I started a new book today, 深夜特急！It’s a series of true travel stories, the first one being in India. It’s not easy to read, but I’m letting myself take it easy by reading slowly. 
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I’ve only had time to read for 20-30mins a day the last few days so just slowly progressing through NO. 6. Finished chapter 3 (out of 5) today - I think the issue with this being a fairly long light novel series is that it very much feels like it’s still just getting started even though I’m now over 60% of the way through. Guess I’ll just have to read all 9 haha.
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Day 40
August 4
- 文豪ストレイドッグス21 (2/2 ch91, 1/2 ch92)
It seems niche (all google results are stores, nothing describing the series itself) and the preview didn’t show much, but thanks for quenching my curiosity 
I was wondering if it’s something I’ve heard about, but apparently not
After I bought it on that sale (? it looks like the price is still ¥99) I was pleased to discover it has relatively low loc count on Kindle, but it’s also true that it’s just one volume of the series 
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Haha yeah, I’ll be interested to see how I feel once in finished it, if it feels like I’ve read a full book or just part of one. It definitely doesn’t feel like more than half way through at the moment - but I’ve also heard a few people saying that in general the pacing is different in Japanese novels so I guess that could also be it.
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Day 66: August 5th
What did I read?: 君には届かない Vol 2
How much did I read?: 117 pages (3 chapters plus some extras - finished the volume)
How long did it take me?: 2 hours 36 min
Aww, these sweetie pies <3 They both overthink things so much (I say as if I’m not also the world’s worst overthinker 
) Honestly though I think it’s really sweet that they both value their friendship so much that they’re both scared of doing anything that might jeopardize it. The little extras at the end were super cute :3
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Had the urge to read on Thursday, ended up finishing off Book 3 of 1Q84 (over 90 pages, 4hrs) and now I’m about 20% into Book 4. My eyes are killin me so I’ma take a break for now.
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Day 41
August 5
- 文豪ストレイドッグス21 (1/2 ch92 → 3/4 ch92) (it was a really thick fragment)
- 乙女ゲームの破滅フラグしかない悪役令嬢に転生してしまった…5 (62% → 64%)
I think I still read too little to have a strong opinion on this, but do you mean the “Japanese fiction is slower” version or “the important stuff happens in different places” version?
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I finished the first volume of それでも彼らは嘘をつく.
Already started the next manga (25 pages) イモリ２０１. It’s about a guy and he’s neighbor, a clumsy girl Inori, who managed to destroy the wall separating their rooms, during training.
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I mean the “important stuff happens in different places” version but it’s not like I have read enough to know at all haha. Have just seen a few people saying that.
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Day 67 
Satori Reader: Secret, Episode 21.
Today was officially going to be my first missed day, because I’ve been completely in the dumps after the second vaccine with high fever and no will nor drive to do anything at all the whole day. Luckily I’m already feeling better, the fever subsided for now and I could finally sneak in today’s episode. What a day, egh.
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Day 67: August 6th
What did I read?: 地縛少年 花子くん Vol 1 and 日本のお城
How much did I read?: 26 pages (1 chapter) and 2 pages (1 castle)
How long did it take me?: 1 hour 3 min and 32 min
Time for Hanako is once again a bit off, since I was vocab sheeting it up while reading (lol). Hopefully someone is actually using the vocab sheet xD (honestly though, even if not, the process of filling it out is weirdly soothing, so I don’t really mind doing it when I have the time and someone else has not already done it lol). The spirit world place inside the stair is super cool looking…
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If you’re looking for new inspirations on what to read after this challenge, and if you are able to keep up with a faster schedule, or want to read more difficult material, there’s the Advanced Book Club for you! We are currently voting for the next pick, and we will start reading it from Sept 18th. Hop right in if you’re interested 
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Haven’t been in for couple days here, I’m still reading Forbidden Scrollery(3) every day(if bookmarks don’t lie I read 3+5+3 pages). Just finished chapter 14 today. Takagi tomorrow.
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Just read 50 more pages of イモリ２０１ manga. I am slowly getting used to reading manga in japanese, right now reading 50 manga pages a day is pretty easy. Of course I still don’t understand every sentence but I understand enough to follow the story line.
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Day 68
Satori Reader: Secret, Episode 22.
I’m having double thoughts about this series. Some episodes are pretty nice, and some others seem a bit boring. I’m not enjoying it overall as much as the others I’ve read before, but I still want to give it a chance to see if it gets progressively better.
@Aislin Perhaps this is the part that you told me about? Since you mentioned that even with that you liked the series, I’m sure it does indeed get better at some point ^^ .
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Day 68: August 7th
What did I read?: ふらいんぐうぃっち Vol 10
How much did I read?: 25 pages (1 chapter)
How long did it take me?: 29 min
Today was…less productive than I hoped. Basically, I started my morning thinking to myself, “I’m going to read lots today, I’m not going to waste the whole day watching old TV episodes on Hulu like I did yesterday.” I then proceeded to waste most of the day watching old TV episodes on Youtube (because, you know, that’s obviously not the same thing) and then, when I finally got around to reading, I started reading this English novel I haven’t touched in months instead of reading in Japanese. 
Why am I like this. Anyway, I managed to read this week’s Flying Witch, at least. I’m excited for the next chapter because the smol cat creatures have finally made an appearance and they’re so cute, I love them so much already :3
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Yes, it looks like our impressions are the same then 
I thought it begins later (around episode 40?) but I checked and yep, it’s that flashback I meant.
Day 42
August 6
- 乙女ゲームの破滅フラグしかない悪役令嬢に転生してしまった…5 (64% → 67%)
Day 43
August 7
- 乙女ゲームの破滅フラグしかない悪役令嬢に転生してしまった…5 (67% → 70%)
including 15 pages of manga between the chapters which I think Kindle is struggling to count properly. it’s fine when it’s either 100% text or 100% manga, but a mix is making it go
and it’s impossible to enlarge the images properly in this situation, which also annoys me
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Finished reading through Yotsuba volume 11, didn’t really have a chance to make an update post until now. It’s a really good volume, with lots of great panels and stories. Might even be my favorite of the bunch so far, although it’s hard to choose. Was also good to return to reading Yotsuba again and see how it compares with Polar Bear Café. Felt easier to read, so I can recommend switching it up now and then to see how much progress you made.
I’ll start reading volume 12 tomorrow.
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