🕵️‍♀️ 推理小説読書会 📚 Mystery Novel Book Club 👮‍♂️ Preparing to read 眼球堂の殺人~The Book~

Did I miss the poll? :eyes: I think I missed the poll. :face_with_peeking_eye:

But I think I have the winner as an ebook. :eyes:

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Book: ヨモツイクサ | L32??
Is there an ebook available?: yes (and an audiobook!)

Summary if one not available on Natively page

「黄泉の森には絶対に入ってはならない」
人なのか、ヒグマなのか、禁域の森には未知なる生物がいる。
究極の遺伝子を持ち、生命を喰い尽くすその名は――ヨモツイクサ。

北海道旭川に《黄泉の森》と呼ばれ、アイヌの人々が怖れてきた禁域があった。
その禁域を大手ホテル会社が開発しようとするのだが、作業員が行方不明になってしまう。
現場には《何か》に蹂躙された痕跡だけが残されてた。
そして、作業員は死ぬ前に神秘的な蒼い光を見たという。

地元の道央大病院に勤める外科医・佐原茜の実家は黄泉の森のそばにあり、
7年前に家族が忽然と消える神隠し事件に遭っていて、今も家族を捜していた。
この2つの事件は繋がっているのか。もしかして、ヨモツイクサの仕業なのか……。

deepl:
Never enter the Hades Forest.”
Whether human or brown bear, there is an unknown creature in the forbidden forest.
Its name is - Yomotsu Ixa, which has the ultimate gene and eats up all life.

In Asahikawa, Hokkaido, there is a forbidden area called “Yomotsuikusa Forest,” which has been feared by the Ainu people.
A major hotel company is trying to develop this forbidden area, but a worker goes missing.
All that was left at the site were the traces of being overrun by “something.
And the worker saw a mysterious blue light before he died.

Akane Sawara, a surgeon working at the local Hokkaido University Hospital, has a family home near the Hades Forest,
Seven years ago, her family was involved in a mysterious incident in which they disappeared without a trace, and she is still searching for them.
Are these two incidents connected? Could it be the work of Yomotsu Iksa? …

Content warnings if known:
I did see some reviews noting this book was a bit bloody. I’ve read several of his books and so if it is the same as those I’d consider his writing graphic but not gorey.

Why are you nominating this book: I’ve read several books by this author and while they haven’t been 5s across the board, I generally like them and find his writing very smooth. He writes suspense well and does excellent medical mysteries. This one in particular seems popular and while I own it I haven’t read it yet.

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Hey all, as 水車館の殺人 is wrapping up just a reminder that the next vote will take place on January 13th (1 week after the club officially ends) and the next club will start on February 10th. We currently have 15 nominations and we can have up to 20 :books:

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Book: 後鳥羽伝説殺人事件 「浅見光彦」シリーズ | L30??
Is there an ebook available?: yes

Summary if one not available on Natively page

一人旅の女性が古書店で見つけた一冊の本。だが、その本を手にした彼女は、広島県の芸備線三次駅で絞殺死体となって発見された。しかも、被害者の所持品に本は含まれていなかった。捜査が進むにつれ、被害者は浅見光彦の妹・祐子と8年前にこの地方を旅していて土砂崩れに巻き込まれ、一人生き残っていたことが明らかになる。“後鳥羽伝説”の地を舞台に再び起きた悲劇の意味は……。名探偵浅見光彦が初めて登場した記念碑的作品。

DeepL:
A woman traveling alone finds a book in a secondhand bookstore. However, with the book in her hands, she was found strangled to death at Miyoshi Station on the Geibi Line in Hiroshima Prefecture. Moreover, the book was not among the victim’s possessions. As the investigation progresses, it becomes clear that the victim was traveling in this region eight years ago with Mitsuhiko Asami’s sister, Yuko, when they were caught in a landslide and survived alone. The meaning of the tragedy that occurred again in the land of “The Legend of Go-Toba” can be found at … This monumental work marks the first appearance of the famous detective Asami Mitsuhiko.

Content warnings if known:
None known.

Why are you nominating this book:
So far I’ve enjoyed every book by 内田康夫 that I’ve read. This one is the first in the 浅見光彦シリーズ. And if you liked this book, there are many, many more.

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Nice coincidence! I’ve started to read that one almost a year ago but did not get too far due to life getting in the way… From the part that I read (maybe 50 pages?) I found it pretty approachable, so I’d be happy to continue it with the club at some point :blush:

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Do we have an upper limit for length? I was thinking about nominating 白夜行 | L35 but I feel like at over 800 pages it is just a little bit too long for this club :sweat_smile:
Everyone that has read it assures me that it’s really good, but whenever I look at that block of a book my brain decides to read something shorter instead, so I’d love to have some people to read this with.

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We don’t because unpopular books naturally get cut. If people don’t want a long book they’ll vote it out, basically. I’d probably mention anything over 500 pages in the nomination but otherwise have fun.

I will mention that long books tend to do ok as informal clubs on here - it’s how I read レベル7 and likewise why 理由 is informal

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Mmm. I think they tend to work better as informal clubs because you’re more likely to have a small number of people who are definitely interested, which is all you need for an informal club; plus you can feel free to set a more aggressive reading pace, which matters more for long books.

But as you say, there’s no reason to forbid it being nominated. We already have 悲嘆の門(上) | L30?? in the list, which is over a thousand pages when you include the 上中下…

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Yeah I think an informal club would work better. But I think I’ll wait with starting a club until after 理由 is finished.
Just a quick poll to gauge interest:

Would you be interested in reading 白夜行?
  • Yes
  • Maybe
  • No
  • Nominate it here instead
0 voters
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It’s time to vote! As a reminder, all the nominations with levels and nominator notes can be found :arrow_right: here :arrow_left: . The next book club with start February 10th.

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THE POLL

As usual you have up to 5 choices and the poll is set to auto-close in a week

  • アンデッドガール・マーダーファルス 1
  • 砂の家
  • 変な家
  • 名探偵は嘘をつかない
  • 私が大好きな小説家を殺すまで
  • 時空旅行者の砂時計
  • 眼球堂の殺人 ~The Book~
  • 『クロック城』殺人事件
  • 黒蜥蜴
  • 悲嘆の門 (上)
  • 湖底の光芒
  • 満願
  • 推しの殺人
  • 妃は船を沈める
  • ヨモツイクサ
  • 後鳥羽伝説殺人事件 「浅見光彦」シリーズ
0 voters
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Oh! Looks like we have a winner, if I‘m not mistaken? :tada:

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Indeed, it looks like 眼球堂の殺人~The Book~ has won! :tada:

I see @omk3 originally nominated this, and so I will offer for them to run this if they would like, but I know they have been less active on the forums as of late. If they do not wish to run it I will handle setting up the threads.

Also it looks like 妃は船を沈める failed to get any votes this time around so it’s going to the graveyard :hocho:

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Can’t wait to start! It’s my first time joining a book club :kissing_cat:

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Can’t wait to join a mystery book club so I don’t even care if this book gonna crush me grammar and vocabulary-wise :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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Aw, such bad timing! I wanted to read this with you all, but I’m really extremely busy this period, and Japanese has unfortunately had to be (temporarily) sacrificed. If you could handle the threads I’d be very grateful.

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Home thread is ready ahead of time for any schedule or version discussion!

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