Iโm just now realizing that I didnโt finish last weekโs reading. Hereโs to reading both that and this weekโs in time!
I didnโt manage to do last weeks reading and this weeks isnโt looking great either
Now that weโre almost done, Iโm curious, who is planning on reading the next book? Iโm definitely going to buy (and start reading) that second volume soon. I already have so many other things that Iโm reading, but this first book has been the perfect level for me to learn a lot of vocab, while sticking to simple grammar patterns, so itโs not too exhausting to read.
I plan on buying the rest of the series but it is still a bit too high of a level for me to try reading without multiple look ups, sometimes in the same sentence, so it will be a while before I start reading them.
Iโm not. Barring some huge revelation about how the Dagashiya works in a later volume, I feel like Iโve gotten what I want out of the story with the first book.
I may seek out other short stories at around this level perhaps. The format is good but ้ง่ๅญๅฑ is a bit weird in terms of difficulty/reward for my taste. Fun with the club though
Iโm definitely going to read vol 2 and 3. I really enjoy it as something reliably easy and light hearted that I can read in paperback format in bed on the weekends. I donโt understand every single word, but as long as I understand the story, I just keep going, and often just rereading a chapter helps to answer any questions. I also have the guide book, so if something confuses me, normally I just do lookups later on the one page summary, and then itโs easy enough to keep going. Not sure why Iโm so drawn to these stories, I really love them.
Thereโs a club on WK for volumes 2+ and they have a vocab sheet and discussion for vol 2. I havenโt looked at the vocab sheet and discussion yet but itโs nice to know itโs there!
I use other books to read more intensively and study.
Iโll be continuing the series, too! Itโs at a nice level and the episodic nature of the stories means itโs easy to just pick up and read a chapter here and there.
Since thereโs some interest, Iโll put up an offshoot book club thread after we finish this volume.
Iโve made the offshoot thread, as well.