Intermediate Japanese Book Club // Now Reading: セーラー服と機関銃

Night Market.

Poor Your Name. :joy:

I agree that reading two at the same time or committing to them back to back would be a bad idea.


I’ll be skipping Night Market, as I’m focused on 獣の奏者 and committed to reading a book on my own in the near future.

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I’ll be skipping Night Market because I don’t already have it, and can’t easily get it in the current circumstances…

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That’s a good point… I don’t know if I can easily get it either… :scream:

Hm, we could delay the next book further? But it’s hard to predict when things will get back to normal. :thinking:

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I guess everyone who’s been advocating for ebooks will have the last laugh.

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Good for those who can stand them.

BookOff also ships books so you could have it delivered during the lockdown.

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Oh! That’s a game changer!
Well, I guess we are back in business, then.

Ah, but wait, that doesn’t help people who aren’t in Japan :confused:

Alright, poll time then.

  • I have my copy of the next book
  • I do not have a copy, but can procure one
  • I do not have a copy, and cannot get one soon
  • I’m not planning to read that book with the club anyway

0 voters

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Just finished Kitchen, my first native Japanese book. Looking forward to reading this next one with you all. よろしくおねがいします!

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Well, it looks like I will be in charge of the next book, then. Except if @Iwasneverhere makes a last minute comeback to the forums?
Also, not that many people have voted on the schedule. I hope that means that people don’t mind either way, rather than meaning we will only have a handful of readers (not that it’s a bad thing, small groups can work well too).

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BTW I just noticed that Night Market is on sale at BookWalker until April 23rd - the reduced price is 385 Yen :joy_cat:

Feels like book club strikes again…

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While this is still being sorted out, can someone give me possible breaks in the book? Roughly every 10~15 pages if it’s too annoying to provide all of them…

7(first page),8,11,14,15,21,22,26,34,35,36,40,43,60,62,63,64,
65,66,67,68,69,70,71,73,74,78,79,82,83,84,85,86,87,90,91,93(夜市 end)

99,100,101,102,103(chapter end)
106,107,108,111,112,114,116,117,119,120,121,124(chapter end)
129(chapter end)
135,136,138,139,141,142,143,144,145(chapter end)
147,148,149,150,151,152,155,156,157(chapter end)
158,159,161,162,163,164,166,167,168,169,170,172,173,174,175,176(chapter end)
179(chapter end)
182(chapter end)
183,184,187,188,189,191,196,198,199(chapter end)
201,202,205,206,208,209,210(風の古道 end)

Here’s all of em. Guess I should edit it a bit :slight_smile: This is the paperback. Seems to be divided into two books.

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This is when you notice that the person selling the book and the one that propose it in the bookclub is the same person. Everything is linked.

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I’ll say. Why don’t you just list every page? :stuck_out_tongue:

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There’s a lot of breaks, 'kay? ^^

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Hahaha, nice try :wink: But although I proposed a lot of books recently, this one is not among them (I‘m not even planning to read it as I‘ve given up on horror by now…)

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Wow thank you! I’ll need to have a careful look at that list…
Does the main text start on page 7?

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the cycle of emotions when you are drowning in half-finished books and you see the book club is about to start a new one…

Expressed solely in emoji language because…

:open_mouth: :hushed: :astonished: :confused: :worried: :fearful: :cold_sweat: :scream: :rage: :hot_face: :money_mouth_face: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :moneybag: :turtle:

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That’s exactly what a guilty person would say. I suspect multi-account. Even multiple book sellers. The mystery is getting more clear by the day, :thinking: IT’S A TRAP

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