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so I was expecting to read much this weekend but it turned out I wasn't able to do the work-related reading I wanted to at last weekend's con (required too much concentration) so I instead ended up reading a lot again.  

1. What are you currently reading?

remarkably, nothing. I'm between books rn.

2. What have you recently finished reading?

• I Ship My Rival x Me manhua vol. 2 by Pepa (modern mlm): did I include this last week? I can't remember. Anyway it's the third time I'm reading this series, now in print official English translation format.
• Run: Book One by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin: this is an autobiographical account of a couple years of Civil Rights movement, and it was very good, and interesting to read in light of everything happening now. I grabbed it because the NYPL Libby has an "unlimited borrows of this banned book this month" thing. Totally worth it.
• Stars of Chaos/Sha Po Lang vol. 3 and 4 by priest: yep, I finished vol. 3 and read all of vol. 4. I just haven't started vol. 5 yet. still loving it.
• Demon Slayer/Kimetsu no Yaiba vol. 9 by Koyoharu Gotouge
• Haikyu!! vol. 22 by Haruichi Furudate
• Yona of the Dawn vol. 9 by Mizuho Kusanagi
• Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! vol. 1 - 2 by Yuu Toyota (modern w/ magic, bl): I figured this would be really cute and yeah, it's really cute. I've got a hold out for vol. 3.
• My Love Mix-Up vol. 1 - 2 by Aruko and Wataru Hinekure (modern, bl): this is also cute, though I struggled with second-hand embarrassment, especially through the first volume. Upside, it's 9 volumes and completely translated. Downside, turns out none of my Libby libraries have volumes 4 and 5. All the other volumes, sure, just missing those two. I'm debating what to do about it, sigh.
• The Flying Ship vol. 1 by Jem Milton (fantasy, wlw, probably some gender stuff, amputee mc): this was an interesting fantasy world but I didn't find the characters that likeable and found the last section confusing. I've got vol. 2 from the library also, I'll give it a go.
• 全球高考  漫画 vol. 1 by 木苏里 (sci-fi mlm): this was my "read one book in Chinese" for February; it's Global Examination by Mu Su Li. I've read a fantranslation of the book, and I've read this part of the manhua twice before, so it was good practice, though my brain kinda crapped out for the last section. 

3. What will you read next?

Obviously Stars of Chaos vol. 5 is up next for novels, and then The Missing Piece by Kun Yi Wei Lou. For graphic novels, The Flying Ship vol. 2, and then I'm not sure, I think some of the books I've borrowed from tryslora are below that in my graphic novels pile. And more manga, of course. My brain is fried so I've been reading manga like I'm nomming candy.