# 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:** 258
**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 17, 2025, 6:14am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5158 "2025-07-17T06:14:05Z")
> [@shitsurei](#): > > So I made a list, why not. Ah, in that case 😆 please help yourself: [星の王子さま | L26](https://learnnatively.com/book/bc283cc592/) The classic. There are many translations into Japanese, I think I read the one that’s linked here, and I liked it a lot. [霧のむこうのふしぎな町 | L26](https://learnnatively.com/book/426df27929/) Children’s book. Features a bit of dialect at the start, but this stops after the first chapter iirc. [世界から猫が消えたなら | L27](https://learnnatively.com/book/1030c11685/) [夏と花火と私の死体 | L28](https://learnnatively.com/book/e6d0301865/) Funny little “horror” story, written by a 17-year-old but it did not feel like that. [水たまりで息をする | L29](https://learnnatively.com/book/048c73d882/) (author won the Akutagawa Prize for another book) [コンビニ人間 | L29](https://learnnatively.com/book/2f20d58780/) Won the Akutagawa Prize. (other works by the author are also very accessible) Once you get to level 30-31, there is also a great number of accessible and well-written books. 👍 ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5159 "2025-07-17T06:28:07Z")
Added! I’m not fully though this level (L27 is about my sweet spot right now), but I would have definitely liked to have had some suggestions of novels on the easier side that weren’t all Aoitori/Tsubasa Bunko kids books. Hopefully this list helps others who are also working on their reading journeys 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Belerith](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/belerith/32/60_2.png) [@Belerith](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Belerith)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5160 "2025-07-17T12:22:33Z")
> [@eefara](#): > > Just finished myself! Good job! 🥳 > **about no.6 2** > > > [@eefara](#): > > > > according to the author’s note the cover of the bunko volume 1 refers to 紫苑’s view of the inside of No. 6, while volume 2’s cover is referencing West Block. > > Oh, that is interesting! I read both あとがき in my kindle edition (one for the tankobon, one for the bunkobon release) but I don’t remember that. Do you have a third one or did I just read past that? 😂 I guess I’ll have to check when I start the next book > > > [@eefara](#): > > > > I’m definitely going to be reading volume 3 > > Speaking of which, I couldn’t resist and read it right after the second volume. I just finished yesterday. Also very good! A lot of set up, but I love the moments we get to see inside no.6. Also some happenings between 紫苑 and ネズミ which hopefully leads to positive changes… (minor spoilers maybe. I kept it vague but still) > > > [@eefara](#): > > > > さふ! > > Ah! I just can’t remember. Most of the names sound super weird to me. 😅 Makes me really appreciate the ones that are just jobs and animals. > > > [@eefara](#): > > > > Those moments definitely redeem him; he’s too good at acting the irredeemable jerk > > Too true! But that makes the moments he allows us to see past that all the more previous! @nikoru, I’m all free! I’ll take today to keep up with 香君 and then I’m ready to get into 博多豚骨ラーメンズ when you are! 😃 ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:30pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5161 "2025-07-17T13:30:46Z")
> [@Belerith](#): > > I’m ready to get into 博多豚骨ラーメンズ when you are! 😃 I’m busy during the weekends, and next week I run a training course and thus am busy as well, but I hope I can sneak in an hour or so a day… 🤔 so I’d say just start reading as you’ll probably read faster than me anyway 😅 I’ll try to start today so maybe I can already get somewhere before the weekend hehe ---
**Author:** ![Redglare](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/redglare/32/1562_2.png) [@Redglare](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Redglare)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5162 "2025-07-17T13:52:03Z")
> [@Belerith](#): > > > [@eefara](#): > > > > さふ! > > Ah! I just can’t remember. Most of the names sound super weird to me. 😅 I read NO.6 vol 1+2 recently too and when I saw the name 沙布/さふ, my first thought was “I wonder what kanji it would be if it was for Nafu instead”. @Naphthalene さんにあだ名を勝手に付けました haha. Maybe 菜布 or 奈布. @Naphthalene さん、いやなら言ってくださいねぇ ---
