Hi, I've been neglecting this reading journal for a while, hope to weed / update the dead links in the next few weeks as I get some time off from work.

Been busy with real life but here are some things to recommend.

I've been watching Harmony Secret, a Thai Girls' Love series about the heirs of two business rivals bidding for the same project on iQiYi (an Asian streaming platform), where there's uncut scenes and bonus extras (it's rated R-21 there). There's also a free youtube version here. Here's a teaser, for those interested.

I've also been playing Road to Empress, a choose your own adventure where you start out as a young Wu Zetian when she first enters the palace as a concubine. (for those who don't know, Wu Zetian was an Empress of China during the Tang dynasty). I've never laughed so much. Usually in games when your character dies you get frustrated but for this one the story branching was interesting. I initially saw it on Jessie Cox's youtube channel as he was doing a let's play, but after 5 minutes immediately decided that I wanted to play it myself. The danmei and baihe (aka yaoi and yuri) elements were surprising to me. I didn't expect that. Pretty fun for the first part. I look forward to playing part 2 when it hopefully comes out next year.