I’m really happy to see so many fans of 東野圭吾 here.
Seeing as I haven’t read it myself yet, I’m going to have to pass! If we live reasonably close that postage isn’t an issue, I don’t mind swapping some of the books I’ve read though - or books I’d get back, for that.
Roger that~
I like that series! I saw you didn’t mention 容疑者X, which is the first book in that series that isn’t a (connected) short story collection. If you find you don’t care overmuch for the short stories, I’d still recommend giving 容疑者X a try if you can get your hands on it. 東野圭吾 shines in long form.
Me too. I own the full set, (10 volumes I believe) but have been waiting until I finish the Galileo series. Or what’s published so far at least. I’ve seen ナミヤ雑貨店の奇跡 around but don’t own it - isn’t that one of the few that’s available as an ebook even?
Weeelllllll… we can always just set up our own club if it’s not picked by an ‘official’ club like the ABC.
Shouting out that Natively’s Mystery Book Club is voting again We tend to read at about the same pace and level of books as the Advanced Book Club, but naturally with a focus on mystery books. We love new readers, so don’t be shy to join!
There isn’t complete overlap between the two forums for book club readers, so I think it would be unfair to remove it on that basis. If it gets no votes, or if our nominations become full and it falls to the bottom for votes though it will be eliminated.
Edit: I did shout out that club starting up in the Mystery Club home thread though, so probably any interested readers went over here. It may end up vote less and take care of itself.
Well of course when I wrote this comment I also immediately placed an order for the three books haha.
Only to get an email that they actually didn’t have them in stock at the moment, and will get them maybe one day in 2 to 6 weeks.
Even the thickest of books eventually comes to an end… And so it is time for another poll!
The Poll
Have a look at the List of Proposed Books section in the first post for details on each book. If you are interested, you can have a look at the books’ Natively levels through this list. The Natively level is also annotated in the poll in square brackets after each book’s name.
Do not rely solely on the levels when making a choice. Please have a look at the nomination posts and text samples if you haven’t already.
Expected reading pace: The proposals fall into two categories, Fast and Hard. We aim to read fast books at 30-50 pages per week and hard books at ~15 pages per week (that number might vary a bit throughout, depending on the book’s breaks and chapters). For manga, depending on difficulty and chapter length, we will probably read one to several chapters per week. The pick’s exact reading schedule will be negotiated before the book club kicks off.
Start of Book Club: We will start the next book on Nov 9th (after a one-week break).
Poll duration: The poll will be closed on 2024-09-30T16:00:00Z. You can choose up to 5 options.
Oh, and if somebody could update the thread title to “Now voting!” that would be great. Thanks!
I just noticed that the paperback version of 香君 came out a few weeks ago (half the price of the hardback and a nicer format to read imho), which is timely for this vote.
Just curious what you mean? Just that it is easier to hold open? For my first book club I bought a hardback on purpose (used so price didn’t matter) in the hopes of a larger font…
but if you feel that this is too heavy for this small club, you can always copy the thread format of some previous book club if you like. There are no formal requirements, so please feel free to find an appropriate format.
I created the home thread for 本の読み方 スロー・リーディングの実践 :
Opinions on the schedule welcome – I’m not sure what pace we want to take this at. (I’ll have a look through at the table of contents etc at some point and put up some info about how long each section is.)
PS: let me know if I messed anything up setting up the thread
Oh dear last post was me cross posting too Hopefully no one minds, but if so let me know.
This year is the 3rd year I’m holding the Aozora Advent - its first year was actually here on WK, but I’ve since moved it to Natively as I spend more time there (I do enjoy the book clubs and logs here though )
There are two calendars like last year, one is mystery picks and one is “pre-vetted”. The pre-vetted one is limited to level 33 and below in an effort to give a somewhat gentler introduction to Aozora
If you’re interested in joining we would love to have you! It starts December 1st:
If we live reasonably close that postage isn’t an issue, I don’t mind swapping some of the books I’ve read though - or books I’d get back, for that.
I own the full set, (10 volumes I believe) but have been waiting until I finish the Galileo series. Or what’s published so far at least. I’ve seen ナミヤ雑貨店の奇跡 around but don’t own it - isn’t that one of the few that’s available as an ebook even?
We tend to read at about the same pace and level of books as the Advanced Book Club, but naturally with a focus on mystery books. We love new readers, so don’t be shy to join! 
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we found our next pick! It is