Guardian Novel Read-along round 3!

[trobadora]

Hooray the readalong! A thousand thanks to everyone who's hosted a post so far, been part of the discussion, and to those who are lurking, too.

We’re about to start on volume 2 of the Official Translation, so if you’ve been meaning to jump in, now is a great time to catch up!

Fans of the novel, the drama, or both are very welcome! You don't even have to be keeping up with the reading – it's fine to just react to the quotes. As you'll have noticed if you've dropped in on the discussions so far, we also talk about the drama adaptation and do a lot of compare-and-contrast.

Please consider hosting a post or two! If you're willing and able to, comment with a date from the schedule below! Posts should ideally be made sometime on the Friday or Saturday, in any time zone.

Schedule for Volume 2
Weekend of 21 Feb - chapters 1 & 2: trobadora
Weekend of 28 Feb - chapters 3 & 4: facethestrange
Weekend of 7 Mar - chapters 5 & 6: facethestrange
Weekend of 14 Mar - chapters 7 & 8: china_shop
Weekend of 21 Mar - chapters 9 & 10: facethestrange
Weekend of 28 Mar - chapters 11 & 12: trobadora
Weekend of 4 Apr - chapters 13 & 14: china_shop
Weekend of 11 Apr - chapters 15 & 16: facethestrange

Comments

[facethestrange]

I'll snag the next one that no one else is planning to do. :D (It can be 5-6 or one of the next ones - I don't want to presume that no one has plans for 5-6 yet. xD)

[trobadora]

You've got chapters 5 & 6! Yay!

[facethestrange]

Yay, thanks! :D

[facethestrange]

I was going to sit something out and not monopolize the readalong entirely, lol (and to catch up on some other fannish stuff even), and then I look at the chapters and I'm back on my bullshit. ;D I'll take the next available one (that includes 7 & 8 if no one has plans for it yet, but I miiight only post on Sunday then, just because it's so close). :D

[trobadora]

So great that you're having this much fun with it all! Chapters 9 & 10 are yours. :D (We're set for this week, but thanks muchly for offering!)

And would you be willing to include a 520 Day Exchange reminder in your post? Everything's almost ready, so we decided to open sign-ups earlier and just have a longer sign-up period. Which means sign-ups will be ongoing when you post. (We have some text we can PM you.)

[facethestrange]

Yay, thank you! :D And definitely! ♡ Feel free to PM me the text. :) (AND OMG EARLY SIGNUPS. :D :D :D ♡♡♡)

[trobadora]

Great! I'll PM you after sign-ups open, so I can include the link.

SIGN-UPS!!!! I'm so excited myself. :D

[trobadora]

I sent you a PM. :)

[facethestrange]

*going through this week's chapters, getting the urge to do this again* Can I have 15 & 16? :D

[trobadora]

Yes, of course! 15 and 16 are yours. :)

[facethestrange]

Thanks! :D ♡

[china_shop]

\o/! :D

[facethestrange]

Hi, I'm preparing my post for this week, and you offered to help with the equivalent chapters in the past, and now it's the time I'm going to finally need it. :) I can see from the summaries that this time the chapters don't start and end at the same point, but without the full text I can't figure it out exactly, let alone describe it. So if you could tell me the equivalents of chapters 15 and 16 (no hurry obviously, I'm only posting on Saturday), I would be super grateful, thank you! ♡♡♡

[trobadora]

Wow, the chapter division really has changed a lot there!

Chapter 15: from about a fifth into chapter 68 ("Afterwards, Zhao Yunlan does not head back to his place.") to the end of that chapter

Chapter 16: from the start of chapter 69 until about 2/3 into chapter 71 ("And yet Zhao Yunlan can't help but want to go in to take a look.")

[facethestrange]

Yeah, trying to figure this out without the full text was kind of a hopeless endeavor. xD Thank you sooooo much! ♡♡♡