Thanks for setting that up so quickly, as always it’s super appreciated!
To echo what others said, I should be good with either pace but I am a bit cautious since I’d like to follow along with Horimiya as well.
That said, I’ll probably just try balance everything by staying a week or two ahead!
I bought both volumes already, so I’d be interested in joining the off-shot.
Even though I have been doing a horrible job in keeping up with the discussion on here, I roughly followed the schedule. 
For Horimiya:
I’m probably not interested in joining this read because I already watched the anime multiple times and already read the translated version of the manga too. But not 100% sure yet.
I’d happily join an offshoot for this regardless of the pacing - if it ends up being half a chapter a week I’ll just be reading the full chapter in one week, then taking a break for the second week like I did with this volume. 
It’s a firm… maybe for an offshoot book club for me.
On the one hand, I may have my hands full with the BBC, ABBC, Natively LN Book Club and my own personal reading. On the other, this is a very easy manga to read in a half hour, especially if I’m not posting translations at the same time.
I wish I had seen this book club earlier! I read the first chapter and I’d love to read the rest. However, you folks must have bought up the last of the physical books. The only copy I can find is at manga republic and they are asking $20! The several other stores I check imply that it won’t be reprinted.
If you wait until Saturday, maybe there will be many new second hand copies for sale 
I found a new copy on a site called Mangaoh. It’s all in japanese, but I was able to fumble around and put together an order. Of course, I ended up buying more than I intended. 
It will be handy to have the weekly threads here to help me get through the book! If I get through it in time, maybe I can participate in any volume 2 book club.
Final chapter!
It seems like this book club is really coming to an end. I wanted to give a big thanks to ChristopherFritz for hosting, and to everyone else for adding to the discussion with questions, explanations and observerations.
This was my first book club here, I really enjoyed myself, and it went better than expected. When I first learned Japanese over 15 years ago, I tried to get into reading manga. I still have a shelf full of unread books from that… 
The books I picked were too hard to get started with, looking up kanji and grammar in my text books and dictionaries was a chore, and I was mostly going at it alone. What a difference to the current experience! With a well-chosen book, all the wealth of information available, and a community for discussion and questions, this was really great. Looking forward to many more book clubs.
皆さんありがとうございました！
What sounds like a good start date for those who plan to read volume 2 alongside an offshoot club?
Keep in mind that 「ホリミヤ」 begins on August 26th.
Are you planning on reading a physical copy that you still need to order or are currently waiting to arrive in the mail?
Question for book club veterans:
I want to choose another previous ABBC pick to read so I can read at my own pace; what do you all personally think would be a good choice in terms of difficulty level after 小さな森のオオカミちゃん?
I know I could just check the Natively scores but I’m interested in what people personally think would be a good next choice. (-:
My physical copies of both volumes arrived yesterday. I am about halfway through chapter 1 so far. It’s definitely on the light side. This is probably the easiest thing I’ve tried to read, which is a good thing.
Before I found this オオカミちゃん, my go-to recommendation for absolute beginner readers was レンタルおにいちゃん. (It’s now my number two recommendation.)
I consider the following to be pros of the series:
For anyone attempting to read the series, I recommend utilizing the WaniKani book club.
両親の他界…優しかった兄の豹変…独りぼっちで傷ついた少女は昔の兄の優しさを求め、“おにいちゃん”をレンタルする―――お金で。「レンタルでも、私は“家族（ぬくもり）”がほしい。」
Her parents have passed away… Her kind big brother has changed completely… A girl, alone and hurt, in search of the kindness of who her brother used to be, she rents a “big brother”…for money. “Even if it’s a rental, I want family (warmth).”
Little Kanami has lost the warmth of family at home, following first the death of her parents, and second her once-kind big brother becoming distant and abusive. She lacks the warmth of friendship at school, where classmates either bully or ignore her. When things seem to be at their worst, Kanami meets Makoto, a young man whose kindness is exactly what’s missing from her life. Makoto, seeing a reflection of his own childhood in Kanami, offers a proposition: any time she’s feeling down, she can rent time with him as a big brother.
Ty! I’ll check it out.
IMO, the easiest abbc book club sofar was Happiness, because it basically has no words in it (it has an average of 12 words every page compared to the average of 24). It’s also a semi-adult story, so you can get an actual taste of reading proper young-adult fiction.
Annnnd it’s in my bookwalker cart. Thanks! I’ll probably end up reading quite a few of the abbc picks anyways, but this gives me somewhere to start. (-:
I stumbled across that book and it seems perfect for me. Unfortunately, it’s out of stock everywhere. 
(I only read physical books)
There are certainly several reasons I prefer digital books… availability is one of them
I didn’t post much, but I just wanted to thank everyone. This experience has been a tremendous confidence-booster and the clearest example that yes, my brain is learning this stuff. I can tell by rereading the first couple chapters that I’ve made real progress, and honestly I’m just delighted that I was able to experience actual native content on its own terms.
Most stuff is still way beyond me, and my study methods are probably wildly inefficient, but I’m emboldened by this club to keep pushing myself, because I’m having a blast. I’ll always remember this book as my first manga and I feel I owe it to オオカミちゃん to get at least as good at Japanese as she is at scaring humans.
Although I don’t mention it, this is one of the things I’m most hopeful for from new readers.
Many people drop out in the first few weeks, but those who reach the end will often discover that yes, they are learning. That yes, they can read native material, even if it requires a book club to answer their questions along the way.
I like to recommend after a book club for first-time readers to look over the first chapter and see if they can feel the progress.
There’s enough repetition of grammar throughout a manga volume that anyone who makes it to the end likely has gotten used to some of it. Seeing grammar and vocabulary you recognize now that was completely unknown when you started shows how much forward momentum has been made, even if there’s still such a long way to go.
Please aim at least a little higher 