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I finished chapter 2!
I really love time loop

I think I will be able to finish 매일 죽어야 하는 X this week, so my reading count will be 4 in May! I don’t know for 錯置體… I think it’s possible, but I’m reading this book much slower. Every time I’m reading it I feel like I made a lot of progress, but I actually only read like 5 or 6% more, I don’t think the book is particularly long, because it belongs to the middle section of the Readmoo challenge (books of average length). I’m probably just reading it slower because it’s Traditional Chinese.
And I still haven’t started Zoo2, but I will at some point during the week.

I have so many things to do in Genshin, I made a detailed to-do list, but every time I open the game all I do is play the rhythm game…

Finished the first chapter!
Not the setting is done, things can really get started!

I finished 宗像與鋼筆事件, I loved it so much!
It wasn’t as different as I thought it would be (given that it was written under another pen name). It’s about class bullying and discrimination, standing for someone else, friendship and fighting for justice. It also contains a very good mystery. Overall it was suspenseful, had relatable characters and meaningful topics, I really loved it!

Beginning is very good! Main character is very likeable, and the novel makes you want to know what will happen to him.
But even more interesting is the setting: a school giving a second chance to young offenders. This leads to discussions about rehabilitation and whether they can change or not through this kind of system. I like this kind of topics!
The book is very easy to read too!

Goal for today is to start my new Korean novel and maybe make some progress on 錯置體, but I might just focus on the Korean book.

I chose my next Korean novel, finally!
It’s 매일 죽어야 하는 X by 정명섭. It’s a “학원 범죄 타밉루프”, and I can’t resist a time loop novel. I haven’t read a lot, but I really love the time loop mechanic.
I also already read a zombie time loop novel by this author, 재생, and enjoyed reading it very much, so I’m confident I will love this one too. This author is not difficult to read in terms of Korean level (I already read two or three novels and several short stories) and this one is very short too, so it’s exactly what I was looking for!

I found this movie extremely good, it was very entertaining, fast paced, and with great actors. The plot is pretty much what you would expect in a zombie film, but it was very well executed. I personally really like the unified thinking aspect of the infection, it brought something new and made the situations more interesting.
There are some memorable scenes, and the film stays suspenseful until the end. I often find that horror films tend to lose their impact when we near the climax and the resolution, but not 군체.
I personally much much preferred this one over Train to Busan (same director). I saw it when it came out, so it’s been a while, but I remember not really liking it, despite overall liking the zombie genre. Too much sentimentalism, too many emotional scenes, and I personally don’t really like children in horror films because you know nothing bad is going to happen to them anyway, so it’s not very suspenseful imo.
There’s no teary emotional scenes in 군체, so to me this is a huge plus, characters were not here for you to like them, but they followed their goal, so all their actions made sense from their perspective.
Seeing the movie in theatres probably made it more impactful, but it’s one of my favourite films of the year so far.

Chapter 4 is a nice change of pace, I love Xiao Li’s style. Now the novel is both engrossing and funny too!