Just finished reading のんのんびより through the free link (just before the deadline too 
) with some feel good music in the background and a nice pot of tea.
Also, I used my computer to read, which fixed most of the problems I had with the reader.
I have to say that was a very pleasant experience 
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Oooh, now I’m even more excited!
I feel like we need the のんのんびより home thread to exist already…
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I was gonna create it today or tomorrow now that we have the schedule. 
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How many words did you look up this time?
Maybe I’m just blind… but where can I read it for free?
It’s free to read through today 
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thank you! And I’ll see what I can get through before I run to Kunikinoya. 
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Me too! (But from right to left because Japanese!)
Plus Aria the Masterpiece volume 1 and ご注文はうさぎですか volume 2 which aren’t there since I’m reading them now.
Yours is better lit that mine though.
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That’s only because I study in my studio, which requires tons of bright light. Other parts of the house are too dim, and that makes it hard to decipher tiny kanji.
I’m pretty sure every Japanese bookshop I’ve ever walked into has the books sorted left-to-right. Though to be entirely fair, I’ve only walked into three Japanese bookshops, and I’m not completely sure I didn’t just fail to notice how they were sorted (which may explain why I’ve always had trouble finding anything).
Since we’re comparing collections, here’s mine: 
Though, while we’re still being entirely fair, only about half of the top-left shelf in the first photo are in Japanese. The rest are English. It’ll be a bit more than half once I work out how to squeeze my Arias in…
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It felt weird having them left to right because the front covers are on the left side.
EDIT: @Belthazar How much of the Japanese books have you actually read? I have a few in English, including Orange, Planetes (haven’t read it yet), and Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (the greatest edition of a manga ever).
Uhhh… no comment.
I kinda don’t like how all the sfx have been relegated to the back of the book, but it is nice how they’ve included all the extras that were in the Japanese version (but were omitted from the first English edition). Say what you will about the purity of the artwork, but I found it much more absorbing when the sound effects were actually translated and typeset into the panels.
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Aw, I want to get in on the fun!
I’m trying to keep a manageable corner of things I’m planning to read anytime soon.
And my specialty is slice-of-life.
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@Belthazar Haha I’m not surprised. That would be a lot to read.
I’d probably mostly ignore them anyway. 
@natsu-leaf You have something from ひぐらしのなく頃に? That was originally a visual novel, so what is it?
@seanblue Yeah, I’m a big fan of the visual novel (aside from slice-of-life I really like things like Higurashi/Umineko/Zero Escape series) and I bought one volume of the light novel adaptation for the hell of it. I can’t say I’m confident enough to read it right now.
Ooo. What’s that GA Art Design Works Core Curriculum? I loved GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class (actually, I’m loving anything by Kiyuzuki-sensei, including Shoulder-a-Coffin Kuro, which I notice you also have) and was a bit sad when it ended.
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@Belthazar Yessss!!! It’s an artbook. I also love Kiyuzuki-sensei, particularly her coloring style as both series have matured. Actually, my English volumes of GA are obscured by the book pile in the front.
I just recently bought the Kuro book (in my のんのんびより shipment) after deciding I want to slowly acquire the series for the art alone (one day I’ll be able to read it, too). I read volumes 1 and 2 in English a while back.
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That’s nowhere near my entire collection, just things I intend to read in book clubs over the next few months!
For the most part, I have one shelf dedicated to Japanese that is two rows deep. I’ll try to grab a photo of that soon. I tend to pick up anything that looks semi-interesting that I find in used bookstores (which is very limited since I’m not in Japan).
I’ve tried organizing series right to left in the past, but it never felt right. So I’m content with left to right.
ummm… looks like I need some bookshelf space. 
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