# 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:** 206
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4113 "2025-01-20T14:40:47Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > about the kind of guy the former likes and the answer is basically “the girl type” 😂 Relatable 😂 > [@Naphthalene](#): > > The other characters take it as “ah, she is just thinking about making the other person wear cute clothes, there’s no other meaning behind it” BUT the conversation was about 恋人, so hmmmmm. Yeah I definitely read that as I like girls, but I guess a girly guy would work, but idk anything about the characters > [@bungakushoujo](#): > > It is a key concern for the characters that they don’t know the phone number or address of their high school friends after going to uni unless they ask someone else who may have it, This is not typically a plot element in novels nowadays where everyone has smartphones and LINE in their modern life, so it’s good fun I’ve been really enjoying that aspect of [マリア様がみてる | L29](https://learnnatively.com/series/494308d39c/) as well. It’s late 90s/00s and they’re in high school. Computers at home are uncommon, cell phones are barely seen, etc.. Very refreshing to read (not to mention nostalgic) ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4114 "2025-01-20T14:44:20Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > Very refreshing to read (not to mention nostalgic) Agree! I’m feeling like I could use a little less of my smartphone in my life lately, so it’s enjoyable reading stories where the characters aren’t using one either. 😆 ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4115 "2025-01-20T16:47:54Z")
I’ve been enjoying my Kindle a lot for this reason. It’s so much more immersive - almost as enjoyable as reading physical (which I prefer, besides the lookups). Tho I still check the translation with まりみて, so I can’t totally ignore my phone just yet. Anyway, I feel like not having them opens up a lot of story possibilities - or at least ones that are more interesting to me right now ---
**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:** [January 20, 2025, 4:53pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4116 "2025-01-20T16:53:53Z")
bungakushoujo already discovered this thread (sorry, I forgot to post here straight away 😅), but for others who are interested in the book, here it is: > [@死者の奢り・飼育 - Informal Reading Club](http://forums.learnnatively.com/t/informal-reading-club/14170): > > Hello and welcome to the Informal Book Club for [https://learnnatively.com/book/60ba511a01/](https://learnnatively.com/book/60ba511a01/) This book was written by 大江賢三郎, one of three Japanese authors who won the Literature Nobel Prize (only two of which write in Japanese, though), and the titular story 飼育 won the Akutagawa Prize in 1958. The book contains the following stories: 死者の奢り 他人の足 飼育 人間の羊 不意の唖 戦いの今日 Please mark clearly which story your comments refer to, and use spoiler tags or put your comments in a “Hide Details” section. Ar… ---
**Author:** ![Aik](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Aik](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Aik)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4117 "2025-01-21T03:03:20Z")
Finished [鳥籠荘の今日も眠たい住人たち〈1〉 | L32](https://learnnatively.com/book/f299377d68/). It was good, but don’t see myself reading any more of it. Started [誰が勇者を殺したか | L31](https://learnnatively.com/book/17539c4127/) - going in with high expectations seeing all the praise it’s gotten, and seems interesting so far. ---
**Author:** ![Athakaspen](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/athakaspen/32/636_2.png) [@Athakaspen](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Athakaspen)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4118 "2025-01-21T14:29:49Z")
I finished [本好きの下剋上~司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません~第五部「女神の化身X」 | L31](https://learnnatively.com/book/eec20f4db0/) today, which I enjoyed all the way through! The short stories at the end were different enough to be interesting and had a few important details that were missing from ローゼマイン’s perspective. Well, mostly just one big one. So she’s lost her memories about people and things that are more important tot her than books? This was completely unexpected, and although losing-your-memories tropes like this often feel unsatisfying to me, I’m interested to see what happens here. The multiple levels of her 下町 family and friends, her 前世 family and friends, and potentially some of her memories from the recent battles means there’s a lot to consider… And if 魔力を流すこと turns