Media Round Up: Actually Read Some Novels

Since I last posted a media round up I've read several novels which is nice because my ability to read novels has not been great in pandemic times. I just started reading a very long fic and things have been very busy so who knows when my novel reading brain will return again? Here are some thoughts on recent media.

Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual by Jiren Feng— This book is super detailed, and I sometimes couldn’t understand why all the details mattered. However it was about a very interesting topic and I’ve come out of it with new appreciation of architectural brackets. I also liked that this book included the original literary Chinese as well as a translation when quoting historical documents. It was good pratice!

Who Rules the World eps 39-40 — Wow they packed a lot of plot into these last two episodes! I’ve got mixed feelings about the ending but I’m glad I watched this drama.

My Fair Princess ep1-4 — This has several English titles, but I’m going with this one because that’s what Viki, where I’m watching it, uses. This an cdrama from 1998 which focuses on two women, one who was raised well off and the other a bit of a street rat. It’s fun watching something a bit older, and really like the focus on the relationship between the two women.

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