📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

[windupbird]

Summary post

emerges from the depths

Day 46: February 15th
Missed

Day 47: February 16th
What did I read?: ペンギン・ハイウェイ
How much did I read?: 8 pages
How long did it take me?: 30 minutes

Day 48: February 17th
What did I read?: ペンギン・ハイウェイ
How much did I read?: 8 pages
How long did it take me?: 37 minutes

Day 49: February 18th
Missed

Day 50: February 19th
What did I read?: ペンギン・ハイウェイ
How much did I read?: 6 pages
How long did it take me?: 28 minutes

Day 51-55: February 20th-24th
Missed

Day 56: February 25th
What did I read?: ペンギン・ハイウェイ
How much did I read?: 10 pages
How long did it take me?: 38 minutes

I’ve been quite busy with work, especially this past week, so I decided to pretty much step away from the challenge for a bit to give myself the mental space I needed to deal with that. Didn’t feel like reading, so I didn’t force it. (It was very much a good move, btw, I was insanely productive the whole week and even got to complete some stuff ahead of schedule which I was not anticipating at all lol, so that was a good feeling). Trying to get back on the horse a bit for the last couple days of the challenge - can’t believe it’s almost ending already. Still enjoying Penguin Highway, the mystery keeps growing I really liked the part where the girl’s umbrella starts to sprout flowers, that really just sounded so pretty

Replies

First - happy extremely belated birthday @natarin !

@MissDagger

Sorry for stealing but you said it so well.

Steal away hahaha, I’m glad I’m not the only one that experiences this feeling

@MissDagger

And I didn’t read anything all week, so wanted even less to hang around here.

Also, same hat, welcome back to us both

[pocketcat]

I read a few pages of 七回死んだ男 on the bus (early reading for next week) and then a few pages of 半落ち tonight, finishing 4.7 but I’m so mentally tired that I’m having to reread a lot more than usual so going to wait til tomorrow to finish it.

I may read more 七回死んだ男 tonight as it’s a much easier book and then have tomorrow to focus on 半落ち and この本を盗むものは. I’m seeing the light at the end of the tunnel re: books I’m going to stick to my obligations (レベル７ and whatever is the next Mystery Book Club) but I think I’m going to need to be more cautious of joining any new clubs until at least the N1 is over. I’ve barely studied for it, and I need to honestly as the question formats still catch me off guard. Also just…endurance. How to read so many boring excerpts without losing focus…

[natarin]

February 25 Home Post

Thanks again for the birthday wishes I played some more Steins;Gate today, didn’t end up having a whole lot of time to do so but it continues to be very intriguing I have many questions and no answers lmao.

[Redglare]

Home post // Feb 25

・薬屋のひとりごと３ (81% → 100%)

I finished the book

Spoilery comments (no lookie if you're planning to read the series)

I knew it! Finally confirmed: 任氏(じんし) is the character I thought he was Wheee! And he was trying to tell Maomao but she dodged the conversation, literally shut the door in his face. At least, she heard his apology.

The scene in the cave was hilarious, Maomao got to know about the frog . Label: そこそこ. I’m glad the scene didn’t go any further than that though, seems like he really wanted to prove that it was not a frog at all

Here’s my favorite illustration in this volume:

わくわく

Possible spoiler for volume 5, I think: In this volume, I’m glad the frog scene stopped where it did, but I’m kinda freaked out because I know Nafu complained about a scene that basically was an assault? I’m worried.

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・この本を盗む者は (0% → 1%)

Also read the first 3-4 pages of new book.

