📚📚 Read every day challenge - Summer 2022 🏖 ☀

:beach_umbrella: Home post :beach_umbrella:

I’ve been reading very little over the past month 'cause I’ve been trying to focus more on listening so it’ll be nice to get back into things :durtle_noice: At least a little - not gonna do the calendar thing since I have exams coming up and knowing me that wouldn’t work out that well anyway :caught_durtling:

smol reading list

Novels

  • 親愛なるあなたへ
  • カラフル

VNs

  • Zero Escape / 999
  • ルーパーズ (VN club! :computer:)

natively

Happy reading! :sunny:

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Oooh I like the idea of rolling this into a challenge. I also have some JLPT prep books for grammar that are collecting dust because I hate actual studying, but likewise see the payoffs when I do. Probably not summer for me, but fall/winter when social activities calm down I can devote time to something like that.

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:books: :sunny: windupbird’s summary post :sunny: :books:

:sparkles: Challenge Progress and Links to Daily Posts :sparkles:

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25 :speaker: 26 :speaker: 27 :speaker: 28 :heavy_multiplication_x: 29 :heavy_multiplication_x: 30 :star2: 31 :star2:
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= read today
:speaker: = listened today
:star2: = read and listened today
:heavy_multiplication_x: = missed day

Approach for this challenge

So, I am going to try to do the Listen Every Day challenge simultaneously with this challenge, because my listening is bad and I would like to work on that. BUT I don’t have enough time or stamina to do both every day (based on past experiences, I think that’s a recipe for burnout) so what I’m going to do is try to alternate - one day I will read something, the next day I will listen to something. I might not follow this pattern exactly, but my aim is to do something every day, and end up with a roughly equal number of days spent on reading and listening. We’ll see how that goes!

Unfortunately, I feel like I might be rather busy/low-energy during this challenge period because of work stuff that will be happening for most of it, but I will do my best :triumph: Because it is the summer, I would love to finish the Free! light novel (finally), but I may end up just reading a bunch of the cute manga I bought instead :joy: A couple of book clubs (Orange and Flying Witch) will also be starting soon, and I’m going to try and follow along with those as well.

Previous challenge summary posts:
Summer 2021 Challenge :beach_umbrella:
Fall 2021 Challenge :maple_leaf: :fallen_leaf: :raccoon:
Winter 2022 Challenge :snowman_with_snow: :snowflake:
Spring 2022 Challenge :cherry_blossom: :seedling:
Also, here’s my Bookmeter , in case anyone’s interested! ^^

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Summer Reading Log Post

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My Summer Reading Log :books: :tropical_drink:

Reading List (Still a WIP)
  • ハンターXハンター Vol. 1
  • I checked out some book from my library called ミラクルちゅーんず! which is some like… nickelodeon-esque kid idol popstar group trying to save the world??? Don’t judge me my library’s Japanese book section is severely lacking in the everything-besides-children’s-books department
  • However I’m probably gonna try to get more Japanese manga this summer :slight_smile:
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Today I played a demo of Dai Gyakuten Saiban (大逆転裁判) on my 3DS for about an hour, give or take; I understood a little bit but I was pleasantly surprised when I saw 記事 in there, I learned that today! :partying_face:

Whoops I forgot about this 😅😬

I feel very bad about my participation in this challenge, I know it wasn’t mandatory or anything but I’m still upset at myself, I definitely think I could’ve done better.
(In my defense though, reading books aimed for young kids is not a great way to stay interested :smiling_face_with_tear:)

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This is my fourth challenge and I am running out of things to write here. See previous challenges for my methods. Oh, I just remembered something! After this challenge is over, it will be my birthday- 2nd September. I’ll be 31! This year, I wouldn’t have to go to work on my birthday because I’ve got the whole July/August vacation off this year. Due to the pandemic, vacation leave has accumulated beyond the amount allowed, so workers in my organisation were asked to take their vacation days or lose it by the end of the year.

Previous challenges

Fall challenge 2021
Winter challenge 2022
Spring challenge 2022

(じつ)(わたし)は 1

(だい)()真面目(まじめ)授業(じゅぎょう)()けよう!」
(だい)()(せい)くらべしよう!」
(だい)()全部忘(ぜんぶわす)れよう!」

第5話「真面目に授業を受けよう!」つづく
1st July

Read pgs. 147-151.

2nd July

Read pgs. 152-156. End of chapter 5.

第6話「背くらべしよう!」
3rd July

Read pgs. 157-166.

4th July

Read pgs. 167-171.

5th July

Read pgs. 172-176. End of chapter 6.

第7話「全部忘れよう!」
6th July

Read pgs. 177-182.

7th July

Read pgs. 183-194.

8th July

Read pgs. 195-200. End of volume 1.

