It’s time to decide on which book we read after レンタルおにいちゃん. We are voting for a book we would start to read in early November.
You can vote for up to three choices, and you are allowed to go back in and change your votes if you wish. I will keep the poll open for a few days.
Guidance on book difficulty:
The number next to the books is a guidance on book difficulty, as rated by forum users. A score of 3 means the difficulty was judged to be about right for this club. A higher score means it has been judged more challenging. The maximum score is 5.
This is only a very rough judgement of difficulty. Do look at the sample pages for yourself in the original nomination posts. Japanese Folk Tales was nominated late and not yet rated by the group.
I’m noticing now that that can be a huge issue with some of the manga I’m reading. If it’s a kanji I don’t recognize, I sometimes can’t make out the furigana so looking it up is more difficult than necessary.
Glad I decided to pop back into this thread since it’s been a few days. Managed to get my votes in and my top 3 match the current top 3 so that’s a good sign. The various folk tale suggestions look good, and I almost voted for Folktales from Japan Volume 1 - Issun-Boshi and other stories. Main thing holding me back was the lack of any kanji, though that sometimes helps me realize I need to work on memorizing the readings more. I liked the idea of being able to practice listening alongside as well… I may still change a vote.
I was just about to say I was still rooting for Dragon Ball SD, but then I scrolled up and saw it dropped to fourth place Maybe I should put on my big girl pants and try to read it by myself
I’m always sad that it doesn’t win because it’s a free resrouce and we can pick whatever story we like. I also like that it comes with audio, so one can practice not only reading but listening, too.
(You also don’t need a magnifyin glass. You can either zoom in on your phone / computer or copy the text and make the font bigger in word etc.)
I’ve closed the poll - the biographies book was the winner. It was a close run for top spot with Kuuku but the 10 minute reader kept its nose ahead most of the time!
I’m happy to let someone else run this one if they are keen to. Otherwise I’ll get the home thread up later this week.
Can we please change the thread title to: Currently Reading: Big Brother Rental // Absolute Beginners Book Club // Starting November: 10 Minute Biographies (2nd Grade Reader)
I’d be up for that. A decent share of the Dragon Ball SD voters don’t seem interested in ‘10 Minute Readers’, so it could be an unofficial alternative to tide us over until the next pick?
In danger of over committing to book clubs, but I’d probably join along too. It was my third pick but I kept switching that vote around. I’m still interested in finally reading some Dragon Ball though and that still looked like a great way to do it.