📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2022 🏖 ☀

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Can recommend Takoboto for Android ^^ Maybe it is available on iOS too.

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:beach_umbrella: Summer 2022 Reading Challenge :beach_umbrella:

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Week 9

Status: Completed.

Previous Challenges

2021:

2022:


Starting from this one, I'll be doing weekly mini challenges instead of an ongoing, two-month challenge. The goal is to read the exact same but to approach it differently, just to make things a bit fresher for me.

I haven’t decided what I’ll be reading/playing this challenge but I’m sure I’ll come up with something very soon, I already have several ideas. I still have a bit of Final Fantasy 7 left so will finish that first.

Happy to participate with you all again c:

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For Android, which I use nowadays (mobile, tablet), I might recommend Aedict; but as I send to AnkiDroid as well, I’d rather use Akebi. I used to use Takoboto in the past.

It was a while since I use iOS, but I used to used Japanese with the red icon – there was one for Android too, but it looked bad compared to iOS counterpart. I never really used AnkiMobile, so I can’t tell about Anki integration.

In any case, there are many mobile apps available, if you are looking for simply JE. The only option I know / is using, offline JJ is Yomichan on PC / laptop. [1]

I also use Kotobank app for Android, but it needs to be online.

I also tried reading on mobile Android by switching apps between Bookwalker and Akebi, so it is indeed doable.

  1. Setting up JJ legally is, I don’t know how… ↩︎

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Summer challenge! :tada: I’m actually working on (of all things) not obsessing over reading Japanese every single day right now. But I still want to have a daily habit, where unless something is somewhat sideways then I do read every day.

I will be reading Orange with the Orange book club! I’m excited about that, and also excited about turning my reading attention towards my “backlist” so to speak. Finishing books and series that I already started, working my way through the books I have in order from easiest to hardest, etc.

And as in the last challenge, I’d like to try to balance my reading somewhat. In English, I’m currently reading Woman Running in the Mountains (translation of 山を走る女), Sal and Gabi Break the Universe, and The Subplot: What China is Reading and Why it Matters. In Spanish, El Principito. In Dutch, nothing yet, but I want to work on that.

Summer reading quest … スタート！

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:beach_umbrella: softlyraining’s Summer Bungalow :sunny: (in other words, Main Hub)

Ah, the reading challenge has come full circle, both in general and for me! :birthday: I started late the first time around, and each successive one has had its ups and downs. Since it’s an anniversary challenge for me, I have decided to take things back to basics and make this season’s a tiny reading challenge (inspired by @Redglare). July, in particular, is looking to be busy for me, and I want to simply get back in the habit of reading and participating in the community: no grand designs to finish a certain number of books, no crazy scheduling to play catch-up on all of the novels I’ve put on hold. Just. Read. If I can get in a page or short article for the day, then I’m all good. If I end up doing more, then those are like extra scoops of ice cream: a welcome treat. :icecream:

:watermelon: 7月 :fireworks:
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Bookmeter Profile

読み物

:red_square: 夜廻り猫１by 深谷 かほる
:red_square: 消滅世界 by 村田 沙耶香
:red_square: かしこみかしこみ１by 幌倉さと
:white_large_square: TODAI articles

Progress Rubric

:red_square: 0% to 33% complete
:orange_square: 34% to 66% complete
:yellow_square: 67% to 99% complete
:green_square: 100% COMPLETE!

Challenge Updates

August 2nd
August 31st

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Natalie’s Home Post! :blossom:

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Yay, it’s that time again! These challenges have been so fun and so rewarding, I’m excited to read with you all again :grin:

Background

I’m not really sure what my goal is this challenge; I’ve somehow ended up with a lot of ongoing/about to start projects :joy: Unless I magically finish in the next few days (impossible) I’ll still be playing バディミッションBOND, plus 海辺(うみべ)のカフカ for the book club, and then the VN club will be starting up soon, and I’m trying to do the listening challenge concurrently as well :sweat_smile: We’re out here!

I’ll almost certainly keep playing VNs and the like; I think my next one will probably be Stein’s Gate? I’m in chaos mode constantly so who really knows, but I’ve been meaning to watch the anime forever so VN instead! I think I’d also like to work on my manga pile I have lmao, I have so many that I just have not touched at all so working through that’d be good. Plus they’re definitely faster to finish than any of the other nonsense I’m up to, and we love a sense of progress :tada: More than anything I just want to keep having fun reading stuff in Japanese, I’m excited to see how it all goes!

