chloestudiessometimes: Ok guys! This post might get long so I apologise! This is also kind of a wor

chloestudiessometimes:

Ok guys! This post might get long so I apologise! This is also kind of a work in progress, so I’m gonna use December as a kind of ‘test’ to figure out some things and make it great so that in 2018 this can be a real working thing! 

SO the idea is a langblr book club. Each month there will be a different book to focus on. The books will be by non-English authors originally written in a non-English language - do you follow so far? Anyone who wants to participate can read the book in the original language, English, or any other language you know/are learning! Still following? Good. Then at the end of the month (or before if you’re a fast reader) you can write a post or film a video in your target language, English, or the books original language giving your thoughts and feelings about the book. It doesn’t have to be a really long or super detailed review or anything, just a few points about what you liked or didn’t like will be more than enough! Did this all make sense? 

I’m going to try to find and share a pdf/audio book/kindle version of each months book in the original language and English, so if you want to take part and read it in a different language I ask that you look for it yourself and share it with other readers if you can! I just won’t be able to find and share the books in every language ya feel? It might be a challenge to find some of the books in certain formats in certain languages, but I really hope it’s doable!

The point of this is to basically expose yourself to your target language or a new language and the culture/literature of that country. This is purely for fun, so there is no pressure to read every book or make a post about all of them. I just thought this would be a nice way to get some of the community together and be a fun way to learn.

The book for December is going to be ‘Norwegian Wood’ by Haruki Murakami. I did some googling and managed to find the English PDF but could only find the Japanese version on Amazon (it’s only like £5). You can also find the English copy and Kindle version on Amazon.  You can also get a months free trial to listen to the audio book for free with Audible (might be worth it this month while things get smoothed over, sorry this is a mess). 

Since I am still fine tuning this, if anyone has any suggestions to make this system better please let me know! Also if you want to recommend a book feel free to send me a message ^^