📚📚 Read every day challenge - Winter 2023 ☃❄

Japanese Language Reading
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I 100% stole these from the Listen Every Day thread, thank you @omk3 :joy:

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:snowman_with_snow: :snowflake: MissDagger’s Home Post :snowflake: :snowman_with_snow:

:green_book: my bookmeter profile :orange_book: my study log :closed_book:

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Challenge Plan

The plan!

A new challenge and a new year!

It will start very busy for me, so I wouldn’t be surprised if there are several read nothing days in the first half of January. Not much I can do about that, but outside that I don’t know of any big challenges to the challenge. There will probably be more.

This would also be a good place to note that while I aim to read every day. I don’t mind missing days. Consistency is about doing it often, not always. At least that works much better for me.

My line up for this challenge is very VN, visual novel, heavy this time around. With two VN clubs running at the same time, plus me wanting to finishing Loopers which I read 40% of last year.

I also have Orange which I’ve reading with the club I’m leading. And in February, I will hopefully join the BBC, beginners book club, again for the reading of Komi-san. Although I might be too busying to join while the club is active.

Lastly, I feel I hope I can really start hitting reading in English (and Swedish) again. I was a voracious reader as a teen, but ever since I hit my twenties, it has been very hit or miss. Sometimes I’ll read loads, and then I’ll read nothing for a long time.

I once did the read one novel every week challenge during my voracious days, and I finished it within six months (instead of a year). I want to get back to that, at least a little.

And if someone wanted to see my reading goals for all of 2023, they are right here on my log. (A very long post warning applies (as usual).)

What I am Reading

VN: BU$TAFELLOWS :moneybag:
VN: ルーパーズ :infinity:
Manga: Orange :tangerine:
Manga: 古見さんは、コミュ症です。 :speech_balloon:
Manga: ホテル・メッツァペウラへようこそ 3 :christmas_tree:
Manga: 春色アストロノート :gemini:
Manga: Ouran High School Host Club :cherry_blossom: (not starting until like end of May/June, but easy access to link, baby)
Game: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild :shield:

Non-fiction: NHK (regular) :newspaper_roll:
Non-fiction: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar :white_flower: (technically not in Japanese but close enough)

Read something in English :books:

What I have Finished this Challenge

Orange 6 :tangerine:
ホテル・メッツァペウラへようこそ 3 :christmas_tree:
Orange 7 :tangerine:

English
The Hot Rock by Donald E. Westlake
The Hunter by Richard Stark (pen name of Donald E. Westlake)
Raine by Anthea Sharp
The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Kay Adams
Wild Sign by Patricia Briggs*
Storm Cursed by Patricia Briggs*
Smoke Bitten by Patricia Briggs*
Soul Taken by Patricia Briggs
Hideaway by Nora Roberts*
Shelter in Place by Nora Roberts*
Encore in Death by JD Robb
The Dip by Seth Godin*

