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[Sylph]

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Week 15
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Reading Schedule

Week	Start Date	End Page	End Percentage	End Phrase	Page Count
Week 1	Jan 11th	13	5%	俺の、自分のモットーへの忠誠なんてその程度だ。	8
Week 2	Jan 18th	27	12%	俺は簡単に事情を説明した。	14
Week 3	Jan 25th	40	18%	[End of chapter]	13
Week 4	Feb 1st	55	25%	「愛なき愛読書の話さ」	15
Week 5	Feb 8th	72	32%	[End of chapter]	17
Week 6	Feb 15th	85	39%	[End of chapter]	13
Week 7	Feb 22nd	97	44%	張り切るのは、あいつの仕事だ。	12
Week 8	Feb 29th	112	52%	俺は小さく笑った。	15
Week 9	Mar 7th	126	58%	[End of chapter]	14
Week 10	Mar 14th	137	63%	全員が、誰にともなく礼をした。	11
Week 11	Mar 21st	152	70%	新しいところであろう。	15
Week 12	Mar 28th	165	77%	「データベースは結論を出せないんだ」	13
Week 13	Apr 4th	175	81%	[End of chapter]	10
Week 14	Apr 11th	185	86%	三十三年前、関谷純が本当に薔薇色だったのか。	10
Week 15	Apr 18th	200	93%	「もう、答えはわかったでしょう」	15
Week 16	Apr 25th	214	99%	[End of book]	14

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Proper Noun Readings

Name	Reading
折木•奉太郎	おれき•ほうたろう
折木•供恵	おれき•ともえ
千反田•える	ちたんだ•える
福部•里志	ふくべ•さとし
伊原•摩耶花	いばら•まやか
関谷•純	せきたに•じゅん

[Sylph]

Are you planning to read 氷菓 with the book club?

• Yes
• Yes, but I might start late
• Not sure
• No

If so, which version will you be reading?

• eBook
• Paperback

[Sylph]

Shall we vote on the schedule?

Longer option:

Intermediate Japanese Book Club (Now Reading: キッチン; Next: 氷菓)

Week 1: until 13 (8 pages)
Week 2: until 27
Week 3: until 40 (end of chapter)
Week 4: until 55
Week 5: until 72 (end of chapter)
Week 6: until 85 (end of chapter)
Week 7: until 97
Week 8: until 112
Week 9: until 126 (end of chapter)
Week 10: until 137
Week 11: until 152
Week 12: until 165
Week 13: until 175 (end of chapter)
Week 14: until 185
Week 15: until 200
Week 16: until 214 (end of book)

Shorter option:

Intermediate Japanese Book Club (Now Reading: キッチン; Next: 氷菓)

Week 1: until 22
Week 2: until 40
Week 3: until 57
Week 4: until 72
Week 5: until 91
Week 6: until 110
Week 7: until 126
Week 8: until 142
Week 9: until 160
Week 10: until 175
Week 11: until 194
Week 12: until 214

Vote here:

• Longer schedule (16 weeks)
• Shorter schedule (12 weeks)
• Don’t mind

[rokon]

@Sylph heres a quick list of the main characters that appear in the first chapter to add to the proper names list:

折木•奉太郎 - おれき•ほうたろう
折木•供恵 - おれき•ともえ
千反田•える - ちたんだ•える
福部•里志 - ふくべ•さとし
伊原•摩耶花 - いばら•まやか

[Belerith]

Poll says we’re going with the longer schedule.

I may have finished chapter 3 on the train the other day.

D: I should probably delete it from my phone before that 5 hour bus drive next week.

[Sylph]

It begins!

氷菓: Week 1 Discussion

Join the Intermediate Book Club here! 氷菓 Home Thread Week 1 [image] Start Date: Jan 11th Next week: Week 2 Reading: End Page End Phrase Page Count 13 俺の、自分のモットーへの忠誠なんてその程度だ。 8 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 embarra…

We are using @Naphthalene’s schedule. I wrote down the schedule and breaks quickly using the data so please tell me if you spot any mistakes.
If anyone wants to/can provide end percentages I can put them up, otherwise I will erase that part of the table.

