i pretend not to see
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I think the covers of Yotsubato are so cute. I would love to make bigger prints of them and paste them around my home.
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why just YOUR house, go paste them around other peopleās houses, too. spread the love.
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I feel like Iāve seen other people posting about é儳ć®å® ę„ä¾æ recently, but donāt remember who.
I read the first half of it years ago, but never actually finished it.
I wonder if anyone would be down to book club it?
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I was thinking of leaving it for a bit later since I think its likely a bit above my comfortable level, but if I had a support group it might be a different storyā¦
Work is quiet until January now so I have more reading energy
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If you guys want to start any casual book clubs then Iād be happy to drop by occasionally! Iām sure other Bunpro staff would also be happy to join in sometimes, depending on the book selection.
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Some of these books look pretty goodā¦
I might have toā¦look em up on kindleā¦
I definitely recommend reading it alongside the audiobook if you can. I just finished the second novel that way and it was much easier to understand than when I attempted without it. Just gives you more context to who is speaking and how something is being said.
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Oh, thanks for the tip!! Where did you find the audiobook?
Wow, itās been busy in here!
Are you, too, a victim of the liminal space they call ābookoffā? But yeah, like @nminer said, 60 volumes is really good! I think you can be pleased with that regardless of how big the rest of your to-read pile is. Also, Iām kind of cackling at that last manga name.
And speaking of nminer - Iāve gotten a few articles/ads about that exhibit! I havenāt gone myself (never played IX), but Iām hoping to hit the XIV Fanfest next year in Tokyo. Itāll all depend on the luck of the lottery, though. 
Clearly you must buy a new bookshelf! Or other storage container. Because all of us here definitely need more space for more books, of course 
But enabling aside, congrats! I know you were struggling a while back with your series about witches (apologies, but itās 8 am and I donāt quite remember the name), but it sounds like this one went a lot better for you 
I also think a JLPT reward should get a pass! You worked hard! ćē²ćļ¼
This is so comically ominous, thank you for the laugh this morning <3
Well I certainly couldnāt depose you, Iām even worse! I think youāll simply have to keep ruling all of us here in book jail.
Unfortunately I donāt have any lovely progress to report like you guys - I thought I was getting into the quiet season for December/January, but a few last things have popped up and I donāt expect a lot of reading time. If I get lucky though, Iāll make sure to come give a status report!
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Just created a separate post to see if anyone else is interested: Gauging Interest - é儳ć®å® ę„ä¾æ (Kikiās Delivery Service) Bookclub.
If it seems like more people want to join, Iāll set up a proper post in the Book Clubs category.
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Guysā¦ how much jailtime would one hypothetically get for not reading a single page of a book for three weeks straight? Asking for a friend of course 
They have their reasonsā¦ Haa
On another note, Iāve come back from the grave at the mention of reading Kiki togetherā¦ and since Iām lacking motivation to do any reading on my own lately, Iād be happy to join in 
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In any language? 3 days in the hole.
In Japanese specifically? letās make it a week.
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Yes well, the lack of reading in Japanese miiiight have been caused by excessive reading in another languageā¦ but i wouldnāt know anything about that, i totally did not get obsessed with a select number of webnovels recently 
ā¦i should probably set up some ābare minimumā goal for times like this 
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well in jail youāll get lots of reading timeā¦
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Are you, too, a victim of the liminal space they call ābookoffā?
Mostly Mandarake and cheap Mercari or Yahoo auctions listings. Whenever I figured out I can actually reliably read whatever manga I want in Japanese there was a scramble to buy some of my favorite series without physical English releases, or stuff I wanted to read with no TL. If there was a Bookoff close by I might be in even more dangerā¦
Finished the first volume of Watanare. Silly yuri funtimes, the MC is a dork. Will have to get the rest in the semidistant future.
how much jailtime would one hypothetically get for not reading a single page of a book for three weeks straight?
Three weeks of hard labor in the Anki Mines.
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Well to make up for my lack of reading the past few weeks, I have read and finished book One of Koizumi! Last couple chapters got super technical with the vocab so I didnt add everything. Just a few words that might be good in the day to day. But the manga gives a little recipe at the end of chapter 9 to upgrade how you make your ramen noodles. I might try one since Ive been on a homemade ramen kick recently.
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could you please make some ramen for me too?
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Fruits Basket is on sale for 77 yen on Bookwalker at this very moment andā¦ I may have bought the first 4 volumes with my coinsā¦
But my coins were going to expire this month! I had to use them! Itās basically free money!
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Thanks for the heads up! Picked up the whole series for $10 usdā¦ 
Living in the US, thatās by far the cheapest Iāve been able to get my paws on any Japanese content.
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