January 25th!
Today I read Chapter 5 of Monthly Girlsโ Nozaki-kun.
I was hoping to read 2 chapters, but Iโm too tired - this last 2 weeks has been incredibly busy for me.
I might have to do some extra bookclub reading this weekend to make sure I donโt fall behind with any clubs.
Slowly pacing through v1c2 of ้ญๅฅณใฎๆ ใ . If word of the first chapter was ใปใใ, second loves ่ฑ็. Also main character reminds me Eleanor from The Haunting of Hill House. Both are equally immature.
Finished Chainsaw Man Vol. 13 kind out of spite that I cant read Re:Zero xD
Maybe I need to try again on the way home. I have a bunch of manga I have been putting off for my reading so maybe this is a chance to clear out the backlog I built up.
January 23rd
Again, just did Aomi speaking practice.
January 24th
Yet again, just did Aomi speaking practice.
While missing two days of reading in a row doesnโt feel too great, I was really busy those two days, and, I think, genuinely didnโt really have the time or mental energy to use for reading in Japanese. So Iโm glad that it at least wasnโt because I was just wasting my time with something else (that almost happened today, though, eheh.)
January 25th
What did I read?: ้ญๅฅณใจ็ซใฎ่ฉฑ
How much did I read?: 12 pages
(Continued 2nd Story )
How long did it take me?: 1 h 16 min
So after Kei accidentally summons the cat, she explains to him that he doesnโt have a witch, and asks him to go home. This really upsets the poor, little kitty, and he runs away, crying. 
Kei manages to catch him, though, and then one of the adult witches sends him home, but before Kei has the opportunity to apologize to him (it turns out that being sent back after having been summoned is considered a great disgrace among cats).
January 25 
Home Post
Played some ~ Genshin Impact ~ as is the new norm apparently; it is nice to have more balance in the types of reading Iโm doing so thereโs that! I also read some more ่ฑๅญใใ which continues to have more plotlines Iโd forgotten 
so yeah pretty solid reading day!
Woo welcome to the club!! 
Finished volume 7 of ๆ ๅ็ ใซๆใๅบใใช. Finally caught up with that.
Now reading volume 1 of ๆจใใฎๅญ.
January 25
My time management has been terrible lately so just a little ใฆใผใธใใข (75% โ 78%). Well, as I usually say a little progress is still infinitely better than no progress.
Finally read through one sub chapter of Re:Zero. A bit confusing but could get my head around the last half of it. While thereโs only 8 pages on the next sub chapter I might call it a night since Iโve read so much today itโs kind of insane. Hence the unusual amount of updates.
Have you checked out the Re Zero book club home thread ? I guess you could even still ask there if you are wondering about things in particular.
January 24-26
Been sticking to 2 or three pages a day of Mr. ใใญใฆใใซใผ. I love this manga so much, these recent pages were relatively easy because of lots of repetition of words I recognise well (้ญๆณ, ใ่ถ) and easy context.
Normally I have to look up so many more words and ask a fluent (and kind and tolerant) friend of mine a heap of questions.
I feel,like Iโm going quite slowly at the moment. But still reading every day.
26/1 7 pages Orange, 6 pages ๅคใซใใง
1 ๆ 26 ๆฅ
ใณใใฎๅคงๅ้บ ็ฌฌ32่ฉฑ 
Nothing much to say today but ๅฑใชใโผ๏ธ
January 26th
Card Captor Sakura volume 8 โ progress report
Yesterday: Read up to page 162, finished chapter 33.
Today: Read up to page 187, finished chapter 34 and volume 8.
The chapter ended on a cute note: Sakura decided to send some of the Valentine chocolate she made to her great-grandpa and summoned the flower card to get her hands on some Nadeshiko flowers to go along. Tomoyoโs mother came by and took the present to forward it to her grandfather. Also, just as Sonomi said, Fujitaka sure had the guts to call her to deliver the present. 
But since it was Sakuraโs wish even Sonomi was okay with it.
I was taken aback for a second because I didnโt remember which play they did at Tomoeda school. 
