binderary adventures
Feb. 13th, 2026 04:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ehydeFebruary is Renegade Bindery's "encourage everyone to make a lot of books and learn new things" month and while I'm not going as all-out as some people, and haven't managed to watch any of the presentations yet, I am doing a bit more bookbinding work than I have in the past few months!
The main project I'm working on is for Fandom Trumps Hate from last year, and I will admit I procrastinated on it because I was honestly intimidated with how much my recipient donated. But I'm now at a point where I think I can safely say I'll finish in the next day or two!
I also finished up my own copy of <i>How Dare You?!</i> being prompted by the drama's release (I bound it for last year's Cnovel bookbinding exchange, and my own copy has been sitting half finished since the summer). I've typeset two small books since the start of the month--first, the script for the <i>War of the Worlds</i> audiodrama, and second, a short Guardian fic that I read and immediately went "this needs to be a tiny book!" I have been neglecting working on my dad's late Christmas present, which honestly also doesn't need a lot more work, but what it does need is maps and I'm putting that off (it's a binding of my great great grandfather's civil war diary). Another project I'll probably finish up soon is Mo Du, which someone else typeset for last year's exchange, so I've printed and sewn their typeset but haven't made the covers yet. There are a lot of good typesets from past cnovel exchanges, some other I want to bind are Guardian, Lord Seventh, Kaleidoscope of Death, and Purely By Accident.
(...yes. Bookbinding is very much an "eyes bigger than stomach" hobby. I have a few fanfics typeset and ready to print/bind, too).
Recently read and would recommend: <i>I, Your Emperor, Have Been Wronged!</i> and I will put the same promo I wrote up on tumblr under the cut
It is a very light and silly novel and very fun.
The premise is that Gu Fangzhi, our MC, transmigrates into a game, and instead of a system, he gets ... save slots! Meaning anytime anything goes wrong, he can reload his most recent save and do it over. And he uses this for everything. For staying alive but also for everything from avoiding bad food, to getting more sleep, to shouting petty insults at people and then going back and redoing the scene politely.
What he doesn't realize is, the emperor is experiencing all these do-overs along with him. Every time Gu Fangzhi loads a save, the emperor is forced to relive the same moment as well, which is infuriating when he has no control over it! But he realizes pretty quick that Gu Fangzhi isn't tormenting him on purpose, the guy genuinely doesn't realize anyone else is aware of his do-overs. And so the emperor ends up seeing a side of Gu Fangzhi that no one else sees, which can be amusing and sometimes strangely endearing (but still also endlessly frustrating).
The novel is a quick read and not super plot heavy (there is a looming background threat of the game's original protagonist, and that does get resolved eventually), mostly focusing on their developing relationship. But it didn't feel overly repetitive even though it was in some sense a lot of the same joke over and over.
When I hadn't finished the book I wrote "I cannot wait to see what shenanigans they get up to once they're both in on it together (which I hope will happen soon)" and now that I've finished -- well, it didn't happen as soon as I'd've liked but when it did it was great.
The main project I'm working on is for Fandom Trumps Hate from last year, and I will admit I procrastinated on it because I was honestly intimidated with how much my recipient donated. But I'm now at a point where I think I can safely say I'll finish in the next day or two!
I also finished up my own copy of <i>How Dare You?!</i> being prompted by the drama's release (I bound it for last year's Cnovel bookbinding exchange, and my own copy has been sitting half finished since the summer). I've typeset two small books since the start of the month--first, the script for the <i>War of the Worlds</i> audiodrama, and second, a short Guardian fic that I read and immediately went "this needs to be a tiny book!" I have been neglecting working on my dad's late Christmas present, which honestly also doesn't need a lot more work, but what it does need is maps and I'm putting that off (it's a binding of my great great grandfather's civil war diary). Another project I'll probably finish up soon is Mo Du, which someone else typeset for last year's exchange, so I've printed and sewn their typeset but haven't made the covers yet. There are a lot of good typesets from past cnovel exchanges, some other I want to bind are Guardian, Lord Seventh, Kaleidoscope of Death, and Purely By Accident.
(...yes. Bookbinding is very much an "eyes bigger than stomach" hobby. I have a few fanfics typeset and ready to print/bind, too).
Recently read and would recommend: <i>I, Your Emperor, Have Been Wronged!</i> and I will put the same promo I wrote up on tumblr under the cut
It is a very light and silly novel and very fun.
The premise is that Gu Fangzhi, our MC, transmigrates into a game, and instead of a system, he gets ... save slots! Meaning anytime anything goes wrong, he can reload his most recent save and do it over. And he uses this for everything. For staying alive but also for everything from avoiding bad food, to getting more sleep, to shouting petty insults at people and then going back and redoing the scene politely.
What he doesn't realize is, the emperor is experiencing all these do-overs along with him. Every time Gu Fangzhi loads a save, the emperor is forced to relive the same moment as well, which is infuriating when he has no control over it! But he realizes pretty quick that Gu Fangzhi isn't tormenting him on purpose, the guy genuinely doesn't realize anyone else is aware of his do-overs. And so the emperor ends up seeing a side of Gu Fangzhi that no one else sees, which can be amusing and sometimes strangely endearing (but still also endlessly frustrating).
The novel is a quick read and not super plot heavy (there is a looming background threat of the game's original protagonist, and that does get resolved eventually), mostly focusing on their developing relationship. But it didn't feel overly repetitive even though it was in some sense a lot of the same joke over and over.
When I hadn't finished the book I wrote "I cannot wait to see what shenanigans they get up to once they're both in on it together (which I hope will happen soon)" and now that I've finished -- well, it didn't happen as soon as I'd've liked but when it did it was great.
