IDOL X IDOL STORY 7
I think I'm going to have to give this series a break. The formula is getting stale for me and I don't like how slow-paced it's been - 7 volumes in and we've only eliminated 2 of 11 contestants. Also, my problematic sister yuri ship is dead :'(

アキバ系彼女 / Akibakei Kanojo
I don't think this writer has ever been around someone actively dying of cancer... also lol @ hatoko-nee's stomach cancer getting written off as constipation in mei's route

Read or Die 6
In this one Yomiko fights an enemy secret agent who turns out to be one of her favourite authors. She gets mad at him for committing evil acts instead of writing the continuation of a series he started 6 years ago, but he says he's doing it to fund his own publishing company. Does this explain why we haven't had a new ROD volume in 9 years...?

学園の姫攻略始めたら修羅場になってた件
A comedy featuring characters each with some sort of hang-up about love. It was a really fun read and I’m definitely looking forward to the next book -- according to the afterword this was more of an intro to the characters and the real battle starts in vol 2. Making the pages of Tsukihi’s monologue black was a neat idea and I liked her comparison of a princess no longer sitting around waiting for a prince -- 「指くわえて私が幸せになるところ見ててね、お姫様？」

ぼくたちのリメイク/Bokutachi no Remake 12
Making the digital-only short story about eiko was cruel 😔 at least we have the beta novels... though I don't like the implication that her route would be considered the "bad" end