Regarding the schedule, my first disclaimer is that I based the page counts off of my ebook (and the fact that Amazon claims the book has 524 pages in total). So the page counts will be somewhat off, I guess. I think for the purpose of the schedule that should be good enough, though, since I’m not expecting anybody to be in trouble if there are a few pages more or less per week (given this is the advanced book club). If anybody knows the chapter page numbers of the paper book, I’d be happy to hear about them and fix my schedule.
Anyway, at first I tried to stick to the club’s proposed 30-45 pages/week as closely as possible, and I came up with this 13-week schedule:
So I checked and it sounds indeed like a good idea, which would get us to this 11-week schedule:
11-week schedule
Week
Start Date
Chapter
Page Count
Week 1
Apr 10th
1
~47
Week 2
Apr 17th
2
~55
Week 3
Apr 24th
3
~48
Week 4
May 1st
4
~51
Week 5
May 8th
5
~50
Week 6
May 15th
6
~46
Week 7
May 22rd
7
~48
Week 8
May 29th
8
~50
Week 9
Jun 5th
9
~37
Week 10
Jun 12th
10
~65
Week 11
Jun 19th
11
~37
The average is about 47 pages, but the book has been rated as rather easy, so there’s that. And the hardest week (#10) is surrounded by two relatively easy weeks, so people can balance this a bit if they like. And I think the rhythm of reading the story will be much better when reading a full chapter per week instead of the mix-and match approach of the first schedule.
Alright, that was easy! Let’s stick with the 1-chapter-a-week schedule then
(In the hope that this will also be okay for @Ditto20 and @morteASD who also voted for this pick?..)
I will add the schedule to the OP soon.
EDIT: Updated the OP and updated the schedule with the page counts from the paperback book.
I’m ready too! My first time out with this book club. よろしく!
I got a used paperback copy from Book Off this past week so I’m not sure if my page numbers will match up, but at least we’re just taking it one chapter at a time.
I just finished the first chapter this morning. The later parts with Saikawa sensei were much clearer to me than the opening parts with Magada. Especially the part about the doll. I read that a few times and it still didn’t make much sense to me. I guess we’ll find out more about that later. Also, all of the talk about whether or not computer viruses are living things seemed to have some connection to a doll being used as a surrogate for a murder (potentially).
I just hope it’s not a replacement for actual character introduction, like it sometimes is. Sure hope I’m not expected to remember all the names and occupations (and relations) right off the bat .
Oh, I still fondly remember this drama! Actually thought about a scene from it just an hour ago for unrelated reasons! (even though it was probably more than a year ago since I saw it!)
I do want to try read this book, but at a later time. I already have too many book clubs!
But I’ll come back and look at the forum posts and such when I do!
I’ll definitely put this book on my “to buy” list! =D