📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

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I can’t believe it’s time for another reading challenge! I was looking forward to this so much :333 I didn’t manage to follow through in the Spring and Summer, and was too burnt out to consider doing the challenge in Autumn, but I think I am ready to give this another go. Third time’s the charm right? :eyes:

Planning to pick up where I left off last time, before I got completely consumed by uni, and finish ‘Kafka on the Shore’ - at least the first part for the time being. I’ve also got my eyes on ‘Before the Coffee Gets Cold’, though I have absolutely no idea what to expect from it. I’ll most likely end up perusing through some other reading materials too, but I suppose the main focus will be finishing Kafka on the Shore.

I’m also expecting to have a surplus of free time in the coming months - so I’m hoping I’ll be able to immerse myself more in reading :3

Edit: I just remembered that I’ve seen some people also tracking their other language reading goals in previous threads - and I’ve just recently started with Russian, and got a whole list of books I’m dying to read. So this will be my little side quest!

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- Japanese
- Japanese and Russian

Reading list

Completed :white_check_mark:

Reading :open_book:

Shelved

Reading side quest
  • Stories of my dogs [Tolstoy]
  • Morphine [Bulgakov]
  • Monday begins on Saturday [Boris & Arkady Strugatsky]
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:books: Nanashi’s First Reading Challenge Home Post

I must admit I’m pretty intimidated by this, but hey, nothing great ever came from staying in your comfort zone :smiley:

Resources: Orange, コンビニ人間, Japanese Stories for Language Learners, Shin Kanzen Master N2 Reading, and news articles for lazy/busy days

Not sure yet if I will rotate between different things, or stick to one/two, but it’s good to know I have a variety of resources to choose from in case fatigue kicks in.

My goals: stick to it for as long as I can and, most importantly, have fun

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Update 22nd Jan:
This challenge didn’t exactly start the way I wanted it to :sweat_smile: Spending time at in law’s in the first weeks was more overwhelming than I thought so I decided to postpone my start. Then I got sick when I came back home which delayed it even further. But I’m back now and that’s what counts :smiley:

Practiced reading with SKM N2 these past two days. It is a jump from N3 for sure, but it being more challenging than the usual manga/articles I read it’s also motivating me to do WK lessons and reviews. Can’t wait to look back at these first pages and see how far I’ve come :mechanical_arm:

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Hey there!

My new year resolution is, as many here, keep a solid learning habit. This year will be my first time joining a post and trying to commit to it. I’ll be updating here as much as I can.
よろしくね!

:books: My Study Log (2023)

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What am I currently reading?
  • 名探偵 コナン 第 10

What have I already finished?
  • Yotsubato - Volume 1... Volume 16
  • 名探偵 コナン 第 1... 9
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Finally populated my home post for anyone interested.


@Nanashi96 There is currently an active book club reading Orange. We’re just about to finish volume 5. And even if you’re not that far along the series yet. Feel free to hang out in the threads. We’ll be happy to answer any questions if you have them. And we have done quite a bit of speculating and such, if you find that stuff fun.

コンビニ人間 have a previous book club too, if you didn’t know.

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Wow everybody seems so organized with this. I guess I’ll dip my toe for this challenge and keep myself accountable as well. I made a splurge buy on the first 8 volumes of 宇崎ちゃんは遊びたい! after the final episode of the second season but now I have to read them eventually. I’ve also bought the first volume of チェンソーマン but read that it’s a step up in reading level to go through it. I’ll be keeping it on the side and see how it goes.

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:sparkles: :snowflake: Home Post :snowflake: :sparkles:

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Thank you for organizing the challenge!

My goal is to read everyday and increase reading speed. I aim to read at least 6 nonfictions and 6 fictions, overall 24 books in 2023.

Bookmeter ; Learnnatively

Ongoing
  • Nonfiction: 経営戦略4.0図鑑
  • Fiction: ユージニア Advanced bookclub
  • Visual novel: ゆのはなSpRING!
  • Manga: 花野井くんと恋の病 vol 3
  • Read-Together-With-Audiobook: 夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口
  • One-page-a-day: フランスの小さくて温かな暮らし 365日
Completed reads
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Progress Report

Week 1 (1-8/1/23)
Week 2 (9-15)
Week 3 (16-22)
Week 4 (23-29)
Week 5 (30-5/2)
Week 6 (6-12)
Week 7 (13-19)
Week 8 (20-26)

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Previous challenges

Fall 2021
Winter 2022
Spring 2022
Summer 2022
Fall 2022

会長はメイド様!1
会長(かいちょう)はメイド(さま)

透明(とうめい)世界(せかい)

第1話
1st January

Read pgs. 1-11.

2nd January

Read pgs. 12-21.

3rd January

Read pgs. 22-33.

4th January

Read pgs. 34-36. End of (だい)()

第2話
5th January

Read pgs. 37-44.

6th January

Read pgs. 45-50.

