📚📚 Read every day challenge - Spring 2023 🌸🌷🌼

Japanese Language Reading
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Currently Reading: Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol. 5
Currently Playing: Atelier Sophie DX

Book Stats
Date Finished Book Total Unknown # Aquired # to Study
Feb 2023 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol. 1 300 66 63
Feb 2023 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol. 2 212 40 49
4/3/23 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol. 3
4/23/23 Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol. 4

March Log
Day Time Pages
3/27 1 hour 15
3/28 65 min 17
3/29 30 min 9
3/30 65 min 18
3/31 40 min 10

April Log
Day Time Pages
4/1 23 min 7
4/2 45 min 16
4/3 45 min 14
4/4 65 min 19
4/5 30 min 7
4/6 70 min 16
4/7 0 0
4/8 30 min 5
4/9 20 min 3
4/10 65 min 18
4/11 45 min 11
4/12 55 min 14
4/13 1 hour 17
4/14 90 min 23
4/15 75 min 24
4/16 0 min 0
4/17 30 min 9
4/18 70 min 19
4/19 60 min 20
4/20 55 min 18
4/21 20 min 7
4/22 1 hour 16
4/23 75 min 21
4/24 25 min 8
4/25 45 min 11
4/26 20 min 3
4/27 75 min 22
4/28 1 hour 12
4/29 20 min 5
4/30 50 min 13
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May Log
  • took a week off to focus on final exams
Day Time Pages
5/9 30 min 9
5/10 15 min 4
5/11 20 min 6
5/12 1 hour ?
5/13 20 min 5
5/14 0 min 0
5/15 15 min ?
5/16 55 min 9
5/17 20 min 6
5/18 0 min 0
5/19 75 min ?
5/26 30 min ?
5/27 10 min ?
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Grammar off-topic

That sounds good! I did formal grammar study in the past until about 1/3 of Tobira (ish), but after that I’ve been getting all my grammar from immersion. I thought it was about time I actually read up on grammar properly again because while I am learning a lot of grammar just consuming things, I also like to understand why things are built the way they are, I feel like it gives me a bit more nuance and understanding of it as a whole.

I’m at a point where I can thankfully consult native resources at long last and a few months back I got the Japanese version of 日本語文型辞典 (Handbook of Japanese Grammar Patterns), it’s what I use when I encounter something I’d like to consult and it’s been great so far, but at the same time it’s not a resource I would use like an ordered guide or a textbook, so that’s why I thought Imabi would be good for that because it has a huge amount of content ordered by language knowledge. There is still a lot I don’t know and would like to learn in a more structured manner, especially in the advanced and classical sections because for some reason the content I’m interested in tends to use a fair amount of that (looking at you, fantasy RPGs and so on) :joy: .

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:star: Wildstars Home Post :cat:

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Well, let´s try this again. Last time the year started and I went to the hospital for surgery almost immediatly which made me miss some days and as always, when I miss a day on something I want to do daily my motivation drops to rock bottom and it´s super hard to get back on track. Also failed on the part where I wanted to finish some stuff before I bought more, at least I will never have to worry about a lack of reading material.

My Natively Profile

Reading List :books::
ルリドラゴン 1
ハピネス 2 - 10
くノ一ツバキの胸の内 1 - 7
ふらいんぐうぃっち 1 - 10
キメツ学園! 1 - 3
よつばと! 1 - 3

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i’m excited to take part in this read every day challenge!!
here are my Natively and study log

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Reading:
ルリドラゴン (with the book club)
ハピネス
小さな森のオオカミちゃん (with the book club)
i’ll probably add to this list if i find myself going too fast!

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I will once again join this challenge. My backlog is still gigantic but it is slowly decreasing. There is enough to read for the next ten challenges. :joy:

This challenge I will probably play more video games and visual novels so you can expect me posting lots of cute pictures.

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:sparkles::cherry_blossom: Axazel’s Home Post :cherry_blossom::sparkles:

:closed_book: My Approach

I’ll be tackling my 読解 textbook for the JLPT N2 exam through this challenge!

It’s not very sexy reading material, but checking the box each day and sharing new words and grammar with you all here will be so much more fulfilling than doing it by my lonesome. :durtle_noice:

:green_book: My Calendar

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:blue_book: Master Lists for Review

Words

Expressions
協力を仰がねばならない

Connector words
いわゆる - so-called
もしくは - otherwise; or
おのずと - naturally

Vocab
頂けない - unacceptable
しばしば
消極的 - Half-hearted, unmotivated
思考
適切
起業
理念
重視
知名度
不特定多数

Verbs
嘆く
い・ゆきすぎる （行きすぎる）
しょげる

New Kanji
賑わす - (にぎわす) to enliven, make prosperous.
色褪せる - (いろあせる) to fade (colour), loose freshness.

