Join the Advanced Book Club here! Welcome to BUTTER :books: :butter: [image] Where to buy Japanese: BookWalker | Amazon.co.jp Discussion Threads and Reading Schedule We will start reading on January 31th, 2026. Page counts are estimates from a digital edition. Please reference the stopping poi…

Week 4 is open Also: I wanted to vibe check if we’re doing ok with the schedule. I knew it was a tad bit aggressive when setting it, but now that I know just how dense with descriptions the text is I think perhaps it’s too fast. Thoughts? poll

I’m just behind mostly because I’ve been busy, but I think it might be a little too fast. The book’s a bit too dense to get into a rhythm and just push through 45-50 pages a week like some of the middle/later weeks, maybe more like 30-40 tops would be easier

Ok, it looks like no one is voting to keep the current schedule so I tried my hand at re-slicing it. Some of the chapter breaks worked out with this slower schedule (tried to be vaguely around 5% of the book) so that makes things a bit easier. I kept the last week at it’s long length because a final…

The last few weeks were more around 7%, so I think everything up to 7% is definitely slow enough. I do prefer it over the upcoming 10% weeks, for sure :smiley: Gives me leeway to read some other books on the side and keep the discussion more focused. I also hope that more people join the discussion…

Looks good! For bunkobon, new pages are: Week Start Date Chapter Percentage 文庫ページ Week 5 Feb 28 stop when you see 明瞭で淀みのない調子で店内を流れていく 32% 192 Week 6 Mar 7 stop when you see chapter 7 37% 224 Week 8 Mar 14 stop when you see chapter 8 43% 261 Week 9 Mar 28 stop when you see chapter 9 5…

Oh perfect, thank you! I’ll edit my post so that I can just copy it for the upcoming weeks :folded_hands:

Sorry for the delay on this, I forgot to post it last night! Week 5 :butter: :cooked_rice:

No prob. Could you update the schedule in this top thread as well please? It still has the 12-week schedule.

Done. Old schedule is now under a drop down as well.

I‘m missing the „I haven’t reached this part yet“ answer in the participation polls :smiling_face_with_tear: I swear I’m still reading, just still stuck in Week 2 :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes:

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