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I just procrastinated reading this book so hard I gave myself a haircut

Hopefully this book featuring a train will be better....

"Xiao Chiye once wanted the sky, the grasslands, and also the Hongyan Mountains. He domesticated eagles and tamed horses, and he galloped among the vast lands in the dreams. But in the end, he no longer wanted them all. 
He wanted Shen Zechuan."

"Shen Zechuan gradually forgot all about the milky way above as he kissed Xiao Chiye. He soared high up in the clouds and fell back into the embrace of the wind, eventually melting into the crooks of Xiao Chiye’s arms."

Shen Zechuan took in Xiao Chiye's scent as Xiao Chiye pressed his chin against the top of Shen Zechuan's head.
Xiao Chiye said, "Let's go together."
Shen Zechuan said, "Home?"
[...]
Xiao Chiye also lowered his eyes and said to him, "As long as we are out of Qudu, we will be able to go together, even to the ends of the earth."

"God stank. God was a poor little stinker." 💀??

I've waited so long for this moment

This is my first ever Danmei and already the politics are above my head PRAY FOR ME

"I don't know it yet, but from this day onwards I will stop eating ribs - unlike Lara's manager, who I saw happily earing a barbecue rack in the staff room just across the hall."

Kind of want to donate my body to science now hmm

THEY'RE IN THE METAVERSE????

Finished the first book! Whoo!

I started reading the John Rutherford translation (which is good) but after I reached the 25% mark I wanted to switch to audiobook and the only one my library has is the translation by Tobias Smollett but I don't even care bc the narrator (Simon Vance) is SO GOOD!! I can easily tell which characters are speaking and I'm enjoying the book much more now

"This is what I have to avoid, I must not put in strangeness where there is none. I think that is the big danger in keeping a diary: you exaggerate everything. You continually force the truth because you're always looking for something."

"By the truth we are undone. Life is a dream. 'Tis waking that kills us. He who robs us of our dreams robs us of our life - (and so on for six pages if you will, but the style is tedious and may well be dropped)."

"Now all young writers were in the pay of the booksellers and poured out any trash that would sell. Shakespeare was the chief offender in this way and Shakespeare was already paying the penalty."

Oh. Wow. Violent racism. What a way to start a book huh

My phone started ringing and I nearly jumped out of my seat. I'm turning every light in this room on its torture trying to read this in the dark with only a dim red nightlight on

There's not enough words in the English language to describe how I'm feeling right now but you can bet I'm SCREAMING....

Fictional characters are ruining my life !! I should not be this attached to words on a page.