となりの怪物(かいぶつ)くん 2

その5 ブレイク
その6 夏休(なつやす)みです
その7 吉田(よしだ)くんちの事情(じじょう)
その8 彼女(かのじょ)たちの憂鬱(ゆううつ)日々(ひび)

その5 ブレイク
9th July

Read pgs. 1-12.

10th July

Read pgs. 13-44. End of chapter 5.

その6 夏休みです
11th July

Read pgs. 45-55.

12th July

Read pgs. 56-66.

13th July

Read pgs. 67-84. End of chapter 6.

その7 吉田くんちの事情
14th July

Read pgs. 85-90.

15th July

Read pgs. 91-105.

16th July

Read pgs. 106-117.

17th July

Read pgs. 118-124. End of chapter 7.

その8 彼女たちの憂鬱な日々
18th July

Read pgs. 125-133.

19th July

Read pgs. 134-142.

20th July

Read pgs. 142-153.

21st July

Read pgs. 153-166. End of volume 2.

(じつ)(わたし)は 2

(だい)8()日焼(ひや)対策(たいさく)しよう!」
(だい)9()幼馴染(おさななじみ)について(かんが)えてみよう!」
(だい)10()遊園地(ゆうえんち)()こう!」
(だい)11()狼男(おおかみおとこ)がやってくる!」
(だい)12()狼女(おおかみおんな)がやってきた!」
(だい)13()冷静(れいせい)になろう!」
(だい)14() 「カレーを(つく)ろう!」
(だい)15()検証(けんしょう)しよう!」
(だい)16()大人(おとな)になろう!」

第8話 「日焼け対策しよう!」
22nd July

Read pgs. 1-9.

23rd July

Read pgs. 10-13.

24th July

Read pgs. 14-26. End of chapter 8.

第9話 「幼馴染について考えてみよう!」
25th July

Read pgs. 27-37.

26th July

Read pgs. 38-46. End of chapter 9.

第10話「遊園地に行こう!」
27th July

Read pgs. 47-52.

28th July

Read pgs. 53-66. End of chapter 10.

第11話「狼男がやってくる!」
29th July

Read pgs. 67-72.

30th July

Read pgs. 73-86. End of chapter 11.

第12話「狼女がやってきた!」
31st July

Read pgs. 87-96.

1st August

Read pgs. 97-108. End of chapter 12.

第13話「冷静になろう!」
2nd August

Read pgs. 109-118.

3rd August

Read pgs. 119-123.

4th August

Read pgs. 124-128. End of chapter 13.

第14話「カレーを作ろう!」
5th August

Read pgs. 129-134.

6th August

Read pgs. 135-148. End of chapter 14.

第15話「検証しよう!」
7th August

Read pgs. 149-168. End of chapter 15.

第16話「大人になろう!」
8th August

Read pgs. 169-178.

9th August

Read pgs. 179-192. End of volume 2.

となりの怪物(かいぶつ)くん3

その9 ()きだよ
その10 2人(ふたり)距離(きょり)
その11 おいでませ!(しょう)(よう)(さい)前編(ぜんぺん)
その12 おいでませ!(しょう)(よう)(さい)後編(こうへん)

その9 好きだよ
10th August

Read pgs. 1-14.

11th August

Read pgs. 15-22.

12th August

Read pgs. 23-28.

13th August

Read pgs. 29-37.

14th August

Read pgs. 37-46. End of chapter 9.

その10 2人の距離
15th August

Read pgs. 47-54.

16th August

Read pgs. 55-62.

17th August

Read pgs. 63-73.

18th August

Read pgs. 74-86. End of chapter 10.

その11 おいでませ!松陽祭 <前編>
19th August

Read pgs. 87-92.

20th August

Read pgs. 93-99.

21st August

Read pgs. 100-110.

22nd August

Read pgs. 111-117.

23rd August

Read pgs. 118-126. End of chapter 11.

その12 おいでませ!松陽祭 <後編>
24th August

Read pgs. 127-135.

25th August

Read pgs. 135-143.

26th August

Read pgs. 144-150.

27th August

Read pgs. 151-159.

28th August

Read pgs. 160-164.

29th August

Read pgs. 165-168. End of volume 3.

(じつ)(わたし)は 3

(だい)17() 「お近付(ちかづ)きになろう!」
(だい)18()(およ)げるになろう!」
(だい)19()(およ)げるになろう!!」
(だい)20()肝試(きもだめ)しに()こう!」
(だい)21()心配(しんぱい)しよう!」
(だい)22()男同士(おとこどうし)(はなし)をしよう!」
(だい)23() 「ケーキバイキングに()こう!」
(だい)24() 「ネガネを(さが)そう!」
(だい)25()素直(すなお)になろう!」

第17話 「お近付きになろう!」
30th August

Read pgs. 1-6.

