Welcome to the Children’s Novel Club! Now Reading: 帰命寺横丁の夏 / Temple Alley Summer [17563486818154255132331787569055] What’s this? This is a book club for novels aimed at older children, known as ‘middle-grade’ novels in the English publishing world. We’ll read books together and comment on the stor…

Please run it. This is my first time joining an official bookclub. :flushed_face:

I gotchu! I’ll get the home thread up later today.

[image] catwithcookiesandtea: Please run it. This is my first time joining an official bookclub. :flushed_face: if you run it… soggy might pass you an extra :cookie:

Home thread is up, be sure to vote in the start date poll! [image] comet Home Thread for Comet in Moominvalley / ムーミン谷の彗星 || Children's Novel Club Book Clubs Welcome to the second Children’s Novel Club pick: Comet in Moominvalley / ムーミン谷の彗星! <a name="p-2982967-start-date-pollhttpscommunitywanikanicomthome-thread-for-comet-in-moominvalley-e383a0e383bce3839fe383b3e8b0b7e381aee5bd97e6989f-childrens-novel-club733082usoggyboy-2" class="anchor" href="#p-2982967-start-date-pollhttpscommunitywanikanicomthome-thread-for-comet-in-moominvalley-e383a0e383bce3839fe383b3e8b0b7e381aee5bd97e6989f-childrens-novel-club733082usoggyboy-2" aria-label="Heading link"> Start date poll po…

Moomin only has a few weeks left, so we’ll be holding a vote for our next book on May 9th. Feel free to nominate more books before the vote!

[image] 四つ子ぐらし 1 ひみつの姉妹生活、スタート! | L21 Book, Difficulty: Level 21 (Intermediate, ~JLPT N3) Available formats: physical / ebook / audiobook / full furigana ▶ Summary - Japanese ▶ Summary - English Reason(s) for nominating: ▶ This review from Biblio on Natively I…

[image] MaraVos: Summary - English: For twelve years I thought I was a sixth grader in elementary school ▶ I asked ChatGPT to take a stab at it.

Oh, woops, I just copied from Natively :sweat_smile: without realizing that the summary translation was kind of messed up. I’ll switch it out for yours. Thank you!!

Voting time, what a happy time! You there! Have you cast your vote for the :star: Children’s Novel Club :star: yet? Well, now’s your chance! You will have :high_voltage: unlimited votes :high_voltage: so vote for anything and everything you would like to read. The poll closes PROMPTLY on 2026-05-…

Entering the final two days of voting, we’ve got a neck-and-neck race between Natsume’s Book of Friends and Kimyouji Yokochou Summer! Per the club’s tie rules, if both picks tie, Natsume’s Book of Friends will win by default due to being the older nomination (by three days :joy:).

[Nominations open!] Children's Novel Club // Now Reading: 帰命寺横丁の夏

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It’s not completely finished yet, but there are polls galore!

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:comet: Home Thread for Comet in Moominvalley / ムーミン谷の彗星 \|\| Children's Novel Club Book Clubs	43	1129	May 31, 2026
:shinto_shrine: Home Thread for 帰命寺横丁の夏 / Temple Alley Summer \|\| Children's Novel Club Book Clubs	37	886	October 2, 2026
:comet: Week 1 \| ムーミン谷の彗星 \| Children's Novel Club Book Clubs	17	287	March 8, 2026
The Intermediate Manga Club (IMC) // Reading next: 名探偵コナン Book Clubs	1188	60491	September 27, 2026
Advanced Japanese Book Club // Now reading: さわらびの譜・Next: - Book Clubs	1274	114399	October 9, 2026

[Nominations open!] Children's Novel Club // Now Reading: 帰命寺横丁の夏

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