Progress

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Currently Reading:
海辺(うみべ)のカフカ
風(かぜ)が強(つよ)く吹(ふ)いている
バディミッションBOND

Finished:

Previous Challenges: :snowflake: :cherry_blossom:

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I’d like to join in again, but this time I won’t use a calendar for my reading. I started “read something in Japanese every day” as a personal challenge in February 2021 and after a year and a half the habit is firmly established even if I miss a day sometimes.

Aside from continuing to read, my big goal is to finish all the lessons in the So-Matome N1 grammar book by the end of July. It’s hard to make myself do it, but whenever I do push through and study, I see immediate payoffs in my reading comprehension. I’m currently somewhere in the “intermediate plateau” where it’s hard to see perceptible differences, so seeing the instant impact of a few grammar lessons is really rewarding and motivating. There isn’t much left in the book, I just gotta get it done.

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Currently reading

暁のヨナ vol. 14 (manga)
怪盗紳士 アルセーヌ・ルパン (Lupin stories)
岩元先輩ノ推薦 vol 2 (manga)
本好き vol 2 (Junior version)

On the shelf

暁のヨナ manga (up to vol 29 lol)
SPY x FAMILY manga (vol 2 and 3)
彩雲国物語 light novel (up to vol 14)
plus assorted other, but this is what I’m most interested in now

I’ve really wanted to read the Saiunkoku Monogatari books for a long time, because the light novels continue on after the anime series ended. But every time I tried reading a sample, the difficulty level (kanji, grammar) was above my “nope” threshold. I think I’ve finally reached the point where I have enough of a grasp of general Japanese to try this. There’s still clearly a lot in these books that I don’t know, but I feel like what’s left is story-specific enough that using other material as graded reading won’t help, and it’s time to just dive in. I already know the parts of the story covered in these first two volumes so no matter how hard it is I won’t be totally lost. But I bet I’ll want to take a break after volume 1.

Finished

ナミヤ雑貨店の軌跡 (novel)
東京タラレバ娘 (manga) vol 1, 2
暁のヨナ (manga) vol 10, 11, 12, 13
薬屋のひとりごと manga vol. 1
天使なんかじゃない manga vol. 1
彩雲国物語 light novel vol. 1
ガリガリ君ができるまで (children’s book about making ice cream)
バンギャルの日常 (manga / comic essay)
夢から醒めた夢 (short children’s book)
鹿の王 vol. 1 (Tsubasa Bunko version)
岩元先輩ノ推薦 vol 1 (manga)
彩雲国物語 light novel vol. 2
本好き vol 1 (Junior version)
鹿の王 vol. 2 (Tsubasa Bunko version)

Natively profile

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:beach_umbrella: Home post :beach_umbrella:

I’ve been reading very little over the past month 'cause I’ve been trying to focus more on listening so it’ll be nice to get back into things :durtle_noice: At least a little - not gonna do the calendar thing since I have exams coming up and knowing me that wouldn’t work out that well anyway :caught_durtling:

smol reading list

Novels

  • 親愛なるあなたへ
  • カラフル

VNs

  • Zero Escape / 999
  • ルーパーズ (VN club! :computer:)

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Happy reading! :sunny:

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Oooh I like the idea of rolling this into a challenge. I also have some JLPT prep books for grammar that are collecting dust because I hate actual studying, but likewise see the payoffs when I do. Probably not summer for me, but fall/winter when social activities calm down I can devote time to something like that.

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:books: :sunny: windupbird’s summary post :sunny: :books:

:sparkles: Challenge Progress and Links to Daily Posts :sparkles:

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= read today
:speaker: = listened today
:star2: = read and listened today
:heavy_multiplication_x: = missed day

Approach for this challenge

So, I am going to try to do the Listen Every Day challenge simultaneously with this challenge, because my listening is bad and I would like to work on that. BUT I don’t have enough time or stamina to do both every day (based on past experiences, I think that’s a recipe for burnout) so what I’m going to do is try to alternate - one day I will read something, the next day I will listen to something. I might not follow this pattern exactly, but my aim is to do something every day, and end up with a roughly equal number of days spent on reading and listening. We’ll see how that goes!

Unfortunately, I feel like I might be rather busy/low-energy during this challenge period because of work stuff that will be happening for most of it, but I will do my best :triumph: Because it is the summer, I would love to finish the Free! light novel (finally), but I may end up just reading a bunch of the cute manga I bought instead :joy: A couple of book clubs (Orange and Flying Witch) will also be starting soon, and I’m going to try and follow along with those as well.

