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Limecello
@limecello.bsky.social
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Feral chaos muppet. Tart, a little sweet, & not enough vodka.

Lawyer + editor on pause.

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(Old bio: Reader, Reviewer, Impoverished former lawyer at a non-profit, Imprecator, Foodie, Editor, Blogger, & Discusser of all things random.)
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Oh hello potential next read 😻😇

Cc @nrlines.bsky.social
Screenshot of blurb/back cover copy (hopefully properly ~translated) reads: Song Shiyu had served in the palace for ten years, rising from the lowest of servants to become a court lady-in-waiting. Yet, at the age of twenty-five, she requested to leave the palace. The Empress, puzzled, asked, “your future is bright; why give up halfway?"  Song Shiyu replied, "I have a great grudge to avenge."  The Empress smiled and asked, "who are your enemies? I will avenge them for you."  Song Shiyu replied, "indeed, you could take their lives with a single word, but they would not repent. I will go to their side, lurking in the darkness like a snake. I will appear in their dreams like a ghost, filling them with terror, anger, despair, and make them collapse. I will press down on them like a mountain, squeezing the air from their chests until they cannot utter a sound, even with their mouths agape. I will let the world witness that they deserved their fate. My goal is to instill all the fear in the world in them the moment their malice arises. This is the revenge I seek."
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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*blinks* I saw this cover & was like "... I have so many questions" but then I ~read the blurb and ... now I have even more.
[Also HOW THE FUCK ARE THEY GOING TO ADAPT THIS?! FOR A *LIVE ACTION* ...?!?!]

How are they going to make this a #cdrama ... how. I cannot see tentacles passing censorhip 😹☠️
The book cover of 入侵[向哨] by 龚心文 It's mostly a grey cover with the first word of the title written in stylized calligraphy at the top left, and the second character at the bottom rgiht. The title and author are written at the bottom left. The image on the cover is ... an anime looking/drawn half man half orca. (I'm serious.) He has short dark brown hair that looks uh ... windblown? Water? Blown? He is unsurprisingly extremely fit. And he's wearing ... well, a sheer (?) mock turtleneck croptop with fitted short sleeves that are slightly puffy. He's also wearing half gloves because of course he is. And his ... orca half ... the flippers look a bit like peplum.
November 16, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Another underrated favorite! Lai Yi!
Actor Lai Yi lounges in a leather chair with his legs crossed while wearing a black tuxedo with a white shirt and black bowtie. He has one arm resting on an armrest with his finger touching his forehead and he's looking into the camera. (One of his looks for the Golden Rooster Awards)
November 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
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Zhang YaQin is so cute! One of my underrated favorites ❤️https://weibo.com/7457195803/5233349710840350
Zhang Ya Qin posing in a strapless black formal gown for the Golden Rooster Awards - basically China's Oscars - wearing a silver watch, necklace with white gemstones and dangling earrings with the same. Zhang Ya Qin wearing the same outfit, now wearing long black opera gloves, holding a hair dryer while she pretends to treat it like a microphone singing dramatically with her head and free hand both thrown back
November 16, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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😡😡😡 I am clearly reading the wrong book. HOW IS THIS A ROMANCE. WHERE IS MY FUCKING ROMANCE?!?

No it fucking would *not* be wonderful!
Screenshot of book, text reads: Even if they couldn’t be together and would never see each other again for the rest of their lives, just knowing that he once shared the same feelings gave her a sense of peace she hadn't felt before. Even if they couldn't be together in this life, yet… yet holding onto this thought, if there was a next life, hoping to meet in heaven and earth, wouldn't that also be wonderful?
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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💯

#LimeBookTruths
Screenshot from book, which reads: In judging guilt and determining cases, one judges deeds, not intentions. In choosing friends, one judges intentions, not deeds. Who hasn't made mistakes or said the wrong thing at times? Don't hold onto people's faults. Don't become estranged from someone over a small mistake. Be lenient when judging others, and strict when judging yourself.
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Finally got a little bit! ❤️
Arc of Aurora lights - some green at the bottom and a faint swath of red
November 13, 2025 at 3:10 AM
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Went outside again cuz everyone’s pictures are making me so jealous 😭

… welp this is my view
Clouds, it’s all clouds using max exposure from my phone camera
November 12, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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If it won’t load, this is it
Screenshot of FB page, text says: GUINNESS Guinness World Records is in Belgium. Dec 1, 2019 • The most valuable advent calendar was valued at €2.5 million (then approx. £2,100,00; $3,300,000) in 2010. It was crafted ... See more And below are 3 images of the tubes and diamonds
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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This is really pretty too i.mydramalist.com/nOJv4Q_4f.jpg

LOL no need to try to decide if I should read it or not cuz I already have. Curious how they'll adapt it cuz this definitely features a problematic hero. 😅 Give us heroes with black sesame fillings, #cdrama gods!
Concept poster for the cdrama "Redeem Him" (嫁反派) it has trees with red leaves around the top edges, and what looks like a doorway to a walkway or pavillion, a woman in red is standing in the middle at the top of some stairs, and the bottom third is a reflection of the scene in a pool of water. There are also trailing faint vertial red lines at various lengths throughout
October 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
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I literally gasped out loud when I saw this concept poster. 🙊😱😻

