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The author of convenience store woman has a new book out - Earthlings. [image] Our critics’ favorite books published in 2020 As 2021 approaches, six Japan Times book reviewers look back on their top reads released in English this year. the book ‘breasts and …

As the current pick will be finished on Feb 5th, which means that the new book might start on Feb 13th, I think we should maybe run a poll soon(ish)? Currently, we are down to 10 nominations though, which gives room for more proposals - i.e. please check your shelves and suggest new books, anybody …

Let me try to propose a couple of items as well. First goes a book. コーヒーが冷めないうちに Summary ▶ Japanese ▶ English Availability <a href="https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%81%8C%E5%86%B7%E3%82%81%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AB-%E5%B7%9D%E5%8F%A3%E4%BF%8A%E5%92%8C/dp/4763135074/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_ja_JP=%E3%82%AB%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%8A&crid=34DVBDPU35IAS&dchild=1&keywords=%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%81%8C%E5%86%B7%E3%82%81%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AB+%E6%9C%AC&qid=1609607685&sprefix=%E3%82%B3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%92%E3%83%BC%E3%81%8C%E5%86%B7%E3%82%81%E3%81%AA%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%81%A1%E3%81%AB%2Caps%2C347&sr=8-1" rel="noopener nofollow ugc">Amazon eBook on BookLive , I think it should be available at other platforms as well. Personal Opinion I bought this book in passing, attracted by a “Bestseller” mark on its cov…

And my second proposal is a manga. I am not quite sure if it goes into BBC or IBC, my personal evaluation is still IBC. The reason is that the book contains not only the narration, but also comments and quizzes which take its difficulty to another level. However, if the majority evaluates it as BBC,…

[image] Kawazoe: Later on I learned that the book was translated into a handful of languages like English In a moment of amusing coincidence, I got an e-mail from Amazon yesterday to let me know that the English version is currently on sale. :slightly_smiling_face: [image] Kawazoe: And m…

yukinet: i really liked nichijou and this seems to be more or less the same. Well, it’s… it’s by the same guy.

yukinet: should i move this the bbc? It actually looks more like BBC material to me… What do the others think?

It’s definitely on par with other stuff from the beginner book club, especially recent picks. We could read it faster here, though. :woman_shrugging:

then i’m going to leave it here as i just nominated nichijou there!

I hope this is right - never done this before. :sweat_smile: Also I haven’t read this one, but I did buy it this past fall to put on my list. 小説言の葉の庭 Summary Japanese (from Amazon) 雨の朝、高校生の孝雄と、謎めいた年上の女性・雪野は出会った。雨と緑に彩られた一夏を描く青春小説。劇場アニメーション『言の葉の庭』を、監督自ら小説化。アニメにはなかった人物やエピソードを多数織り込んだ。 English On r…

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ekanek December 20, 2020, 3:34am 3810

The author of convenience store woman has a new book out - Earthlings.

the book ‘breasts and eggs’ has great reviews too. wonder if i should struggle through it in japanese or just buy the english version rightaway

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