PS. I fell asleep last night before I could post xD

[javerend]

２月２５日 (Home Post Link)

Read:

• 三ツ星カラーズ ch 23
• 古見さんはコミュ症です ch 3, 4, 5 - あ！ やせいのネコミがとびだしてきた！
• ルリドラゴン pg 18-26 might end up reading ahead on this at some point, but i have other priorities for now

Word of the Day:
筆談「ひつだん」ー communicating in writing

[iterimpius]

Feb 11th-25th
Home Post

Hello hello everyone… Many days without updating and honestly… reading during the trip didn’t go well at all, but it’s okay I guess…
11/2: わたしの幸せな結婚, 26min
12/2: わたしの幸せな結婚, 48min
13/2-14/2: missed
15/2: わたしの幸せな結婚, 23min 31%
16/2: missed
17/2: 暁のヨナ、ch107,108.
18/2: 暁のヨナ、ch108 read-aloud.
19-24/2: all missed…
25/2: 暁のヨナ、ch109. → ended up getting called to do something and had to leave the bookclub session…

I only had and with me for the trip, so nothing else read. I feel bad for falling into a reading slump but as long as I get back on track and don’t give up completely, I think it should be okay.

[nyxqueenofshadows]

home post

26th feb

another short chapter of 聖☆おにいさん today, this time they went shopping and ended up doing a comedy routine for the elderly, as you do. not sure i’m enjoying it as such, but it’s something to look at. comedy in general seems harder

[DIO-Berry]

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February 26th

ジョジョの奇妙な冒険10
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ルリドラゴン 1
105 - 170 (end)

宝石(ほうせき)の国(くに)
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Posting now because I doubt I’ll read other stuff tonight. Too much studying and work to do. Pretty sure I have the same umbrella as the mom (?), also can’t wait to see what’s revealed at the start of vol 2 when it eventually (hopefully) comes.

Also thinking I’ll put Land of the Lustrous and Ruri Dragon on the same list of manga to buy later when I have the shelf/the works are complete like Rose of Versailles

[WaniTsunami]

Read a chapter of 推しの子 and a section of Chainsaw Man: Buddy Stories. Played Genshin but admittedly ignored a lot of the dialogue.

I was pretty busy today. Had a cooking class and a Livestream of Nogizaka46. So that was about 8 hours of my day, but still made some time for reading. Tomorrow Tuesday is the last day of the challenge, so I’ll give my final results for the challenge, reflections, etc.

EDIT: I got my days mixed up!

[polv]

Feb 26, Sun of Week 9 of Winter Q1 2023

• ガラスのうさぎ Ch.15-16 (end volume)

After Ch.16 is publication notes and I went on full reading without looking up, perhaps I was getting tired. With enough Furigana (but not all), subvocalization, or reading aloud quietly, is easy.

• うたわれるもの

Words of the day

• ちらほら(.) = (on-mim) here and there
• ぼつぼつ(.) = (on-mim) gradually / scattered; here and there
• つかつか(.) = (on-mim) walking briskly; without hesitation
• どやどや(.) = (on-mim) sound of many footsteps, noisily
• もたもた(.) = (on-mim) slow and tardy
• もくもく = silently = 黙々(もくもく)
• チンプンカンプン(.) = unintelligible; gibberish
• きんとん = mashed sweet potatoes = 金団(きんとん)
• パンダン = pandan, a kind of plant = パンダンリーフ. Seems to be of 蛸(たこ)の木(き) family. I don’t know the English word, but in Thai is เตยหอม.
• はからい = discretion = 計(はか)らい
• ところせましと = being cramped; crowded; overflowing = 所狭(ところせま)しと. There is also 所狭(ところせま)い.
• ないないづくし = having nothing left = 無(な)い無(な)い尽(づ)くし
• こうむる = to sustain damage. Kanji is 被(こうむ)る / 蒙(こうむ)る. I think it sounds quite similar to 葬(ほうむ)る = to bury.
• 黙想(もくそう) = contemplation
• 人(ひと)なつこい = friendly = 人懐(ひとなつ)こい = 人懐(ひとなつ)っこい
• 食(た)べざかり = growing child’s appetite; being a children with a lot of appetite = 食(た)べ盛(ざか)り
• 奮発(ふんぱつ) = a spurt of efforts; exertions
• 焼(や)けただれる = to be burned badly = 焼(や)け爛(ただ)れる
• 殿堂(でんどう) = a hall
• 国技(こくぎ) = national sports
• 東洋史(とうようし) = Asian history. 東洋(とうよう) is the East, while 西洋(せいよう) and 洋式(ようしき) are of western style.
• 野宿(のじゅく) = sleeping outdoors
• 死去(しきょ) = passing away
• 大黒柱(だいこくばしら) = central pillar. The 大黒(だいこく) part probably refers to 大黒天(だいこくてん).
• 憲兵(けんぺい) = Military Police. Also abbreviated MP in context.
• 停電(ていでん) = power outage
• 声楽(せいがく) = vocal music
• 予選(よせん) = preliminary contest
• 衆議一決(しゅうぎいっけつ) = unanimous
• 発会式(はっかいしき) = opening ceremony
• 陽炎(かげろう) = heat haze; shimmer of hot air. Another word that has this reading is 蜉蝣(かげろう) = mayfly; ephemeropteran.
• 月夜(つきよ) = moonlit night. Opposite is 闇夜(やみよ).
• 色白(いろじろ) = fair (light) skin complexion