*rereads

What I’ve Read Each Day

Jan
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01 :newspaper_roll: :moneybag: :books:
02 :books: 03 :books: 04 :moneybag: :books: 05 :moneybag: :books: 06 :newspaper_roll: :books: 07 :moneybag: :books: 08 :books:
09 :heavy_multiplication_x: 10 :books: 11 :books: 12 :newspaper_roll: :books: 13 :newspaper_roll: :books: 14 :moneybag: :books: 15 :moneybag: :books:
16 :heavy_multiplication_x: 17 :moneybag: 18 :moneybag: 19 :heavy_multiplication_x: 20 :moneybag: :books: 21 :books: 22 :tangerine: :books:
23 :newspaper_roll: :books: 24 :newspaper_roll: 25 :books: 26 :books: 27 :tangerine: :books: 28 :moneybag: :books: 29 :heavy_multiplication_x:
30 :newspaper_roll: 31 :heavy_multiplication_x:
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01 :heavy_multiplication_x: 02 :moneybag: :books: 03 :books: 04 :books: 05 :tangerine: :moneybag: :shield:
06 :shield: :moneybag: 07 :shield: :moneybag: 08 :shield: 09 :heavy_multiplication_x: 10 :heavy_multiplication_x: 11 :tangerine: 12 :moneybag:
13 :moneybag: :books: 14 :moneybag: :books: 15 :books: 16 :moneybag: :books: 17 :books: 18 :tangerine: :speech_balloon: :christmas_tree: 19 :heavy_multiplication_x:
20 :heavy_multiplication_x: 21 :books: 22 :heavy_multiplication_x: 23 :heavy_multiplication_x: 24 :heavy_multiplication_x: 25 :tangerine: :books: 26 :speech_balloon: :books:
27 :speech_balloon: 28 :speech_balloon: :moneybag: :books:
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01 :moneybag: 02 :moneybag: :books: 03 :moneybag: 04 :tangerine: 05 :heavy_multiplication_x:
06 :tangerine: 07 :gemini: 08 :heavy_multiplication_x: 09 :heavy_multiplication_x: 10 :infinity: :books: 11 :books: 12 :infinity:
13 :heavy_multiplication_x: 14 :heavy_multiplication_x: 15 :books: 16 :books: 17 :moneybag: 18 :speech_balloon: :books: 19 :books:
20 :white_medium_square: 21 :white_medium_square: 22 :white_medium_square: 23 :white_medium_square: 24 :white_medium_square: 25 :white_medium_square: 26 :white_medium_square:
27 :white_medium_square: 28 :white_medium_square: 29 :white_medium_square: 30 :white_medium_square: 31 :white_medium_square:
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I slouched a bit in reading in autumn, thus I’m here to keep myself a bit accountable. I’m hoping to read at least a little more in 2023 than I’m completing 2022 with, so the accountability will help keep me on track.

With 20 manga series on my list to continue or start reading in 2023, I certainly won’t be short on variety!

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:books: Natively Profile :open_book:

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Yay, new challenge! I finished かがみの孤城（上）in December and have been slacking off since then, so for the new year I’ll start 世界から猫が消えたなら, and if I can finish that before the challenge ends I’ll read かがみの孤城（下）.

My goal this challenge will simply be to read more than I did in the last one.

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As has become tradition, I won’t be making a calendar on here, but I can share my phone’s habit tracker if needed.

I only have ~62 pages to finish out my reading ‘obligations’ for the year so I indulged myself in volume 4 of 少女革命ウテナ this afternoon/evening. Have I mentioned what a great series that is? Cause it’s great

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This year I want to finish at least one (non-book-club) novel every challenge. Since I’m reading through the breaks, too, that’s one novel every three months, which should be more than doable. When I started out reading in Japanese, it took me two months to finish one, and while that was when I had less to read so it was easier to prioritize and not have a gajillion books started at once, that was also when I could comfortably manage at most like 8 pages a day, and recently I read 58 and could have kept going strong. So technically, I could probably read 3 novels per month, but I don’t necessarily want to punish myself for going where the motivation takes me, just guide myself toward finishing the 4 non-book-club novels I already have started.

For accountability’s sake, those are:
・2.43 清陰高校男子バレー部 代表決定戦編１ by 壁井ユカコ
・空への助走 福蜂工業高校運動部 by 壁井ユカコ
・ステージ・オブ・ザ・グラウンド by 蒼山サぐ
・青春サプリ。自分がここにいる理由

2 and 4 are technically short story collections, but they still count in my book.

