Oh my god, my heart went all dokun and crazy, almost had a heart attack (seriously). Then I noticed it was only for the "Ongoing" stories (mine is complete). And I'm glad I did notice that before I checked the passing titles 🥵

I am still shaking here. I know I said I wanted to know the results as soon as possible, but now I was barely able to click the link. I better not come here and wait for the email because my heart won't last the stress of searching over a list of titles.

I noted this on the forums, and in Discord. After V5 The Great Cleric does come back strong and goes back to its OG roots.

All of the V4 and V5 stuff comes back later on to be relevant in a good way.

Others who dropped it did come back and say the same.

But yes, The Great Cleric is meant to be a slow burn.

The Skull Dragon’s Precious Daughter is adorable, and not much of a time investment. Would highly recommend.

I got back into Dahlia the last time it was on catch-up, so I might try Lucia too if I can scrounge up the time.

That I'll Never Set Foot is listed as 6+ has me waiting in anticipation for the next volume to appear soon.

The 2nd post in this topic with the recap has been updated.

I'll copy @HarmlessDave's format.

Forget Being the Villainess, I Want to Be an Adventurer! - Could not stand it. Barely finished v1, never gave v2 a thought.

Did I Seriously Just Get Reincarnated as My Gag Character?! - Never finished v1. Something just was meh. But I honestly never gave it a fair shake. I should try it now.

Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles - I got to v17 before getting tired of it. I keep thinking I want to pick it back up, because I thought the world design was interesting, but I never do.

@myskaros

FYI, In Arifureta V5 P5, the wrong image is currently shown. It's currently an image of a bald guy lying on a sofa, but I think it should be Shizuku petting a cat. I think this may be something that got scrambled when you did your system upgrade a few months ago, the filename is consistent with the new naming conventions.

Since my last post, the largest gap - volumes Part 5, Volume 2 - P5, V11 have all been added, with only the last (Part 5, Volume 12) not being added.
The two volumes [[ Part 4, Volume 4 Part 4, Volume 6 ]] are still missing on Overdrive.

However, I didn't consider checking hoopla for books before!
While neither Overdrive or hoopla had a full set, each managed to fill the gaps in the other, so I finally got to find out what happened next!
Specifically, these two that were missing on Overdrive/Libby were on hoopla:
Part 4, Volume 4
Part 4, Volume 6

So, anyone else trying to finish the series but stymied by app availability might have a better chance if they check both Overdrive/Libby and hoopla. I did notice that different libraries had different stuff available on hoopla, so even though Bookworm is in the hoopla app, it might not be available through your local library. One of my libraries that had more of Bookworm on Overdrive, didn't have any of it on hoopla.

That does explain why it feels like offerings have gotten less variety. Though this is not very surprising.

@xdrfiredogx said in A Solid Selection for Spooky Season!:

The bland protag and paint by numbers story means that I dropped the Seirei Gensouki novels like 3rd period French, so that's a hard pass, and I'm caught up on Bakarina. I could try DLR, but my tolerance for super lucky, super OP isekai tends to be rather low...

The supporting cast is fun and grows over time, and the super luck isn't as strong as tearmoon or grieving souls. It might not be your cup of tea but you might try it while it's here.

Combat Baker is an absurd series, in all the right ways. Lud has perpetual Mean Face going, so he endlessly scares all the small children he wants nothing more than to bake treats for, and at every twist and turn folks keep dragging him into their fights when he's really just trying to get the perfect rise on his souffle!

The setting is interesting as well... think slightly steampunk Victorian aged Europe, except this version is what has arisen after civilization rose up to our level, and then collapsed into the dark ages, taking all that knowledge and history with it.

It's been ages now, but I remember really liking it... I might have to find time for a re-read

@myskaros Oh, I should've been born an American then. So I would have a day off on my birthday instead of having to go back to work. 😜

Ah, I looked it up. It's not a fixed date so it would only be a holiday when it's the first Monday in September.