Hello again, everyone! I didn’t do the spring challenge (because I was in Japan!) but I bought lots of books, which I’ve been reading in May and June, so I’d like to continue reading them with the Read Every Day challenge for more accountability.
This is my second time participating in this and I hopefully plan to participate many more years down the line!
my plans
Last spring I somehow managed to finish 2 light novels which were adaptations of Chinozo vocaloid songs (Goodbye Sengen and Schema) and I plan to continue with them since there’s 2 more novels in the series.
First one is Elite which I read like 60 pages and gave up because I was very busy and lazy too. This time I also plan to take the JLPT test for N2 at the end of the year so I plan to start using Tae Kim book I bought and some Shin Kanzen books later too. But for now, I’ll just read some song-made-into-light-novels I bought (I also have いのちの食べ方) and kick back and relax. When it’s end of the July, I’ll start studying for JLPT seriously.
I’ll use my former format which I write a sentence or two in Japanese about the progress on the novel I read that day so that might help you get some reading even when you’re scrolling here lol. I also copied some things here from javerend and taiyousea so thank you.
Planned Books: エリート / Elite (Finished in July 17 ) TAMAYA (Finished in August 11 ) いのちの食べ方 / How to Eat Life Tae Kim’s Guide to Learning Japanese and DoJG (since I’m prepping for N2 test)
⌂ = いない
July Notes
July Reading Updates:
Recent Update:
Date
Book
忘れたから読んだところの最後の十ページをもう一度読むことにした。
7/1
エリート
海に泳ぎに行って疲れたから今日は休んでいます。
7/2
X
寝る前に少し読んだ。
7/3
エリート
第二章のとこまで来た。
7/4
エリート
昨日間違えましたみたい第二章に今着いた。
7/5
エリート
一日中ペルソナ5やりましたから何も読まなかった。
7/6
X
明日はテストあるからすこし読んで寝た。
7/7
エリート
最後のテストは明日だからまた少し読んで寝ることにした。
7/8
エリート
テストのせいでめちゃくちゃ眠かったからあんまり読まなかった。
7/9
エリート
もっと読みたいけど今は習慣を取り戻すのは難しい。
7/10
エリート
今日は暇だったからいっぱい読んだ。そうして第に章の幕間につきました
7/11
エリート
幕間を読んで第三章に読み始めた。半分くらい終わりました。
7/12
エリート
やっぱり本の六割七割くらいを読み終えるともっと読みたくなる。
7/13
エリート
今日はいっぱい読んで最後の第四章につきました。
7/14
エリート
七十ページくらいは残ってるので月曜日までこの本を全部読み終えるつもり。
7/15
エリート
今日は読み終えなかったけど明日は絶対読み終える。
7/16
エリート
相変わらず読み終えて感動。三月さんの全小説の最後のところは感動する。
7/17
エリート
仕事があるから三日休憩。あとはTAMAYAを読み始めるつもりです。
7/18
X
。。。
7/19
X
。。。
7/20
X
TAMAYAを読み始めた。グッバイ宣言のキャラも出ているらしい。
7/21
TAMAYA
今日は何も読まずにうっかり寝てた。
7/22
X
今月に残った時間であんまり読むことができないかもしれない。
7/23
X
今日も何も読まなかった。
7/24
X
習慣を取り戻すために今日は少し読むことにした。
7/25
TAMAYA
今日暇だったからいっぱい読んだ。
7/26
TAMAYA
昨日と違って何も読まなかった。
7/27
X
明日は半分のところに着くそうだ。
7/28
TAMAYA
半分のところにきて第三章につきました。明日は車で家に帰るから休みます。
7/29
TAMAYA
7/30
X
家で仕事があるから八月の二日まで休みます。
7/31
X
七月
月
火
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金
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July Reading Updates
Date
Book/Text
Pages
July 1
エリート
10
July 3
エリート
10
July 4
エリート
10
July 5
エリート
8
July 7
エリート
7
July 8
エリート
5
July 9
エリート
4
July 10
エリート
8
July 11
エリート
30
July 12
エリート
7
July 13
エリート
10
July 14
エリート
31
July 15
エリート
30
July 16
エリート
20
July 17
エリート
50
July 21
TAMAYA
26
July 25
TAMAYA
15
July 26
TAMAYA
45
July 28
TAMAYA
30
July 29
TAMAYA
17
August Notes
August Reading Updates:
Recent Update:
Date
Book
仕事は今日終わりそうで明日は読み続けることにするつもりです。
8/1
X
残したところから読み続けて第四章についた。
8/2
TAMAYA
友達と遊んだから何も読まなかった。
8/3
TAMAYA
今日も昨日と同じことになったからただ夜で読まずに一日中読むことにする。
8/4
TAMAYA
寝る前に少し読んだ。今週末まで読み終えるつもりです。
8/5
TAMAYA
今日読み終えるつもりだったけど次の週末までに読み終えることにした。
8/6
TAMAYA
あと五十ページ!次の分長いから今はここで止める。明日全部読み終えます。
8/7
TAMAYA
今日読み終えるつもりだったけど熱が上がってて数日休みます。
8/8
X
今日も休みます。
8/9
X
明日読み続けるつもりです。
8/10
X
TAMAYAも終わった。シリーズの中で一番好きではないけど楽しかった。
8/11
TAMAYA
明日から「いのちの食べ方」を読み始める。新聞とかも読み始めたい。
8/12
X
いのちの食べ方を読み始めた。曲の方も好きだし最初の分も面白い!
