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Where to purchase

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Physical: [Amazon · CDJapan]

Schedule

Week Start Date Chapter End Page End % End On Page Count
Week 1 18 Feb 序章、あるいは終章 21 6% End of 序章 15
Week 2 25 Feb 第一章 1/3 37 12% 幽霊でもなんでもいい。もう一度おじいちゃんに会って、鍵を── 13
Week 3 4 Mar 第一章 2/3 47 16% ということは、おじいちゃんから、宝箱の鍵を手に入れられるんじゃないか？ 11
Week 4 11 Mar 第一章 3/3 + 幕間 63 23% End of 幕間 after 第一章 16
Week 5 18 Mar 第二章 1/4 76 28% それは、瀧川さんからの手紙だった。 11
Week 6 25 Mar 第二章 2/4 95 36% 我ながら、人生で一番かっこいいシーンじゃないかと思った。 20
Week 7 1 Apr 第二章 3/4 106 40% それを聞かずにすべてを終わったことにできるほど、僕は大人ではなかった。 11
Week 8 8 Apr 第二章 4/4 119 46% End of 第二章 13
Week 9 15 Apr 幕間 + 第三章 1/4 139 53% そう言って、深々と頭を下げたのだった。 18
Week 10 22 Apr 第三章 2/4 147 57% この問題に、世界は今も答えを出せないままでいる。 10
Week 11 29 Apr 第三章 3/4 163 64% …一〇回目のシフト実験の時だった 19
Week 12 6 May 第三章 4/4 180 72% End of 第三章 19
Week 13 13 May 幕間 + 第四章 1/4 195 77% 重ねられた唇のように、その罵声は柔らかかった。 13
Week 14 20 May 第四章 2/4 211 83% そして父さんが口にした用件は、僕が全く予想だにしていなかったことだった。 18
Week 15 27 May 第四章 3/4 226 90% 「犯人が、分かった」 16
Week 16 3 Jun 第四章 4/4 + 幕間 238 95% End of 幕間 after 第四章 12
Week 17 10 Jun 終章、あるいは序章 253 100% End of book 13

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Will you be reading with us?
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  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Maybe
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A mark HTML tag got left in your post, which is making it render weird in some parts.

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I think I got it. Thanks.

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I’ll work on a proposal for the schedule sometime this week. Does anyone already have a physical copy? I’d love to know how long the prologue is so I can better judge the pages on my digital copy.

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I’m not sure if I’m ready for the Intermediate Club yet, but I bought this book recently.
I had no idea when I bought it that it was going to be your next pick so I’m wondering if its a sign that I should join in and try to keep up with you all :grin:

I have a physical copy, heres the contents page.

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Not sure if there is more than one version out there though.

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Oh yeah, I am ready for this. Also a good starting date. For anyone who’s in Europe, I contacted Verasia.eu via email a week ago and they will likely have the book available in the next 3-4 weeks.

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Haha that looks like fun chapters to turn into a uniform reading schedule :rofl::weary:

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It’s not too bad. I plan to tack the 幕間 “chapters” onto their preceding chapter. The schedule will end up like this:

  • 第一章 part 1
  • 第一章 part 2
  • 第一章 part 3 + 幕間

That kind of thing.

There will certainly be some variety, but quick math shows that I can probably get consistently between 14 and 19 pages. The book has a lot of breakpoints within each chapter, so hopefully they line up nicely with the desired page counts. It’s entirely possible we’ll end up with a few weeks under 15 or over 20 pages if it doesn’t line up in parts, but hopefully that’s rare.

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That sounds much better than it looked to me at first sight! :+1: Hope you can find good breakpoints in the chapters!

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This shop could be an interesting alternative to https://www.amazon.co.jp for the beginner or intermediate level. However the choice in non-manga literature seems rather limited.

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They have a mix of study materials, manga and novels. Many of the novel offerings were added within the last 1+ years and as far as I know, they’re adding new items very quickly :slight_smile: .

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Am tempted to finally join another WK book club, but I have too many books in my lineup already.

…I will continue to consider :eyes:

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Do we have an emoji for this book? (:

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Is there an emoji for parallel universes?

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:couple_with_heart_woman_man: would work if you are leaning for the “romance” aspect?

Otherwise, :milky_way: kinda covers “universe,” though not parallel. There is no Schroedinger’s cat emoji. :joy:

I also haven’t read it yet to know if there is a more appropriate emoji right under our noses.

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Let me know what emoji you want I’ll put it there.

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Haha. I have no idea what emoji is appropriate here. :joy: I was just spitballing options. Some books are harder than others, for sure.

Indeed, I should brace myself if any of my nominations are picked in other clubs… I have zero clue what emoji to use for either of them.

Edit: Besides which, an emoji isn’t strictly necessary. Just a fun identifier if there is one that fits!

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What about :package: ?

:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Love it. :package:

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Unfortunately the break points are not very conveniently placed… I’m getting chapters as low as 11-13 fairly often, and then the occasional 19-20 page week as well. The 20 page week is bookended by two 11 page weeks, but I see two 19 page weeks in a row about 2/3 of the way through the book. I haven’t gone further than that since this is more time consuming than expected and I wanted to get feedback before continuing.

Should I break at arbitrary lines when needed or is this variety in page count okay if it leads to natural break points?

  • I prefer natural breakpoints where possible, even if it leads to more variety in weekly page counts (within reason)
  • I prefer a more consistent number of pages per week, even if some weeks end on a random line of text
  • I have no preference

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