31st August

Read pgs. 7-12.

1st September

Read pgs. 13-21.

2nd September

Read pgs. 22-26. End of chapter 17.

第18話 「泳げるになろう!」
3rd September

Read pgs. 27-32.

4th September

Read pgs. 33-41.

5th September

Read pgs. 42-46. End of chapter 18.

第19話 「泳げるになろう!!」
6th September

Read pgs. 47-52.

7th September

Read pgs. 53-62.

8th September

Read pgs. 63-66. End of chapter 19.

第20話 「肝試しに行こう!」
9th September

Read pgs. 67-75.

10th September

Read pgs. 75-86. End of chapter 20.

第21話 「心配しよう!」
11th September

Read pgs. 87-94.

12th September

Read pgs. 95-101.

13th September

Read pgs. 102-106. End of chapter 21.

第22話 「男同士の話をしよう!」
14th September

Read pgs. 107-113.

15th September

Read pgs. 114-126. End of chapter 22.

第23話 「ケーキバイキングに行こう!」
16th September

Read pgs. 127-132.

17th September

Read pgs. 133-138.

18th September

Read pgs. 139-146. End of chapter 23.

第24話 「ネガネを探そう!」
19th September

Read pgs. 147-159.

20th September

Read pgs. 160-166. End of chapter 24.

第25話 「素直になろう!」
21st September

Read pgs. 167-175.

22nd September

Read pgs. 175-179.

23rd September

Read pgs. 180-182.

24th September

Read pgs. 183-192. End of volume 3.

Now I am just finishing out the month by reading anisongs.

Anisongs in kanji
25th September
  • Absolute Soul

  • 裏切りの夕焼け

  • Perfect-area complete!

26th September
  • そばにいるから

  • For Fruits Basket

  • Miss Mystery

27th September
  • Complication

  • ALL-WAYS

  • 最高速 Fall in Love

28th September
  • うたかた花火

  • 旅の左手、最果ての右手

29th September
  • 始まるのは、サヨナラ

  • Shiawase no Niji

  • ホタルノヒカリ

30th September
  • Kings

  • 月華

  • Maybe the next waltz

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I pretty much failed spring challenge due to uni overload but I’m here to try again in summer ( ◡̀_◡́)ᕤ good luck everyone~

reading this month
  1. よつば!
  2. しろくまカフェ

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:house_with_garden: :sunflower: axazel’s home post :sunflower::house_with_garden:

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What I’m reading:

海辺のカフカ
• 透明カメレオン

The situation:

I’ll be travelling back to my hometown in the US for the first time in 3 years. This means I have a lot of plane time = reading time!

The challenge will be to leave time before falling asleep, or to wake up early enough to read, and not just get lost in time spent with family and friends.

I’m halfway through two proper novels.
It would be such an amazing feeling to finish them both during this challenge.

Previous challenge summary posts:
Summer 2021 :beach_umbrella::beach_umbrella:
Fall 2021 :maple_leaf::fallen_leaf::raccoon:
Spring 2022 :cherry_blossom: :seedling:

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@windupbird Thank you for organising this challenge again!! Also, I hope you don’t mind that I quoted your calendar/layout as I find it to be :sparkles:gorgeous :sparkles:

I too wanna read manga! (I feel like it’ll be a nice break from novels :sweat_smile:) Do you already have some titles in mind?

I will also be doing something like this from end of summer in prep for the N2 in December :durtle_hello: Never thought of combining it with this challenge, which would be so nice! Especially the reading textbooks.

You really do have so much!! I’m impressed and a little intimidated :caught_durtling:

Soooo satisfying!!! I’m like you, where my goal is to just read~ I think doing challenges like this makes reading into a fun habit (at least my success rate is higher :sweat_smile:)

:0 I’m so curious how this will do for you, compared to the two month. I hope it gives you the refresh you need!

Aspirational! I have missed a couple of days here and there each time… but I always make them up after :heart_on_fire: it would be nice to get everyday once

I read my first novel because of this challenge last summer, and still feel the exact same as you guys today. This feeling is actually what gets me through those hard-to-read pages haha.

5 years later and still the same? :sparkles: I wonder if reading like this will ever become mundane :rofl:

Welcome back!!

I can’t believe it’s already been one year. Time really does fly. :birthday::partying_face:

Aaahhh!! That’s so exciting :sparkles: Welcome!!

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First time doing this challenge, thanks to those who organized this! I am a relatively new learner, just reached level 2. I can read hiragana and katakana, however my kanji is severely lacking, is it recommended to find something that is only written in those two scripts or should I find something that includes kanji as well?

