[Starts Feb 17th] マスカレード・ナイト 🎭 Book Club Home Thread

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This is the third book in the マスカレード series.
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Schedule

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Will you be reading with us?
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  • Yes, but I might start late
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Hey @Belerith @Magyarapointe and @Malinkal :slight_smile:

Created this thread so we can discuss when we start here.
I heard @Malinkal saying that before late March would be good.
I think I would like to wait until January to start, so I can finish my bingo card xD
@Magyarapointe liked the idea of the annual book club but earlier works too, and @Belerith is about to buy the next books so ready to start :stuck_out_tongue:

When should we start?

  • Beginning of January
  • Middle of January
  • Beginning of February
  • Middle of February
  • Beginning of March
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And then the pace question. Is everybody fine without a set pace again?
I would like that but I would also like to discuss frequently the development.
I was thinking, as the book is 539 pages, that we could have a thread for roughly every 50 pages? (would have to look at where the section breaks are)
Basically it’s the same pace as the ABC comment wise, but you can read at the speed you want :slight_smile:
What do you guys think?

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Free pace sounds good, I don’t have the book yet so don’t know how it’s broken up but I assume it’s like book 1, lots of smaller chapters but no big divisions? If so, breaks at chapters around every 50-ish pages sounds good

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Yes exactly, I can see 52 sections /chapters in total, no big divisions

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Sounds good to me!

I bought both night and game so I’m set for next year while we wait for life to get a paperback edition. :joy:

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Perfect :smiley: looking forward to seeing how the series continue! Expecting them to keep working as a detective / hotel clerk and to cooperate, and their relationship to evolve! Maybe Naomi will be on the verge of dying once or twice again. And of course someone should smell something. クンクン

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As we have a tie for three of the dates, I suggest that we go for February 17th, that’s exactly 6 months from / to August 17th!
I made the list of chapters and pages, and suggest that we have 11 threads:

Full list of chapters and pages
chapter page start total pages part
1 5 11 part 1
2 16 14 part 1
3 30 15 part 1
4 45 16 part 2
5 61 11 part 2
6 72 11 part 2
7 83 13 part 3
8 96 7 part 3
9 103 12 part 3
10 115 9 part 3
11 124 11 part 4
12 135 2 part 4
13 137 7 part 4
14 144 8 part 4
15 152 20 part 4
16 172 18 part 5
17 190 7 part 5
18 197 17 part 5
19 214 5 part 5
20 219 16 part 6
21 235 10 part 6
22 245 10 part 6
23 255 9 part 6
24 264 10 part 7
25 274 19 part 7
26 293 7 part 7
27 300 9 part 7
28 309 8 part 7
29 317 14 part 8
30 331 8 part 8
31 339 8 part 8
32 347 8 part 8
33 355 9 part 8
34 364 9 part 9
35 373 8 part 9
36 381 8 part 9
37 389 8 part 9
38 397 13 part 9
39 410 5 part 10
40 415 12 part 10
41 427 7 part 10
42 434 5 part 10
43 439 3 part 10
44 442 3 part 10
45 445 2 part 10
46 447 9 part 10
47 456 30 part 11
48 486 6 part 11
49 492 7 part 11
50 499 17 part 11
51 516 18 part 11
52 534 5 part 11

Let me know if you have any comments!

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Start date sounds good, nice timing!
Split also looks fine to me

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