# What are you reading today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Reading\ **Created:** [June 12, 2022, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38 "2022-06-12T13:31:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 161
**Author:** ![cat](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cat/32/2344_2.png) [@cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 12:58am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3211 "2024-07-30T00:58:53Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > I remember that the author of [先生とそのお布団 | L28](https://learnnatively.com/book/957fdeb453/) does part time jobs on the side. Honestly they’re not writing about _that_ dissimilar of content either from what I remember you saying about that book 😂 ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 1:24am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3212 "2024-07-30T01:24:51Z")
I mostly meant my comment as humor. Tbh I’m not interested in the new polls either way (I’m fine with what’s already there) > [@Legato](#): > > I actually quite like isekai, I’m just joking considering it’s terrible reputation. (Although yeah, the genre _is_ full of garbage.) I’m neutral on it. There’s good and bad. It’s just, if that’s all I know, it doesn’t tell me anything aside from “this story falls into a generic trend, and probably isn’t that interesting”… Which sometimes it’s fine, but if I’m gonna read something that’s by the numbers, I’d rather find a random yuri story than another generically “Stuck in Another World with Some Mild Gimmicky Twist”. Otoh, give me a title like “Ascendance of a Bookworm” or the other two I mentioned, and _now_ you’ve got my attention! > [@Legato](#): > > I wonder if I’d like the 転天 more in it’s light novel form. I watched the anime, and the beginning was absolutely glorious. But the latter part soured me on it I’m not that far into it, so I guess I’ll see how I feel later on. If you do read the LN, I definitely recommend the audiobook. It’s really excellently narrated, with the various characters! ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 1:29am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3213 "2024-07-30T01:29:33Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > If you do read the LN, I definitely recommend the audiobook. It’s really excellently narrated, with the various characters! That’s good to know! I never was into English audiobooks, but after the great experience with [また、同じ夢を見ていた](https://learnnatively.com/book/2c1e37ec2e/) I think I newly awakened to reading together with Japanese ones 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:22am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3214 "2024-07-30T02:22:41Z")
Yeah same… No appeal in English, but for language acquisition they’re super helpful!! ---
**Author:** ![seanblue](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/seanblue/32/3251_2.png) [@seanblue](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/seanblue)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 2:46am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3215 "2024-07-30T02:46:05Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > If you do read the LN, I definitely recommend the audiobook. It’s really excellently narrated, with the various characters! Do you know of any audiobook sources that have it besides Audible? I’m always a bit scared to try to get Audible because I’ve heard it has different restrictions compared to Kindle and I don’t want to risk getting my Amazon JP account locked. (Also, buying audiobooks on Amazon is way too expensive and I don’t know if I’d listen consistently enough for the subscription…) ---
**Author:** ![bungakushoujo](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/bungakushoujo/32/24027_2.png) [@bungakushoujo](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/bungakushoujo)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 3:01am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3216 "2024-07-30T03:01:17Z")
> [@cat](#): > > I was curious about who wrote it though, because it was very clearly not a historian and I found this about the author: > > > 1963年、横浜市出身。トラック運転手、学習塾の時間講師、コンビニ店長、経営実務資料の編集、販促ツール等の営業、フリーペーパー記者、派遣労働者、夜間工場内作業員など数々の職業を経験。 > > 91年からフリーライターとして活動開始。歴史や世相、庶民生活などといったジャンルのほか、企業関係や事件・犯罪に関するテーマも手がける。現在、肉体労働系の仕事と平行して執筆業を続けている。 I love this. I feel like I can imagine the type of person the author is. 😂 Was the book good though?! ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 4:00am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3217 "2024-07-30T04:00:44Z")
No idea. I have Audible unlimited… the only real restriction difference I remember was not being able to buy Kadokawa after a certain point… which was solved by adding a JP address after everything had been set up. Also I think I had to set up the subscription through the Play Store, rather than Audible JP directly… but I don’t clearly remember. Anyway, if you’re that worried, you can just make a separate Amazon JP account that has nothing to do with your normal one. Tbh idk that I use it enough (I read too much manga), but it comes out to like $6 USD / month, which is probly cheaper than buying even a single audiobook on there. It’s frustrating audiobooks seem to be so provider-locked… 仕方がない ---