out to be the solution her 前世 memories might be particularly problematic. But I trust this author enough that I’m more interested than worried! Just two more volumes left in the main series, the end is really in sight now 👀 Aside from that I read やがきみ 3 and a two random short stories by Soseki since my last update (neither was particularly interesting enough to comment on). > **中国語** > > Just for fun I’ll leave a Chinese update here as well. In addition to setting up Anki again for the first time in years, creating my own cards with a fancy addon that autofills most of the fields, I’m forking out the rather hefty $15 a month for Du Chinese. It’s an app with graded readers that’s super easy to use, and lots of the stories are actually interesting. Built in definitions (based on context) and native recordings are much appreciated. It also has numbers that go up, but nothing too complex to distract you from the main goal of reading. > > ![Screenshot_20250121-230513_Du_Chinese (1)](https://do4ryrayvtpwi.cloudfront.net/original/2X/5/5814893d1eb46d92a98595debd12e372bc6db664.jpeg) > You can see I tried it about half a year ago and immediately fell off, but I’m doing better this time! 😆 ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4119 "2025-01-21T15:02:26Z")
> [@Athakaspen](#): > > had a few important details that were missing from ローゼマイン’s perspective It completely changed my view of ミスティオノーラ. Like, b!tch, you did it on purpose? And you are messing with my boi. Unforgivable. ---
**Author:** ![Athakaspen](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/athakaspen/32/636_2.png) [@Athakaspen](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Athakaspen)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4120 "2025-01-21T15:42:33Z")
Right?? I was like oh フェルディナンド’s assessment of the gods and reaction afterwards is totally justified now. 神々 really don’t give a shit lol. Also the fact that フェルディナンド basically outsmarted the goddess of wisdom is iconic ---
**Author:** ![読み蛙](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E8%AA%AD%E3%81%BF%E8%9B%99/32/9157_2.png) [@読み蛙](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E8%AA%AD%E3%81%BF%E8%9B%99)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4121 "2025-01-21T22:08:36Z")
I finished [ぬるい毒 | L35](https://learnnatively.com/book/f3a0cb365b/) which was very good, despite being full of horrible characters, and 気持ち悪い throughout most of it. Maybe similar vibes to Daniel Day Lewis’ Phantom Thread film, but with more childish characters. The premise is that a charming, but horrible, guy calls up MC out of the blue pretending to know her, and they sort of spiral into a toxic relationship. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4122 "2025-01-21T22:41:40Z")
> [@読み蛙](#): > > I finished [ぬるい毒 | L35](https://learnnatively.com/book/f3a0cb365b/) > which was very good, despite being full of horrible characters, and 気持ち悪い throughout most of it. Oh! I have read another book from 本谷 有希子 that also had horrible characters and really enjoyed it. Maybe I should check this out. ---
**Author:** ![読み蛙](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/%E8%AA%AD%E3%81%BF%E8%9B%99/32/9157_2.png) [@読み蛙](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/%E8%AA%AD%E3%81%BF%E8%9B%99)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2025, 10:56pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4123 "2025-01-21T22:56:24Z")
I could easily see people picking it up and hating it, since the characters are horrid. But overall I enjoyed it! ---
**Author:** ![araigoshi](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/araigoshi/32/3332_2.png) [@araigoshi](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/araigoshi)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4124 "2025-01-22T00:53:39Z")
Must. Not. Click. Spoiler. Maybe I should set a reminder for those posts in like… 2 years. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 1:23am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4125 "2025-01-22T01:23:01Z")
> [@読み蛙](#): > > which was very good, despite being full of horrible characters, and 気持ち悪い throughout most o Despite? No no that’s an entire genre and I’m a big fan. [https://learnnatively.com/search/jpn/books/?ntags=terrible-people-doing-terrible-things](https://learnnatively.com/search/jpn/books/?ntags=terrible-people-doing-terrible-things) Edit: though looking at some of the books tagged with it I think some didn’t read the description 😅 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 1:39am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4126 "2025-01-22T01:39:37Z")