Previous challenge summary posts:
Summer 2021 Challenge :beach_umbrella:
Fall 2021 Challenge :maple_leaf: :fallen_leaf: :raccoon:
Winter 2022 Challenge :snowman_with_snow: :snowflake:
Spring 2022 Challenge :cherry_blossom: :seedling:
Also, here’s my Bookmeter , in case anyone’s interested! ^^

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Summer Reading Log Post

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My Summer Reading Log :books: :tropical_drink:

Reading List (Still a WIP)
  • ハンターXハンター Vol. 1
  • I checked out some book from my library called ミラクルちゅーんず！ which is some like… nickelodeon-esque kid idol popstar group trying to save the world??? Don’t judge me my library’s Japanese book section is severely lacking in the everything-besides-children’s-books department
  • However I’m probably gonna try to get more Japanese manga this summer :slight_smile:
Jul 13

Today I played a demo of Dai Gyakuten Saiban (大逆転裁判) on my 3DS for about an hour, give or take; I understood a little bit but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw 記事 in there, I learned that today! :partying_face:

Whoops I forgot about this 😅😬

I feel very bad about my participation in this challenge, I know it wasn’t mandatory or anything but I’m still upset at myself, I definitely think I could’ve done better.
(In my defense though, reading books aimed for young kids is not a great way to stay interested :smiling_face_with_tear:)

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This is my fourth challenge and I am running out of things to write here. See previous challenges for my methods. Oh, I just remembered something! After this challenge is over, it will be my birthday- 2nd September. I’ll be 31! This year, I wouldn’t have to go to work on my birthday because I’ve got the whole July/August vacation off this year. Due to the pandemic, vacation leave has accumulated beyond the amount allowed, so workers in my organisation were asked to take their vacation days or lose it by the end of the year.

Previous challenges

Fall challenge 2021
Winter challenge 2022
Spring challenge 2022

実(じつ)は私(わたし)は １

第(だい)５話(わ)「真面目(まじめ)に授業(じゅぎょう)を受(う)けよう！」
第(だい)６話(わ)「背(せい)くらべしよう！」
第(だい)７話(わ)「全部忘(ぜんぶわす)れよう！」

第５話「真面目に授業を受けよう！」つづく
1st July

Read pgs. 147-151.

2nd July

Read pgs. 152-156. End of chapter 5.

第６話「背くらべしよう！」
3rd July

Read pgs. 157-166.

4th July

Read pgs. 167-171.

5th July

Read pgs. 172-176. End of chapter 6.

第７話「全部忘れよう！」
6th July

Read pgs. 177-182.

7th July

Read pgs. 183-194.

8th July

Read pgs. 195-200. End of volume 1.

となりの怪物(かいぶつ)くん ２

その５ ブレイク
その６ 夏休(なつやす)みです
その７ 吉田(よしだ)くんちの事情(じじょう)
その８ 彼女(かのじょ)たちの憂鬱(ゆううつ)な日々(ひび)

その５ ブレイク
9th July

Read pgs. 1-12.

10th July

Read pgs. 13-44. End of chapter 5.

その６ 夏休みです
11th July

Read pgs. 45-55.

12th July

Read pgs. 56-66.

13th July

Read pgs. 67-84. End of chapter 6.

その７ 吉田くんちの事情
14th July

Read pgs. 85-90.

15th July

Read pgs. 91-105.

16th July

Read pgs. 106-117.

17th July

Read pgs. 118-124. End of chapter 7.

その８ 彼女たちの憂鬱な日々
18th July

Read pgs. 125-133.

19th July

Read pgs. 134-142.

20th July

Read pgs. 142-153.

21st July

Read pgs. 153-166. End of volume 2.

実(じつ)は私(わたし)は 2

第(だい)8話(わ) 「日焼(ひや)け対策(たいさく)しよう！」
第(だい)9話(わ) 「幼馴染(おさななじみ)について考(かんが)えてみよう！」
第(だい)10話(わ) 「遊園地(ゆうえんち)に行(い)こう！」
第(だい)11話(わ) 「狼男(おおかみおとこ)がやってくる！」
第(だい)12話(わ) 「狼女(おおかみおんな)がやってきた！」
第(だい)13話(わ) 「冷静(れいせい)になろう！」
第(だい)14話(わ) 「カレーを作(つく)ろう！」
第(だい)15話(わ)「検証(けんしょう)しよう！」
第(だい)16話(わ)「大人(おとな)になろう！」

第8話 「日焼け対策しよう！」
22nd July

Read pgs. 1-9.

