小川洋子 (おがわようこ) Book club. Next: 密やかな結晶 (starting soon...)

Well how about this as a proposal?

We read 密やかな結晶 since we all have a copy of it and want to read it.
We could take turns leading for 4 weeks at a time.
I’ve had a quick look and I think there are 28 chapters. They probably won’t be equal in length but I think that is about 15 pages per chapter on average. So the simple starting strategy would be to read a chapter a week and see how we are getting on.

How does that sound?

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Sounds perfect! :+1:

EDIT: By the way, I have a script to produce the home post and the weekly posts (or entries in a thread if I like) so either I could start and set the format that you can then copy if you like, or I could always post and you (two?) could more tend to running the club contents-wise. You can have a look at any kinda recent book club I ran to see what it looks like and whether you like it.

(e.g. this one for regular weekly threads: アンダーグラウンド (Advanced Book Club) - Book Clubs - WaniKani Community and this one for ongoing posts in the same thread: Volume 5 (Original Ed.): フルーツバスケット ・ Fruits Basket 🍏 🍇 🍑 🍒 🍐 🍊 🧺 - #7 by NicoleIsEnough - Book Clubs - WaniKani Community )

EDIT2: BTW when would we start? It seems impossible for me to find a full schedule for the Mina club :sweat_smile: so I don’t really know where we are at…

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We have two weeks left of Mina, so I think we’ll likely start end of this month or start of next, depending on whether anyone wants a break.

Happy to use your templates, and @Magyarapointe and I can copy them. (Happy with that M?)

We could set up a home thread now and see if we can entice anyone to join us…

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Yes, that’s perfect with me. Thank you to the both of you !

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Alright, will dust off my templates and set them in motion tonight! :+1:

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And here is the newest book reading club in the 小川洋子 book club!

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Coincidentally, 猫を抱いて象と泳ぐ currently has a coin cashback of slightly more than 50% at BookWalker. Will grab it EDIT: Grabbed it just in case :rofl:

(grabbed it because I just received the coins from the Bookmeter Review Challenge, so I can rightly say that I bought this book from money I earned through my Japanese skills :sunglasses::rofl:)

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And in case I have extra time, or we choose it next time, look what I found in Tokyo

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That’s an interesting cover!!

PS I was thinking to read 密やかな結晶 but would be reading in English as I don’t have time to read it in Japanese…

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The hardback is beautifully presented, though the cover is a little disturbing (probably like the contents I suspect).

Do join us for the club, in English or Japanese or a mix of the two!

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