Absolute Beginner Book Club - Nominations on-going

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Welcome to the Absolute Beginner Book Club!

Timeline

  • 1 week for nominating any book we are interested in reading - in this case from Monday, Sept 30th (Europe time), to Sunday, Oct 6th.
  • 1 week for voting on which book to read - Monday 7th to Sunday 13th
  • 1 week to acquire the book - Monday 14th to Sunday 20th
  • And then we read!! We’ll figure out the schedule depending on the book.

Nomination ground rules

because i feel like we need some, but please let me know if you want to remove / add anything:

  • Books levels 15 and down
  • No graded readers?? Please let me know how you feel about this.
  • Everyone is welcome to join, even if your reading level is much higher and you just want a chill read. It would also be fun, if we end up deciding on a book that has been translated into another language, to have learners from other languages join, like the Korean in Translation book club.

Discussion ground rules

I am copying this straight from the Japanese Mystery Novel Book Club because I feel like the same rules should apply, thank you @cat for the template!!)

  • Spoilers behind spoiler tags
  • Always mention where you are in the book when discussing, ideally by chapter so people reading different versions have a clear point of reference.
  • Feel free to read ahead if it’s exciting! But please refrain from spoiling ahead of the appropriate week :slight_smile:
  • If you have a question about grammar, vocab, cultural things, etc - ask! That can be part of the discussion too and I’m sure some folks would be happy to help.

And with all of that said… Let the nominations begin!

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So here we go:
It took me an embarassing amout of time to realise that 요츠바랑 is actually Yotsuba to; which I have heard about in the wanikani forums since the beginner japanese learners seem to be really into it.
And it does seem interesting, and approachable!! So, even though it is not a native Korean book, I think it could be a fun read for an Absolute Beginner Book Club.

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Just a reminder that nominations are still very much open :grin:
So far we have 1: my own, so the voting will be cut real short, and I’ll get to feel like a despot, a dangerous thing for my ego. Proceed with caution :smiling_imp:

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Might be helpful to tag the people who marked themselves as interesting/maybe interested in your original poll, just to make sure they see your post.

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here is my nomination! i made a typo when first checking its level on natively and stressed myself out whilst trying to determine the level based on the preview on ridi :laughing:. thankfully i checked again and discovered that it is in the under 15 range!

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