Holy moly that's a lotta new content. Grats JNC!

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@campbella said in Haunting Halloween Creepy Catchups!:

@harmlessdave said in Haunting Halloween Creepy Catchups!:

The other is Elizabeth Moon's Deed of Paksenarrion trilogy which I highly recommend.

Yesss!! Great portrayal of a paladin. It's one of my favorite books so I was happy to see it mentioned. Faraway Paladin has done a great job so far too (I need to read the LN now)

Yes, Moon's take on a paladin is more human and more admirable than the stereotypes of the insufferable goody two-shoes and the humorless zealot. Faraway Paladin gets it right (for me) in some of the same ways.

Happy bday j-novel!!

I love the work you guys did these last 5 years, hopefully I'll get to see 5 more! :D

@rahul-balaggan said in Get Ready to Fall for August Catchups!:

@elkensteyin

Not Myskaros however, the general answer would be that J-Novel Club does not publicly comment on any potential licensing acquisitions until they are ready to announce.

That being said, since you are quoting a comment in relation to the Realist Hero Series, I will mention that J-Novel Club has licensed and is releasing the manga.

https://j-novel.club/series/how-a-realist-hero-rebuilt-the-kingdom-manga

Since you mentioned sequel series after that, I assume this is not about Realist Hero, as to my knowledge there is no sequel series.

Thanks for the reply.

And that is an Oopsie on my part, as I think I may have quoted the wrong item in the thread. I meant to ask about the manga and sequel regarding The Sorcerer's Receptionist, which was discussed earlier in the thread and the silly me that I am didn't realize that the topic changed.

Completely understand about formally commenting on future works, however.

@myskaros said in Delays for October 2021 and November 2021 Print Titles:

@qeeh Due to our website architecture, it's very difficult to add new features that don't use that existing structure. (Hint: This architecture was built in 2016, before Sam even started thinking about print, so you can imagine why print features on the website are kind of scarce...)

Plans to update our architecture are in the works but will take months to complete and migrate, so after that it will be much more feasible to add a feature like what you're describing.

I can totally relate to that. I'm programming myself (thou, in my case, hospital information systems). Making a generic structure can be both a blessing and a curse at the same time.

Hello catchup readers! Friendly reminder that catchups will be changing on Friday, October 1, around or after 1000 PDT (1700 UTC), so get your reading done before then!

@sea-sea

Hello,

Yes the July catchups have now expired (as of yesterday), now that August is in full swing a new set of catchup titles have been announced, and the old ones have gone back in the vault.

https://forums.j-novel.club/topic/4779/get-ready-to-fall-for-august-catchups

So that explains why Amazon emailed me about the Otherside Picnic omnibus 2 print getting delayed, can't be helped but it's fine 😅

@masterlillyclaw @thewickerman
Sam explained some of the hints on discord. Here's more explanations from him, as well as guesses worked out by other people:

@lily-garden said in Read While Sunbathing with June's Catchups!:

I been waiting for My Big Sister Lives in a Fantasy World to be on catch-up.

I've already read them all but am glad it is on catch-up so that others can discover it. Those who enjoy it should consider getting the premium epubs because they feature "Translator's Notes about all the references that Mutsuko makes to classic anime and manga".

Soon, a new batch of stuff to read :D

FYI, since May 1 falls on Saturday, catchups will be changing on Monday instead! Get through your April catchups by then before they're gone!

I had a temporary mind blip about the site being down, and I went to click to the main page. Thanks for fixing the link in the upper left so it redirects here, reminded me that "Oh yeah, the host is doing some back end stuff, aren't they?" Helped me not make a fool of myself by trying to go to a website that isn't up.

Interesting stuff. And giving I have an affection for pulp style fiction anyway I'll probably check out the pulp line - John Sinclair and Jessica Bannister look like they may be fun.

March catchups will be ending next Thursday, so get caught up before they're gone!

Yes! Tearmoon Empire is getting a physical copy! 😀

@myskaros
Thanks for the update. It is much appreciated.

Just managed to scrape in Economics of Prophecy before tomorrow’s turnover. I was intrigued by the concept but somewhat unimpressed with its execution.

I also got pretty bored of The Magic in This Other World after just two volumes, I rather quickly didn’t vibe with its pacing and hearing people’s comments on later volumes just killed my interest I guess lol.

At least Bookworm manga was there to appreciate <3