It’s not overly difficult, though I am just blearing through some sentences because I get the gist from the kanji/context and don’t care that much about the specifics. The prose is fine, the characters are likeable (though, I wish it were more from Yoru’s viewpoint), and there’s some interesting sci-fi ideas here. The problem is that I have no idea where this story is going. The characters don’t have any strong, personal goals they’re trying to achieve - currently they’re just doing their job, which doesn’t seem all that personally important to them. The stuff I thought the plot was about hasn’t been mentioned for a while, and the main conflict there was resolved. It’s not bad overall, I just don’t feel any burning need to find out what happens next.
I went to my local bookstore and happened to find the 600 page version I saw online. It’s probably beyond my league, but since reading along would last until November, I ended up buying it.
Do you want to make a club or join one? I bet the folks on the WaniKani forums would be interested and possibly some Renshuu folks too.
Read through the end of the first chapter of vol. 2 of コールドゲーム - unfortunately, I’m hitting a difficulty wall, so I’m moving it to Stopped for now, with note of reading time. (I also have a custom “Paused” list, on which this now sits alongside 11人いる！ - for books I do plan to get back to at some point. This will probably be the sooner of the two to resume.) I’ll go back in a few months and try again.
Just saw the post on WK talking about it; in fine with a club here/there or just going solo. I’m likely to be less diligent going solo, but it’s all good.
I didn’t even know this was a thing. I picked up a copy from Amazon a while back (thought it might be ok to read since I already know the English one having read it several times). Not read it yet though.
I finished 悪食令嬢と狂血公爵 3 yesterday. I still love that series… but it has the pace of a 30+ volumes story while publishing a single book per year. Either we need to get a change of pace soonish (either in terms of writing or, hopefully, publication) or I’m afraid the series will just die in the middle in 2~3 years.
That or I will have to wait 10+ years until the pieces fall into place.
WK sounds good! Would you mind making the thread? I’m recovering from having wisdom teeth pulled, so I haven’t been very active lately. ^_^; I’m reading this version, since it’s the only digital copy I could find at the time.
So I’ve picked up SAO 26 again, which is really refreshing after reading so much manga for so long. The amount of word lookups is still way too high, but definitely less hard than it was a few weeks ago! Still it’s dragging a bit for me, bc of my reading speed, and bc I already read the chapter summaries of it a year ago. I really wanna just drop it & go start SAO 27, but with only 35% left, I’m sticking it out. That will make SAO 27 easier when I get there anyway
I like the faster pace of manga tbh, but I can feel how much more beneficial reading a LN is for learning (esp vocab). I still can’t read either without lookups and referencing translation, but I can go for longer intervals before needing to check than I could before.
Today I finished 16 volumes from マッシュル-MASHLE- L24, I want to keep reading some mangas I have had paused for months, but for some reason it’s easier for me to start and finish new series.
I picked up vol 1 in the kadokawa sales, so interested to give it a try, especially after struggling through Bocchi 1 earlier. (I wonder if a Sales thread would be helpful, either here or on Wani?)
I’m in the Rojika and Rakusei book club so paging through that here and there, and will probably start 小さい森のオオカミちゃん soon as ルリドラゴン winds down. Casting around for my next low-effort read besides my graded reader… will probably pop a volume of 元高木ちゃん, I think.
New Game is far easier than Bocchi the Rock. I’m currently reading Bocchi volume 4 and just finished New Game volume 10, and the difference is really noticeable.
Update on the ‘slice of life’ from Shion Miura: this novel just took a huge left turn! I really don’t know where we’re going now but it’s good fun all the same
Since my plan is going to Japan next week, and I keep getting stuck in 本好きの下剋上 in parts where are not near as dramatic as others, I’ve decided to swap things around.
本好きの下剋上 I’ll switch to read-along with audiobook.
異世界のんびり農家 will be pure reading. I watched the anime, and found the LNs in offer so I bought a few of them.
I’m curious to see how much reading I’ll be able to get done while on the trip.
Aiming to at least try it on the air plane and long bullet trains.
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But hope you have a good time and the weather is nice. 
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