wanted to focus on them. It was good times. Since I’ve been away for a while I’m going to list all the books I’ve read since we last spoke, with a focus on new stuff. And I read a LOT hanging out with the fam. My anime consumption suffered tremendously, but my bookworm is mad full.
So last we spoke I was making my way though Trapped in a Dating Sim Book 12 and Book 13’s release was right around the corner. I finished 12, had to wait like an ENTIRE TWO DAYS, and then started plowing through 13.
Book 12 was a lot of setup but it felt pretty good and reasonable. Lots of character development. And, spoiler alert:
CAUTION: Minor Spoiler Ahead
PEOPLE ACTUALLY TELLING PEOPLE THEY’RE REINCARNATIONS! And surprise, people believe them and nothing bad happens. Who would’ve figured? Certainly not me for 12 whole volumes.
It felt like Book 12 was really setting up the big bad for the climatic ending, which made me want to dive into 13 ASAP. Oh, and before I forget, Book 12 confirmed Season 2 of Trapped in a Dating Sim!
Next came Book 13. Let me just say, if Book 13 had come out before the awards, I would’ve have some input on best passage. There’s a really strong moment between some characters and I was crying real tears. Yeah, imagine that, a wacky book like Dating Sim contains more drama and emotion than a Disney movie.
Book 13 is the end of the series. I know there are some spin-off series around that aren’t in English (Marie’s Story) so if those ever get printed in English I might check them out. I will also say that Book 13 ends without tying up every loose end but it does so in a very refreshing way. It’s actually a pretty good ending. I was worried for a bit as the novel was coming to a close that the author was like, “quick, I need to come up with new ideas because I can’t let this cash cow end!” but thankfully that was not the case. It’s actually hard to describe. It’s a happy ending, but not a happily ever after ending. It alludes to more story but doesn’t feel like a teaser and is definitely not a cliffhanger. Like, despite knowing there’s a bunch more in store for the MC you can fill in the blanks yourself. If I had to liken it to something, it would be the ending to the Starship Troopers movie. The war is still ongoing but you get the summary of “they’ll keep fighting and they’ll win” so you know there’s more to the story but you also know how it’s going to go for the most part.
WHEW! Okay, that was a lot. Book 13 just blew me away. So much stuff came together so well! Anyway, my emotions were shot at this point so I needed some comfort reading after all that. I KNOW I promised I was going to read Ascendance of a Bookworm but I needed something I could mindlessly read while my brain tank was empty. So I reread the first twelve books of Reincarnated as a Sword again.
I know, I know. It’s probably like the 6th time I’ve gone through those books but I can’t help it, okay?! They’re my absolute favorite! I WAS reminded about how many typos there are in the translation though, especially after reading stuff like Dating Sim which had very few of those. I even found one typo where they called “Fran” as “Gran”. And there were a lot of typos where the translator was fiddling with the wording and extra words are left in or missing. Not so bad that you can’t figure out what’s going on but still a bit distracting.
AAAANNNYWAY… after my Sword binge I’ll be diving into Bookworm next. It was a promise, after all.
Spend the holidays with family and wanted to focus on them.
And I read a LOT hanging out with the fam
🤔
if Book 13 had come out before the awards, I would’ve have some input on best passage.
That was a category that got scrapped since nobody suggested something there but maybe next year. Problem is that it’s basically impossible to do this spoiler free and without the spoilers, most people wouldn’t know why they should vote on something. Especially with so little overlap of books read by the small community. I thought the idea was great but in actual execution it turned out to be not feasible.
So I reread the first twelve books of Reincarnated as a Sword again.
Spend the holidays with family and wanted to focus on them.
And I read a LOT hanging out with the fam
🤔
Lol, rereading that I realize how funny that sounds. I mean, it’s much easier to hold a kindle and spend time with the family than to go and watch anime. I’m the only one who likes anime but I can read while they watch family feud or whatever.
That was a category that got scrapped since nobody suggested something there but maybe next year.
Ah yeah, it would definitely be difficult without spoilers. Unless we all read the same things I can’t imagine how that would work out.
So I reread the first twelve books of Reincarnated as a Sword again.
Okay, so you really read a lot!
None of that from you! Weren’t you the one who said a month ago you read a volume in an evening!
Especially with so little overlap of books read by the small community
All I am hearing is that we need to start converting the world to LN readers
The method that worked on me was cliff hangers and wanting to know what happened next. So I propose we start lobbying the Anime studios to end every episode in cliff hangers and roll a dice each week to see if that episode should be aired. Then we will spam the comment sections with links to the LNs! (Now my stock in LN Translation Companies will increase and I will be rich! Muhahahah)
I’M BACK, FELLOW BOOKWORMS!