The other non-manga I have started:
・おばちゃんたちのいるところ by 松田青子 (book club)
・夜カフェ３ by 倉橋燿子 (book club)
・透き通った風が吹いて by あさのあつこ
・風が強く吹いている by 三浦しをん
・この本を盗む者は by 深緑野分

bookmeter

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読んだ本

漫画:
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊲
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊳
・秋葉東子 - 暫定、恋人
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊴
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊵
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊶
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊷
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊸
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊹
・おおのこうすけ - 極主夫道⑩
・古舘春一 - ハイキュー!!㊺
・CLAMP - xxxHOLiC①
・CLAMP - xxxHOLiC②
・さとまるまみ - ヒミツにしろよ!!
＊CLAMP - xxxHOLiC③
＊芥見下々 - 呪術廻戦①
＊大島司 - アタック!!①
＊大島司 - アタック!!②
＊大島司 - アタック!!③
◎大島司 - アタック!!④
◎遠藤達哉 - SPY×FAMILY⑤
◎蜜柑堂 - おおきなおおきな花屋さん
◎蜜柑堂 - いちにち花屋さん
◎ぶぶん飯店 - 初恋コンバット
◎おおのこうすけ - 極主夫道⑪

小説:
＊倉橋燿子 - 夜カフェ③
◎深緑野分 - この本を盗む者は

Satori Reader:

英語で:
・James J. Butcher - Dead Man’s Hand
・Kalynn Baron - Cinderella is Dead
・Colleen Hoover and Tarryn Fisher - Never Never
＊Lloyd Alexander - The Castle of Llyr
＊Adam Blade - Beast Quest: Ferno the Fire Dragon
＊Adam Blade - Beast Quest: Sepron the Sea Serpent
◎Adam Blade - Beast Quest: Arcta the Mountain Giant
◎Adam Blade - Beast Quest: Tagus the Horse-Man

その他:
・高梨みつば - 乙女椿は笑わない 第一話 (ココハナ 2018年12月号)
・壁井ユカコと山川あいじ - 2.43 清陰高校男子バレー部 5th match (ココハナ 2018年12月号)

観たもの

日本語字幕付き:

英語字幕付き:
◎彼方のアストラ

字幕なし:

聴いたもの

Previous challenges:
:books::books: Spring 2022 :cherry_blossom: :seedling:
:books::books: Summer 2022 :beach_umbrella::sunny:
:books::books: Autumn 2022 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf:

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This is gonna be my first time taking this challenge! Let’s see how long I can actually stay commited lol

I’m currently participating in a discord server re-read of Ace of Diamond, so my goal is going to be to read 1-2 chapters of that manga in Japanese everyday. As an additional thing for when I have the time, I’m going to do my best to summarize what I’ve read in a notebook in Japanese (we’ll see how that goes lmao, probably gonna be lots of 降谷は投げたい。御幸先輩は受けたくない。沢村はまた泣いてる。)

Jan
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02[?!] 03 04📚 05📚 06📚 07📚 08📚
09📚 10📚 11📚 12📚 13📚 14📚 15📚
16📚 17📚 18📚 19📚 20📚 21 22📚
23📚 24📚 25📚 26📚 27📚 28📚 29📚
30📚 31📚
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01📚 02📚 03📚 04📚 05📚
06📚 07📚 08📚 09📚 10📚 11📚 12📚
13📚 14📚 15📚 16📚 17📚 18📚 19📚
20📚 21📚 22📚 23📚 24📚 25📚 26📚
27📚 28📚

?! - didn’t read my manga, but I did end up reading a lot of comics in japanese on twitter so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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:house: Home Post :house_with_garden:

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:snowflake: polv’s Reading Challenge of Winter Q1 2023 Home Post

I would read with a target of widening of what I could be able to read. Probably mainly collecting vocabularies, phrases, and meaningful Kanji’s. For the flow and minimal speed, I would leave it to Listening Challenge.