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I am currently reading よつばと! I am not very good at updating this post but I am reading every day!

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As long as it has furigana (that’s the kana reading over the kanji) you’ll be fine. Kanji make reading easier actually, because you can clearly see which word out of the several homonyms is intended. How is your grammar knowledge though? It’s grammar that will be your main obstacle in understanding what you read.

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Thank you! And no, my grammer is extremely limited. I was thinking I would just improve my reading and my grammer would just continually increase as I keep learning japanese.

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Reading list
  • おじさまと猫 3
  • モエカレはオレンジ色 1
  • モエカレはオレンジ色 2
  • ふらいんぐうぃっち 7
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Ooh good question :laughing:
So far I really only want to get more of the Japanese Hunter x Hunter manga since I know for certain that I’ll enjoy the series, but maybe Death Note too? I have all of the English Black Edition volumes so I think it’d be interesting to read the series all over again… (it’s been a good year since I’ve last read it and those books are on my shelf quite literally gathering dust lol)

Um, definitely no Demon Slayer though, it’s a great series and I definitely recommend it but one box set is enough, I don’t need another 23 volumes of the same series but in Japanese :sweat_smile:

Do you have any titles you enjoyed/recommend? I’d like to discover some new series so anything helps :slightly_smiling_face:

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Finally updated my home thread with some goals I have in mind for this challenge. I’m going to try to work on a lot of different mediums: VNs, books and manga, so it’s pretty exciting.

In the past three challenges I’ve done I haven’t posted too much but I’ve loved reading everyone’s daily updates so this time I’ll try to do daily updates too (famous last words?) even if I do them the day after (I tend to read before bed) or skip a few.

We’re almost there… good luck everyone!

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I am going to give this a try! I’m a bit intimidated by the calendar and mystified by how to edit the wiki, so for now I might just post my progress occasionally if that’s all right. Yesterday I finished reading しろくまカフェ Vol 1, my first ever Japanese book; I posted here about celebrating such small milestones: Small Wins – Classroom as Microcosm. Today I began よつばと! and plan to read every day through July at least. I look forward to hearing what others are reading about so I can start compiling a list of things to tackle as my skills improve!

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You have good taste! I particularly love Hunter x Hunter so much (though I haven’t read or seen it in years :sob: ). And I can sympathise with you over not wanting stacks of duplicate series. I dream of having floor to ceiling, built-in bookshelf’s one day to I can buy books to my hearts content~

I don’t know if the series will suit you, but 海獣の子供 (Children of the Sea), Pluto, and おやすみプンプン are all on my bookshelf so I feel confident in recommending them! The latter is actually still on my to-read list… hope I can get to it sooner than later :laughing:

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:sunflower: Summer 2022 Home Post :ocean:

I’m excited to join in again! This time I’m hoping to finish up a lot of stuff that I started in the last challenge and hopefully start some new stuff around August.

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:green_book: Natively :blue_book:

Reading list

Books
Flesh&Blood 1 Ch: 6 7 8 9
Flesh&Blood 2 Ch: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
夜カフェ 1 Ch: 12 13
夜は不思議などうぶつえん
准教授・高槻彰良の推察 民俗学かく語りき 1
准教授・高槻彰良の推察 2 Ch: 1 2 3

Manga
マグメル深海水族館 7 Ch: 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
まぐメル 8 Ch: 38 39 40 41 42
夜の名前を呼んで Ch: Prologue 1 2 3 4 5 6
やがて君になる 1 Ch: 1 2 3 4 5
シャドーハウス 1 Ch: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Games
even if tempest 宵闇にかく語りき魔女
幻想マネージュ

Post archive

July Recap

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Thank you, I’ll be (incoming sea pun) shore to check those books out :smirk:

xD but I’ll definitely give them a look! I’ve heard of Children of the Sea and おやすみプンプン but おやすみプンプン is definitely going to stay on my “read-when-i’m-much-much-older” manga list because I’ve heard it covers some rather heavy themes and I’d rather not read that quite yet… T-T

But regardless I’ll give the other two a go and see what they’re about :3

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Technically this challenge starts tomorrow for me, but I’m marking my place as it were since I now know where I’m starting from.

  • I have 121 pages left in 硝子の塔の殺人, or ~4 hrs since I’m reading along with a (sped up) audiobook. Hoping to wrap it up this weekend if I can.
  • I have neglected 糞尿譚 and should probably get back to it
  • I plan to start volume one of 本好き, for which I also have an audiobook cause why not. It’s quite short so I imagine <2 weeks for that.

I don’t know what to read after that. I have so many books. Here are a scattering that I own and would be willing to start after 本好き so if you have feelings (want my review, love the author, whatever) lemme know. Can’t guarantee I’ll pick it, but could sway me!

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