**Author:** ![cat](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cat/32/2344_2.png) [@cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 4:12am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3218 "2024-07-30T04:12:58Z")
I’m only about 20% in but I’m enjoying it so far! It’s very dramatic. He likes to bold the most salacious sentences 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Biblio](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/biblio/32/81_2.png) [@Biblio](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Biblio)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3219 "2024-07-30T06:20:36Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > I’m intrigued that (seemingly) everyone else correctly/identically identified which way the scale worked, besides me 😅 I did not. I thought it was a point system at first, not a ranking system. But after reading comments, I changed my vote around. 🫣 ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/naphthalene/32/146_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 6:21am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3220 "2024-07-30T06:21:53Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > > [@pm215](#): > > > > 歴史的仮名遣い, but I don’t suppose that’s what they had in mind 🙂 > > I don’t think so? Otherwise they are wildly underestimating me (which I doubt). > > I just read the first section, and it was weird, but nothing that would qualify as painful yet. Okay, I just finished it. I guess I see the connection now. Every time _anything_ happens, the main character/narrator (/author?) starts feeling some unsettling sense of dread and despair, that he can only clear by taking a bunch of sleeping pills. I guess the difference is that, here, the character is clearly unhinged. Sky is a bit cloudy? The author: “and I took that personally”. Plus, there’s no broad generalization (he is not saying _everyone_ should feel uneasy about people wearing raincoats). But… yes, I guess it is another form of pain, considering how the author died. Between this guy and Dazai Osamu, Japanese literature requires some mental fortitude. ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 7:38am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3221 "2024-07-30T07:38:58Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > Sky is a bit cloudy? The author: “and I took that personally” This would be funny if it were about a character. Is it about 芥川龍之介? I read the story where he planned his suicide [或旧友へ送る手記](https://learnnatively.com/book/3b9d37d558/), and I also found it funny until I understood that it he actually did it… ---
**Author:** ![Naphthalene](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/naphthalene/32/146_2.png) [@Naphthalene](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Naphthalene)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 8:45am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3222 "2024-07-30T08:45:15Z")
> [@mic](#): > > This would be funny if it were about a character. Is it about 芥川龍之介? Unclear to me. It _seems_ so, but no one is named. I don’t know enough about him to check if the events in there match reality. But, yeah, the last sentence is literally him (the main character?) wishing to err become unalive. A great time for the whole family. ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3223 "2024-07-30T20:10:33Z")
> [@eefara](#): > > ~~I’m reading books, I promise. I need to make an update here soon…~~ It’s time; the prophecy must be fulfilled. …Quite honestly, my reading has been destroyed by work for the last…two months? Three? I’m so tired you guys. 😫 **Finished** (reviews posted for all books except the re-read) - [あなたも殺人犯になれる! | L27](https://learnnatively.com/book/0ecf2504a4/) - This was a great book for my tired brain. ❤ I was a bit sad the “twist” was so obviously transparent; there was no mystery in my murder at all. Or maybe it wasn’t supposed to be a murder mystery? Just a murder thriller? 🤔 - Random manga: [となりの番犬 | L23](https://learnnatively.com/book/823ff9d5b9/), [新しい上司はど天然 1 | L23](https://learnnatively.com/book/6a575de35e/), [鬼の花嫁は喰べられたい 1 | L23](https://learnnatively.com/book/ad8da84416/), [獣の王国 4 | L25](https://learnnatively.com/book/4205dae887/) (this was a re-read; finally I can start the volumes I haven’t read yet!) - [11月のギムナジウム | L28](https://learnnatively.com/book/3a7f8df90d/) - Finally finished for the BL Origins club. Decent little book of short stories. Honestly I’m coming to like the '70s style more and more. Not sure whether I’ll jump to [トーマの心臓 | L24??](https://learnnatively.com/book/5a1913faf7/) next or not, since it’s an adaption of one of the short stories. **In Progress** ~~Finally 11月のギムナジウム is off my reading list~~ - [薬屋のひとりごと 2 | L38](https://learnnatively.com/book/04738a9ced/) - I am behiiiind. Other than that it’s going real well, though. Night and day compared to when I read the first book 2 years ago or so. - [流沙の記憶 | L30??](https://learnnatively.com/book/4847e4a7d3/) - Written by the Flesh&Blood author! I’ve been wanting to read more of her works, and I finally decided to start with this one. Archaeologist time travels to ancient Egypt and (hopefully) falls in love; I’m loving it so far. I’m also incredibly excited to maybe follow it up with [王弟殿下とナイルの異邦人 | L30??](https://learnnatively.com/book/625cbeeab5/), which as far as I can tell has the exact same premise down to the love interest being a blond Egyptian. 