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第1週目 01 :open_book:
第2週目 02 :open_book: 03 :open_book: 04 :open_book: 05 :open_book: 06 :open_book: 07 :open_book: 08 :open_book:
第3週目 09 :open_book: 10 :open_book: 11 :open_book: 12 :open_book: 13 :open_book: 14 :open_book: 15 :open_book:
第4週目 16 :open_book: 17 :open_book: 18 :open_book: 19 :open_book: 20 :open_book: 21 :open_book: 22 :open_book:
第5週目 23 :open_book: 24 :open_book: 25 :open_book: 26 :open_book: 27 :open_book: 28 :open_book: 29 :open_book:
第6週目 30 :open_book: 31 :open_book:
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第6週目 01 :open_book: 02 :open_book: 03 :open_book: 04 :open_book: 05 :open_book:
第7週目 06 :open_book: 07 :open_book: 08 :open_book: 09 :open_book: 10 :open_book: 11 :open_book: 12 :open_book:
第8週目 13 :open_book: 14 :open_book: 15 :open_book: 16 :open_book: 17 :open_book: 18 :open_book: 19 :open_book:
第9週目 20 :open_book: 21 :open_book: 22 :open_book: 23 :open_book: 24 :open_book: 25 :open_book: 26 :open_book:
第10週目 27 :open_book: 28 :open_book:
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第10週目 01 :open_book: 02 :open_book: 03 :open_book: 04 :open_book: 05 :open_book:
第11週目 06 :open_book: 07 :open_book: 08 :open_book: 09 :open_book: 10 :open_book: 11 :open_book: 12 :open_book:
第12週目 13 :open_book: 14 :open_book: 15 :open_book: 16 :open_book: 17 :open_book: 18 :open_book: 19 :open_book:
第13週目 20 :open_book: 21 22 23 24 25 26
春の初 27 28 29 30 31

Planned resources
  • Book clubs
    • Death Note
    • SPY x FAMILY
    • 秋の牢獄
  • Famous writers’ short stories (in Bookwalker freebies)
  • VN
    • うたわれるもの
    • BU$TAFELLOWS
  • Audiobook accompaniments
    • かがみの孤城 (上 / 下)
    • 君の膵臓をたべたい
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Hello everyone! :blush:
I’m new at WaniKani, so unfortunately I didn’t participate at the end of last year when reading was my main focus in learning Japanese. I don’t think I will be reading that much at the beginning of the year, but I would still like to read consistently so this will be a great way to keep me accountable :upside_down_face:

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Edit: Continuing on this thread for March.

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01 02 03 04[ :-1:] 05
06 07 08 09[ :beach_umbrella:] 10[ :beach_umbrella:] 11[ :beach_umbrella:] 12[ :beach_umbrella:]
13[ :beach_umbrella:] 14[ :beach_umbrella:] 15[ :beach_umbrella:] 16 17[:-1:] 18[:-1:] 19
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:books: Reading materials list :books:

  • リコリス・リコイル「リアクト」LINK
  • リコリス・リコイル「リピート」LINK
  • リコリス・リコイル「リコレクト」(after new chapter release, FREE online) LINK
  • リコリス・リコイル漫画 (after new chapter release, FREE online) LINK
  • また、同じ夢を見ていた LINK
  • 世界から猫が消えたなら LINK
  • ちょっと今から仕事やめてくる LINK
  • 夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口 LINK
Name Progress Days
リコリス・リコイル「リアクト」(last 40%) 100% 1
リコリス・リコイル「リピート」 100% 2
また、同じ夢を見ていた 100% 24
リコリス・リコイル漫画 第4話 100% 1
リコリス・リコイル リコレクト 第6話 100% 1
世界から猫が消えたなら 100% 20
リコリス・リコイル リコレクト 第7話 100% 1
ちょっと今から仕事やめてくる 100% 17
リコリス・リコイル リコレクト 第7話 100% 1
リコリス・リコイル リコレクト 第8話 100% 1
夏へのトンネル、さよならの出口 6% 2

Other

  • Bunpro reading practice
  • NHK Web Easy
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:books: :evergreen_tree: :snowflake: Home post :snowflake: :evergreen_tree: :books:


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Count me in! :smile:
I’ll join for another two months again but this time I may spend less time on my reading sessions because I plan on focusing more on grammar.