I think I only saw โwhiteโ (ใใฏใคใ) once like ten years ago in a textbook during Japanese classes but I did not remember how it was written at all, so I may as well have seen it for the first time. But you make a good point: had I come across a Snow White play or any Christmas-y chapter during my reading so far, I probably would have encountered it sooner. 
โโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโโ
Word or expression of the day:
ๅฎ
้
- (ใใใฏใ) - home delivery
Honourable mention(s):
ๆพใใใใใ - (ใฒใใใใใใ) - great-grandfather
home post
26th jan
mixed feelings on today, in that chapter 5 (the final chapter of the volume) was amazing and offers a full flashback chapter, but also that my brain and heart werenโt fully in it. i ended up having to read it in chunks thanks to time constraints and just having other stuff to do and it really broke up the experience and my focus. i got to the ไป้ฒ (for some reason not ๅพๆธ in this volume? maybe cos itโs longer) and immediately closed the book again. iโll do that tomorrow and maybe reread the chapter as well.
words that stuck out: turns out ้ญ can also be read as ใใ, ๆใๆน (dawn), ็ฝๅ (albinism, bleaching), and ๆ (cane, walking stick)
To be honest, my first thought was, โDidnโt they just do a play of Snow White?โ I wondered if maybe it went by a different name in Japanese, only to find (be reminded that) their play was Sleeping Beauty.
In my defense, Iโve seen Disneyโs Snow White but I havenโt seen their Sleeping Beauty, so that probably impacts my memory when it comes to a sleeping lady and a prince.
The Tanuki Kotatsu Reading Den
January 26th
ๆฐๆธๅคช้ฃ่จ progress: 04.40% // Volume I: 50.96% 
A samurai was trying to explain about the lineage of a certain lord and how this ties in with the lineage of another lordโฆ it was all very confusing. Though I managed to understand the purpose of the mission and finish the chapter at least.
็ฉใใใใใผ Hansenโs disease / leprosy
Forms
ๅฉๅ ๏ผ ่จใใคใใใใใคใใ(order; command; instructions)
Probably some spoilers, but this is a historic novel, so can spoilers really exist for things that have (for the most part) actually happened 
Main
Hideyoshi: ่ฑ่ฃ็งๅใใจใใจใฟ ใฒใงใใใ
โ โ โ Childhood name: ๆฅๅใใฒใใใ
โ โ โ Childhood nickname: ็ฟใใใใ
Volume I: 1535 - 15??
ๆฅๅใใฒใใใ- Hideyoshi (as child)
Nickname: ็ฟใใใใ
Family
ๆจไธๅผฅๅณ่ก้ใใใฎใใ ใใใใใ- Father
โ โ ไน่ฅใใใจใใใ- Old friend
็ญ้ฟๅผฅใใกใใใฟใใผ Step-father
ๅคงๆฟๆใใใใพใใฉใใใ// also ใๅฅๅ ใใใชใใใผ Mother
ใใคใฟ - Older sister
ๅฐ็ซนใใใกใใ- Baby brother
ๅ ่คๆธ
ๆญฃใใใจใ ใใใพใใ// also ๅผพๆญฃใใ ใใใใใ- Ojisan (only distantly related (before marriage))