23rd July

Read pgs. 10-13.

24th July

Read pgs. 14-26. End of chapter 8.

第9話 「幼馴染について考えてみよう！」
25th July

Read pgs. 27-37.

26th July

Read pgs. 38-46. End of chapter 9.

第10話「遊園地に行こう！」
27th July

Read pgs. 47-52.

28th July

Read pgs. 53-66. End of chapter 10.

第11話「狼男がやってくる！」
29th July

Read pgs. 67-72.

30th July

Read pgs. 73-86. End of chapter 11.

第12話「狼女がやってきた！」
31st July

Read pgs. 87-96.

1st August

Read pgs. 97-108. End of chapter 12.

第13話「冷静になろう！」
2nd August

Read pgs. 109-118.

3rd August

Read pgs. 119-123.

4th August

Read pgs. 124-128. End of chapter 13.

第14話「カレーを作ろう！」
5th August

Read pgs. 129-134.

6th August

Read pgs. 135-148. End of chapter 14.

第15話「検証しよう！」
7th August

Read pgs. 149-168. End of chapter 15.

第16話「大人になろう！」
8th August

Read pgs. 169-178.

9th August

Read pgs. 179-192. End of volume 2.

となりの怪物(かいぶつ)くん３

その９ 好(す)きだよ
その１０ ２人(ふたり)の距離(きょり)
その１１ おいでませ！松(しょう)陽(よう)祭(さい) 「前編(ぜんぺん)」
その１２ おいでませ！松(しょう)陽(よう)祭(さい) 「後編(こうへん)」

その９ 好きだよ
10th August

Read pgs. 1-14.

11th August

Read pgs. 15-22.

12th August

Read pgs. 23-28.

13th August

Read pgs. 29-37.

14th August

Read pgs. 37-46. End of chapter 9.

その１０ ２人の距離
15th August

Read pgs. 47-54.

16th August

Read pgs. 55-62.

17th August

Read pgs. 63-73.

18th August

Read pgs. 74-86. End of chapter 10.

その１１ おいでませ！松陽祭 <前編>
19th August

Read pgs. 87-92.

20th August

Read pgs. 93-99.

21st August

Read pgs. 100-110.

22nd August

Read pgs. 111-117.

23rd August

Read pgs. 118-126. End of chapter 11.

その１２ おいでませ！松陽祭 <後編>
24th August

Read pgs. 127-135.

25th August

Read pgs. 135-143.

26th August

Read pgs. 144-150.

27th August

Read pgs. 151-159.

28th August

Read pgs. 160-164.

29th August

Read pgs. 165-168. End of volume 3.

実(じつ)は私(わたし)は ３

第(だい)１７話(わ) 「お近付(ちかづ)きになろう！」
第(だい)１８話(わ) 「泳(およ)げるになろう！」
第(だい)１９話(わ) 「泳(およ)げるになろう！！」
第(だい)２０話(わ) 「肝試(きもだめ)しに行(い)こう！」
第(だい)２１話(わ) 「心配(しんぱい)しよう！」
第(だい)２２話(わ) 「男同士(おとこどうし)の話(はなし)をしよう！」
第(だい)２３話(わ) 「ケーキバイキングに行(い)こう！」
第(だい)２４話(わ) 「ネガネを探(さが)そう！」
第(だい)２５話(わ) 「素直(すなお)になろう！」

第１７話 「お近付きになろう！」
30th August

Read pgs. 1-6.

31st August

Read pgs. 7-12.

1st September

Read pgs. 13-21.

2nd September

Read pgs. 22-26. End of chapter 17.

第１８話 「泳げるになろう！」
3rd September

Read pgs. 27-32.

4th September

Read pgs. 33-41.

5th September

Read pgs. 42-46. End of chapter 18.

第１９話 「泳げるになろう！！」
6th September

Read pgs. 47-52.

7th September

Read pgs. 53-62.

8th September

Read pgs. 63-66. End of chapter 19.

第２０話 「肝試しに行こう！」
9th September

Read pgs. 67-75.

10th September

Read pgs. 75-86. End of chapter 20.

第２１話 「心配しよう！」
11th September

Read pgs. 87-94.

