Indeed we need a new thread.
I stopped reading manga for now I want to focus more on videogames and visual novels. Why? Because there is audio, playing them will not only improve my reading but also my listening skills at the same time. I am reading the visual novel ć¾ćć¦ć¤ right now. That one is rather long, it may take me months to finish it.
Should we start one for September - November Fall everyday reading challenge? Is everyone rested enough for a September start?? Hehehe
Still summer in September for the most part, but if people want a new thread then thatās fine as well.
Definitely! There is still more than a week for September to come so thereās still plenty of time to rest. Iām fine with starting the next challenge on September 1.
Iāve been wondering however, since we would be starting early (meaning still not being Autumn), do you still want to go with the seasonal titles? Iām thinking that perhaps if this is going to be a recurrent thread (personally I think that would be awesome), we could use some kind of ordering similar to the POLLs, i.e. 39th thread, 40th thread, and so on. Perhaps we could call it 2nd Edition, and so on? But on the other hand, this ordering might be less memorable than Autumn/Fall 2021, Iām not sure.
And on the other hand, we have the tiny issue of having New Years in the middle of the challenge, which personally is no issue for me, and itās even better to be started earlier because we all know most new year resolutions are never accomplished 
. Having already started a month before would give people a very good boost to start the year strong. But then, on the other hand, starting on New Years would be perfect ordering for the rest of the year. If we divide it by two months of work and one of rest, we would be done by the beginning of December and then start over again in January.
Perhaps we could also have a ārepositoryā thread with all the previous challenges and for general discussion, maybe even a bigger challenge log for our summary posts, but I donāt know what purpose that could serve ultimately, the discussion will happen in the challenge threads anyway. It could also track when future challenges start, etc.
Just random thoughts, what do you all peeps think? 
Sneaky edit: all of this, of course, supposing we have enough people interested to keep the whole thing going for a long time. It can also be halted and resumed anytime.
Should also make a post about what I read. Finished reading through Yotsuba volume 13. It was really good. As Yotsubaās granny stayed a few days and most of the stories revolved around her this volume. You can tell how important she is to Yotsuba. I liked how she has a Kansai accent and I noticed that pretty fast (before Ena mentions it at least). Yotsubaās dad also acts very differently, itās quite interesting to see.
Nearing the end of what I have left to read of Yotsuba. I know the next two volumes are very good as well.
we could do a poll? See if people prefer a September or October start/how much interest there is?
Iām up for either, though probs will be sticking to fairly small reading goals as also trying to be more consistent with textbook study (which Iām very bad at haha)
Oh! I love all of your points and ideas.
I think I let my local weather influence my idea of what āAutumnā is, since Dec/Jan/Feb are deep winter months and March/April/May are the start of spring where Iām from. (bonus infoā¦ it sometimes snows in October where I was raised). Thanks for reminding me that different parts of the world have different seasons 
This is really appealing! Maybe even if the poll does vote for a September start, we could take this December off, just for the sake of 
New Years new-ness ?
Though opinions on what season starts when seem to be varied (this was an early point of critical thinking at the start of the challenge too haha)ā¦ I have to admit Iām a fan of seasonal titles. āEditionā does have a nice, bookish ring to it though 
Iām also good with either September or October start! Iām just very excited to try this again 
Iām okay with going with the meteorlogical seasons as a guideline. Would not call it Autumn myself until the astronomical date even if the weather feels closer to itā¦ Anyway having 3 months per thread is a bit easier to work with.
Well you just gave me a better idea!
Read every day challenge, Chapter 2
I think the numbers are nicer idea than seasons (because everybodyās associations with seasons is so different, btw for me September is totally autumn), but I agree that the best way would be to just check what the majority opinion is by polling, the same with thread duration/should we try to begin a new thread on January 1st, 2022, etc.
And anyway, Iām going for my 100-day streak across challenges anyway, and then Iām taking a break, so Iām not staying within the rules either way 
Days 54-55
August 18-19
Days 56-57-58
August 20-21-22
Personally, Iām up for a September start - I got kind of excited thinking/talking about the thing I want to read for the next challenge, so all the better to take advantage of that enthusiasm haha. But October would be fine too! ^^
I kinda like them tooā¦to be honest Iāve never in my life thought of September as Summer, but I suppose thatās mainly a function of the school calendar I had growing up xD I have to admit that I also donāt love the idea of numbering them like a series because I just like not having ordinal numbers on things (doing things in a numbered series creates this expectation of ācontinuingā and āmaintainingā and ākeeping up with all of itā in my brain, which becomes mentally burdensome for me the longer it continues). But thatās purely a personal mental hang up so I wonāt be offended in the slightest if itās disregarded and we go for numbers xD
Another thought I had would be to do a title along the lines of āRead Every Day Challenge - September to November 2021,ā to remove the specific seasonality but still clearly indicate when the challenge was/is running (we could add like ā2nd Editionā or something to the title as well, like āRead Every Day Challenge, 2nd Edition - September to November 2021ā, if people prefer numbering the challenges).