8/13
命の食べ方
読む習慣を取り戻さないと。明日からいのちの食べ方を読み続ける。
8/14
X
今日も何も読まなかっためっちゃだるい。
8/15
X
欲しかったくらい読まなかった。
8/16
命の食べ方
今月末までに読み終えないかもしれない。
8/17
命の食べ方
。。。
8/18
X
明日から読むとしよう。
8/19
X
今日もなにか読んだと言えるくらい読まなかった。
8/20
命の食べ方
全く読み続けないので数日休憩することにします。
8/21
X
明日JLPT試験に申し込むことにします。
8/22
X
今日はJLPT試験に申し込んだので毎日読むことに戻りたい。
8/23
X
今日こそ読むことができたがあんまり読む気がない。九月まで毎日読まない。
8/27
命の食べ方
八月
月
火
水
木
金
土
日
01[⌂]
02
03[⌂]
04[⌂]
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06
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08[⌂]
09[⌂]
10[⌂]
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12[⌂]
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August Reading Updates
(props to you if you get the meaning behind the emojis on August)
there’s what now?? are they these? グッバイ宣言(MF文庫J)(ライトノベル)の電子書籍無料試し読みならBOOK☆WALKER oh man gotta check these out. I just keep reading and keep reading more stuff but somehow the to-read list never gets shorter…
Yay, I’m excited to join in for the first time! I’ve been reading daily already for the past while, so this won’t be too much of a change in pace, but I thought it’d be interesting to keep track and then look back after a few months. And from lurking a little in the past thread, it seems like everyone here’s really nice.
I’m currently reading through several manga series.
This is my first time posting on this site, but I have lurked for quite awhile around the book clubs. My progress has been gradual, but I think I am finally ready to give the Absolute Beginner Book Club a try in August! As such, I am very excited to begin working toward that goal alongside all of you.
Books:
Crystal Hunter (Natural): Completed five volumes
The Wolf of the Small Forest: (10%)
When Will Ayumu Make His Move?: (10%)
I want to spend most of July reading through Crystal Hunters to hopefully build up both my confidence and my ability to read in Japanese. The books look interesting, and I believe they will be a good first step. Around the end of July, or perhaps the start of August, I want to take the plunge and begin reading native manga. I am extremely nervous jumping into native material, but it will be a good experience for Horimiya on the 26th.
So today I read chapter 3 of ふらいんぐうぃっち I had this manga in my library since last year and didn’t continue in forever, so this challenge already had a benefit now! I also learned a lot of new words, some including:
なまり - accent
きつい - hard
じょうろ - watering can
つぐ (継ぐ) - to inherit
めぐまれる - to be blessed with
ボーボー - fiercely, wild
新米 - new rice, novice
キジ - pheasant
せっかい - lime
すっかり - completely
Read ~10 pages of さくらいろの季節 today! It’s from the same publisher as the last novel I read and similarly school-themed, so here’s hoping I see some overlap in the vocab.
