The book we’re about to start, Home Thread for 소리를 보는 소년 👁👂 Korean Fiction Book Club 🇰🇷 Starting Nov 13, is probably around the early 20s I’d say (it has a temporary rating because it hasn’t been graded yet). I’m reading a bit ahead so I can fill out the reference sheet with vocabulary and grammar (link in thread), and there are others willing to help if you have questions.
I wouldn’t mind reading along with something easier at the same time if you already have a book in mind, though.
Oh right, I hadn’t thought about that. I might try to join you then, but I’ll see if I have enough time. From what I can tell though it does seem like there’s a lot of vocab I don’t know in that book, and not just the vocab in @bibliothecary 's Google doc.
I’m already reading 춘향전 right now as well, which is also above my level, so reading two books that are too advanced for me at the same time might not be a good idea.
I like the 다락원 series, so I’d be interested in reading their B1 book, 흥부전. But I’m really open to anything, so feel free to share any of your ideas as well.
I’d be happy to read along with that too. If you wanted, you could set up an “informal” book club for that one if you don’t want to set up the intermediate/beginner book club right away. There are some informal clubs on the Japanese forum and usually everyone just reads at their own pace without scheduling and posts their thoughts with spoiler tags. That way you can get some reading buddies for that!
I’m very happy to have found a forum with active Korean book clubs, but unfortunately my current level won’t allow me to join any of the ones I’ve seen here.
Would anybody be interested in an Absolute Beginner Book Club? I was thinking levels 15 and under, but we could adjust that depending on people’s interest.
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It could be an informal book club, since I am probably going to be reading a book under lvl 15 regardless, and would be happy to share the reading with anyone willing to join (even with a different book).
That’s great!!
Let’s give it a week and see how things are looking on Monday. If we have more people interested we can start nominations on a separate thread, and start reading maybe from Oct 20th? 1 week to make nominations, 1 week to vote, and 1 week to get the book?
If it’s only the two of us we can make it an informal book club. I’m very excited either way
I’ve never held a book club and even going through other threads I’m not really sure how to go about it, so if the timeline doesn’t seem realistic I’m happy to adjust
You’ve got all the basic points down, no worries! That’s pretty much all what the rest of us are doing: some time to nominate, some time to vote, and then a bit of time to acquire the book. Set up a schedule appropriate for the club participants, and you’re good to go.
i’ve only recently joined by first book club, so we’re both new to it! there’s no set rules for how set everything up as far as i know, so we can make stuff up and change stuff along the way as needed. i’m looking forward to it as well
It’s finally Monday!! I’m really overly excited over this.
Anyway, it looks like there are a few of us interested, so I went ahead and created the homethread:
