怪人二十面相 :supervillain: Intermediate Book Club Home Thread [41GF53P6MAL] Week 4 January 24th, 2026 Chapter(s) 8+9 少年探偵 + 仏像の奇跡 Audio version [1] video 4 Previous week Week 3 Next week Week 5 Discussion Guidelines Spoiler Courtesy Please follow these rules to avoid inadv…

▶ 8 少年探偵 ▶ 9 仏像の奇跡

Finished this week’s reading. I don’t have many notes

A fun week! I have to agree with most everyone that the narration is fantastic. Really takes me back to the sort of books I read as a kid. I wonder why there is so little adult oriented fiction with such a strong voice for the narrator (or lacks any narration at all). I suppose it’s been ingrained a…

[image] jablekanji: Side note, this being my first IBC, I was a bit worried about keeping up, but I finally made the switch to digital reading to make it easier and wow does it make a world of difference… I still really love my physical books, but the ease of adding words to anki will now be mis…

Posting here just to say I’ve read! Not much to add since I was pretty distracted and not entirely following the story…what else is new!

[image] nerdqueen666: Not much to add since I was pretty distracted and not entirely following the story…what else is new! I’m having this problem too :confused: listening to the audiobook biking or on the bus prove to be worse for my focus than when I was going for a walk. I’ll try going for…

Finished Week 4 which was fun to read! ▶ Week 4 thoughts My favorite 2 phrases from this week’s reading are: 1. まぶたの裏に浮かぶ (to appear on the back of one’s eyelids) which is used It’s interesting that’s where the image appears in Japanese. Whereas in English you see it with your mind’s eye. I think…

[image] Buruberimiruku: My favorite 2 phrases from this week’s reading are Great notes! I enjoy these so much [image] Buruberimiruku: the doctor basically gave up trying to treat the patient - or threw away the spoon. Eek, much higher stakes than the boxing ones! [image] Buruberi…

怪人二十面相 🦹 (IBC) - Week 4

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Akashelia January 30, 2026, 5:49pm 13

To be continued, in week 5!

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