[midnightblue]

February 26th

Home post

Card Captor Sakura volume 11 / volume 12 – progress report
Yesterday: Continued up to page 167.
Today: Read up to page 181, finished chapter 45 and volume 11.
Began reading volume 12, read up to page 17.

Eriol finally explained his motives and apologised for the trouble he caused – sure hope so, my dude, you almost killed Sakura at least once during your shenanigans.
With the main plot point of turning the Clow Cards into Sakura Cards being finished, volume 12 is probably going to be all about the characters and completing some unfinished business between them. Frankly, I don’t remember much about this volume except some of the things which strictly involving Sakura and Shaolan and the ending.

Btw, happy cakeday, @nyxqueenofshadows !

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Word or expression of the day:
洞察力 - (どうさつりょく) - insight, discernment, perception, acumen

Honourable mention(s):
辛い目に合う - (つらいめにあう) - to have a hard time (of it)

[Zakarius]

The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den

February 26th
新書太閣記 progress: 13.11% // Volume II: 48.95%

Today’s text was stuffed full with lots of confusing names (people, castles, places), at one point it just put them in a list because there were so many.

Is this the name of a guy or a castle? Oh it’s talking, it must be a person.

Is he affiliated with this clan, or that clan? Well, he used to be in this clan, but then moved to that clan which then dissolved and became part of his original clan but then he decided to move again to this other clan.

Words found under the kotatsu

Forms
猶 ＝ 尚「なお」(Still; yet)

Character Name List

Probably some spoilers, but this is a historic novel, so can spoilers really exist for things that have (for the most part) actually happened

Volume I: 1535 - 1555

日吉「ひよし」- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nicknames: 猿「さる」/ 針売り「はりうり」
Name serving Nobunaga: 木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」

Family
木下弥右衛門「きのした やえもん」- Father
– – 乙若「おとわか」- Old friend (serves under 織田)
筑阿弥「ちくあみ」ー Step-father
大政所「おおまんどころ」// also お奈加「おなか」ー Mother
おつみ - Older sister
小竹「こちく」- Baby brother
加藤清正「かとう きよまさ」// also 弾正「だんじょう」- Ojisan (only distantly related (before marriage))
– Married to: おえつ (sister of お奈加)

Friends & Acquaintances
仁王「におう」- Big kid friend
於福「おふく」(Nickname - full name: 福太郎「ふくたろ」) // 楊景福「ようけいふく」(Chinese name/birth name) - Timid kid friend (older than Hideyoshi)
– 五郎大夫 「ごろ だゆう」// 祥瑞「しょうずい」(Chinese name) - Father
– 梨琴「りきん」- Mother
捨次郎「すてじろう」- Previous servant to 五郎, later the adoptive father of 於福, and owner of a tea ware shop - and employer of, and master to, Hideyoshi