**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 17, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5163 "2025-07-17T13:52:46Z")
> [@Belerith](#): > > Oh, that is interesting! I read both あとがき in my kindle edition (one for the tankobon, one for the bunkobon release) but I don’t remember that. Do you have a third one or did I just read past that? 😂 I guess I’ll have to check when I start the next book Ah, you know what, I probably misread the quote. This was the one: > 今回は城砦都市「ＮＯ．６」の内部より、その外側、西ブロックという場所を紫苑という少年に仮託した視座から描いてみました。 I think I read that 描いてみました and just assumed. > [@Belerith](#): > > Ah! I just can’t remember. Most of the names sound super weird to me. 😅 I’ve seen 沙 read as さ in another series, so thankfully I was a bit pre-prepared, haha. ---
**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 17, 2025, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5164 "2025-07-17T15:04:56Z")
> [@nikoru](#): > > I’ll try to start today @Belerith So I jumped back into [博多豚骨ラーメンズ | L33](https://learnnatively.com/book/02feed1f41/) straight away 😆 or rather, started over again as it has been three years and I hadn’t gotten too far in back then. Also captured my reading time again, and it’s nice to see that I’m now at about twice the speed (finally 😅) > **初球式** > > This nicely sets the tone for what is to come 🤣 > I must say, I’m always sooo shocked when I come across these mass job interviews. I cannot really imagine this being an option in Europe / Germany (but maybe I’m just mistaken). Also this whole education system that doesn’t assume any knowledge when you enter the company and instead teaches you everything once you’re in seems so weird, as in the job interview you can probably only test for quick-wittedness or creativity or somesuch, and then what if you end up in a job that does not require any of these? … (in Germany we have standard education for basically each and every job, and then people get hired for a position based on which education they picked). No wonder people have a hard time switching companies… > **１回表** > > Another setup, in a different scene. But the main topic remains the same 😅 > Killing people sounds a bit similar to the job interview 🤔 > Protecting the boss and fending off scandals are new variations to the topic. > > I had a good chuckle at everybody eating the local food, モツ鍋 and the like. Was surprised that バッテラ did not get a mention… Maybe later. ---
**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 18, 2025, 12:01am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5165 "2025-07-18T00:01:23Z")
> [@Redglare](#): > > Maybe 菜布 or 奈布. Both are fine with me! ---
**Author:** ![Belerith](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/belerith/32/60_2.png) [@Belerith](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/Belerith)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2025, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5166 "2025-07-19T06:36:33Z")
> [@nikoru](#): > > I’m now at about twice the speed 🥳 Nice! Congrats! 😊 Always nice to see such visible progress. Do you still remember anything from 3 years ago? > **reply. Spoilers for 博多豚骨ラーメンズ including 一回表** > > > [@nikoru](#): > > > > doesn’t assume any knowledge when you enter the company and instead teaches you everything once you’re in > > I’ve also always wondered about that! Especially since they usually want to see a university degree of some kind at the same time. Having different skill and knowledge sets is a good thing, but starting from zero each time is wild to me. > > So far it’s an interesting set up. Much more in your face with the 殺し屋 than I expected, very refreshing. 😁 for a second I thought the freshling was 斉藤 from the interview there haha. So they also picked up a new ‘active’ employee. Might make for a good dynamic/offset. > > Really looking forward to seeing what the chapter 表裏 are all about. I’ll get right back to the book. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![cloverff](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cloverff/32/15664_2.png) [@cloverff](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cloverff)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 7:21am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5167 "2025-07-20T07:21:59Z")
I have finished my third ever book in Japanese [魔女の診療所 こまったコ、大集合!? | L21](https://learnnatively.com/book/178738e5a7/) It was… not for me. I tended to disagree with the POV of the author in a lot of ways. Example: There’s a scene pretty early on where MC’s friend visits from the Magic World uses a magic spell to force a human girl to laugh uncontrollably. MC gets mad at her friend, and I was like “Get her! Tell her off forcing someone to do something they don’t want to do!” but then … no, it was fine. And in fact, the human girl was HAPPY to be forced to laugh uncontrollably and MC was in the wrong for getting mad about it. 🙄 I can’t even think of a person I’d recommend this book for. Well, next on my list is [夜カフェ | L22](https://learnnatively.com/series/bcd64d0785/) and I’m excited to read about someone who is old enough to be in junior high. 🤣 ---