Forgotten Kanji
自勢
割
施設

Grammar

よほど＿＿＿でない限り - As long as___isn’t the case
のではあるまいか

:orange_book: My History

I’ve had the pleasure to be a part of 4 previous reading challenges!

:sunny: Summer ‘21
:maple_leaf: Fall ‘21
:cherry_blossom: Spring ‘22
:beach_umbrella: Summer ‘22

Also, here is a link to my (neglected) Bookmeter!

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I’m not a frequent poster but I would definitely like to keep up with this challenge. Seems like everyone is motivated :wink:

Looking at taking the N3 end of this year. I have been learning for around 2 years.

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Hello everyone!! I’m so excited to be back :sparkles: Thank you so much for hosting @windupbird

I’m excited I won’t be the only one working on study materials. Also, mad respect to everyone coming from the winter reading challenge.

This is literally my favourite group/thread/event in all of the WK forums :sob: Everyone is always so kind, and it’s wildly encouraging to see everyone checking in each day!

:cherry_blossom: Wishing you all the best of luck in getting a check in each day :cherry_blossom:

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Gonna join again. March has been great so far. Been doing a lot more than previously and more consistent, too. Want to keep that up at least.

Currently reading 僕が愛したすべての君へ with the book club and 水たまりで息をする which I wanted to finish by the end of march but I’ve been listening/watching a bit more so that took away some time. Hope I’ll finish within the first week of april.

Currently no manga, haven’t decided yet which one to read, but I’m kind of I’m trying to read more novels anyway so might try to focus on that more.

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Never been good with consistancy, but I’ll try my best!
頑張りましょう！

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:open_book: Mitrac’s study log :microscope:

:cherry_blossom: Mitrac’s Spring 2023 reading challenge home :cherry_blossom:

Reading:

十分で読める伝記 に年生 (Biographies you can read in 10 minutes) (Book club)

  • :bulb: [finished!] エジソン Thomas Edison
  • :radioactive: マリ・キュリー Marie Curie

:strawberry: ジャム屋さん Jam Maker on Satori (how I use Satori)
森 ちいさな森のオオカミちゃん ・ The Wolf of the Small Forest (Book club)
:open_book: Japanisch im Sauseschritt IIIA (Japanese for busy people III), Genki
:heart: handwritten correspondence (from Japanese friend)
:tiger: 新レインボー国語辞典 (New Rainbow Elementary Japanese Dictionary)
:date: Pages from a calendar that has a page a day Japanese
:microscope: なぜ？どうして？に年生 Science stories for second graders (Book club)

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:strawberry: :strawberry:
:strawberry: :strawberry::bulb: :heart: :strawberry: :tiger: :tiger: :strawberry::bulb: :microscope: :strawberry::bulb:
:strawberry: (:bulb:) :date: :open_book: :strawberry: :strawberry: :strawberry: :open_book: :strawberry: :open_book:
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:strawberry: :strawberry: :open_book: :strawberry: :strawberry: :radioactive: :strawberry: :radioactive: :strawberry:
:radioactive: :strawberry: :radioactive: :strawberry:森 :strawberry: :radioactive: :open_book: :strawberry: 森 森 :strawberry: :microscope: :strawberry:
:radioactive: :strawberry: :strawberry: :strawberry: :strawberry:森 森 森 森:strawberry::bulb:
:strawberry: :strawberry:森 :strawberry: :radioactive: :open_book: :strawberry:森 :strawberry: :radioactive: :strawberry: :strawberry:
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:cherry_blossom: Hanpt2’s Home (´▽`)ノ.｡.༓:*☆. :cherry_blossom:

This is my first time joining any WK challenge or book club while it’s actually happening, so I’m excited! よろしく！

Methodology

Instead of going cover-to-cover on one title at a time, I’m going to read as much of whatever takes my fancy that day. My learning philosophy has always been to follow my nose, so I’m going to do that in this challenge too. Hopefully this strategy will help me stay consistent and avoid burnout!