I also used @NicoleRauch’s generator for this,btw. I’m sill getting the hang of it so I’ll postpone more comments for now

I feel like I’m forgetting something

[jacobalbano]

Ack, I’ll be starting a bit late I guess. Didn’t see this thread until today! I have a paperback version on the way that should arrive before the first deadline.

[Belerith]

For me the percentages are at

Week	Percentage
1	5%
2	12%
3	18%
4	25%
5	32%
6	39%
7	44%
8	52%
9	？？ Naphtalene’s breakdown says there’s supposed to be a chapter break here - the end of ch 5 is at 58%, so it’s probably that
10	63%
11	70%
12	77%
13	81%
14	86%
15	93%
16	99%

Week 8 and 9 of your table both say 小く笑った, but I can only find that sentence once. (Also, it says 小さく in my version )

[Sylph]

Yep that’s a mistake. Fixed now hopefully. And thanks for the percentages!

it says 小さく in my version

I copied what @Naphthalene wrote but I also have what you have so I dunno

[Belerith]

I’m assuming @Naphthalene may have made a mistake - 小さい does usually include the さ. ^^ Unless there’s some other adjective with that kanji that doesn’t.

[brrricane]

I’m not sure what I’m getting into but looking forward to starting a new book.

[Naphthalene]

I went fast without proofreading. Mistakes are almost guaranteed.

[Sylph]

Week 2 is here!

氷菓: Week 2 Discussion

Join the Intermediate Book Club here! 氷菓 Home Thread Week 2 [image] Start Date: Jan 18th Last week: Week 1 Next week: Week 3 Reading: End Page End % End Phrase Page Count 27 12% 俺は簡単に事情を説明した。 14 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 …

[Sylph]

Aaand here comes Week 3:

氷菓: Week 3 Discussion

Join the Intermediate Book Club here! 氷菓 Home Thread Week 3 [image] Start Date: Jan 25th Last week: Week 2 Next week: Week 4 Reading: End Page End % End Phrase Page Count 40 18% [End of chapter] 13 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, ev…

[Sylph]

Here’s Week 4 as promised:

氷菓: Week 4 Discussion

Join the Intermediate Book Club here! 氷菓 Home Thread Week 4 [image] Start Date: Feb 1st Last week: Week 3 Next week: Week 5 Reading: End Page End % End Phrase Page Count 55 25% 「愛なき愛読書の話さ」 15 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 …

[Sylph]

For everyone that isn’t behind like I am:

氷菓: Week 5 Discussion

Join the Intermediate Book Club here! 氷菓 Home Thread Week 5 [image] Start Date: Feb 8th Last week : Week 4 Next week: Week 6 Reading: End Page End % End Phrase Page Count 72 32% [End of chapter] 17 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, e…

[jacobalbano]

I convinced a (real-life) friend of mine to get in on this, so we visited Kinokuniya this afternoon and tracked down a new copy. I feel very accomplished for having successfully found a specific book in a Japanese bookstore.

[Belthazar]

I may have to back-burner this book.

For the fun of it, I’ve been translating an Asadora into English. It was pointed out to me recently that I’ve been at it for about eight years (how on Earth did eight years pass so fast), so I’ve made a promise to either finish it by the Olympics, or else officially drop it and relinquish control to someone else (who’s essentially going to do an OCR version of the subtitles from whichever B-grade translation company did a translation of it for Hawaiian TV, or somesuch).

Point is, that’s probably going to take up a fair amount of my free time until July, and reading this book is time-comsuming, sooo…

(I confess, I do worry a little bit that working under a deadline is going to take the “fun” out of “for the fun of it”, but I guess we’ll see how long it takes me to crack. I also took this up as a way of practicing my listening, but I don’t really seem to have had a noticeable improvement.)

[Naphthalene]

Make a thread and involve (some of) us in!

[Belthazar]

Proofreading assistance would always be welcome (aside from the fact that my superpower is not being able to spot my own typos, perhaps I’ve also paced the subtitles to match my reading speed, and that’s too fast for everyone else) but honestly the fiddliest bit is just doing the timing of the episodes.

But yeah, I’ve already scattered questions around the place here about lines I’ve been having issues with over the years.