7th January

Read pgs. 51-55.

8th January

Read pgs. 56-71.

9th January

Read pgs. 72-77. End of (だい)()

第3話
10th January

Read pgs. 78-82.

11th January

Read pgs. 83-92.

12th January

Read pgs. 93-107.

13th January

Read pgs. 108-110. End of (だい)()

第4話
14th January

Read pgs. 111-116.

15th January

Read pgs. 117-130.

16th January

Read pgs. 130-140. End of (だい)()
Scanned pgs. 141-142. (Handwritten pages with no furigana.)

透明な世界
17th January

Read pgs. 143-150.

18th January

Read pgs. 151-156.

19th January

Read pgs. 157-165.

20th January

Read pgs. 166-167.

22nd January

Read pgs. 168-171.

23rd January

Read pgs. 172-182. End of 透明な世界。

Closing
24th January

Read pgs. 183-193. End of volume 1.
Skipping all the handwritten parts.

ヤンキー君とメガネちゃん 1

起立(きりつ) お前が〇〇だったとはな!
(れい) これじゃ(おれ)がダッセーじゃねーか!!
着席(ちゃくせき) 品川(しながわ)くんが()きだからですよ…。

起立 お前が〇〇だったとはな!
25th January

Read pgs. 1-12.

26th January

Read pgs. 13-21.

27th January

Read pgs. 22-33.

28th January

Read pgs. 34-37.

29th January

Read pgs. 38-44. End of 起立。

礼 これじゃ俺がダッセーじゃねーか!!
30th January

Read pgs. 45-52.

31st January

Read pgs. 53-56.

1st February

Read pgs. 57-65.

2nd February

Read pgs. 66-74. End of 礼。

着席 品川くんが好きだからですよ..。
3rd February

Read pgs. 75-78.

4th February

Read pgs. 79-81.

6th February

Read pgs. 82-87.

7th February

Read pgs. 88-94. End of 着席。

FAIRY TAIL 1

第1話 妖精(フェアリー)尻尾(テイル)
第2話 総長(マスター)あらわる!
第3話 火竜(かりゅう)(さる)(うし)
第4話 小犬座(こいぬざ)星霊(せいれい)
ハッピーのちょっとお仕事(しごと)

第1話
8th February

Read pgs. 1-15.

9th February

Read pgs. 16-23.

10th February

Read pgs. 24-35.

11th February

Read pgs. 36-58.

12th February

Read pgs. 58-82.

13th February

Read pgs. 82-86. End of 第1話。

第2話
14th February

Read pgs. 87-104.

15th February

Read pgs. 105-113.

16th February

Read pgs. 113-115.

17th February

Read pgs. 116-119.

18th February

Read pgs. 120-128.

19th February

Read pgs. 128-135.

20th February

Read pg. 136. End of 第2話。

第3話
21st February

Read pgs. 137-139.

23rd February

Read pgs. 139-144.

24th February

Read pgs. 145-159.

25th February

Read pgs. 160-166. End of 第3話。

第4話
26th February

Read pgs. 167-170.

27th February

Read pgs. 171-174.

28th February

Read pgs. 175-179.

1st March

Read pgs. 180-183.

2nd March

Read pgs. 184-186. End of 第4話。

ハッピーのちょっとお仕事
3rd March

Read pgs. 187-191. End of chapter.

Closing
4th March

Read pgs. 192-195. End of vol. 1.

スキップ・ビート! 1

ACT 1 そして(はこ)()けられた
ACT 2 ()かれたら最後(さいご)
ACT 3 戦慄(せんりつ)(うたげ)
ACT 4 戦慄(せんりつ)(うたげ)
ACT 5 ()けてる気持(きも)

ACT 1
5th March

Read pgs. 1-19. (Skipping the first two pages with all handwritten text.)

6th March

Read pgs. 20-27.

7th March

Read pgs. 28-34. (Skipping the side-bars with handwritten text.)

8th March

Read pgs. 35-56. End of ACT 1.

ACT 2
9th March

Read pgs. 57-63.

10th March

Read pgs. 64-68.

11th March

Read pgs. 69-76.

12th March

Read pgs. 77-82.

13th March

Read pgs. 83-86. End of ACT 2.

ACT 3
14th March

Read pgs. 87-96.

15th March

Read pgs. 97-98.

18th March

Read pgs. 99-105.

19th March

Read pgs. 106-109.

20th March

Read pgs. 110-118. End of ACT 3.

ACT 4
21st March

Read pgs. 119-121.

22nd March

Read pgs. 122-127.

23rd March

Read pgs. 128-136.

24th March

Read pgs. 137-143.

27th March

Read pgs. 144-148. End of ACT 4.

ACT 5

Deferred to spring challenge.

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I’ve been falling behind for the last two challenges :sweat_smile: so if I can at least read everyday and finish two books (not counting manga), I’m happy!

