November Group Read: Kick Off Post

[glinda]

It’s November the 1st! Ready, steady - read!



In exciting news we’ve got lots of new participants this year - thank you to everyone to promoted it to their reading lists! - so just a couple of brief housekeeping notes. Check-ins will be every Friday, with a final sneaky wee extra check-in/round up post on the 30th to share the joy/commiserate! Don’t worry if you forget to check in, there’s no penalty, commenting late or checking in for two weeks at the same time is perfectly fine! Also some people find making a list at the start and sharing it helps with accountability, so if that’s something you’re into then feel free to use the comments on this post for that.

And most importantly: have fun!

Comments

[lebateleur]

If I can knock four or five of these shelf-sitters off the following list this month, I'll be happy:

1. The Angel of the Crows – Katherine Addison
2. In Pursuit of Harmony – Gustav Heldt
3. The Reign of Wolf 21 – Rick McIntyre
4. The Silver Bough vol. 3 – F. Marian McNeill
5. Isolde – Rosalind Miles
6. The Serpent’s Tooth – Diana L. Paxson
7. The Last Emperor – Shiba Ryotaro
8. 王朝唐紅ロマンセ-王朝ロマンセ外伝 - 秋月 こお
9. 王朝月下繚乱ロマンセ 王朝ロマンセ外伝(2) - 秋月 こお
10. 蟲師 (6) - 漆原 友紀

[peaceful_sands]

Good luck and hope you enjoy the ones you get to

[lebateleur]

Thank you! I made a some initial progress this week, so there's that.

[glinda]

Ooh books in two languages - definitely playing on hard mode! *looks guiltily at own collection of unread Gaelic comics*

[lebateleur]

Oh cool! Which flavor of Gaelic do you read? I used to be decent at Gàidhlig and have been working my way through the material on LearnManx.com during quarantine.

[glinda]

It’s Gàidhlig that I read :) I can often get the jist of conversations in Gaelige, depending on the accent, but I’ve never tried Manx Gaelic, how are you finding it?

[lebateleur]

I'm really enjoying it! It's pretty intuitive, especially if you've encountered Gàidhlig before--the grammar and spelling are simplified and probably much more intuitive for English speakers: gee = ag ith; dooiney = duine; va = bha; vel = am bheil, etc. And there's faaar more audio available for Gaelg now than when I was trying to get a footing in Gàidhlig (although there's even more Gàidhlig audio these days, as well. 😅)

[glinda]

Honestly, their adoption of the letter 'v' is such a good idea, must make learning to spell so much easier for both kids and adult learners! (although there's even more Gàidhlig audio these days, as well. 😅) We've got a whole TV channel these days, very fancy! :p