I’ll be sure to utilize that tag in the future 😂 ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 2:59am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4127 "2025-01-22T02:59:35Z")
Off-topic but I’m noticing some of y’all have things like 一目十行 or 本の虫 under your names (at least on mobile, with the app language as JP). It’s there a setting for that or something? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4128 "2025-01-22T03:03:51Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > Off-topic but I’m noticing some of y’all have things like 一目十行 or 本の虫 under your names (at least on mobile, with the app language as JP). It’s there a setting for that or something? It was for participants in the 2024 Japanese bingo who updated the wiki with the amount of bingos they had - the custom badges were the ranks you could win based on the number of bingos you got ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 5:17am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4129 "2025-01-23T05:17:41Z")
I’m up to [マリア様がみてる | L31](https://learnnatively.com/series/494308d39c/) 17 now, and have mostly very positive things to say. This volume corresponds to the last episodes in S3, which means I’m closing in on the content I’ve been most looking forward to!! Specifically Yumi x Touko, and stuff w/ Suguru, but the rest of it in general too. > **[おにいさまへ... | L25](https://learnnatively.com/series/c157ceff84/)** > > Book Series, Difficulty: Level 25 (Intermediate, ~JLPT N3) After watching [https://learnnatively.com/season/dbbd14f462/](https://learnnatively.com/season/dbbd14f462/) the manga has broken my「マリア様がみてるから！」 blockade. Thankfully it’s only 3 volumes, and I’m still prioritizing マリみて either way. I couldn’t help myself on this one. The anime was incredibly gripping, but somehow is 39 episodes… from 3 volumes!! The aesthetic is very different so far, which makes sense, since it was drawn in the 70s, and the anime came out in the 90s. Anyway this is one of those “Golden Age” of shoujo works - and that’s something I’m finding myself more interested in exploring & learning the history of. (The author’s earlier work [ベルサイユのばら外伝 1 | L24??](https://learnnatively.com/book/d92faccf7d/) was apparently the first major commercially successful shoujo manga!!) **Update:** I finished vol 1, and to the anime’s credit, I like the anime much better so far. It did a really excellent job of fleshing things out, in a way that really enhances the story > **[きみの色 | L20](https://learnnatively.com/series/3880651327/)** > > Book Series, Difficulty: Level 20 (Intermediate, ~JLPT N3) I’m fighting the temptation to read this now, having just come back from the movie (which was excellent)… it’s already on my list for when I finish マリみて next(?) month, so I can probably hold off until then. Also I’d definitely like to get the physicals (the I’m not sure they printed vol 2 in physical??) ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4130 "2025-01-23T06:33:24Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > volume 4 Speaking of [魔導具師ダリヤはうつむかない ~今日から自由な職人ライフ~ 4 | L30](https://learnnatively.com/book/81b57fba09/), I finished that volume yesterday and am currently 1/3 through the 5th volume but… I’m kinda losing steam. Mostly, one of the things that was pulling me forward was the may-or-may-not-be romance interest being attractive and acting cute. I’ve read a lot of isekai romance LN (or TL) and he is one of the best written character of that type that I have seen. However, most of volume 4 and all of volume 5 so far has been devoted to “plot” (ダリヤ’s business getting larger) rather than their relationship. I guess that aligns more with @mic’s interests than mine 😅 I hope we get back to them soon. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4131 "2025-01-23T11:40:35Z")
It‘s not that I‘d require the book to have no romance at all, just that it stays in the background 😏 ---
**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:** [January 23, 2025, 2:58pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/4132 "2025-01-23T14:58:54Z")
> [@暁のルナ](#): > > Anyway this is one of those “Golden Age” of shoujo works - and that’s something I’m finding myself more interested in exploring & learning the history of. Seconded. I don’t suppose anyone has a list with this theme they’ve been working on? > [@暁のルナ](#): > > (the I’m not sure they printed vol 2 in physical??) Why do you think that? Looks like Amazon lists copies, at least. [Previous page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=205) [Next page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=207)