**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 20, 2025, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5168 "2025-07-20T07:57:09Z")
> [@cloverff](#): > > It was… not for me. But you gave it a 3\*? So it wasn’t so bad? That spoiler is kinda yikes out of context. ---
**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 20, 2025, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5169 "2025-07-20T08:13:40Z")
4\* is the average rating, before it was at 5\*. ---
**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 20, 2025, 8:18am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5170 "2025-07-20T08:18:54Z")
No, I meant 3\*, I just mistyped apparently. ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5171 "2025-07-20T08:25:54Z")
> [@cloverff](#): > > [魔女の診療所 こまったコ、大集合!? | L21](https://learnnatively.com/book/178738e5a7/) > > It was… not for me. I kept on seeing your activity of that come up in the feed and I liked the cover and I was worried I’d have to read another Aoitori Bunko if it was even remotely good. Glad I dodged that bullet 🤣 > [@cloverff](#): > > next on my list is [夜カフェ | L22](https://learnnatively.com/series/bcd64d0785/) I enjoyed that one well enough. Besides probably the novelization of Sailor Moon, 夜カフェ was probably my favorite from that impression. ---
**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 20, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5173 "2025-07-20T13:58:57Z")
Today I read [尾守つみきと奇日常。 6 | L23](https://learnnatively.com/book/ec2a398996/), which came out recently. As expected, I am getting tired of the plot (well, the romance I guess) not going anywhere. I hope something happens soon, but considering the next volume preview, I guess not ☹ ---
**Author:** ![cloverff](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cloverff/32/15664_2.png) [@cloverff](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cloverff)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 3:38pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5174 "2025-07-20T15:38:06Z")
> [@Naphthalene](#): > > But you gave it a 3\*? So it wasn’t so bad? I have an unreasonable fear of hurting the author’s feelings. My ratings tend to be: 5\* loved it 4\* liked it 3\* anything else If something annoys me or makes me angry enough to give 2\*, its pretty rare. > [@shitsurei](#): > > and I was worried I’d have to read another Aoitori Bunko I’m trying to read/grade some of the lesser read aoitori/mirai/tsubasa books while they’re still at my reading level. I hope I’ll find some gems in the process, but… 😂 ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2025, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5175 "2025-07-20T22:38:40Z")
fwiw, the Tsubasa tend to have the best stories, imo, but I do remember them being harder than the Aoitori on average. I’ve also enjoyed a few stories by ポプラキミノベル, but I think they’re for older kids (they don’t have full furigana), which would also explain why they were generally better stories 😂 ---
**Author:** ![cloverff](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cloverff/32/15664_2.png) [@cloverff](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cloverff)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 4:13am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5176 "2025-07-21T04:13:10Z")
Thanks to looking up ポプラキミノベル on bookwalker, I realized there is a novelization of [バック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャー | L30??](https://learnnatively.com/book/e3ccdbe393/) which I have to read now… 😂 ---
**Author:** ![shitsurei](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/shitsurei/32/3578_2.png) [@shitsurei](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/shitsurei)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2025, 5:06am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5177 "2025-07-21T05:06:25Z")
Wait… wut!? If you do end up reading it lmk. I’d be up for doing an informal club for nonsense like that 😂🤣😂 ---
**Author:** ![cloverff](https://deyr2qldo994j.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/forums.learnnatively.com/cloverff/32/15664_2.png) [@cloverff](https://forums.learnnatively.com/u/cloverff)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 2:28am UTC](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38/5178 "2025-07-22T02:28:14Z")
Will do. I think I need to clear up my backlog a bit before I buy any new books, but I’ll let you know if I pick this one up. 😂 [Previous page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=257) [Next page](https://forums.learnnatively.com/t/what-are-you-reading-today/38.md?page=259)