I say go for it!
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Go for it! You can also generate a smaller card, 4x4, and see where that gets you 
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Wow, this was a lot. And a lot better than I thought. Removing filters from Kindle really boosted my confidence lol
Big cross on “ain’t gonna happen”.
Heard a lot about but haven’t read - 好きっていいなよ。 1 | L21
Doesn’t have ratings (I added it, though tbf it’s mid) - 鉄の女だと嫌われていたのに、冷徹公爵にループ前から溺愛されてたって本当ですか?1巻 | L27
Disability (Dan-sensei!) - 探偵学園Q 1 | L26
Cover of my fave color (using the same series as in a different square cos it’s a long one for me, and I deserve the validation) - さんかく窓の外側は夜 その後 | L28
Has a cat - choosing between two unfinished books, so leaving empty for now.
Someone’s rec - 夢でフラれてはじまる百合 1 | L17
Book & adaptation (as everyone should) - 薫る花は凛と咲く 3 | L21
Free space - just showing off one piece - ONE PIECE 5 | L25
One word title - I hope it counts - 見える子ちゃん 1 | L23
Topic I know nothing about - 変な家 | L27 - whatever this was lol (architecture? journalism?)
2nd volume of the series (dropping here) - https://learnnatively.com/book/ab2be9c8df/
Book at Natively level you haven’t covered yet - joke’s on you, this is my first year here so anything works - 今日から始める幼なじみ 1 | L17
Sci-fi - IT IS FOR ME, OKAY?? - https://learnnatively.com/book/ccc8c8fd30/
Country where this is not native language - 本好きの下剋上 第一部 兵士の娘5 | L30
Didn’t know the premise - thanks for the motivation to finish the last 12% - ヨコハマ買い出し紀行(1) | L23
Non-human protag - thanks to the bingo I noticed I didn’t mark it on Natively - 葬送のフリーレン 1 | L26
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Wow! Now I’m curious. Are you going to put this as the next book club and read it again? 
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Good question, but definitely not hahaha. For one, I don’t really do rereads, at least not before a year or so has passed since reading the book.
Also, I would recommend that people read other Japanese mysteries like 십각관의 살인 and things by Higashino Keigo first.
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Is the first recommendation this one?
Trying to figure out Japanese version to wish list
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Yes, I believe so; checking the Korean version on Wikipedia brings back that book.
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Yep! It’s so good. But you should read the decagon house murders or whatever it’s called first (another Japanese mystery)
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That had a bookclub over on the WK forums recently, btw: Advanced Japanese Book Club // Now reading: 硝子の塔の殺人 // Next: 国宝（上） - Book Clubs - WaniKani Community
Why? Difficulty, or some other connection? I was thinking of reading it eventually 
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The author of the glass tower murders, as well as the characters within said book, are absolutely obsessed with that author and her series about closed-circle murders in weird buildings. The mystery is very meta and references nearly 40 real-world books, from western classics to recent Japanese mystery hits, so the more you know, the more you’ll enjoy it imo. But that particular book (decagon house murders) had to have been referenced at least 20 times.
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Ohhh interesting. I’m reading (very distractedly) my first mystery titles rn. Idk that 十角館の殺人 | L33 sounds all that interesting tbh, but I’ll have to keep it in mind I guess
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You mean this one, I guess:
Quite some people see 綾辻 行人 as the father of modern Japanese mystery writing, and especially this book had as you said a great influence on other Japanese mystery writers.
Though I know him as the author of the Another horror series 
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I bought 十角館の殺人 quite a long time ago but have not started it. Now that you mentioned it, maybe I will join the book club when you start it but read the Japanese version. 
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#20 Has a dog character: あしょんでよッ ~うちの犬ログ~ 1 (MFC ジーンピクシブシリーズ) | L14
Cute comic about having a dog. Despite the low level it’s definitely not a good beginner book, as words are pretty sparse and sometimes the drawings themselves can also be hard to parse creating plenty of room for double confusion. The dog also talks silly (as you may be able to tell from the title). But I really enjoyed it! And it made me want to draw my own dogs too.
Two additional bingos! Yay!
previous squares
Free square: とんがり帽子のアトリエ 5 | L26
#1 Read a book and watch the adaptation/Join a book club: ひとりぼっちの○○生活 1 | L22
#2 Cover is primarily composed of your favorite color / From someone else’s board: とんがり帽子のアトリエ 6 | L26
#3 Workplace setting / Character speaks a dialect: 舞妓さんちのまかないさん 12 | L25
#4 Reread: 気になってる人が男じゃなかった | L24
#5 Non-human protagonist: しろくまカフェbis 2 | L20
#6 Second in a series: 気になってる人が男じゃなかった VOL.2 | L24
#7 Shiritori title (Hitoribochinomarumaruseikatsu → Tsuredzurebiyori) / Went in without knowing the premise: 徒然日和 1 | L19
#8 Main character with a disability: ゆびさきと恋々 4 | L19
#9 Has a cat character: サイレント・ウィッチ 沈黙の魔女の隠しごと | L29
#10 Curious title: 時間割男子 1 わたしのテストは命がけ! | L22
#11 Bad Cover: ゆびさきと恋々 5 | L19
#12 Finished* in one day: 齋藤孝のイッキによめる! 名作選小学1年生 新装版 | L23
#13 Has Vampires / No ratings, no reviews: 霧島くんは普通じゃない ~転校生はヴァンパイア!?~ | L22
#14 Set in a country that is not where the book’s language is spoken: 木曜日にはココアを | L28
#15 A book someone else thought I would like / Flower or plant name in the title: あさがおと加瀬さん。 | L19
#16 Highest series volume number: 舞妓さんちのまかないさん 16 | L25
#17 Keep hearing about / Award runner-up: 自転車屋さんの高橋くん 1 | L24
#18 Learned something / New-to-me Setting: 乙嫁語り 1 | L23
#19 Finish a book you gave up on before / Read a book in a different format from usual / Read a book you got for free: 花野井くんと恋の病 2 | L19
Nicely done! Are you gonna go for a bingo this year? And if so are you planning it out, or just waiting to see what happens? Regardless of whether or not you get the bingo, that’s really impressive for not even trying!
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I got lucky enough with actually getting a whole column there (!!!) Filling it up was so exciting!
Now I am looking around to see if I can get another one. There’s like 3 options there to get a new row. One’s with cat and I’m reading two light novels for two different book clubs that have a cat character, so maybe one of them can be The One (if I make it this year lol)
Or if a random manga I bought today would cover anything else hehe
For 2026 I’ll probably plan things properly, it seems exciting to choose books for squares and not squares for already read books 
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Oh yeah! Not sure how I missed that you already got one bingo.
楽しみにしています！
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It so happened that I just finished 掏摸(スリ) | L32 (which the WK IBC is currently reading - sorry for running away from you guys…) and it was a very exciting read - very much on par with the other book I read by this author. Won’t be my last one!
I put it into the “One word title” box and moved 香君１to the “Favorite color cover” box instead. No new bingo yet, but one more box is one more box 
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Turns out that the first Demon Slayer Infinity Castle film covers up to mid way ish through volume 18, so I used volumes 18-23 for the “unknown premise” prompt.
I kind of want to re-watch the anime but I plan to wait a bit since I’m intending to read the Light novels after this as there are still parts of the story I’ve not fully understood and it saves me re-reading the manga when I’ve just finished it.
I’m unsure if I should try a Manga only Bingo next year to start reducing my TBR pile but use whatever I have of a Series as one entry instead of individual volumes (I’ve a few completed series and some that are still on going but in total I have about 30 series I haven’t yet read or I’ve not yet read all of the volumes I have 
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Congrats on the blackout! 
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I wonder if that’s overkill… Tho if it’s over a year, and not super long series, maybe it’s not so bad?
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