# Intermediate Japanese Book Club // Now Reading: 人質の朗読会 // Next: すずめの戸締り **URL:** \ **Category:** Book Clubs\ **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 2:34pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908 "2017-07-14T14:34:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2957
**Author:** ![Sylph](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/sylph/32/36171_2.png) [@Sylph](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Sylph)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2019, 6:16pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908/2957 "2019-08-07T18:16:00Z")
# 氷菓 ## Summary > **Japanese** > > いつのまにか密室になった教室。毎週必ず借り出される本。あるはずの文集をないと言い張る少年。そして『氷菓』という題名の文集に秘められた三十三年前の真実―。何事にも積極的には関わろうとしない“省エネ”少年・折木奉太郎は、なりゆきで入部した古典部の仲間に依頼され、日常に潜む不思議な謎を次々と解き明かしていくことに。さわやかで、ちょっぴりほろ苦い青春ミステリ登場! > **English** > > (Translation from fandom page) > A classroom that unexpectedly becomes a locked room. A book that is borrowed every week without fail. A boy who insists that there shouldn’t be an anthology. And an anthology entitled " _Hyouka_ " that hides the truth from thirty years into the past. Houtarou Oreki, an “energy-saving” boy who is seemingly unmoved by anything, due to a series of events, slowly brings interesting mysteries hidden from the ordinary into light with the help of his friends from the Classics Club. ## Availability [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E6%B0%B7%E8%8F%93-%E8%A7%92%E5%B7%9D%E6%96%87%E5%BA%AB-%E7%B1%B3%E6%BE%A4-%E7%A9%82%E4%BF%A1/dp/4044271011) [Ebookjapan](https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/162198/A000128269/) [Bookwalker](https://bookwalker.jp/deff0b1f05-318a-48cd-8f65-70b1cbbf5386/) ## Personal Opinion This book was mentioned before in the forums, and after checking out the (very short) first chapter I thought it seemed interesting. I think reading a mistery novel would be an good option for the bookclub. It’s a genre that we haven’t explored yet and it could be fun sharing theories with the others as the reading advances. ### Pros and Cons for the Book Club #### Pros - Not too long at 224 pages - Different genre than previous selections - Names appear to have furigana #### Cons - Another story concerning a high school club - Some people might find the concept boring - If the people reading are too smart with their theories they may accidentally ruin the book for you ## Pictures > **First Three Pages of Chapter One** > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/e/d/3/ed3440df234934ae866e15c8d908f10c90a6cd49.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/1/1/1/111e0f1605e6e040cb731ef1f5329fff5f7da2ed.png) > (Chapter one doesn’t even have 3 pages) > **Additional Pages** > > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/7/a/d/7ade508b79029f1f4da0b96c362210314081f421.png) ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/c/d/9/cd9be5d1fb5e5d4f9de0523ba105c90fab6bd1f5.png) > ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/8/0/5/805fed78678e984deacfbbb9e5acdbfa28513195.png) ## Difficulty Poll How much effort would you need to read this book? _Poll ([view on site](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908/2957))_ --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wanikani.com/t/intermediate-japanese-book-club-now-reading-%E4%BA%BA%E8%B3%AA%E3%81%AE%E6%9C%97%E8%AA%AD%E4%BC%9A-next-%E3%81%99%E3%81%9A%E3%82%81%E3%81%AE%E6%88%B8%E7%B7%A0%E3%82%8A/18908)._