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Favorite chinese authors;

米花 Rice Flower, 蓝艾草 Blue Wormwood , 自由极光 (ZiYouJiGuang), 含胭 Han Yan
 橘花散里 (JuHuaSanLi), 紫微流年 Zi Wei Liu Nian, 九鹭非香(JiuLuFeiXiang)(only for earlier writing...)

Chinese novels that touched my heart even tho I read them with machine translations & lives in my mind rent free, makes me re-visit them a lot...

• My Mister Ostrich 我的鸵鸟先生 by 含胭 Han Yan 

• Sansheng, Death Exists Not at the River of Oblivion by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang 

• Toad Princess 蛤蟆公主 by  Mi hua

• Ostentatious Zhao Yao 招摇 by 九鹭非香 Jiu Lu Fei Xiang 

• Repudiation of a Wife by  Melon Eater (吃瓜人 )

• That Village, That Man, That Fool 那村那人那傻瓜  by Fu Bao 福宝

• Bah! You filthy bastard! 呸！下流胚！by Fu Bao 福宝

• She’s Rather Ill  by 竹已 Zhu Yi (HE)

• Never be friends with monsters 千万不要和妖怪做朋友  by 城南花开 

• Heart Protection (Back from the Brink) 护心 by 九鹭非香 Jiu Lu Fei Xiang 

• Keep Going! You’re the Best (Mr. Fighting) 加油! 你是最胖的  by自由极光 Zi You Ji Guang

•  The Hedgehog Law (刺猬法则) by  含胭 Han Yan

• Your beard my scarf (你的胡子我的围巾) by 映漾 Ying Yang

• Who Said Jianghu’s Good (Lovely Swords Girl) 谁说江湖好 (恋恋江湖) by 籽月 Zi Yue

• General Above I Am Below  将军在上我在下 (将军在上) by 橘花散里 Ju Hua San Li

Warm, memorable & inspiring romance movies I enjoyed watching;

• Barfi! (2012)

• About Fate (2022)

• Flipped (2010)

• Blueprint to the Heart (2020)

• Betty's Bad Luck in Love (2024)

• A Dash of Love (2017)

• Love, Guaranteed (2020)

• Take Care (2014)

• The Baby Proposal (2019)

• The Dating List (2019)

• Love on the Air (2015)

• A Dickens of a Holiday! (2021)

• Surprised by Love (2015) 

• Safe Haven (2013)

• Home For A Royal Heart (2022)

• In-Lawfully Yours (2016)

• How to Fall in Love (2012)

• Love on the Menu (2019)

• Second Chances (2013)

• Love at Sunset Terrace (2020)

• Romance with a Twist (2024)

• Moonlight in Vermont (2017)

• The Christmas Contract (2018)  

• Romance in Style (2022)

• Love Under the Stars (2015)

• Writing a Love Song (2024)

• Fourth Down and Love (2023)

• Persuasion (1995)

*These ones not exactly my faves BUT I just lovvvved the way male leads loving lead girls through their gazes right from start<3 

Their acting was heartfelt and felt so sincere that watching these couples made me feel so warm & loved myself on a cold day. Thats why I cant help but put their names in this list to remember at times and re-check it.

• Valentine Ever After (2016)

• A Dickens of a Holiday (2021)

• The Real West (2024)

Turkish  series;

Merhamet, Poyraz Karayel, Kuzgun, Aşk Yeniden, Evli ve Öfkeli, Şeref Meselesi,Bir Bulut olsam, Dudaktan Kalbe, Hayat Şarkısı, Hekimoğlu

 English series;

Lost,  Fringe, Grimm, Moonlight(2007), Abbott Elementary(s1), North & South (2004), Pride and Prejudice (1995), Star Trek: Discovery (first 2 seasons), The Pitt, A Discovery of Witches
  

Documentaries:

Secrets of the Morgue 1 & 2, Forensic Files, Naming the Dead