I’ll pick up right where I left off in the Autumn/Fall Challenge: I’ll continue reading Aria: the masterpiece – a series I’m reading for the first time – and rereading Card Captor Sakura after many years; this time in Japanese.

Progress made during the previous challenge

I may add a NHK easy article here and there because I’m slowly approaching the point where, at least according to wkstats, I should be able to recognise around 80% of the Kanji featured in their articles. Though this will really be a rare occurrence since I dislike reading the news – I’m honestly only curious to see how far I’ve come when it comes to recognising (common) Kanji. :innocent:

Regarding goals, I don’t have many since I can’t estimate my progress reliably. My one goal is to read (almost) every single day in the span of the next two months.

Only thing left to do is to wish everyone who is continuing their challenge from the Autumn thread, and every other community member taking on this challenge this time or for the first time a good reading. :smiley:


Progress overview

:ocean: Aria: the masterpiece volume 3

Progress per chapter

January 8th: finished chapter 21
January 10th: finished chapter 22
January 13th: finished chapter 23
January 29th: finished chapter 24
February 1st: finished chapter 25
February 3rd: finished chapter 26
February 5th: finished chapter 27
February 5th: finished extra chapter 27.5
February 8th: finished chapter 28
February 10th: finished chapter 29
February 12th: finished chapter 30

February 12th: finished volume 3


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 5

Progress per chapter

January 1st: finished chapter 19
January 4th: finished chapter 20
January 5th: finished chapter 21
January 6th: finished chapter 22

January 6th: finished volume 5


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 6

Progress per chapter

January 14th: finished chapter 23
January 15th: finished chapter 24 & chapter 25
January 18th: finished chapter 26

January 18th: finished volume 6


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 7

Progress per chapter

January 20th: finished chapter 27 & chapter 28
January 21st: finished chapter 29
January 22nd: finished chapter 30

January 22nd: finished volume 7


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 8

Progress per chapter

January 23rd: finished chapter 31
January 24th: finished chapter 32
January 25th: finished chapter 33
January 26th: finished chapter 34

January 26th: finished volume 8


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 9

Progress per chapter

February 13th: finished chapter 35
February 15th: finished chapter 36
February 16th: finished chapter 37
February 17th: finished chapter 38

February 17th: finished volume 9


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 10

Progress per chapter

February 18th: finished chapter 39 & chapter 40
February 19th: finished chapter 41 & chapter 42

February 19th: finished volume 10


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 11

Progress per chapter

February 22nd: finished chapter 43
February 25th: finished chapter 44
February 26th: finished chapter 45

February 26th: finished volume 11


:star2: Card Captor Sakura volume 12

Progress per chapter

February 27th: finished chapters 46, 47 and 48
February 28th: finished chapter 49

February 28th: finished volume 12


To sum up, I read every single day and finished a total of 10 manga volumes * in 2 months. :slightly_smiling_face:
* (I count Aria: the masterpiece as 2 volumes)

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Looking forward to a new year of reading! :grin: :books:

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:flashlight: :dancer: :zzz: :zzz: :clinking_glasses: :rose: :rose::dancer:
:flashlight: :clinking_glasses: :clinking_glasses: :clinking_glasses: :clinking_glasses: :rose: :rose: :zzz:
:flashlight: :tumbler_glass: :dancer: :tumbler_glass: :tumbler_glass: :tumbler_glass: :tumbler_glass:
:flashlight: :tumbler_glass: :tumbler_glass: :tumbler_glass: :dancer: :dancer: :zzz: :zzz: :fox_face:
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:flashlight: :flashlight: :fox_face: :fox_face: :fox_face: :cityscape: :cityscape:
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Index:
:roll_of_toilet_paper: - 糞尿譚 (on hold)
:mountain_snow: - 山の霊異記 幻惑の尾根 (on hold)
:clinking_glasses: - チュベローズで待ってる AGE22 (finished)
:tumbler_glass: - チュベローズで待ってる AGE32 (finished)
:rose: - ユージニア (finished)
:dancer: - おばちゃんたちのいるところ (finished)
:fox_face: - 狐火の辻 (finished)
:zzz: - 死体は眠らない (finished)
:flashlight: - 半落ち (finished)
:cityscape: - ユートロニカのこちら側 (finished)
:droplet: - 水たまりで息をする (finished)
:crescent_moon: - 夢十夜
:door: - パレード
:rice_ball: - コンビニ人間