Hachisuka Clan
蜂須賀小六「はちすか ころく」(also 正勝 「まさかつ」) - Head of the Hachisuka clan
– 七内「なない」- Younger brother
– Married to 松波「まつなみ」
– – 亀一「かめいち」- Son

Retainers:
稲田大炊助「いなだ おおいのすけ]
青山新七「あおやま しんしち」
長井半之丞「ながい はんのじょう」
松原内匠「まつばら たくみ」

Others:
国吉「くによし」- Gunsmith/blacksmith
渡辺天蔵「わたなべ てんぞう」- Deserter - Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
難波内記「なんば ないき」- Spy disguised as a Komuso
仁田彦十「にった ひこじゅう」- Subordinate

(蜂須賀正利「はちすか まさとし」- previous head of the Hachisuka clan)

Saito Clan
((questionable) Alliance with the Hachisuka clan)
斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Head of the Saito clan
– 斎藤義龍「さいとう よしたつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」) - Son

明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」) - serves under Dosan
– 又市「またいち」- Underling / foot soldier

堀田 道空「ほった どうくう」- Chief retainer
弥平治光春「やへいじ みつはら」- Retainer (cousin to Jyubei)
– 明智光安「あけち みつやす」- Father
春日丹後「かすが たんご」- Military commander

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Leader of the Oda clan (Married to the daughter of Saito Dosan)
– 卯月「うづき」- Nobunaga’s faithful, old horse
– 織田信秀「おだ のぶひで」- Father and previous leader of the Oda clan
– – 織田与三郎「おだ よさぶろう」- Younger brother
– – 織田信行「おだ のぶかつ」(Other name: 信成「のぶなり」) - Son (half-brother to Nobunaga (different mother))

Retainers (Under Nobuhide rule):
平手 政秀「ひらて まさひで」
– 五郎左衛門「ごろうざえもん」(nickname: 五郎左「ごろうざ」) - First son
– 監物「けんもつ」- Second son
– 甚左衛門「じんざえもん」- Third son
– 雨宮勘解由「あめみや かげゆ」- Servant
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」(common name: 新五郎「しんごろ」/ nickname: 佐渡「さどう」) (served under Nobunaga too)
– 美作守「みまさかのかみ」- Younger brother
青山 信昌「あおやま のぶまさ」(common name: 与三右衛門「よそうえもん」)
内藤 勝介「ないとう しょうすけ / かつすけ」

Retainers (Under Nobunaga rule):
柴田勝家「しばた かついえ」(Nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)

Others:
市川大介「いちかわ だいすけ」- Archery master/instructor
平田三位「ひらた さんみ」- Master of military strategy
浅野又右衛門「あさの またえもん」- Military commander
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
がんまく - Former worker/servant, friend of Hideyoshi

Shiba Clan
斯波義統「しば よしむね」- Head of the Shiba clan, at Kiyosu castle
– 斯波義銀「しば よしかね」- Son

Imagawa Clan
今川義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo

Retainers:
松下之綱「まつした ゆきつな」(common name: 加兵衛「かへい」)
飯尾豊前「いのお ぶぜん」
多賀能八郎「たがのう はしろう」(nickname: 能八「のうはち」)

Takeda Clan
太郎義信「たけだ よしのぶ」- Commander
(Married to the daughter of Imagawa Yoshimoto to tie the clans)

Non-affiliated
上泉 信綱「かみいずみ のぶつな」(also: 上泉 伊勢守「かみいずみ いせのかみ」) - Founder of the 新陰流「しんかげりゅう」school of Kenjutsu
– 疋田小伯「ひきた しょうはく」- Disciple
– 神後五六郎「かんご ごろくろう」- Disciple

塚原 卜伝「つかはら ぼくでん」- Kensei; legendary swordsman

Historical People

• 阿倍仲麻呂「あべ の なかまろ」ー Japanese scholar & poet (700s)

• 白楽天「はく きょい」ー Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: 白楽天「はく らくてん」in Japan. (Late 700s)