12th September

Read pgs. 95-101.

13th September

Read pgs. 102-106. End of chapter 21.

第２２話 「男同士の話をしよう！」
14th September

Read pgs. 107-113.

15th September

Read pgs. 114-126. End of chapter 22.

第２３話 「ケーキバイキングに行こう！」
16th September

Read pgs. 127-132.

17th September

Read pgs. 133-138.

18th September

Read pgs. 139-146. End of chapter 23.

第２４話 「ネガネを探そう！」
19th September

Read pgs. 147-159.

20th September

Read pgs. 160-166. End of chapter 24.

第２５話 「素直になろう！」
21st September

Read pgs. 167-175.

22nd September

Read pgs. 175-179.

23rd September

Read pgs. 180-182.

24th September

Read pgs. 183-192. End of volume 3.

Now I am just finishing out the month by reading anisongs.

Anisongs in kanji
25th September

  • Absolute Soul

  • 裏切りの夕焼け

  • Perfect-area complete!

26th September

  • そばにいるから

  • For Fruits Basket

  • Miss Mystery

27th September

  • Complication

  • ALL-WAYS

  • 最高速 Fall in Love

28th September

  • うたかた花火

  • 旅の左手、最果ての右手

29th September

  • 始まるのは、サヨナラ

  • Shiawase no Niji

  • ホタルノヒカリ

30th September

  • Kings

  • 月華

  • Maybe the next waltz

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I pretty much failed spring challenge due to uni overload but I’m here to try again in summer ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ good luck everyone~

reading this month
  1. よつば！
  2. しろくまカフェ

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:house_with_garden: :sunflower: axazel’s home post :sunflower::house_with_garden:

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What I’m reading:

• 海辺のカフカ
• 透明カメレオン

The situation:

I’ll be travelling back to my hometown in the US for the first time in 3 years. This means I have a lot of plane time = reading time!

The challenge will be to leave time before falling asleep, or to wake up early enough to read, and not just get lost in time spent with family and friends.

I’m halfway through two proper novels.
It would be such an amazing feeling to finish them both during this challenge.

Previous challenge summary posts:
Summer 2021 :beach_umbrella::beach_umbrella:
Fall 2021 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf::raccoon:
Spring 2022 :cherry_blossom: :seedling:

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@windupbird Thank you for organising this challenge again!! Also, I hope you don’t mind that I quoted your calendar/layout as I find it to be :sparkles:gorgeous :sparkles:

I too wanna read manga! (I feel like it’ll be a nice break from novels :sweat_smile:) Do you already have some titles in mind?

I will also be doing something like this from end of summer in prep for the N2 in December :durtle_hello: Never thought of combining it with this challenge, which would be so nice! Especially the reading textbooks.

You really do have so much!! I’m impressed and a little intimidated :caught_durtling:

Soooo satisfying!!! I’m like you, where my goal is to just read~ I think doing challenges like this makes reading into a fun habit (at least my success rate is higher :sweat_smile:)

:0 I’m so curious how this will do for you, compared to the two month. I hope it gives you the refresh you need!

Aspirational! I have missed a couple of days here and there each time… but I always make them up after :heart_on_fire: it would be nice to get everyday once

I read my first novel because of this challenge last summer, and still feel the exact same as you guys today. This feeling is actually what gets me through those hard-to-read pages haha.

5 years later and still the same? :sparkles: I wonder if reading like this will ever become mundane :rofl:

Welcome back!!

I can’t believe it’s already been one year. Time really does fly. :birthday::partying_face:

Aaahhh!! That’s so exciting :sparkles: Welcome!!

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First time doing this challenge, thanks to those who organized this! I am a relatively new learner, just reached level 2. I can read hiragana and katakana, however my kanji is severely lacking, is it recommended to find something that is only written in those two scripts or should I find something that includes kanji as well?

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I am currently reading よつばと! I am not very good at updating this post but I am reading every day!

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As long as it has furigana (that’s the kana reading over the kanji) you’ll be fine. Kanji make reading easier actually, because you can clearly see which word out of the several homonyms is intended. How is your grammar knowledge though? It’s grammar that will be your main obstacle in understanding what you read.

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Thank you! And no, my grammer is extremely limited. I was thinking I would just improve my reading and my grammer would just continually increase as I keep learning japanese.

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Reading list
  • おじさまと猫 ３
  • モエカレはオレンジ色 １
  • モエカレはオレンジ色 ２
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