This seems like a good way to keep myself progressing. Like many others here I don’t have summer free, so I’m just setting small daily goals (and perhaps some more ambitious goals for the 2-month duration).
Goals
- Read at least 5 pages of manga (with text) each day (aiming for 75% completion rate by end of July).
- Keep up with book club reading each week.
Finish ふかぼく by end of June and ナルト by end of July.
Currently reading
ハイキュー！！（４）| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
僕のヒーローアカデミア（１）| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
赤髪の白雪姫（１）| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | side story? |
君の名は - 4.6 % (11 / 240)
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Completed Books
不可解なぼくのすべてを（１）
ナルト（２）
からかい上手の高木さん（１）(book club)
進撃の巨人（１）
日常（１）(book club)
明日、私は誰かのカノジョ（１）
トニカクカワイイ（１）
ナルト（３）
ハイキュー！！（３） (book club)
ホリミヤ（１）
Days read
June
| 日 | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 |
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
| | | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 |
| 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 |
| 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | | | |
July
| 日 | 月 | 火 | 水 | 木 | 金 | 土 |
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
| | | | | 01 | 02 | 03 |
| 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 |
| 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
| 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 |
June 1st Update
And we’re starting off with low motivation. I only managed to read today because I decided to commit myself to this challenge, so I’m really grateful that @Redglare posted. I read through 18 pages of 進撃の巨人 (most of which were text-free, or only had one sentence worth of text). Something is better than nothing though.
I remember when I first started approaching books more difficult than ABBC level. I started with ハイキュー！！and could only read one page 3 times a week before my reading energy for the week ran out. This was back last October. I’ve come a long way since then (can usually do 10 pages a day 5 times a week if I’m feeling motivated), so I’m excited to get to a point where I can read hundreds of pages a week easily.
Other Reading Goals
I realize this post is for Japanese daily reading, but I also do want to get back to reading in English regularly as well. This is a good place to keep track of that, so feel free to ignore this. I expect to power through these much faster than the Japanese books, but we’re aiming for about 30 pages a day to set a slow and steady pace (especially with how long the first three are…).
Books
- Words of Radiance
- Oathbringer
- Rhythm of War
- Lies of Locke Lamora
- Prince of Thorns
- The Name of the Wind