Sorry for being away. Spend the holidays with family and wanted to focus on them. It was good times. Since I’ve been away for a while I’m going to list all the books I’ve read since we last spoke, with a focus on new stuff. And I read a LOT hanging out with the fam. My anime consumption suffered tremendously, but my bookworm is mad full.
So last we spoke I was making my way though Trapped in a Dating Sim Book 12 and Book 13’s release was right around the corner. I finished 12, had to wait like an ENTIRE TWO DAYS, and then started plowing through 13.
Book 12 was a lot of setup but it felt pretty good and reasonable. Lots of character development. And, spoiler alert:
CAUTION: Minor Spoiler Ahead
PEOPLE ACTUALLY TELLING PEOPLE THEY’RE REINCARNATIONS! And surprise, people believe them and nothing bad happens. Who would’ve figured? Certainly not me for 12 whole volumes.
It felt like Book 12 was really setting up the big bad for the climatic ending, which made me want to dive into 13 ASAP. Oh, and before I forget, Book 12 confirmed Season 2 of Trapped in a Dating Sim!
Next came Book 13. Let me just say, if Book 13 had come out before the awards, I would’ve have some input on best passage. There’s a really strong moment between some characters and I was crying real tears. Yeah, imagine that, a wacky book like Dating Sim contains more drama and emotion than a Disney movie.
Book 13 is the end of the series. I know there are some spin-off series around that aren’t in English (Marie’s Story) so if those ever get printed in English I might check them out. I will also say that Book 13 ends without tying up every loose end but it does so in a very refreshing way. It’s actually a pretty good ending. I was worried for a bit as the novel was coming to a close that the author was like, “quick, I need to come up with new ideas because I can’t let this cash cow end!” but thankfully that was not the case. It’s actually hard to describe. It’s a happy ending, but not a happily ever after ending. It alludes to more story but doesn’t feel like a teaser and is definitely not a cliffhanger. Like, despite knowing there’s a bunch more in store for the MC you can fill in the blanks yourself. If I had to liken it to something, it would be the ending to the Starship Troopers movie. The war is still ongoing but you get the summary of “they’ll keep fighting and they’ll win” so you know there’s more to the story but you also know how it’s going to go for the most part.
WHEW! Okay, that was a lot. Book 13 just blew me away. So much stuff came together so well! Anyway, my emotions were shot at this point so I needed some comfort reading after all that. I KNOW I promised I was going to read Ascendance of a Bookworm but I needed something I could mindlessly read while my brain tank was empty. So I reread the first twelve books of Reincarnated as a Sword again.
I know, I know. It’s probably like the 6th time I’ve gone through those books but I can’t help it, okay?! They’re my absolute favorite! I WAS reminded about how many typos there are in the translation though, especially after reading stuff like Dating Sim which had very few of those. I even found one typo where they called “Fran” as “Gran”. And there were a lot of typos where the translator was fiddling with the wording and extra words are left in or missing. Not so bad that you can’t figure out what’s going on but still a bit distracting.
AAAANNNYWAY… after my Sword binge I’ll be diving into Bookworm next. It was a promise, after all.
🤔
That was a category that got scrapped since nobody suggested something there but maybe next year. Problem is that it’s basically impossible to do this spoiler free and without the spoilers, most people wouldn’t know why they should vote on something. Especially with so little overlap of books read by the small community. I thought the idea was great but in actual execution it turned out to be not feasible.
Okay, so you really read a lot!
Lol, rereading that I realize how funny that sounds. I mean, it’s much easier to hold a kindle and spend time with the family than to go and watch anime. I’m the only one who likes anime but I can read while they watch family feud or whatever.
Ah yeah, it would definitely be difficult without spoilers. Unless we all read the same things I can’t imagine how that would work out.
None of that from you! Weren’t you the one who said a month ago you read a volume in an evening!
All I am hearing is that we need to start converting the world to LN readers
The method that worked on me was cliff hangers and wanting to know what happened next. So I propose we start lobbying the Anime studios to end every episode in cliff hangers and roll a dice each week to see if that episode should be aired. Then we will spam the comment sections with links to the LNs! (Now my stock in LN Translation Companies will increase and I will be rich! Muhahahah)
Sounds like a plan. I’m in! Now we need someone with connections to anime studios and then we’re golden!