Intermediate Japanese Book Club Welcome to our Japanese book club! In this club we choose a Japanese book, read it together, and discuss what we’ve read. It could be meaningful discussion on the content, questions about vocabulary and grammar that confuse us, or just motivating each other to keep mo…

Not a fluke; it’s just that I’m no longer a regular (and also not the owner of the OP) so I am always dependent on some regular to come along and change it. So: Thanks a lot!

We could get a mod to change ownership of the OP to you if you’re interested in that.

I thought about this a couple of times, but every time I thought “who knows for how long I will keep running this club” :sweat_smile: So I guess it’s about time :rofl: @Mods could you please make me the owner of this thread’s OP? And also the owner of the Advanced Book Club’s OP: Advanced Japanese…

Done for both! You are now owner of both threads. Seeing as the previous owners are very significantly gone, it seems fine to me. Enjoy the book clubs, everyone!

Thank you :smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

If you’re looking for something easier to read, or you’re a fan of Moomin, the Children’s Novel Club is now voting on the next pick! [image] [Now Voting!] Children's Novel Club // Reading Now: Ghost Story in the Library 図書室の怪談 Book Clubs Voting time, what a ha…

[image] MichaelR: Done for both! You are now owner of both threads. Wow who knew such things were possible! Perhaps setting a precedent for the future running of these clubs. It was a pain when I was running the absolute beginners book club and had to ask a regular every time I wanted to upda…

[image] Micki: Also, at some point we need an extension to the date the thread will automatically close. Isn’t it “One year after the last reply”? Or is there another mechanism?

I think it’s on a ten year countdown from when the thread was set up.

Yah, the fact that it’s a year left until it closes makes it look like the default of “a year after last reply”, but those threads actually say “This topic will close a year after the last reply.” It’s ten years after this particular board was changed to having ten-year threads, though (the thread i…

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