Snowwater’s participation / goals
Well, I was debating if I should join or not, but I’m a sucker for anything involving reading + some challenge (too many book clubs, the reading bingo at natively, etc). What might be interesting is that I am relatively close to finishing two of the books I’m currently reading, 嵐のピクニック and 風立ちぬ, so I think I’ll be done before the spring equinox 
that means I’ll probably read “free” books for this challenge (so not reading along with a club). I actually don’t do that as much as I should, so it should be fun!
Books to read:
変な家2
I was OBSESSED with 変な家 1 when we read it with the IBC. Finishing the whole volume in 1 week, that was the fastest I’ve ever read a Japanese book. I’ve been wanting to find a time to start with the next one in the series, but also hesitating as it was a bit pricey, but I just went why not? .. and bought it from Amazon. I’m looking forward to it.
ハリー・ポッターと秘密の部屋
I also really enjoyed the first HP book in Japanese - something about the writing style and the nostalgic fantasy made it a super cozy read. I started the first 2 chapters of the 2nd book this year, but it keeps getting forgotten as I struggle to keep up with book clubs, so I hope to spend some time with this one
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I still want to add either one more light novel or a mystery manga to the challenge! To be defined.
Edit: there are a couple of strong candidates. One is 鋼の錬金術師, I’m following the book club but slightly behind for this week. The other is 魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない ～今日から自由な職人ライフ～: I read a couple of the chapters of the manga in English a few years ago and enjoyed it, but it didn’t really continue getting updates. I saw the first 3 volumes in Japanese were free with Kindle Unlimited, so I decided to give it a try.
And finally, I have… 多聞くん今どっち！I don’t usually read shoujo much anymore, but I really enjoyed vols 1-6 in English so I bought vol 7 in JP to give it a try.
(I’m missing HP which is older, but my Kindle looks a bit like this for now)
Timing: I will probably be reading on the 21st
Goals: At least 3 hours of reading
Goal is a bit ambitious to me - I’ll be happy with getting 2 hours done - but I might as well make it a bit more challenging.