Due to the nature of this book I don’t believe spoiler alerts are necessary, but still make sure to write where you are when you discuss things since you want to give context for people to know what you’re talking about and where to look for it.
Schedule
Week
Start date
Chapter
Pages
Page count
1
May 25th
まえがき and 序章
14-32
19
2
June 1st
1
33-53
21
3
June 8th
2
54-81
28
4
June 15th
3
82-101
20
5
June 22nd
4
102-119
18
6
June 29th
5
120-141
22
7
July 6th
6
142-162
21
8
July 13th
7
163-184
22
9
July 20th
8
185-209
25
10
July 27th
9
210-237
28
11
Aug 3rd
最終章 and あとがき
238-275
38
Membership
Will you be reading with us?
Yes
Yes, but I might start late
Maybe
No
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Unless there are a lot of people reading along, I plan to keep the whole read-through in a single thread, rather than one thread per week: it’s much less effort to manage that way, and avoids sad little threads with just one or two comments.
So, what pace do we want to read this at? This is a Natively L35 book with 275 pages. It has a まえがき, a 序章, nine main chapters which are typically 20 to 30 pages long with three subsections each, a 最終章 and an あとがき. So it should be easy to find breakpoints that fit our chosen pace.
Please select all the speeds that you would be happy reading at:
Slower than 10-15 pages a week
One chapter every two weeks (10-15 pages, likely 20-22 weeks total)
One chapter a week (20-30 pages, total 11 weeks)
More than one chapter a week (up to 40 pages a week)
I think the consensus on that is “one chapter a week”. I generally favour going a bit slower if that helps to increase the set of people who participate, but @shablul was the only person voting for one chapter every two weeks, and nobody else said they were OK with a pace that slow. Looking at the exact page counts for the chapters, they’re almost all much closer to 20 pages than 30, at least.
The “one chapter a week” schedule would be:
Week
Chapter
Pages
Page count
1
まえがき and 序章
14-32
19
2
1
33-53
21
3
2
54-81
28
4
3
82-101
20
5
4
102-119
18
6
5
120-141
22
7
6
142-162
21
8
7
163-184
22
9
8
185-209
25
10
9
210-237
28
11
最終章 and あとがき
238-275
38
The last week is long, but it’s the last week. (The actual final chapter is 29 pages, and the あとがき is 8 pages.)
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