I sort of like the idea of having December off, even if we start in September, because Iām generally travelling and doing holiday stuff near the end of that month so Iām sure I would miss some days. A new yearās start also has a nice clean ring to it 
(I like how weāre already talking about the scheduling of the next next challenge haha)
Letās poll!
I hope these polls make sense. Also I hope I didnāt miss anyoneās suggestions, feel free to yell at me if I did
Assuming the āofficialā challenge structure will continue to be similar to this one, with a 2-month challenge period and a 1-month break being āstandardā (of course, people will still be free to continue longer or start later if they want):
Iām actually really curious which book it is, so Iām all ears if you want to share even now 
And thank you for creating polls 
You actually bring up a good point. I would agree that it somehow creates the illusion of having something continuing and never really ending, whereas if you have āSummer 2021ā, it has a definite beginning and end, and thatās it, youāve completed it, congratulations. But considering this, I feel like having for example āRead Every Day Challenge - September to Novemberā in the title creates much of the same. Even if not numbered, itās somewhat ānumberedā with words if that makes any sense 
. If we go with this route, I think either Autumn or Fall 2021 would be a much better choice.
So that leaves me with the final thought: we can bend a bit the seasons, and leave it at that.
As for the polls, I chose September-December just for the sake of making it easier when the new year comes:
Winter: January, February, March
Spring: April, May, June
Summer: July, August, September
Autumn: October, November, December
Personally I donāt consider December being Autumn, or mid September being Summer, but itās the closest to the actual seasons, it would just start 10 days after, ish.
We would have both November and December as rest months, so we could maybe do a small āspin offā thread in between?
And lastly, I wonder if we do have indeed southern hemisphere participants. I would bet the vast majority of us are from northern hemisphere countries, and itās probably the most convenient overall, but Iām not sure how we could name it while avoiding numbering it (Q1, Q2, etc, wouldnāt work either, or would it? 
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Ultimately however, I really donāt mind how we name it, the important part is actually doing the reading 
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Haha, oh well. Was planning to have another summer challenge next year, but now schedules arenāt matching. I donāt want to be the one deciding everything by myself though, so I donāt mind 
I mean, I donāt even know the schedule of my exams yet, so I have no idea when Iāll have time to read 
That feeling when oneās children grow up much faster than expected and suddenly start making their own decisions 
Last time we brought up doing this challenge every season, Some people mentioned the importance of having a break between the challenges. This could be up to everyone individually to decide, but maybe itās a good idea to let the challenge run from 1st September to 15th of November (2,5 months) with half a month of recovery time.
Iām looking forward to actively join the challenge again next time!
we donāt really have to make future decisions about timing of sessions other than the next one now, but I can see that lining up the summer reading session with university summer holiday period probably does make sense if possible in terms of allowing the greatest participation. Though itās possible that holidays are not at all consistent in different locations in which case maybe not.
Yeah, everyone have different schedules so itās hard to say what time periods allow the greatest participation 
From what Iāve observed during this thread, some were reading even if their daily life were busy, some started a bit later when they were not as busy anymore.
Even if future decisions are made now, those decisions do not have to be carved in stone (if people want a change, that is), so I wouldnāt worry too much about it As readers build habits and greater stamina, even the time period could be extended if people are up for that. Doesnāt have to be restricted to just two months.
(My summer vacation just happened to be almost all of June and July which is why I wanted to do this for two months. I probably wonāt participate in a challenge while Iām busy with irl stuff, that would be too many stuffs for me to juggle at once )
Oh no, I accidentally created hype oops
The book I want to read is called ćć¤āć¹ćć¼ć!, itās the light novel that the anime Free! is (kind of) based on xD Itās not the deepest or most literary choice, but itās kind of special/meaningful for me because Free! pretty much set off/inspired my Japanese learning journey ā I was deeply, deeply obsessed with it when the first two seasons aired, and an eventual side effect/outgrowth of that obsession was the rekindling of a long-dormant interest in Japanese language/culture as a whole. This light novel and its sequel were some of the first Japanese-language books I bought. (That was years agoā¦I clearly overestimated how quickly I would progress, by, likeā¦a lot ) But anyway, itās something thatās sat on my shelf for a looong time and Iād like to finally give it a try ^^ I still have a lot of nostalgia and fondness for those characters in my heart, so Iām hoping that will give me extra motivation to carry through the hard parts.
Ooooh! Iām excited as I have also considered reading that. One of the Free! movies was actually the first film I watched in Japanese with no English subs - canāt go wrong with silly swimming boys. Definitely looking forward to hearing how you find the LN