Some new words for the day:
写生(しゃせい)- sketching, drawing from life
敷地(しきち)- grounds, site, lot
繊細(せんさい)- dainty, delicate
へっちゃら - cool, composed, calm
So far it’s a cute story! Definitely some similar themes to what I’ve previously read, but the protagonist seems to be a lot more likable than in the last book I read, so that’s something.
did a light read today, just the one 20 minute section of kiwami 2 (which, admittedly, was a little light on text in places) and one fate episode, セン’s first one. was probably the easiest thing i’ve read in granblue, closest thing to textbook japanese i’ve seen in a while.
it’s the jlpt tomorrow, so i’ll probably not update again til monday (lots of travelling ). good luck to anyone else taking it!!
Hey everyone! Once again I’ll just be here, trying to keep up with regular posts… I’ve admittedly kind of lost my initiative to learn but I enjoy reading and I enjoy making these posts so I’ll keep going for as long as I can!
My Bookmeter (why don’t they just let me add numbered ratings…? That’s so annoying)
Currently Reading:
声優ラジオのウラオモテ - light novel series about a pair of mutually antagonistic high school students who live double lives as aspiring 声優.
Monkeys!¡ - visual novel about a delinquent boy who has chosen to masquerade as a girl in a female-only school for the posh and genteel in order to save his own.
My aim this time around is to just finish the latter at a decent pace… I’ve been stalling on it for too long…
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Thank you to @MissDagger for allowing me to filch her format and be even more lazy than usual.
Day 1: July 1st
What did I read?: ふらいんぐうぃっち Vol 12
How much did I read?: 23 pages
How long did it take me?: 32 min
And we’re off! Welcome to the summer challenge everyone I started with the first chapter of Flying Witch Vol 12, since the book club for it just started today! I’ll probably reserve most of my comments for the book club thread, but it was hard to stop reading after just one chapter, the cliffhanger
Good luck to anyone taking the JLPT tomorrow! You got this!
I’ve never joined this challenge before and I’m very scared to do so…
Not because I’m scared of not completing it, but because I’m scared of reading about so many exciting books that my backlog will increase at a much faster pace than I can empty it
Also let me tell you that since I’ve started WK one year ago, I’ve been thinking that you people are all Gods, for being able to reading in Japanese
And here am I, joining you haha, somehow it got within my reach too! So happy!
Anyways, won’t be keeping a calendar and not sure I’ll post daily, probably only if I have something to say about something I’ve read. I’ll be happily reading every update though
毟る = to pluck off. A tuft of fur in context. Has Furigana.
でっち上げる = to fabricate; to hoax; to make up a false story
大本 = foundation; root
スコップ = a shovel; a spade; a scoop
数珠 = string of beads; rosary
羽虫 = biting louse (lice); small winged insect. Nothing related to 虫歯.
諒解 = roger; understood. Has Furigana. Probably just similar to 了解.
傍目 = looking from the side; outsider’s perspective
無精 = sloth; laziness = 不精
下賎 = low birth = 下賤
胡乱 = suspicious looking. Somewhat like 胡散臭い.
連想 = mental association; reminding of
艇 = small boat. Maybe thinking of 艦艇 which aren’t so small.
回廊 = corridor
番所 = guardhouse. Perhaps like modern 交番.
参拝 = visiting and paying respect
簾 = a bamboo blind. Or just す in 御簾. Kanji also used in 暖簾.
一点張り = single-mindedness
毒を食らわば皿まで = if you’ve eaten poison, (lick) the plate. Will probably be poisoned to death anyway.
壺に嵌まる = to hit bull’s eye; to go as expected. But with ど~ (= very much), JMdict gives somewhat an opposite meaning. どつぼにはまる = to find oneself in deep trouble.
The thread is back c: happy anniversary! I’ll be trying to join this one, I ended up skipping last one altogether pretty much but I feel ready to commit to daily reading again for the most part. I still won’t use a calendar because it’s likely I’ll skip a day here and there when I need or want and I don’t want to feel guilty about it, but I will be tracking amount this time, not as a requirement but just as mere curiosity to see how much I end up reading by the end; I saw the graphs that some of you make and they’re pretty nice. This won’t be as fancy but I do have a time tracking app that sort of produces some cool statistics so I might post those when the thread is over. Also I will pretty much be reading VNs I think so all measurements will be in characters.
Good luck everyone! And as always thanks again for the host @windupbird <3 .