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    • crowdcontrolC
      crowdcontrol @piisfun
      last edited by crowdcontrol

      @piisfun I think a rating is better than giving each series a warning message.
      "little weird to follow sometimes", "acquired taste," " I didn't actually enjoy that one", "difficult to follow"

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      • JustaidanJ
        Justaidan Premium Member @Libri Liberorum
        last edited by Justaidan

        @LIbri-Liberorum I like Tearmoon too but I think the single joke the series runs with (Mia is completely different from how people see her) is beginning to wear thin. Would love to see Mia develop more as a character by getting another mental future, bloody diary or something.

        Must give Altina a try so.

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        • Silver Sugar DuchessS
          Silver Sugar Duchess
          last edited by Silver Sugar Duchess

          @crowdcontrol I could recommend you the following:

          A Wild Last Boss Appeared!: 10/10
          Apparently it's My Fault That My Husband Has The Head of a Beast: 7/10
          Bibliophile Princess: 10/10
          Deathbound Duke's Daughter: 10/10
          Her Majesty's Swarm: 8/10
          I Shall Survive Using Potions!: 8/10
          Infinite Dendrogram: 8/10!
          My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom!: 7/10
          Tearmoon Empire: 8/10
          The Tales of Marielle Clarac: 9/10
          The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap: 7/10

          These are my ratings so far (under the rating 7/10 I wouldn‘t buy the books). The ratings of A Wild Last Boss Appeared! and Deathbound Duke's Daughter are this high (even though there have been just a few parts released so far), because I've already read the web novel version.

          💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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            HarmlessDave Premium Member @crowdcontrol
            last edited by HarmlessDave

            @crowdcontrol said in General Recommendation Thread:

            @piisfun Are these your recommendation? How come the comments you add to each series feels like a warning to readers, don't read this :p

            I've read and enjoyed all of the titles in @piisfun 's list. You can read at least part 1 of each novel yourself to see if it seems interesting.

            I also enjoyed:

            • I Refuse To Be Your Enemy
            • Tales of Marie Clarac
            • White Cat's Revenge

            Those are just the JNC novels with a female MC. There are many other good JNC titles but they are very different in themes and feeling from the 3 you listed.

            For non-JNC titles three of my favorites with female MCs are:

            • The Alchemist Who Survived
            • FUNA's Abilities Average
            • I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years
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            • maryaM
              marya
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              Hi guys, I'm new. As in, I became a member just to read Tearmoon Empire. :) I really like it so thanks to the translators and editors for working on it.

              When I started reading I thought Sion was the male lead but it seems he's not, which is good.

              Uh, question: Now that I am done reading this, what else can I read in J Novel that is similar?

              I've already read Bakarina.

              Thank you in advance.

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              • myskarosM
                myskaros Staff @marya
                last edited by myskaros

                @marya I haven't read a lot of our other Heart titles yet, but Can Someone Please Explain was a lot of fun, and I've heard that White Cat's Revenge is very well-regarded.

                Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                • maryaM
                  marya
                  last edited by

                  @myskaros said in Tearmoon Empire Volume 2 Discussion!:

                  Can Someone Please Explain

                  Oh, I'll try that one out. I think I've read the manga of White Cat. Thank you.

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                  • crowdcontrolC
                    crowdcontrol @Silver Sugar Duchess
                    last edited by

                    @Clarabelle This is a good list to start reading from.
                    Have you read bookworm? What's your rating of bookworm?

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                    • Silver Sugar DuchessS
                      Silver Sugar Duchess @crowdcontrol
                      last edited by Silver Sugar Duchess

                      @crowdcontrol Yes, I have read Ascendance of a Bookworm, I buy every premium ebook of it.^^ My rating would be 10/10 for it.

                      @marya I can recommend you:

                      • Apparently it‘s My Fault Tat My Husband Has The Head of a Beast
                      • Bibliophile Princess
                      • Deathbound Duke‘s Daughter (Similar to Bakarina, but much more exiting)
                      • The Tales of Marielle Clarac
                      • The White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap

                      💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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                        HarmlessDave Premium Member @marya
                        last edited by

                        @marya check out I Refuse To Be Your Enemy it's similar and is fun.

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                        • hopebestmanH
                          hopebestman @Silver Sugar Duchess
                          last edited by hopebestman

                          @Clarabelle well if you read and liked

                          • Biblio P.
                          • Marielle

                          you would like

                          • Can Someone Please Explain What’s Going On?!

                          The prince is not fine in that series but our young lady is my favorite in those 3 series.

                          Edit: as for rating with those 3

                          Marielle > Whats going on > Biblio P would be my raiting.

                          8 parts, 8 weeks to read a book, than binge read the same book within' 2 hours again.

                          Myne: Did we deceived him?
                          Ferdinand: Indeed we did.
                          Myne: *surprised myneface

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                          • Silver Sugar DuchessS
                            Silver Sugar Duchess @hopebestman
                            last edited by Silver Sugar Duchess

                            @hopebestman I‘ve already tried Can Someone Please Explain What‘s Going On?, but I couldn't really bond with the story, so I quickly lost interest in it.

                            💖Always be yourself, unless you can be a unicorn - then be a unicorn!💖

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                              La mergouille
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                              hello, I have just finished reading all the volumes of cooking with wild game and Ascendance of a Bookworm. suddenly I started outbreack company but, I hang less. Would you have titles of the same quality as the first two to offer me. thank you in advance

                              Sorry for my bad english, i'm french

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                                HarmlessDave Premium Member @La mergouille
                                last edited by HarmlessDave

                                @La-mergouille - are you looking for books about food, or about people who love books? What do you like about those two series, and what are some other light novels that you like?

                                The JNC cooking series Campfire Cooking in Another World with My Absurd Skill is less serious than Cooking with Wild Game, it is more fun and silly.

                                Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody also turns into a cooking series (in part), because the main character is on vacation in his new world and enjoys seeing new things, learning new crafts, and eating delicious food. Cooking his own food is a much bigger part in volume 3 and later.

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                                • piisfunP
                                  piisfun Member @HarmlessDave
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                                  @HarmlessDave said in General Recommendation Thread:

                                  Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody

                                  spoiler

                                  Green's Theorem

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                                    La mergouille
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                                    @HarmlessDave

                                    hello and thank you for your response. I will try to answer your questions. Light novels don't necessarily need to talk about books and / or food. What I liked about bookworm and cooking was the quality of the writing and the story. if not in the other works that I liked there is Another, Berserk, Dan Machi, How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom, me when I reincarnate in slime, goblin slayer, the rising of the shield hero are the series that quickly come to mind.

                                    Sorry for my bad english, i'm french

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                                    • myskarosM
                                      myskaros Staff @La mergouille
                                      last edited by

                                      @La-mergouille I would suggest Der Werwolf.

                                      Whoever said nothing's impossible never tried slamming a revolving door.

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                                        HarmlessDave Premium Member @piisfun
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                                        @piisfun -
                                        I was laughing hard at the scene a few books back (v 6 I think)

                                        spoiler
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                                        • piisfunP
                                          piisfun Member @HarmlessDave
                                          last edited by

                                          @HarmlessDave We better stop discussing this here.

                                          Green's Theorem

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                                          • taz2T
                                            taz2 Premium Member
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                                            Looking for any isekai where the person/people is summon from another country besides Japan.

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