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Love this idea! I’m trying to get back into it and this might just be what I need. I have absolutely no idea what I should read though, so we’ll see what happens :pray:
I don’t have a lot of free time so I might just have to set the bar really low :sweat_smile:

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Hi! :slight_smile: I’m new to posting on the forums, looking forward to taking part in this! I’ll be chaotically switching between a few manga (including 古見さんはコミュ症です、 やがて君になる、私を喰べたい人でなし), and some video games as well (Monster Hunter Stories 1 initially). I’m a pretty slow reader just now - hopefully I’ll speed up as this goes on and learn some more grammar too!

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:snowflake: :mountain_snow: Twelve's Winter Listening Home Post :snowman: :teapot:

:books: My Study Log
:headphones: My home post in the Listen every day challenge

I missed this challenge. I could have tried to continue it during December, but it was way too stressful. Here’s to a more chill year.

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:snowflake: Day X :snowflake:

:open_book: Back to my Home Post

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:snowflake: :heart:Javerend’s Home Post:heart: :snowflake:

Reading streak: 180 days

Hello hello again everyone! I see many familiar faces so far from the fall reading challenge but some new ones as well! I look forward to reading together with all of you!

Currently Reading:

  • Manga: 三ツ星カラーズ４ + abbc and bbc picks
  • Book: on break
  • Textbook: 新完全マスター読解N3
  • News: NHK News Web Easy/Wikipedia
  • Game: ポケモン サファイア and どうぶつの森e+
Goals:

Like with the last challenge my primary goal is just to miss no days of reading and keep that reading streak going! I’m still defining a successful reading day as one chapter of manga, since that has been doable for me even on busy/bad days.
I also have been thinking ahead a little bit about my long term goals for 2023, and what I will need to start doing now in order to achieve them. My main three goals for 2023 are:

  1. Finish every volume of manga I currently physically own (not nec. including any new stuff I buy this year, but just clear out stuff so it doesn’t get buried by the new) - This is going to work out to around 66冊 in 52 weeks, so a little bit more than 1 a week on average. Doable! For this challenge I’d like to knock out the rest of ホリミヤ for sure, and then probably either 三ツ星カラーズ or しろくまカフェ to fill out some time, and then start working on 3月のリオン in earnest during the titular month.
  2. I want to transition into reading more stuff which is pure text. Little less specific since I don’t have the experience here to know what I’m going to want to read or what I will like reading! But, I hope to have a better understanding of that by the end of this seasonal challenge. I want to read at least one volume of either a childrens book, light novel, or a full collection of short stories.
  3. Be prepared to take the JLPT N2 test by December 2023. Maybe this is a bit ambitious, but I think it’s probably doable. Whether I actually sit for the test or not, I’d like to be at a level where I would feel comfortable doing it. For this reading challenge, I’d like to finish working through the 新完全マスター読解N3 book that’s been sitting on my desk since last summer.

So there we go! With some measurable and potentially achievable, but still challenging goals set, let’s get reading! 皆さん、頑張ってください！(and thank you for hosting again @windupbird !!)

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javerend's profile | Natively
Javerend’s Bookmeter

📚📚 Read every day challenge - Fall 2022 🍁🍂 - #99 by javerend

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:raccoon: :snowflake: :books: Tanuki Snow Reading :books: :snowflake: :raccoon:

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New year, new reading! Thanks again @windupbird for being the reading host!