โ Married to: ใใใค (sister of ใๅฅๅ )
Friends & Acquaintances
ไป็ใใซใใใ- Big kid friend
ๆผ็ฆใใใตใใ(Nickname - full name: ็ฆๅคช้ใใตใใใใ) // ๆฅๆฏ็ฆใใใใใใตใใ(Chinese name/birth name) - Timid kid friend (older than Hideyoshi)
โ ไบ้ๅคงๅคซ ใใใ ใ ใใใ// ็ฅฅ็ใใใใใใใ(Chinese name) - Father
โ ๆขจ็ดใใใใใ- Mother
ๆจๆฌก้ใใใฆใใใใ- Previous servant to ไบ้, later the adoptive father of ๆผ็ฆ, and owner of a tea ware shop - and employer of, and master to, Hideyoshi
Hachisuka Clan
่้ ่ณๅฐๅ
ญใใฏใกใใ ใใใใ(also ๆญฃๅ ใใพใใใคใ) - Head of the Hachisuka clan
โ ไธๅ
ใใชใชใใ- Younger brother
โ Married to ๆพๆณขใใพใคใชใฟใ
โ โ ไบไธใใใใใกใ- Son
Retainers:
โ โ ็จฒ็ฐๅคง็ๅฉใใใชใ ใใใใฎใใ]
โ โ ้ๅฑฑๆฐไธใใใใใพ ใใใใกใ
โ โ ้ทไบๅไนไธใใชใใ ใฏใใฎใใใใ
โ โ ๆพๅๅ
ๅ ใใพใคใฐใ ใใใฟใ
โ ๅฝๅใใใซใใใ- Gunsmith/blacksmith
โ ๆธก่พบๅคฉ่ตใใใใชใน ใฆใใใใ- Deserter - Nobushi (Nephew to Koroku)
โ ้ฃๆณขๅ
่จใใชใใฐ ใชใใใ- Spy disguised as a Komuso
โ ไป็ฐๅฝฆๅใใซใฃใ ใฒใใใ
ใใ- Subordinate
(่้ ่ณๆญฃๅฉใใฏใกใใ ใพใใจใใ- previous head of the Hachisuka clan)
Saito Clan
(Alliance with the Hachisuka clan)
ๆ่ค ้ไธใใใใจใ ใฉใใใใ- Head of the Saito clan
โ ๆ่ค็พฉ้พใใใใจใ ใใใใคใ(also: ้ซๆฟใใใใพใใ) - Son
Oda Clan
็น็ฐไฟก็งใใใ ใฎใถใฒใงใ- Daimyo
โ ็น็ฐไธไธ้ใใใ ใใใถใใใ- Younger brother
Shiba Clan
ๆฏๆณข็พฉ็ตฑใใใฐ ใใใใญใ- Head of the Shiba clan, at Kiyosu castle
Others
ไปๅท็พฉๅ
ใใใพใใ ใใใใจใ- Daimyo
้ฟๅไปฒ้บปๅใใใน ใฎ ใชใใพใใใผ Japanese scholar & poet (700s)
็ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใใฏใ ใใใใใผ Chinese poet (Bai Juyi / Bo Juyi) also known as: ็ฝๆฅฝๅคฉใใฏใ ใใใฆใใin Japan. (Late 700s)
้ๅ ใใฉใใใใ(or ้ๅ ็ฆ ๅธซใใฉใใใ ใใใใใผ Japanese Buddhist Priest, writer & poet (also known as ๆ ่ฅฟ็ฆ ๅธซใใใใใ ใใใใ) (Early / mid 1200s)
็ฉบๆตทใใใใใใใผ The one and only Kukai or Kobo Daishi - a Buddhist monk. Posthumously given the title of: ๅผๆณๅคงๅธซใใใใผใ ใ ใใใborn as: ไฝไผฏ ็้ญใใใใ ใฎ ใพใใ(late 700s / early 800s)
ๆบ้ ผๆฟใใฟใชใใจ ใฎ ใใใพใใใผ Prominent poet and warrior (1100s)
Jan 26, Thu of Week 5 of Winter Q1 2023 
I want to read this series when I want to and get urged by expectation, rather than being slowed by feeling difficult to understand or the book club. Also, I skimmed ahead, to Vol.9. There are 12 volumes, btw, so feeling slow.
Haha, my first thought was โisnโt that the same fairytale?โ but then I thought that Sleeping Beauty must be the one where she pricks her finger and sleeps for 100 years, right?
(The German names are Schneewittchen (= basically Snow-white in old-fashioned German) and Dornrรถschen (= Thorn-Rosie, perhaps?) so the name didnโt ring any bellโฆ)
Given this setup is a staple in fairytales, I donโt blame you 
ๅๆขๅตใณใใณ Volume 13 (48% โจ 57%)