😛 They were published almost 30 years apart, so I guess it’s inevitable; I just got a kick out of finding out about them so close together. **Coming up if work doesn’t kill me** - [京都寺町三条のホームズ | L29](https://learnnatively.com/book/94611a9a3c/) - I also have the audiobook to listen along to! - [FLESH & BLOOD 17 | L36](https://learnnatively.com/book/94b99e2632/) - My beloved 🥹 - [六番目の小夜子 | L30??](https://learnnatively.com/book/eabd7c43bc/) - I will find time. Somehow. \>.\< - [マスカレード・ホテル | L31](https://learnnatively.com/book/f96b3b3877/) - _dying noises_ - [ギンモクセイの仕立て屋 | L24](https://learnnatively.com/series/ba7c707312/) - if it wins the BL poll, which looking like it will. Thank god they’re manga …Plus I want to do the listening challenge in August. 🥹 I will do this. Somehow. The hard part is is that everything’s a good book. :3 I’ll probably collapse at some point and just withdraw from the world for a month, but that’s ~~next week’s~~ later eefara’s problem. ---
**Author:** ![eefara](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/eefara/32/85_2.png) [@eefara](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/eefara)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3224 "2024-07-30T20:10:58Z")
I’m not going to jinx it by touching the post now, but all my links rendered the first time. :3 ---
**Author:** ![暁のルナ](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A/32/23775_2.png) [@暁のルナ](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E6%9A%81%E3%81%AE%E3%83%AB%E3%83%8A)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3225 "2024-07-30T20:24:37Z")
Omg I know that feeling so well lol Good luck re: work - don’t push yourself too hard ---
**Author:** ![cat](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cat/32/2344_2.png) [@cat](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cat)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2024, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3226 "2024-07-30T21:25:49Z")
> [@eefara](#): > > This was a great book for my tired brain. ❤ Lemme know if you need more tired brain books. I happen to enjoy the genre ---
**Author:** ![Legato](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/legato/32/17821_2.png) [@Legato](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Legato)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 3:54am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3227 "2024-07-31T03:54:25Z")
> [@nikoru](#): > > At the same time you don’t get the usernames hover any more when hovering over the avatars in the “standard” polls 😱 > Noticed that already a few weeks ago on WK but I thought that WK had hiccup’ed with the forums - now it seems that the update landed here as well. This change is very very unhelpful in my opinion… Btw, it seems that this wasn’t a conscious change since I found [this bug fix here](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/28121). So I assume it will come back in a future rollout. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![mic](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/mic/32/1566_2.png) [@mic](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/mic)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 6:08am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3228 "2024-07-31T06:08:49Z")
Finished chapter #1 of my first medical mystery manga series (all-in-all 3 volumes and finished): [リウーを待ちながら 1](https://learnnatively.com/book/3082a7670e/). Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![nikoru](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/nikoru/32/413_2.png) [@nikoru](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/nikoru)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2024, 7:11am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3229 "2024-07-31T07:11:46Z")
> [@Legato](#): > > Btw, it seems that this wasn’t a conscious change since I found [this bug fix here](https://github.com/discourse/discourse/pull/28121). So I assume it will come back in a future rollout. 🙂 Ah, that’s good to know! 😅 BTW had no idea that it is an open source project - very nice! ---
**Author:** ![Aik](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Aik](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Aik)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2024, 6:04am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/3230 "2024-08-01T06:04:00Z")
I’m officially in a slump. Finished [竜歌の巫女と二度目の誓い2 薬を探す子供 | L32](https://learnnatively.com/book/daaf12eadc/) a bit ago - it was fine, but not the boost I was hoping for. Read something in English for the first time in a while. Tried to start another Japanese novel but just couldn’t bring myself to care. I have now started [GUNSLINGER GIRL | L24??](https://learnnatively.com/series/c2268f05c5/), which I picked up the lot of when I was in Japan. Maybe I should have bought more manga rather than novels I won’t get around to for years… I read the fanlation over a decade ago - still remember basically how it goes and ready to be sad all over again. Definitely not an easy series though vocabulary-wise. [Previous page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=160) [Next page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=162)