• 道元「どうげん」(or 道元禅師「どうげん ぜんじ」ー Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (also known as 栄西禅師「えいさい ぜんじ」) (Early / mid 1200s)

• 空海「くうかい」ー The one and only Kukai or Kobo Daishi - a Buddhist monk. Posthumously given the title of: 弘法大師「こうぼう だいし」born as: 佐伯 眞魚「さえき の まお」(late 700s / early 800s)

• 源頼政「みなもと の よりまさ」ー Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)

• 平 重盛「たいら の しげもり」ー Military commander and court noble, claimed to be an ancestor of Oda Nobunaga (Mid-1100s)

• 桓武（天皇）「かんむ（てんのう）」ー 50th Emperor of Japan, claimed to be an ancestor of Taira no Shigemori, thus ancestor to Oda Nobunaga (Mid-Late 700s)

Volume II: 1555 - 15??
(currently 1561)

Oda Clan
織田 信長「おだ のぶなが」- Head of the Oda clan
– 織田 信広「おだ のぶひろ」- Older brother
– 織田 信行「おだ のぶゆき」(also: 信勝「のぶかつ」) - Younger brother

木下 藤吉郎「きのした とうきちろう」- Hideyoshi
– 木股 権三「きまた ごんぞう」(Nickname: ごんぞ) - Servant

Military Commanders
浅野 又右衛門「あさの またえもん」
– 寧子「ねね」- Daughter
柴田 勝家「しばた かついえ」(nickname: 権六「ごんろく」)
池田 恒興「いけだ つねおき」(Common name: 勝三郎「かつさぶろう」)
林 秀貞「はやし ひでさだ」
佐久間 盛重「さくま もりしげ」(also know as: 大学「だいがく」)
山口 守孝「やまぐち もりたか」(also known as: 海老丞「えびのじょう」)
柘植 友顕「つげ ともあき」(also known as: 玄蕃「げんば」)

Retainers
佐久間 盛政「さくま もりまさ」(nickname: 玄蕃「げんば」)
森 可成「もり よしなり」(Other name: 三左衛門「さんざえもん」)
– 蘭丸「らんまる」- Son

Others
山淵 右近「やまぶち うこん」- Magistrate
– 山淵 義遠「やまぶち よしとお」- Father (Chief Vassal)
戸部 新左衛門「とべ しんざえもん」- Castle commander
水野 帯刀「みずの たてわき」- Castle Guard

Maeda Clan
前田 利家「まえだ としいえ」(childhood name: 犬千代「いぬちよ」) - Military commander

Saito Clan
斎藤 義龍「さいとう よしさつ」(also: 高政「たかまさ」) - Military commander
– 孫四郎「まごしろう」- Brother
– 喜平次「きへいじ」- Brother
– 斎藤 道三「さいとう どうさん」- Father

Akechi Clan
明智 光秀「あけち みつひで」(common name: 十兵衛「じゅうべい」) - Military Commander
明智 光安「あけち みつやす」- Military Commander and adoptive father of Jyubei
– 明智 秀満「あけち ひでみつ」- Son, and retainer to Jyubei

Imagawa Clan
今川 義元「いまがわ よしもと」- Daimyo
– 今川 氏真「いまがわ うじざね」- Son, and heir to the Imagawa clan
– 太原 雪斎「たいげん せっさい」- Uncle, military advisor and monk

Military Commanders
伊丹 康直「いたみ やすなお」(also known as: 権阿弥「ごんあみ」)
庵原 忠縁「いはら ただより」(also known as: 将監「しょうげん」)
斎藤 利澄「さいとう としずみ」(also known as: 掃部介「かぶのすけ」)

Others
徳川 家康「とくがわ いえやす」(Childhood name: 竹千代「たけちよ」// Other name: 元康「もとやす」) - Soldier
– 築山「つきやま」- Wife
– 榊原 忠政「さかきばら ただまさ」- Vassal
朝比奈 主計「あさひな かずえ」- Samurai

Takeda Clan
武田 信玄「たけだ しんげん」- Daimyo

Asakura Clan
朝倉 義景「あさくら よしかげ」- Daimyo

Sakai Clan
Military Commanders
酒井 正親「さかい まさちか」(also known as: 与四郎「よしろう」)

Matsudaira Clan
Military Commanders
松平 親俊「まつだいら ちかとし」(also known as: 左馬助「さまのすけ」)
杉浦 吉貞「すぎうら よしさだ」(also known as: 八郎五郎「はちろうごろう」)

Non-affiliated
鵜殿 甚七「うど (の) じんしち」- Mountain priest (Yamabushi)

[ChristopherFritz]

Day 56: February 25th

××でも魔法少女になれますか? Volume 1 (52% ➨ 55%)

ARIA The MASTERPIECE Volume 6 (15% ➨ 25%)

orange Volume 7 (15% ➨ 25%)

YAIBA Volume 1 (36% ➨ 46%)

ひよ恋 Volume 1 (87% ➨ 100%)

The plan was to read at least a bit from everything I’m in the middle of a volume of, but I got distracted from that.

[Greti33]

February 26th (Day 57)

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1Q84 Book 1 後編 (18 - 29%)

Aaand I completed chapter 15!

[TayaP0702]

Just passed around the third of the novel ちょっと今から仕事やめてくる, which so far is focusing on the resulting stress and pressure of working in ブラック企業, and what it does to the mental state of employees. I’m really interested to see where the story will go next.

Personally, one of the interesting pieces of information I encountered while reading is the origin of the phrase サザエさん症候群, which is the Japanese name for “blue monday”. Also this part stuck with me quite a bit, as I would say probably everybody experienced this feeling, at least in some way, in their life

[Redglare]

Home post // Feb 26

・この本を盗む者は (1% → 3%)

Yes good, there is dialogue. Almost got scared this book was going to be pages up and pages down filled with text like a massive brick wall. (That’s what I get for almost exclusively reading light novels, haha…) Some blank white-space is good too.

[omk3]

February 24

半落ち , 66-70%

February 25

死体は眠らない , 57-70%

February 26

死体は眠らない , 70-100%

I was growing very frustrated with my reading performance in February. So today I found some more time than usual and read a record-breaking 124 pages! Granted, it was a 赤川次郎 book full of dialogue, so easy to read fast, but still - quite satisfying.
As for the book itself, it was exactly as I expected. An easy, light read, with doses of humour, mystery, and tons of dead bodies. It wasn’t a page turner for me though. I felt no attachment to anyone in the book, so I could stop reading any time. If I didn’t want to finish this sooner rather than later, I could have stopped at 10 pages without an irresistible urge to read more.

No bingo I'm afraid. Better luck next time!

[Natsuha]

Day 56
Just some more Tsugumomo. Unfortunately instead of reading I spend too much time playing Monster Hunter Rise. But I’m soon done with the game and will spend more time on reading.

3966 pages read

[lucylavelle]

February 26th!

Today I read chapter 60 of Mitsuboshi Colors.
I’ve only managed a little bit of reading today and yesterday because I was travelling - but I’m hoping to have a big read tomorrow to make sure I stay on track with my many book clubs!

(Home Post)

[pocketcat]

I finished week 8 of 半落ち leaving only two weeks left. Such a good book. I definitely am going to read more 横山秀夫 in the future (I have at least two more of his books on my shelf just waiting…)

I also finished week 5 of 七回死んだ男 (official opens tomorrow) and am about 1/3 of the way through week 4 of この本を盗むものは. I may or may not finish it tonight.

I’ll be opening the thread for レベル７ in the Natively forums tonight (which will be Feb 27 for those in time zones ahead of me). Seeing as 七回死んだ男 will be wrapping up at the end of March it will be nice to have another paperback to read. Electronic is convenient but there’s something so cozy about physical copies.