Welcome to the Sayaka Murata Book Club! This book club is dedicated to the works of Sayaka Murata (surprise!). Why a whole book club for one author? Because her writing is very suitable for intermediate level Japanese reading. Her use of language is straightforward, without flowery vocabulary or cr…

I think two weeks works great! I actually anticipate getting a bit behind this month due to some overlapping bookclubs, ski trips, and being busy with work. If I somehow find myself without enough to read I have plenty of manga to finally tackle. That will also hopefully help out @softlyraining and…

Think we’re ready to call the poll?

I’ve not seen @NicoleIsEnough yet. But perhaps they are not reading with us this time?

Hey, thanks for thinking of me! :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: I’ve decided to not continue with reading Murata books for the time being. The reason is twofold: Firstly, there are soooo many good books out there that I want to read, and I can’t read them all! :tired_face: Secondly, I found Murat…

Ah, shame to lose you, but of course our paths will cross in other book clubs! I definitely understand your reasoning. In that case we are ready to call it! 消滅世界 will be our next pick. Thanks to everyone who voted.

And here’s the home thread! I’ll have to think about a suitable emoji. Open to suggestions! :grin: [image] 消滅世界 skull_and_crossbones Book Club Book Clubs Welcome to the 消滅世界 Book Club! [B07G52SV3V.01.SCLZZZZZZZ_SX500] This is part of the Sayaka Murata Book Cl…

It looks like I’ll not join you for this one, some stuff got in the way and by the looks of it, I might not have as much free time anymore in the next few weeks/months. The original plan was to read two books, but now I still wanted to read at least one and I just decided to go with 佐賀のがばいばあちゃん. How…

Unfortunately I may have to back out of this one as well… 薬屋のひとりごと has proven much more of a time commitment than I expected and I’d like to see it through to the end. I’ll also be fairly busy and unable to access the forums for a few weeks in the coming months, so I wouldn’t be as participatory in …

In the unlikely event that somebody lives in or near Munich, Germany and would like to listen to a talk about 殺人出産: https://www.japan.uni-muenchen.de/veranstaltungen/abstracts_kolloquium_sose_2022/abstract_saladin/index.html Unfortunately it is not streamed, as it seems :frowning:

Looks like there’s a new Murata translation coming out this summer! [image] Life Ceremony With Life Ceremony, the incomparable Sayaka Murata is back with her first collection of short stories ever to be translated into English....

Sayaka Murata Book Club

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Phryne February 28, 2022, 10:00am 75

And here’s the home thread! I’ll have to think about a suitable emoji. Open to suggestions!

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