:books:Currently reading:
かがみの孤城 上
チュベローズで待ってる AGE22

Finished
夜カフェ3
世界から猫が消えたなら

March

March 23

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I’m level 8 and have no idea what books to read, but I’ll give it a shot. Are there any rules on how long to read or how many pages to read? Looking forward to this challenge with all of you.

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Whatever is an appropriate amount to keep you going. For some folks (especially those starting out into reading) any amount of text read per day counts. For others it’s a minimum of some pages of a book or manga or graded reader. The rules are pretty lax so long as it’s in Japanese (and if you are learning Japanese and another language feel free to use the challenge for both).

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:star: Wildstars Home Post :cat:

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Really excited for this. Two weeks back I finally picked a manga back up again and realized it was so much more easy than just half a year ago and since then I´ve read every day. This challenge gives me the perfect opportunity to hold myself accountable to continue doing this.

My Natively Profile

Reading List :books::
ハピネス 2 - 10
ふらいんぐうぃっち 1 - 10
キメツ学園! 1 - 2
よつばと! 1 - 3
チーズスイートホーム 1 - 12

Hopefully I will can finish some of those before I start buying even more manga… :sweat_smile:

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I always say that… :sweat_drops:

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:books: :snowflake: softlyraining’s snowy book stack :snowboarder: :open_book:

Another year, another reading challenge! Happy to be back. :blush:

My goal for this challenge is to finish as many of my “読んでいる” books as I can. I currently have a stack of three books in front of me, but there’s actually more than that. :sweat_smile: I’ll start with just those, though. Hopefully I’ll have a nice, clean slate by the end of this challenge so I can enter spring with a stack of fresh books! :grin:

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:closed_book: Bookmeter Profile

Reading Material

:red_square::question: 授乳 by 村田沙耶香
:red_square::question: 魔女の宅急便 by 角野 栄子
:red_square::question: ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語 by Various Contributors

Completion Rubric

:red_square: 0% ~ 33%
:orange_square: 34% ~ 66%
:yellow_square: 67% ~ 99%
:green_square: 100% COMPLETED!

Updates

January 1st - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 2nd - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 3rd - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 4th - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 5th - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 6th - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 7th - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 8th - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語
January 9th - ラストで君は「まさか!」と言う 冬の物語

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Hello! I’m very excited to participate in the challenge as I feel like my consistency with reading has not been great as of late. I will mainly be reading from G-fantasy (Gファンタジー) as i decided to treat myself with a subscription to it to help me read more in the new year. My goal is to read at least two of the month’s stories before I get the next edition. Good luck everyone!

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This is my first time participating in the challenge (and I think my first time posting on wanikani community)!

My goal is consistency (doing my best to read a little bit everyday) and improving my vocabulary.

My reading skills aren’t great so I’ll be starting at the very beginning with レベル0on the tadoku site!

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Also can someone help me?? I don’t know how wanikani community works and I’m a bit overwhelmed at what to do/what the community culture is here. I want to make some kind of page or post where I can link to each thing that I read. Should I create a “Topic” for that or something else? thank you (^o^)/

Reading Log :cat2:

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I think this will be the third challenge I take part in. Though I’m not very strict with myself.

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Series I’m currently reading:

  • Orange (will finish volume 5 on New Years Eve)
  • Shadows House (will start volume 5 soon)
  • Yoru Cafe (reading volume 3)
  • Spy Family (reading volume 4)
  • Cells at Work (reading volume 1 with ABBC, may continue or not)

Also reading: おばちゃんたちのいるところ with the IBC

I haven’t decided on further reading beyond the series above.

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You can always link them in your home post here if you want, otherwise you could always start your own study log. There are plenty around, and feel free to put whatever you want about your studies in there. :slight_smile:

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Natalie’s Home Post! :snowflake:

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It’s that time again! It’s wild thinking about how it’s been a year since I started really getting involved in these challenges, how far we’ve come :') Welcome to all the new faces as well, I hope you have a great time! I know these threads have been really impactful for me, so here’s hoping they do the same for you :smiling_face:

Background

I’m oddly not very far into any projects right now :laughing: A main thing will be reading BU$TAFELLOWS with the VN club, but I know I’ll get up to plenty of other chaos on the side. I’ve recently been playing 13 Sentinels as well, so that’ll probably be a significant part of this challenge too. I’ve also been working through 怪盗探偵山猫 on the novel side, so hopefully I can make progress there too! I’m very mystery-heavy it seems :joy: Inevitably I’ll end up going in and out of other things along the way (maybe I’ll start up another manga since I’ve finished ブルーロック? or keep listening to the バディミッションBOND drama cds at some point??), so we shall see how it goes!

Progress

Natively

Currently Reading:

Finished:

Previous Challenges: :snowflake: :cherry_blossom: :blossom: :maple_leaf:

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I will once again join this read everyday challenge. In 2023 I want to go all out and read much more.

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