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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 
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 
Novels
VNs
)Happy reading! 
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.
windupbird’s summary post
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= read today
= listened today
= read and listened today
= missed day
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 
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 
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
Fall 2021 Challenge 
Winter 2022 Challenge 
Spring 2022 Challenge 
Also, here’s my Bookmeter , in case anyone’s interested! ^^
Summer Reading Log Post
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My Summer Reading Log 
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! 
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 
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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.
Fall challenge 2021
Winter challenge 2022
Spring challenge 2022
実は私は １
第５話「真面目に授業を受けよう！」
第６話「背くらべしよう！」
第７話「全部忘れよう！」
Read pgs. 147-151.
Read pgs. 152-156. End of chapter 5.
Read pgs. 157-166.
Read pgs. 167-171.
Read pgs. 172-176. End of chapter 6.
Read pgs. 177-182.
Read pgs. 183-194.
Read pgs. 195-200. End of volume 1.
となりの怪物くん ２
その５ ブレイク
その６ 夏休みです
その７ 吉田くんちの事情
その８ 彼女たちの憂鬱な日々
Read pgs. 1-12.
Read pgs. 13-44. End of chapter 5.
Read pgs. 45-55.
Read pgs. 56-66.
Read pgs. 67-84. End of chapter 6.
Read pgs. 85-90.
Read pgs. 91-105.
Read pgs. 106-117.
Read pgs. 118-124. End of chapter 7.
Read pgs. 125-133.
Read pgs. 134-142.
Read pgs. 142-153.
Read pgs. 153-166. End of volume 2.
実は私は 2
第8話 「日焼け対策しよう！」
第9話 「幼馴染について考えてみよう！」
第10話 「遊園地に行こう！」
第11話 「狼男がやってくる！」
第12話 「狼女がやってきた！」
第13話 「冷静になろう！」
第14話 「カレーを作ろう！」
第15話「検証しよう！」
第16話「大人になろう！」
Read pgs. 1-9.
Read pgs. 10-13.
Read pgs. 14-26. End of chapter 8.
Read pgs. 27-37.
Read pgs. 38-46. End of chapter 9.
Read pgs. 47-52.
Read pgs. 53-66. End of chapter 10.
Read pgs. 67-72.
Read pgs. 73-86. End of chapter 11.
Read pgs. 87-96.
Read pgs. 97-108. End of chapter 12.
Read pgs. 109-118.
Read pgs. 119-123.
Read pgs. 124-128. End of chapter 13.
Read pgs. 129-134.
Read pgs. 135-148. End of chapter 14.
Read pgs. 149-168. End of chapter 15.
Read pgs. 169-178.
Read pgs. 179-192. End of volume 2.
となりの怪物くん３
その９ 好きだよ
その１０ ２人の距離
その１１ おいでませ！松陽祭 「前編」
その１２ おいでませ！松陽祭 「後編」
Read pgs. 1-14.
Read pgs. 15-22.
Read pgs. 23-28.
Read pgs. 29-37.
Read pgs. 37-46. End of chapter 9.
Read pgs. 47-54.
Read pgs. 55-62.
Read pgs. 63-73.
Read pgs. 74-86. End of chapter 10.
Read pgs. 87-92.
Read pgs. 93-99.
Read pgs. 100-110.
Read pgs. 111-117.
Read pgs. 118-126. End of chapter 11.
Read pgs. 127-135.
Read pgs. 135-143.
Read pgs. 144-150.
Read pgs. 151-159.
Read pgs. 160-164.
Read pgs. 165-168. End of volume 3.
実は私は ３
第１７話 「お近付きになろう！」
第１８話 「泳げるになろう！」
第１９話 「泳げるになろう！！」
第２０話 「肝試しに行こう！」
第２１話 「心配しよう！」
第２２話 「男同士の話をしよう！」
第２３話 「ケーキバイキングに行こう！」
第２４話 「ネガネを探そう！」
第２５話 「素直になろう！」
Read pgs. 1-6.
Read pgs. 7-12.
Read pgs. 13-21.
Read pgs. 22-26. End of chapter 17.
Read pgs. 27-32.
Read pgs. 33-41.
Read pgs. 42-46. End of chapter 18.
Read pgs. 47-52.
Read pgs. 53-62.
Read pgs. 63-66. End of chapter 19.
Read pgs. 67-75.
Read pgs. 75-86. End of chapter 20.
Read pgs. 87-94.
Read pgs. 95-101.
Read pgs. 102-106. End of chapter 21.
Read pgs. 107-113.
Read pgs. 114-126. End of chapter 22.
Read pgs. 127-132.
Read pgs. 133-138.
Read pgs. 139-146. End of chapter 23.
Read pgs. 147-159.