Chainsaw Man is the only title I’m not reading in order, since I have physical copies of the manga and I enjoy being able to jump around. Other than that, I’m plodding a page at a time :slight_smile:

Reading List
Key Title Progress
:guide_dog: チェンソーマン :closed_book::closed_book::page_facing_up::page_facing_up::page_facing_up::page_facing_up:
:dragon_face: ルリドラゴン
:zap: ハンター x ハンター
:flower_playing_cards: 呪術廻戦

＊:closed_book: chapters :page_facing_up: pages


Trackers

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This year, I plan to finish at least one (non-book-club) novel every challenge, which, as I’m reading through all three months before the next starts, should be more than doable. Last challenge, I finished two, one which I’d started with a book club but decided to read on my own, and one which I’d started last year.

The novels I’m reading on my own that I already have started going into this challenge are:
・空への助走 福蜂工業高校運動部 by 壁井ユカコ
・ステージ・オブ・ザ・グラウンド by 蒼山サぐ
・青春サプリ。自分がここにいる理由
・透き通った風が吹いて by あさのあつこ

Ideally, I’d like to finish at least one of those during these three months, regardless of whether I finish any others.

The other novels I have started/start during the challenge:
・おばちゃんたちのいるところ by 松田青子 (book club)
・夜カフェ４ by 倉橋燿子 (book club)
・四畳半神話大系 by 森見登美彦 (book club)
・サマーサイダー by 壁井ユカコ
・花馨る雨の名を by 千島千鳥
・ステップファザー・ステップ by 宮部みゆき
・２．４３ 清陰高校男子バレー部 代表決定戦編② by 壁井ユカコ

I had 風が強く吹いている on here last challenge, but as I didn’t get very far before getting distracted and with there being a possibility of a club forming for it, I’ve decided to hold off on it.

I’m also reading 夢十夜 with that club, but as I’m only planning on reading 夢十夜 itself and not also the other stories included in the 海王社文庫 edition just yet, I’m not including it here as I did with the other short story collections.

bookmeter

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読んだ本

漫画:
・那多ここね - 先生もネット世代①
・那多ここね - 先生もネット世代②
・CLAMP - xxxHOLiC④
・椿いづみ - 月刊少女野崎くん②
・CLAMP - xxxHOLiC⑤
・大島司 - アタック!!⑤
・CLAMP - xxxHOLiC⑥
・つきや - 組長娘と世話係①
・つきや - 組長娘と世話係②
・つきや - 組長娘と世話係③
・大島司 - アタック!!⑥
・秀良子 - リンゴに蜂蜜
・大島司 - アタック!!⑦
・大島司 - アタック‼︎⑧
・文乃ゆき - ひだまりが聴こえる
・大島司 - アタック‼︎⑨
・大島司 - アタック!!⑩
・大島司 - アタック!!⑪
・チョコドーナツ - 友人が勇者
・みか - 君には届かない。①
・みか - 君には届かない。②
・みか - 君には届かない。③
・みか - 君には届かない。④
・みか - 君には届かない。⑤
・みか - 君には届かない。⑥
・みか - 君には届かない。⑦
・豊田悠 - パパと親父のウチご飯①
＊遠藤達哉 - SPY×FAMILY⑥
＊佐岸左岸 - オールドファッションカップケーキ
＊蛇龍どくろ - SUGAR MILK
＊佐岸左岸 - オールドファッションカップケーキ with カプチーノ
＊腰乃 - 部活の後輩に迫られています
＊嶋二 - みずいろの町まで
＊basso - となりに
＊CLAMP - xxxHOLiC⑦
＊漆原友紀 - 蟲師 特別編 日蝕む翳

小説:
・壁井ユカコ - サマーサイダー
＊あさのあつこ - 透き通った風が吹いて
＊千島千鳥 - 花馨る雨の名を
＊倉橋燿子 - 夜カフェ④

Satori Reader:
・占い師・藤鬼

英語で:
・Diane Duane - So You Want to Be a Wizard
・Diana Wynne Jones - Howl’s Moving Castle
・Shaun David Hutchinson - At the Edge of the Universe
・Sarah Hawley - A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon
＊Ngozi Ukazu - Check, Please!: Madison
＊V.E. Schwab - The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

その他:

観たもの

日本語字幕付き:

英語字幕付き:
・竜とそばかすの姫

字幕なし:
・オールドファッションカップケーキ
・おおきく振りかぶって

Previous challenges:
:books::books: Spring 2022 :cherry_blossom: :seedling:
:books::books: Summer 2022 :beach_umbrella::sunny:
:books::books: Autumn 2022 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf:
:books::books: Winter 2023 :snowman_with_snow::snowflake:

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I have this goal for myself already, but having the accountability will probably help me actually achieve it! I have a lot of free time at work, so I try to use that time to get through all the NHKEasy articles and 10 pages of reading. I barely passed the N3 in December and I want to go for the N2 this December. Reading speed was very helpful for the N3(finished the reading section 25min early and got to check everything) and I’ve heard it is even more important for the N2, so I’m trying to get as much practice in as I can. However, I should also probably study in a way that isn’t reading, but that’s besides the point XD.

