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Japanese group read - Spring 2019
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I'm totally in for that! I was thinking of tackling a light novel in 2019, but I don't really know what's out there, so I'm open to any suggestions :)
I should join in. I have a few novels in Japanese lying around that I need the motivation to read:八日目の蝉
ハネムーン
ココロコネクト ヒトランダム
落下する夕方
“文学少女”と死にたがりの道化
I think two of these would be considered "light novels", and the only one that looks at all dense is 八日目の蝉.
Bill wrote: "I should join in. I have a few novels in Japanese lying around that I need the motivation to read..."Interesting, I also have 八日目の蝉 and 落下する夕方 lying around. I'm currently reading two books from Ekuni and she's very readable. Banana Yoshimoto too, and I really like her stuff, but I know not everyone does ;P
For inspiration, I tried looking at Amazon.co.jp's 'best sellers' in the light novel category this morning, but 95% of them are like multi-volumes and/or appear to be explicit? Ah, marketing! That being said, I'd be down to try anyway!
ココロコネクト ヒトランダム is the first volume in a light novel series. I picked it up because I saw the anime version of it.“文学少女”と死にたがりの道化 is also the first volume in a light novel series. I read the first few in English.
It's spring!
Well, except in Canada I guess.
Are you guys still interested? If your participation is conditional to the book we pick, please let tell us what you'd be into. I'm up for anything so...
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Books mentioned in this topic
八日目の蝉 [Yōkame no semi] (other topics)ハネムーン (other topics)
ココロコネクト ヒトランダム [Kokoro Konekuto Hito Randamu] (other topics)
落下する夕方 [Rakkasuru yūgata] (other topics)
“文学少女”と死にたがりの道化 (other topics)
Who would be up for a Japanese group read?! At some time in 2019.
It's always a bit difficult to pick something that fits everyone's reading abilities and interests, but I was thinking maybe a short novel or a light novel? Let me know if interested/have some ideas!