点と線 (Natively Mystery Book Club)

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Join the Natively Mystery Book Club here!

Welcome to 点と線

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Discussion Threads and Reading Schedule

We started reading on September 2nd, 2024.

Week Start Date Chapter Page Numbers Page Count
Week 1 Sept 2nd 一・二 5-39 35
Week 2 Sept 9th 三・四 40-79 40
Week 3 Sept 16th 五・六・七・八 79-138 60
Week 4 Sept 23rd 九・十・ 十一 138-202 65
Week 5 Sept 30th 十二・十三 203-253 51

Discussion Rules

  • Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter(s) and any content in future chapters.
  • When asking for help, please mention the chapter and page number. Also mention what version of the book you are reading.
  • Don’t be afraid of asking questions, even if they seem embarrassing at first. All of us are here to learn.
  • To you lurkers out there: Join the conversation, it’s fun!

Member List

Are you planning to read 点と線 with the book club?

  • Yes
  • Yes, but I might start late
  • Not sure
  • No
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If so, which version will you be reading?

  • eBook
  • Paperback
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Hello and welcome to our newest mystery pick! :blush:

The book is divided into 13 chapters, each of which is divided into roundabout 4 subchapters. As the book is only 225 pages altogether, I decided to focus on the main chapters as this probably gives better breaks from week to week.

Here is a possible schedule with a slow ramp-up:

Disclaimer: The page numbers are derived from the ebook and may be somewhat incorrect

Week Start Date Chapter Page Count
Week 1 Sept 2nd 一 to 二 30
Week 2 Sept 9th 三 to 四 35
Week 3 Sept 16th 五 to 八 53
Week 4 Sept 23rd 九 to 十一 57
Week 5 Sept 30th 十二 to 十三 47

Here is a possible schedule without ramp-up:

Week Start Date Chapter Page Count
Week 1 Sept 2nd 一 to 三 47
Week 2 Sept 9th 四 to 六 48
Week 3 Sept 16th 七 to 十 52
Week 4 Sept 23rd 十一 to 十三 75

Which schedule do you prefer?

  • 4 weeks (without ramp-up)
  • 5 weeks (with ramp-up)
  • I’d like to go slower than these
  • I’d like to go faster than these
  • I have a different idea altogether
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For the “slower” / “faster” /“different” options, please explain your ideas :blush:

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I own the paperback so if we get any other paperback joiners I can add the physical copy numbers (once a schedule is settled)

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Thanks all for voting for the schedule! With a 100% success rate, 5 weeks is the clear winner. :tada: I’ve updated the main page accordingly.

@cat If you could tell me the start pages of the weeks (and the page number of the last page of the book) that would be great!

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Hey all, I’ll be away and busy from tonight until next week, so I’m posting this thread a little bit early.

Happy reading everybody!

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Ah! I totally forgot to get you the paperback schedule. Will do so tonight :saluting_face:

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Week Start Date Chapter Paperback pages Page Count
Week 1 Sept 2nd 一・二 5-39 34
Week 2 Sept 9th 三・四 40-79 39
Week 3 Sept 16th 五・六・七・八 79-138 59
Week 4 Sept 23rd 九・十・ 十一 138-202 64
Week 5 Sept 30th 十二・十三 203-253 50

I was a bit confused by the chapters so I edited the format there to hopefully be more clear (to me ‘to’ means ‘not inclusive’). I also updated the page counts now that we have paperback numbers - they didn’t vary too much.

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Thank you for the page numbers and the clarification! I always struggle with expressing ranges in a precise manner :melting_face:

I added your information to the OP and the Week 1 thread :+1:

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Just bought the book on Kindle! Looking forward to joining you guys again.

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Week 2 is now live!

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I hope you’ve all settled in to the book at this point, because now we’ve reached cruising altitude, and this week brings us 60 pages :blush:

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It now has an audiobook. :eyes:

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I’m definitely going to use it to speed through the rest of the book at 1.5x :rofl: I’ll keep to the weeks mostly, but will finish a smidge early due to not wanting to bring the book on my trip.

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Time flies! And so we’re facing our penultimate week. Enjoy!

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And we’re onto our last week!

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