... now should I try to read the book the #cdrama is based on or not ... (Skimmed a bit of the last chapter - SEEM it's a happy ending? But ... also holy fuck a LOT of agony and suffering first...)
Concept poster for 凤不栖 - most of the image looks like an ancient Chinese landscape painting of mountains at the bottom, then a slight palace map, but there are fires throughout, the edges are dark, and there's a figure sitting at the very top wearing a robe with large flowing sleeves - you can only see their torso + hands, holding what looks like red threads (that are also flaming) that go across various parts of the painting.
October 31, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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They’re not very pretty but they’re the teeniest little cactus flowers. (Seriously the plant is like more than 2’ tall. Meanwhile a little cactus that was like 2” used to bloom flowers practically half its size…)
Close up of a cluster of little yellow cactus flowers with tiny petals
October 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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Giiirl you KNOW I LOVE jewelry & accessory weapons!!! I literally saved this unto my phone 😹 (and saved the ring shooter one on IG…)
October 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Ok well new to me - button closure pillow cases. I HATE THEM. m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61f...

That's a no for me.
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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Oh I don’t hate this at all right now 😇
Screenshot of the moving graphic that landed on “The secret second killer.”
October 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Went outside and saw 6 of these (there were 7 but one had already totally wilted). These were a bit past full bloom but still. @isobelcarr.com would’ve loved them 🖤💔
Two queen of the night (epiphyllum oxypetalum) blossoms just past full bloom
October 3, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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🙊damn girl. (🫠 I used a browser translator but … <.< seems right)
Screenshot of book/author’s note, text reads: The film and television rights of this book had been sold before I started writing, or perhaps it was written because of the needs of film and television. It is not a perfect book so far, but I hope that different expression methods can make up for some scenes that I have not described in place, supporting characters that I have not had time to portray, and emotions that 1 have not expressed well. I once joked with a friend that my book is actually most suitable for film and television adaptation because my writing skills are limited in describing large scenes, and the characters have no outline and their growth is not well-organized. Compared to a perfect work, a work like mine that has both shortcomings and some advantages is easier to modify.
September 10, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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#LimeBookTruths
Screenshot of book, text reads: In one lifetime, what is love? Is it something that can be ground away, or something that can be forgotten? Is it something that can fade, or something that can be carved into bone? Is it like a flood arriving with tremendous force, carved into bone and heart, or like spring water flowing endlessly, continuing forever without end?
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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i.mydramalist.com/QJmNAA_4f.jpg 😻 this concept poster. I literally gasped out loud. SO PRETTY. #cdrama
September 3, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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“Thanks” to censorship this is a sex scene in a cnovel. No lie. And I get there’s historical record of clouds & rain etc being metaphors for sex but dude. (Would suck if the US continued to head that way - we don’t have 3000+ years of poetry to fall back on…)
Screenshot of a book - the text reads: The summer rain arrived unexpectedly, a gentle breeze carrying a hint of moisture that fell densely on the upturned beams. The sudden downpour sent drops of water slapping against the window lattices, slowly sliding down the eaves and balusters into the deep ravines and streams, as if unwilling to disturb the night's tranquility. The drops were neither large nor dense, and the graceful branches, caressed by the gentle breeze and drizzle, gradually relaxed and unfurled. After a moment of beauty, lightning and thunder arrived unexpectedly, as if a gash had been chiseled through the ten-thousand-foot palace walls. Light and shadow overlapped, and a profusion of flowers shimmered in chaos. The wind whistled, the rain thundered, summer insects took cover, frogs sang, and the crimson and green cherry blossoms were too fragile to be picked, the gurgling water blushing.
August 28, 2025 at 9:53 PM
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😹😅☠️ ok I burst out laughing though.
Screenshot of a book, the text reads: After a long time, a faint sobbing sound came with the cool spring breeze, giving Li Mu goosebumps. What was that? Li Mu looked up, searching for the source of the sobbing while comforting herself. Don't be afraid, don't be afraid. Think positively. It might not be a person; maybe it's a ghost.
August 19, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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… I’m no clothing expert, nor am I a math genius, but I’m pretty sure that’s not how things work
Screenshot of product description that says: Fabric type 65% polyester 69% cotton
August 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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#LimeBookTruths
Screenshot from book - text reads: Some people are sources of light, steadily and continuously offering you light and love. People who lack love are often worried about gains and losses, and their emotions are always extreme, with love being intense and hatred being thorough. They switch between highs and lows at any time, and then at a certain moment, the taut string suddenly breaks, and they are doomed. They need such a light source, which always provides them with support and love.
August 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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… so is this just trolling people trying to trick them into buying it to spread the suffering?
Screen shot of a 5 star review titled “Fun And Nostalgic” by “Big Bottle Boy” From 5 days ago. Review says: Old Smokey BlackBerry starts with an aroma of Robitussin and grandma’s purse candy. The first notes are of cat pee pee straight out of the litter box. The body stands out with a smooth bite of mothballs finishing with the crisp bite of cough syrup in flue season. Must try and share with those close to you.
August 1, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Ugh like this.
Bro. No. 哀家 (Āi jiā) literally means this sorrowful/grieving house. And is a pronoun used by (I’ve only seen) the empress dowager - cuz she’s widowed & sad etc
It’s not *because* of a “high status” 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️
Book screenshot with “note” - text reads: "Rise. You must be the Lin family's young lady. Come closer and let Aijia* , a term used by Empress Dowagers to refer to themselves, used to reflect their high status have a look," the Empress Dowager said with a gracious smile, gesturing for Lin Xingxue to approach.
July 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM