December 5, Friday
I’m so happy you all like the new reading notes and tracking format!! 
I feel like I will remember this comment the first time that I see that happen! So thanks. 
Tsundoku Update!
Last time I had reached 18 points … Well, today I reduced it to -2!
Yup, I acquired the two murder mysteries for which I have been preparing by reading あなたも殺人犯になれる! It’s going to be a while before the club reads them, but that’s okay because they are (probably) both over level 30. Reassuringly, when I flipped through them they had lots of normal recognizable words, even though they are over level 30. 
あなたも殺人犯になれる！ tracking
| date | time | pages | minutes/page | vocabulary | notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 30 | 58 | 18 | 3.4 | 一同、白状、凄まじい、仰天、うずくまる、ただごと、度胸、軒下、音を上げる、却って、神妙、カッカする、同調、野次る、潜む、勇敢、遺言状、防衛、渋々 | forgot to say last time - there were a couple moments that made me laugh out loud during this reading session! |
| Nov 30 | 30 | 8 | 3.75 | 引金、愕然、しぶとい、風変わり、降参、たしなめる、つのる、保養所、山荘、先手を打つ | creepyyyy! |
| Dec 1 | 31.5 | 8 | 3.9 | ナムアミダブツ、冥福、取っ組み合い、危うく、同情、言いがかり、~だの~だの、皮肉る (I didn’t know you could make this into a verb!)、けりをつける、照明器、うぬぼれる、思いやり、堅実、見込み、面食らう、唐突、ふさわしい、いささか | gah! so many vocabs! I guess partly because this was the first time there was an on-page corpse? there were also a lot of readings I’m not used to or haven’t seen before in this chapter. |
| Dec 1 | 36 | 12 | 3.3 | 土砂、もろとも、ためらう、もろい、およしなさい、淡々、言い張る、むきになる、逆巻く、恐れ入ります、インチキ、形式、養成、無謀 | a few leeches, a few new expressions. the story is turning up the heat again! I can’t keep reading right now, but I want to know what happens! |
| Dec 2 | 21 | 6 | 4.2 | 手一杯、孤立、逃亡中、動機、殺伐、ミシミシ、そばから、悲壮、ガウン、備え付ける、冴える、潜む | |
| Dec 2 | 34.5 | 7 | 4.9 | 色仕掛け、研修、後ろめたい、探偵、ざる得ない、犯人、連帯感、ばったり、詰る(なじる)、遠大、留置場、賛同、第三者 | yes, you read that right … 犯人 and 探偵 were new to me.  okay, 犯人 wasn’t completely new, I just temporarily couldn’t remember the reading, and when I looked it up in my dictionary I hadn’t marked it seen yet! maybe because I actually never needed to check the reading before, lol. |
| Dec 2 | 34.5 | 10 | 3.45 | ついていける、ダブる、心残り、たしなめる、脈 (meaning pulse)、プラス思考、亭主、踏みにじる、道義的責任、やけ気味、寝たきり、やしない、もだえる、きしむ、未明、もろに | it’s happeniiiiing!!! (this chapter (19) was exciting.) oh wow, I was just like “19? that sounds like a lot…” and suddenly realized I am more than halfway through the book! I’m not sure I’ve ever lost track of how far through a book I was in Japanese before! thank you 赤川次郎先生  |
| Dec 2 | 17 | 6 | 2.8 | 奪い合う、とあって、大それた、ふくれっつら、大の字、いばる | |
| Dec 5 | 35 | 9 | 3.9 | 訴える (leech)、野放し、無にする、むくれる、紛れ込む、猿ぐつわをかます、くくりつける、二枚目、自他ともに認める、すぼめる | needed a break for a couple days, now I’m back. was a bit unclear on what was going on in the first two pages of this chapter, but just sailed on past it. |
| Dec 5 | 32 | 9 | 4 | 紅潮、鎌、果せる、動じる、声はすれども姿は見えず、正当防衛、目にかかる、すぐれない、代表、裏打ち | |
| Dec 5 | 22 | 6 | 3.7 | しびれる、至って、落葉 (not used to seeing it without okurigana)、排水、溝、やりきれない (I remembered it this time!)、使いものにならない、波打つ | guh, I want to know what happened with さつき! |