:closed_book: :orange_book: :green_book: :blue_book:Reading Materials:
:newspaper:NHKEasy-all articles
:magic_wand:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets-already part way through, try to read 10 pages a day
:cat2:夜は猫と一緒-rereading volume 2 and reading volume 3 (and maybe volume 4)
:mountain_snow:山と食欲と私-Another no furigana manga that is a little difficult to read now, but hopefully it gets easier!
:dragon: Way of the House Husband
More manga-will add if I get around to reading it

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10 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 11 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 12 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 13 :newspaper: 14 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 15 :cat2: 16 :x:
17 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 18 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 19 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 20 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 21 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 22 :newspaper: 23 :cat2:
24 :cat2: 25 :newspaper: :cat2: 26 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 27 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 28 :cat2: 29 :x: 30 :x:
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01 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 02 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 03 :ox: 04 :shinto_shrine: 05 :volcano: 06 :japanese_castle: 07 :flags:
08 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 09 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 10 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 11 :newspaper: 12 :newspaper: 13 :x: 14 :x:
15 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 16 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 17 :newspaper: :magic_wand: 18 :newspaper: 19 :newspaper: 20 :x: 21 :dragon:
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April 1st

Yesterday was a long day of hiking, car rides, and hanging out with friends. Left home at 6am and got home at nearly 11pm, but I still managed to get a couple pages of the hiking manga(shoved it in my bag because it was thematically appropriate lol) in while eating dinner at Sukiya (I am obsessed with their pudding these days). Technically speaking I read Japanese all the time since I live here and I need to for like road signs and stuff, so I’m going to limit myself to only books for this challenge XD.

April 3rd

Had a half day at work to get a bunch of reading done. Read 4 NHKEasy articles and pages 146-162 of Chamber of Secrets. Today is another day at work with little to do, so more reading time!

April 4th

Full day at work without much actual work to do, so I was reading throughout various meetings. Read pages 162-176 of Chamber of Secrets and four NHKEasy articles. I also translated the school lunch menu for the month and read the school lunch newsletter (definitely not 100% on the comprehension of that though).

Golden Week (May 3rd-7th)

While I did bring a book with me on vacation, I did zero reading. Please enjoy emojis to represent what I did those days. Nagano prefecture is AMAZING and I highly recommend everyone go check it out. I had a ton of fun and learned some new words: 新鮮(fresh)、コケ(moss)、内堀(inner moat)、外堀(outer moat).

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Ooh I love the idea of marking each day with what you read, it reminds me of all the fancy notion database things people do. Hope you don’t mind me stealing this if you do figure out how to do it :bowing_woman:t2:

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@queenofthegods and @hanpt2, the way I do it is that I replace with the emoji I use for what I read. To make the calendar neater before we start, I replace all with :white_medium_square:. So it becomes changing the squares to the right emoji(s).

So right now April looks like this for me:

And to show what it looks like when it starts getting filled in (from my fall challenge last year):

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(There is also a div for each weekday (on the title row and nowhere else) to make it centered in its column, but that isn’t necessary.)

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You can also center columns by placing a colon at the appropriate spot in the table’s second row:

To the Left In the Center To the Right
:arrow_backward: :arrow_up_down: :arrow_forward:

is created by

|To the Left|In the Center|To the Right|
| :- | :-: | -: |
| :arrow_backward: | :arrow_up_down: | :arrow_forward:|

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Cool. I didn’t know. I stole those divs from you last summer/fall. :joy:

At least I’m pretty sure I didn’t come up with that solution myself, I just freely copied from your study log when I switched over to this format. ^^

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Aaaah, my fault, sorry! Now I get what you mean. If you want to have the columns left-aligned (because of the numbers) but the title centered, then you need the div :+1:

The colons in the second row will left-align/center/right-align the whole column (title and contents) in the same way.

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Don’t be sorry! You taught us useful stuff! :smiley:

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