Join the Advanced Book Club here! Welcome to 本陣殺人事件 [image] Where to buy Amazon paperback | Amazon Kindle | Bookwalker | Note that we will only read the titular story, not the whole book. Discussion Threads and Reading Schedule We started reading on Jan 1st, 2022. Week Start Date Chapter Names Page Count Week 1 Jan 1st 「三本指の男」、「本陣の末裔」、「琴鳴りぬ」 ~28.5 Week 2 Jan 8th 「大惨劇」、「琴爪の新用途」、「鎌と琴柱」 ~30.5 Week 3 Jan 15th 「捜査会議」、「金田一耕助」 ~25.5 Week 4 Jan 22nd 「猫の墓」、「探偵小説問答」 ~23.5 Week 5 Jan 29th 「二通の手紙」、「墓をあばいて」 ~25.5 Week 6 Feb 5th 「礒川警部警倒す」、「耕助の実験」、「本陣の悲劇」 ~31 Week 7 Feb 12th 「予行演習」、「止むを得ざる密室」、「曼珠沙華」 ~32 Discussion Rules Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters. When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. Don’t be afraid of asking questions, even if they seem embarrassing at first. All of us are here to learn. To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun! Member List Are you planning to read 本陣殺人事件 with the book club? poll If so, which version will you be reading? poll Proper Noun Readings Proper Nouns Name Reading Notes Proof 井上英三いのうええいぞう Narrator’s friend (Chapter 1: 三本指の男) (Week 1) 一柳賢蔵いちやなぎけんぞう Head of the family, eldest son, 40 yo, philosopher, lives with his parents 一柳糸子いちやなぎいとこ Kenzou’s mother, widow, 57 yo (Chapter 2: 本陣の末裔) 一柳妙子いちやなぎたえこ Second child, eldest daughter, lives in Shanghai 一柳隆二いちやなぎりゅうじ Third child, second son, 35yo, doctor in Osaka 一柳三郎いちやなぎさぶろう Fourth child, third son, 25yo, lives with his parents 一柳鈴子いちやなぎすずこ Fifth child, second daughter, 17yo, lives with her parents 一柳良介いちやなぎりょうすけ Cousin of the five children, 38yo 一柳秋子いちやなぎあきこ良介’s wife 久保克子くぼかつこ賢蔵’s fiancé 久保林吉くぼりんきち克子’s father, deceased, fruit farmer 玉鈴子’s cat 久保銀造くぼぎんぞう克子’s uncle and the one who raised her/supports her (Week 2) 源七げんしち作男週吉しゅうきち The miller/小作磯川常次郎いそかわつねじろう警部木村きむら刑事川田かわた・かわだ The お主婦, or at least the 飯屋 she runs

You’re right, I should have put up a poll straight away :woman_facepalming: Which schedule options do you all prefer? poll

Just pinging everybody who voted in the main polls for this book: @Natsuha @Hijiki @Naphthalene @Shigurette @Redglare @rodan If you’d like to vote in the poll for which schedule to read the book at, the stage is yours :tada: (in the post above this one)

I already started the book to get a headstart. All other readers are probably much faster reading than me and I don’t want to fall behind too much.

OK, basically everybody voted for the 7 weeks optimal schedule, so that’s what we’ll follow. I’ll update the OP in a minute. (I hope that’s ok for you @wifflebatknight ? If you’re in doubt whether you can catch up with the reading speed, please feel free to start earlier or trail behind a little bit)

Happy New Year everybody! Let’s start the year by reading the first week of our 本陣 murder case :slight_smile: [image] Week 1: 本陣殺人事件 Book Clubs Join the Advanced Book Club here! 本陣殺人事件 Home Thread Week 1 [image] Start Date: Jan 1st Next Part: Week 2 Reading: Week Start Date Chapter Names Page Count Week 1 Jan 1st 「三本指の男」、「本陣の末裔」、「琴鳴りぬ」 ~28.5 Discussion Rules Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters. When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. Don’t be afraid of asking question…

On to week 2! [image] Week 2: 本陣殺人事件 Book Clubs Join the Advanced Book Club here! 本陣殺人事件 Home Thread Week 2 [image] Start Date: Jan 8th Previous Part: Week 1 Next Part: Week 3 Reading: Week Start Date Chapter Names Page Count Week 2 Jan 8th 「大惨劇」、「琴爪の新用途」、「鎌と琴柱」 ~30.5 Discussion Rules Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters. When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. Don’t be afr…

Here is week 3: [image] Week 3: 本陣殺人事件 Book Clubs Join the Advanced Book Club here! 本陣殺人事件 Home Thread Week 3 [image] Start Date: Jan 15th Previous Part: Week 2 Next Part: Week 4 Reading: Week Start Date Chapter Names Page Count Week 3 Jan 15th 「捜査会議」、「金田一耕助」 ~25.5 Discussion Rules Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters. When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. Don’t be afraid o…

On to week 4! [image] Week 4: 本陣殺人事件 Book Clubs Join the Advanced Book Club here! 本陣殺人事件 Home Thread Week 4 [image] Start Date: Jan 22nd Previous Part: Week 3 Next Part: Week 5 Reading: Week Start Date Chapter Names Page Count Week 4 Jan 22nd 「猫の墓」、「探偵小説問答」 ~23.5 Discussion Rules Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters. When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. Don’t be afraid of a…

Week 5 is already here: [image] Week 5: 本陣殺人事件 Book Clubs Join the Advanced Book Club here! 本陣殺人事件 Home Thread Week 5 [image] Start Date: Jan 29th Previous Part: Week 4 Next Part: Week 6 Reading: Week Start Date Chapter Names Page Count Week 5 Jan 29th 「二通の手紙」、「墓をあばいて」 ~25.5 Discussion Rules Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters. When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading. Don’t be afraid…

I just purchased File 1, so I guess I’m committed to reading that after 本陣殺人事件 and before moving on to the other stories in File 2. Anyone else feel like they might enjoy doing that? :eyes:

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NicoleIsEnough January 7, 2022, 9:58pm 11

On to week 2!

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