I think if I did that, I’d make bad choices all around 
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I start at midnight!!!
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If you read naruto 
you could pair that with midnight ramen 
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hem hem… for anyone in the audience… 
✴️ NARUTO ナルト ✴️ Informal Book Club
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Everyone seems so well prepared!
Meanwhile, I only decided to join just now. I’ll be reading tomorrow, but still doubting about what I’ll be reading. Currently considering the 2nd volume of 魔女の宅急便, mainly because I intend to read it casually (I don’t mind if I don’t understand 100%).
My goal is… er… to read as much as I can I guess
Probably the snack for this book should be bread or cake or something?
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I decided I can make Monday 
So I’ll probably be in the last batch of participants, but I’ll be watching everybodies progress here 
I’ll be reading the orange light novel, but don’t have any specific goals. It’s my first light novel, so I’m mostly curious about how much I can stomach at a time. Maybe I’ll switch it up with an easy manga in between if my brain needs a pause
Hope everybody will enjoy themselves
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Reading update:
Woke up 5 am or 6 am (couldn’t remember) but was too tired to read. Woke up later today and started reading on satori reader for 1 hour and must say harder stories are indeed harder to read. One episode down.
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Second update:
After unfocused attention I have managed to read for 2 hours more. Just finished episode 5.
It’s a nice feeling recognising grammar in the wild.
Total reading time 3 hours and 5 episodes.
Next update will be before dinner time.
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I’m reading tomorrow but might do maybe 10am to 10am. I have a 4 hours overnight flight then expect to need some sleep!
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Good morning, readathoners!
Looks like I also won’t be able to join in until sunday/maybe monday, but I’m really looking forward to reading everyone’s updates 
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I had planned to start at midnight, but fell asleep before. I’m just now getting to it, so might do an hour or so tomorrow morning. 
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I will probably be reading tomorrow, and my goal is to A) have fun B) work on my Natively bingo board!
some prompt ideas
Nonfiction: 角川まんが学習シリーズ 日本の歴史 1 日本のはじまり 旧石器~縄文・弥生~古墳時代 | L28 or そうなんだ!日本の歴史のお話 古代~室町時代編 | L22??
Finish something I gave up on once: https://learnnatively.com/book/f810a892b4/ (or 魔女犬ボンボン ナコと運命のこいぬ | L23)
Read without lookups: 竹取物語/虫めづる姫君 10歳までに読みたい日本名作 | L23
Written before I was born: よりぬきサザエさん 1 | L24??
Shortest book in TBR: 都道府県のおはなし 低学年 おはなしドリル | L19
Has dogs: 魔女犬ボンボン ナコと運命のこいぬ | L23 (or ゆるキャン△ (3) | L26)
I have not quite figured out my snack situation yet, but I will work on that.
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Goals post // Start!
Just made dinner. Even washed dishes. Will probably get food coma afterwards 
Starting at 18:00! ようこそ実力至上主義の教室へ 0%
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I’ve read for an hour, and the small print in the graded readers is giving me vertigo, so may have to go to online stories. But I really want to finish this book. Four brothers love the swallow in the Springtime and all say they’ve seen it in their village, but the fifth brother says it hasn’t been seen in their village. It IS in the next village, so they want to take a boat and go to the next village. I want to see what happens next, but have to take a head break. 
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I hate that; I get some eye problems from looking at the computer screen too long sometimes, and it’s really frustrating when I want to keep reading.
Nice to have someone reading already to follow. I’m excited for Sunday!
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It’s really frustrating during the Read=a=thon. I wanted to get through my readers, but guess I need stronger magnifiers! AAARRRGGGG!!!
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I bet! Very occasionally the screens will just outright give me migraines and I’m afraid of having that happen and wreck my attempt at this. Fingers crossed.
Good luck with the rest of the day!
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Home post 
I’ll be reading on Sun 21, to be exact 2025-09-20T20:00:00Z→2025-09-21T20:00:00Z
- Manga
- Berserk, I have bought up to Vol.21 (ending an arc)
- Book clubs, maybe finishing a series if I can – ふたつのスピカ; 葬送のフリーレン; ダンジョン飯. Maybe まちカドまぞく Vol.1, but just the first volume
- Novel
- 香君. I’ll try to finish this one, then maybe joining a new club or new freestyle reading.
I’ll also take notes of time taken in each session, and what and how much is read.
Goal: 5 hours, 200 pages.
Previous read-a-thon 
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Don’t forget to look back on past readathons (and levels of books)… even from this it’s obvious you’re reading has improved 
or maybe a quick trip for more eye stabby LOL j/k
snacks and ramune are prepared 
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Eye stabbies don’t help this at all. Just need larger magnification.
Glad you have your snacks.
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