Looking forward to reading along with everyone else, I still need to find something to read.

Finally decided on what to read, got pretty obsessed with ancient Chinese literature lately (currently reading Three Kingdoms again (in English)) so I have a craving for reading about samurai and bloody battles of ancient times so… what else to try and attempt to read but 新書太閤記 by 吉川 英治??
(In English I think it’s translated to “Taiko: An Epic Novel of War and Glory in Feudal Japan” by Eiji Yoshikawa, but it’s about the Sengoku period with the constant upheaval of power to unite Japan; Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, Ieyasu and all those guys)

Perhaps I will regret this later, this this is very long (900 pages or something, split into 11 books/volumes), but there is no going back now, I am committed.

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:open_book: :desktop_computer: Sylph’s home thread :snowman_with_snow::snowflake:

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Reading resources

[Book] ユージニア
[Book] わたしの幸せな結婚
[Manga] 青のフラッグ
[VN] BU$TAFELLOWS

Past challenges

:books: :books: :maple_leaf: :fallen_leaf: Autumn 2022
:books: :books: :beach_umbrella: :sunny: Summer 2022
:books: :books: :cherry_blossom: :seedling: Spring 2022
:books: :books: :snowman_with_snow::snowflake: Winter 2022
:books: :books: :maple_leaf: :fallen_leaf: Autumn 2021

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:sparkles::cloud_with_snow: :snowflake: Memoria’s Home Post! :snowflake: :cloud_with_snow: :sparkles:

I’m very excited to be doing this again! I did the summer challenge, so my last sign of life on this forum was on August 31st. Many things happened in my life over the past few months. Wanikani maintenance was the only thing I had time and energy to do. I kept telling myself to read and study more, but those reviews were always looming over my head…

So I’m on a Wanikani break. My subscription runs out before New Years, and I don’t know if/when I’ll get back to it. I have a solid kanji foundation, so now I want to immerse and mine vocabulary from books and games. :sparkles: I’m tracking my study time to make sure I don’t fall off the wagon. This challenge is a great way to stay accountable as well.

Anyway, enough background info. Calendar and reading material time!

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Planned reading material

Manga:

  • ハイキュー！！１
  • ハイキュー！！２ (These are only free through January 8th, so I’ll be reading them first.
  • となりの怪物くん１ (13 % done with this one)
  • ピーチガール２

Games:

  • Final Fantasy
  • Zero Escape
  • Ni no Kuni
  • 風のクロノア 2

Other:

  • NHK Easy News
  • Forum posts and social media comments
  • Subtitles to videos
  • Transcripts for podcasts
Finished reading material
  • 風のクロノア (I’m counting it as finished even though I watched the ending on Youtube, haha)
  • チーズスイートホーム 1
  • ハイキュー！！１

Good luck to everyone tackling the challenge, either for the first time or again. I’m looking forward to keeping up with updates from all of you once more. Thank you in advance for bearing with my life rants and updates :melting_face: :heartbeat:

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after the japanese advent calendar 2022 and reading a sample there every day i’ve become really motivated to read every day! i’m gonna try and do a chapter of manga a day (or less for more difficult stuff which is above my level), mixing between sentence/vocab mining and just reading without pulling vocab out. looking forward to this! gotta make a dent in that bookwalker backlog somehow amirite

home post!

currently reading:

蟲師 (curr. vol 6) - reading in detail
聖☆おにいさん - smooth reading
idk if granblue fantasy counts but i’m doing that here and there too

previously read:

ワンダンス vols 1 + 2 - smooth read
蟲師 vols 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5- read in detail
彼女とカメラと彼女の季節 vol 1 - smooth read
しまなみ誰そ彼 vol 1 - smooth read, reread
" " vol 2 + 3 + 4 - read in detail
呪術廻戦0 - read in detail
四月は君の嘘 - smooth reading (abandoned)
some ace attorney scripts (assorted, mostly smooth read)

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