Finished Tokyo Ueno Station, probably too early. It was a very quick read and I was thinking about June 1. Looking forward to the discussion, as I read it but didn’t get a whole lot out of it.
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I started it, finally, and it is a quick read for sure. I threw it out there since it was nominated for a lot of awards and it’s about a ghost in a Tokyo subway station but that’s not really the best description. Hopefully will be a good discussion but curious …
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I assume we are not doing the next meeting on June 8th?
I know we threw around June 15th…I’m sorry, I kind of dropped the ball on this!
Is there a date people would like? I haven’t started reading yet but confident I could finish by the 15th
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I’ve got the 15th on my calendar, so that still works for me. Probably finishing the book up tonight.
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Believe the 15th works here as well. A few minutes late should be worse case. Book in hand and 1/2 way through so far. Looking forward to reconnecting w the discussion group….
I haven’t started yet but was planning on the 15th
@OffTheDole or @Double_Bogey_Dave can you lock in the title of the thread for Tokyo Ueno Station by Yū Miri for June 15
I’ll do better with next selection folks!
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Done
Boom Club sounds awesome.
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I don’t regret the error.
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The possibilities are ENDLESS
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Book comes on Friday just in time for us to go to the lake for the week planning on zooming in from vacation.
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It’s a very quick read. I think the discussion will be quite interesting even though I’m not sure how much I loved it. Trying to find some good discussion questions…
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I don’t know that “enjoy” is the right word, but I thought it was excellent and unusual in a good way. Not subtle but still artful. I’ve also spent time in that park and lived in a (different) rural Japanese prefecture for nearly a year just a few years before the end of the novel, so it might have clicked a little more culturally for me.
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Looking forward to chatting with ya’ll tonight (6pm PST)
I think this one will have some split options - I tried to find some discussion questions and couldn’t. Sorry that I super dropped the ball on this! Will be better next book 
Does anyone have a zoom link we can use? (@mcdonart22 ??). Also, for next book, I have a suggestion arising from a TV club discussion but if others want to bring suggestions, always appreciated!
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My son has a lesson with his baseball coach that ends at 8 (cst), so I may be 30 min or so late jumping on, but I’m intrigued at what people have to say about this. I’m kind of interested in translation theory, and a book like this seems to have a lot of things you could say about that
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On top of this, I am looking forward to comparing with The Makioka Sisters
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