Hello! Here I am checking the forums for a beginner book club/circle for the ones interested in doing a weekly or monthly book review/wrap up. Does clubs like these already exists on here, if so does anyone take on new memebers? Really exited in joining on! 
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Big yep. ^^
Just join on in with any of them, or wait for a new one to start so youāre there from the start.
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Do keep in mind though that the bookclubs are ordered by level of reading experience rather than your total experience in Japanese. If youāre a begginer in Japanese, you might want to hold off on them for a while (unless you like feeling extremely challenged).
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The book clubs here are mostly oriented around being able to read the material, so youāll get a lot of questions on āwhat does this mean?ā or āwhatās going on with this sentence?ā and answers ranging from a quick response to a long, thorough grammar lesson.
From the book club link Omun provided, you can check out older book club threads to see the kind of discussions thatāve taken place. If any of the books there interest you, you can still ask questions on the material and get answers. (This misses out on the experience of reading along as a group, but all the historic conversation is there.)
As konekush mentioned, the clubs are about reading ability/experience. Youāll want to have a fair grasp of basic grammar and know a lot of common vocabulary to feel like youāre at least somewhat understanding the material. Or, you can use it as an opportunity to study everything you encounter in the material and learn that way. Thatās what I did last year, and I learned a lot of grammar that way. Itās kind of like learning to swim by jumping into the deep end of the pool.
Hereās my own chart of the current timeline of the book club items being read:
Absolute Beginner Book clubās in the middle of a few items right now, including two childrenās books and a simple manga. Aside from a small band of Chiās Sweet Home faithfuls continuing that series, Iād say expect to see interest in the club finding a new book or manga to read in December or January.
Beginner book clubās down to our last two weeks in our current manga. After that, we will be starting a simple childrenās novel soon which should last a few months.
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Nice chart! Haruhi is over though 
Also, Individual Reading is only listing those extra book club(s) you are personally interested in? (If not, you are missing 2, as far as I know 
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I kept it on in case book two is picked up, but it looks like thereās no interest.
Which two? I definitely want to include them all, so I have an eye on the amount of reading going on and being discussed, even if centered around around reader, and even if Iām not personally interested in the material. Thereās always room for me to add more to my spreadsheet!
Edit: But this only includes books being read on a schedule, not unscheduled threads.
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Thereās Re-Zero, we are currently on the second week of book three, but the 3rd week starts tomorrow.
Thereās also ē£ć®å„č
, starting next January.
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I have no idea how I missed Re-Zero. I occasionally peruse one of the threads although I donāt know the series. (My English Kobo account has been recommending volume 1 of Re-Zero in English for me for over two years now.)
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This chart is brilliant! If it isnāt already in the OP of the Master List of Bookclubs thread, it ought to be!
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If anyoneās interested in keeping an eye on my chart, or linking to it from anywhere, feel free to. Itās a Google Sheets document.
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That chart is super nice. But since I donāt see the best book club in it(The Re Zero book club) I can only give it a D-
Would have been an A+ with Re Zero though
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This is why outdated still images will never rule the world. The Google Sheets document lists it now
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Good. Iām glad the sin have been corrected. Now I have to create Re Zero week 3 before I forget it again ha ha.
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Thank you for pointing this out @konekush , I was going to say something similar! I definitely found myself very frustrated attempting to dive in to the Absolute Beginner Book Clubās last book, only to realize that it contained plenty of grammar points and slang well beyond my Genki I level skills.
@Seironsou, if youāre at a similarly low level, I highly recommend started with some graded readers instead if you can afford them, theyāve been a huge help and confidence boost while Iām still so early on in my reading career! (And I believe there might even be a graded reader specific book club / thread somewhere as well?)
Hereās the series Iāve personally been using, but there are a ton of them out there. They arenāt exactly cheap, but donāt let that linkās price tag shock you either ā this is the complete package of 15 individual boxed sets of books - the individual sets are more reasonable(ish).
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