Read pgs. 160-166. End of chapter 24.
Read pgs. 167-175.
Read pgs. 175-179.
Read pgs. 180-182.
Read pgs. 183-192. End of volume 3.
Now I am just finishing out the month by reading anisongs.
Absolute Soul
裏切りの夕焼け
Perfect-area complete!
そばにいるから
For Fruits Basket
Miss Mystery
Complication
ALL-WAYS
最高速 Fall in Love
うたかた花火
旅の左手、最果ての右手
始まるのは、サヨナラ
Shiawase no Niji
ホタルノヒカリ
Kings
月華
Maybe the next waltz
I pretty much failed spring challenge due to uni overload but I’m here to try again in summer ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ good luck everyone~
「3 / 15」
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axazel’s home post
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• 海辺のカフカ
• 透明カメレオン
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
Fall 2021
Spring 2022
@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 gorgeous
I too wanna read manga! (I feel like it’ll be a nice break from novels 
) 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 
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
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 )
: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 
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? I wonder if reading like this will ever become mundane 
Welcome back!!
I can’t believe it’s already been one year. Time really does fly. 
Aaahhh!! That’s so exciting Welcome!!
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!
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.
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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Ooh good question 
So far I really only want to get more of the Japanese Hunter x Hunter manga since I know for certain that I’ll enjoy the series, but maybe Death Note too? I have all of the English Black Edition volumes so I think it’d be interesting to read the series all over again… (it’s been a good year since I’ve last read it and those books are on my shelf quite literally gathering dust lol)
Um, definitely no Demon Slayer though, it’s a great series and I definitely recommend it but one box set is enough, I don’t need another 23 volumes of the same series but in Japanese
Do you have any titles you enjoyed/recommend? I’d like to discover some new series so anything helps 
Finally updated my home thread with some goals I have in mind for this challenge. I’m going to try to work on a lot of different mediums: VNs, books and manga, so it’s pretty exciting.
In the past three challenges I’ve done I haven’t posted too much but I’ve loved reading everyone’s daily updates so this time I’ll try to do daily updates too (famous last words?) even if I do them the day after (I tend to read before bed) or skip a few.
We’re almost there… good luck everyone!
I am going to give this a try! I’m a bit intimidated by the calendar and mystified by how to edit the wiki, so for now I might just post my progress occasionally if that’s all right. Yesterday I finished reading しろくまカフェ Vol 1, my first ever Japanese book; I posted here about celebrating such small milestones: Small Wins – Classroom as Microcosm. Today I began よつばと! and plan to read every day through July at least. I look forward to hearing what others are reading about so I can start compiling a list of things to tackle as my skills improve!
You have good taste! I particularly love Hunter x Hunter so much (though I haven’t read or seen it in years 
). And I can sympathise with you over not wanting stacks of duplicate series. I dream of having floor to ceiling, built-in bookshelf’s one day to I can buy books to my hearts content~
I don’t know if the series will suit you, but 海獣の子供 (Children of the Sea), Pluto, and おやすみプンプン are all on my bookshelf so I feel confident in recommending them! The latter is actually still on my to-read list… hope I can get to it sooner than later
Summer 2022 Home Post 
I’m excited to join in again! This time I’m hoping to finish up a lot of stuff that I started in the last challenge and hopefully start some new stuff around August.
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Books
Flesh&Blood 1 Ch: 6 7 8 9
Flesh&Blood 2 Ch: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
夜カフェ 1 Ch: 12 13
夜は不思議などうぶつえん
准教授・高槻彰良の推察 民俗学かく語りき 1
准教授・高槻彰良の推察 2 Ch: 1 2 3
Manga
マグメル深海水族館 7 Ch: 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
まぐメル 8 Ch: 38 39 40 41 42
夜の名前を呼んで Ch: Prologue 1 2 3 4 5 6
やがて君になる 1 Ch: 1 2 3 4 5
シャドーハウス 1 Ch: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Games
even if tempest 宵闇にかく語りき魔女
幻想マネージュ
Thank you, I’ll be (incoming sea pun) shore to check those books out 
xD but I’ll definitely give them a look! I’ve heard of Children of the Sea and おやすみプンプン but おやすみプンプン is definitely going to stay on my “read-when-i’m-much-much-older” manga list because I’ve heard it covers some rather heavy themes and I’d rather not read that quite yet… T-T
But regardless I’ll give the other two a go and see what they’re about :3
Technically this challenge starts tomorrow for me, but I’m marking my place as it were since I now know where I’m starting from.
I don’t know what to read after that. I have so many books. Here are a scattering that I own and would be willing to start after 本好き so if you have feelings (want my review, love the author, whatever) lemme know. Can’t guarantee I’ll pick it, but could sway me!
