Natively uses the same forum software as WK so the mechanics of the book clubs are basically the same. (Over there we can tag the threads as well so they can be found more easily, but that‘s just a minor detail).
I will check whether people are interested in such a club over there and report back.
And we have a winner!
お探し物は図書室まで
We will read it from May 31st.
@2000kanji would you like to run the club for it?
Yes, I am willing to run it.
Very glad 青山美智子 books are getting some love! First the 木曜日にはココアを club on natively, now here as well!
This went onto my PTR ![]()
Excellent! If you have any questions about the club mechanics, please feel free to ask ![]()
Congratulations to the winner! ![]()
If anyone isn’t planning to read お探し物, (or has extra reading time) and is interested in joining, I’ve set up an 小川洋子 book club over on Natively, and we’ll be reading ミーナの行進 there.
As this will be the first book reading that I am running, I encourage everybody to notify me when I am doing something in a non-orthodox way or omitting something which should usually be there.
よろしくお願いします 。
Here is the home thread for the next pick:
怪人二十面相 wasn’t too far behind! Maybe next time!

Well, there’s another book to add to my ‘to be read’ list. I think I’m fully booked up for the next 3 years.
The Beginner Light Novel Club on Natively is currently voting, and despite the name the difficulty and speed is usually not actually that different to our Intermediate Book Club here.
Amongst other lovely entries you might also find a certain cat adventurer book in there, also nominated by yours truly! So if any of you are still interested in reading it soon despite it not winning here… ![]()
Say no more
Hey all! The current book club figued that they might want to remove the last week from the schedule because it just contains some additional info that doesn’t seem that interesting or relevant.
Which opens up the question to those waiting to read お探し物は図書室まで :
If we started a week earlier, i.e. on May 24th, what would that mean to you?
- I am ready, let’s go!
- I am still waiting for my book and need the additional week
- I have other things going on and cannot participate if we move the start forward
- Something else (please explain)
Thank you!
I may not be able to get the ebook since my Amazon japan seems to be blocked now. Plus I am quite behind on the current book club book, so it doesn’t make sense to delay the start of the next book on my account.
And it won! I’d love to see some of you over there!
@'s for those who voted for it here and might not have seen it on the Natively forum yet - feel free to ignore, sorry for the ping if you’re not interested anymore!
I voted for it because it looks cute and fun - but it may be above my pay grade for now. I literally just finished my first novel (kikis) and it took me forever haha. Thanks for the heads up though!
The long two weeks interval between the preceding and the new IBC-book is finally over. We start the new book now! (Can someone please change the thread title here? Thanks)
Welcome to the new IBC book!
I have somehow ended up reading both. I do not the time or the ability to do this technically.
Edited for typo.
Hey! I’ve made a book club for lower level children’s novels, if anyone would like to check that out: