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one is cat and one is a cary
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no, no, I’m cat
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the plot thickens
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Currently it looks like people prefer a book club starting next year, with nominations and voting, so might as well open nominations now! 
You can post a poll and I can link it in the OP, or just write the details and I can post the new poll in the OP. 
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Updated the first post with nomination info (shamelessly stolen from @eefara who shamelessly stole from @cat 
). I wonder if it would be worthwhile having a (wiki) thread for that kind of information so new clubs can copy/paste/edit to their liking. 
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Could potentially have that set in the book club index threads. They’re kind of central for what we have so far.
Are initial nominations going to be to 20 max?
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I probably adapted it from the WK templates in turn 
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It’s my first time running a book club - what’s the norm? A specific number? One nomination per person?
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20’s the typical max that I’ve seen, since that’s the max number of options Discourse can have per poll. Most clubs I’ve seen are laid back enough to not worry about number of nominations per person; you could say something if someone’s really going ham with them, but Natively’s community doesn’t seem like it’d be a problem child in that regard.
Do we want to limit types of nominated books? Between manga, LNs, novels, etc.?
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Given the poll options, it makes sense for 20 to be the limit then.
I wasn’t going to, but I guess maybe a new poll would be best to see what the majority wants.
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Should nominations be limited to a certain type of book (LNs, manga, etc)?
- Yes, only certain types should be accepted
- No, everything should be accpeted
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Once this community is bigger I can see value in splitting clubs into LN/manga/TV shows/games/whathaveyou, but right now with it so small I’m not sure it’d matter much.
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Title: 美しい彼 | L30
Book type: light novel
Ebook available?: Yes
Audiobook available?: No
Full-furigana version available?: No
Summary - Japanese
幼いころから緊張すると言葉がつかえてしまうため、内向的で、高校でも目立たない存在の平良。
そんな平良が憧れるのは、クラスメイトの清居だ。人目を惹く美貌に、誰にも媚びない態度で、
クラスの王様として君臨する清居。「彼にとっては、誰もが平等に無価値なんだ──」
グループのみそっかす的な平良は、清居に忠誠を尽くすのが喜びだったけれど……!?
Summary - English
Since childhood, Hira has had trouble with words when he is nervous, and is introverted and inconspicuous in high school. He admires his classmate Kiyoi, who has an eye-catching beauty and a flirtatious attitude. He has good looks and an attitude that does not flatter anyone. Kiyoi reigns as the king of the class: to him, everyone is equally worthless… Hira, the soft-spoken one of the group, is happy to be loyal to Kiyoi, but …!
Content warnings
- Bullying(?)
Reason(s) for nominating: I really enjoyed the TV series, which led to 🌷 美しい彼 🐤 My Beautiful Man 📸 Series Fan Thread, which led to this book club being born!
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Nominations for the 1st BLBC Read
| # | Cover | Natively page | Book Type | Nomination post |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
美しい彼 | L30 | Light Novel | link |
| 2 | FBI連邦捜査官: file 1 Liar | L30?? | Novel | link | |
| 3 |  |
キス | L30?? | Light Novel | link |
| 4 | 魔獣になった傭兵のおっさんが、憧れの騎士に拾われた話 | L30?? | Novel | link | |
| 5 | マーメイド・マーダーズ | L30?? | Novel | link | |
| 6 |  |
天使の影 ~アドリアン・イングリッシュ1~ | L30?? | Novel | link |
| 7 |  |
花馨る雨の名を | L28 | Light Novel | link |
| 8 |  |
FLESH & BLOOD 1 | L33 | Light Novel | link |
| 9 |  |
僕らの食卓 | L20 | Manga | link |
| 10 | 心を半分残したままでいる 1 | L30?? | Light Novel | link | |
| 11 |  |
きのう何食べた? 1 | L27 | Manga | link |
| 12 |  |
拝啓、百年先の世界のあなたへ | L30?? | Light Novel | link |
| 13 |  |
炎の蜃気楼シリーズ 1 炎の蜃気楼 | L30?? | Light Novel | link |
| 14 |  |
女装してめんどくさい事になってるネクラとヤンキーの両片想い 1 | L25 | Manga | link |
| 15 |  |
キットとパーシー | L30?? | Light Novel | link |
| 16 | 不能共 | Light Novel | link | |
| 17 |  |
G・DEFEND 1 | L26 | Manga | link |
| 18 |  |
今日からマ王! 魔王誕生編 | L30?? | Light Novel | link |
| 19 |  |
憂鬱な朝 1 | L25?? | Manga | link |
| 20 | WILD ADAPTER | Manga | link |
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Natively link: FBI連邦捜査官: file 1 Liar
Summary - Japanese
アカデミーを落第ぎりぎりで卒業したFBI特別捜査官トラヴィスは、チンピラにも間違われる落ちこぼれ。ロサンゼルスでビルのガス爆発が起こり、電話で少年が犯行予告をしたことから、パートナーのミリアム、犬猿の仲との評判のジェレミーらと一緒に捜査に入る。犯行予告をした少年レイジーは、一緒に暮らしていた祖母には家出中と言われるが、一緒に姿を消した友人アシュリーの母親は、レイジーに息子を連れ去られたと主張する。再び、今度は空き家の爆破事件が起こり、事件は予想だにしない方向へ向かっていく。
トラヴィスとジェレミーは事件や捜査に関して意見が衝突するが、実は二人は……
アメリカを舞台に事件を捜査するFBI連邦捜査官たちの物語、第一弾です。
クールで美形な金髪碧眼のエリート系×ジョーク好きな男前のイタリア系。
Summary - English
DeepL translator (sorry, don’t have time and power to go through this to translate by myself)
FBI Special Agent Travis, who graduated from the Academy just in time to flunk out, is a dropout who can be mistaken for a thug. When a gas explosion occurs in a building in Los Angeles and a young boy makes a phone call threatening a crime, he joins his partner Miriam and Jeremy, who have a reputation as dog-and-dog buddies, to investigate. The boy who made the criminal threat, Lazy, is said to be a runaway by the grandmother he lived with, but the mother of his friend Ashley, who disappeared with him, claims that Lazy took her son away. Once again, the case takes an unexpected turn, this time with the bombing of an abandoned house.
Travis and Jeremy clash in their opinions about the case and the investigation, but they are actually both …
Ebook available? yes
Reason(s) for nominating: It looks funny and I want to try it out
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We should probably have just one nomination per post; makes them easier to find and link to. Plus if one nomination gets removed from the running for whatever reason, it’s less confusing to mention the single post versus “#3 on this list”.
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Title:
Book type: novel
Ebook available?: Yes
Audiobook available?: No
Full-furigana version available?: No
Summary - Japanese
小学五年生の苑（その）にとって世界は悪意に満ちていた。両親の罵声や同級生のからかいに息をひそめる日々。そんな苑に、クラスの人気者・明渡（あきと）が構ってくるのが不思議で仕方なかった。ある夏の日、ふたりは神社でキスをするカップルを目撃する。その光景は互いの脳に灼きつき……？ 11歳、17歳、21歳、25歳……人生のターニングポイントにはいつもキスがあった。光と影のような幼馴染みふたりの、綻びだらけの恋物語。
Summary - English
For fifth grader Sonoko, the world was full of malice. She spends her days in secret, breathing in the abuse of her parents and the teasing of her classmates. She wonders why Akito, the most popular boy in her class, is so interested in her. One summer day, they witness a couple kissing at a shrine. The sight burned into each other’s brains and …? At the ages of 11, 17, 21, and 25,… there was always a kiss at the turning point of their lives. This is a tale of two childhood friends who are like light and shadow, a love story full of tears.
Content Warnings
probably some verbal child abuse and bullying (“両親の罵声や同級生のからかい”)
Reason(s) for nominating: The cover. 
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Roger Doger 
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魔獣になった傭兵のおっさんが、憧れの騎士に拾われた話
Summary - Japanese
厳つい見た目の中年傭兵ダーヴィトは、魔術師のトラップにかかり仔狼姿の魔獣に変えられてしまう。元の姿への戻り方が分からず途方にくれる魔獣のダーヴィトを拾ったのは、平民でありながら騎士にのぼりつめたエリア―シュだった。実は、ダーヴィトは身の程知らずにも若く凛々しいエリアーシュに密かに想いを寄せていたのだ。恋しいエリアーシュのそばにいるために、従順な魔獣として仕えるダーヴィトだったが…？
Summary - English
DeepL translator (sorry, don’t have time and power to go through this to translate by myself)
Dervito, a stern-looking middle-aged mercenary, is trapped by a sorcerer and transformed into a hexenbiest in the form of a werewolf. Unable to figure out how to return to his original form, the bewildered Dervito is picked up by Elias, a commoner who has risen to the rank of knight. In fact, Dervito secretly had feelings for the young and gallant Elias. In order to be close to his beloved Elias, Dervito serves him as an obedient hexenbiest, but…?
Content warnings
beastiality
Ebook available? yes
Reason(s) for nominating: It looks funny and I want to try it out
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殺しのアート
Summary - Japanese
有能だが冷たく、人を寄せつけないFBIの行動分析官・ケネディ。彼のお目付役として殺人事件の捜査に送り込まれた美術犯罪班のジェイソンは事件が起きたキングスフィールドで幼少期を過ごし、連続殺人事件で幼なじみを失っていた。ケネディはその事件を解決に導いた伝説のプロファイラーだった。捜査が進む中、当時の連続殺人事件との共通点が発見される。あの悪夢は本当は終わっていなかったのか――!?
Summary - English
Special Agent Jason West is seconded from the FBI Art Crime Team to temporarily partner with disgraced, legendary “manhunter” Sam Kennedy when it appears Kennedy’s most famous case, the capture and conviction of a serial killer known as the Huntsman, may actually have been a disastrous failure.
The Huntsman is still out there…and the killing has begun again.
Ebook available? yes
Reason(s) for nominating: It looks interesting and I want to try it out
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