Here's mine:
http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/136650

And my booklog (which I think I like better^^), in case anyone has that too:
http://booklog.jp/users/bokusenou

I'm looking forward to making more 読書 friends. <3

Booklog is indeed nifty with its interface that looks like iBooks. And I like that you can tag them and/or put them in categories.

Here's my booklog: http://booklog.jp/users/copycatken

You can put books in categories on 読書メーター　too. Either way, the page count is what swings it for me. It's my favourite feature of 読書メーター。

Splatted Wrote:You can put books in categories on 読書メーター　too. Either way, the page count is what swings it for me. It's my favourite feature of 読書メーター。

Thanks for the heads up. Either way, both websites have very similar features, and I have a hard time choosing which one to keep using.

I think that what might tip the scale is that booklog has iPhone/iPad apps and a wonky Mac app that enables you to use the camera/webcam to scan the ISBN tag and easily add books to your collection.

Hi! I saw this a while back and just signed up for　読書ミーター. So far I only have one book posted but more will be coming (probably slowly...) I'm still pretty new on this forum too.

http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/151541

よろしくお願いします。

Is it just me, or has Dokusho Meter been glitchy lately? I've tried to post comments about five times now, and have just been directed to a "page not found" error. When I go back to the main page my comment has disappeared...I'm not the only one seeing this, right?

I haven't been on it much recently (been slacking off), but I've always had problems getting it to load properly. It's either really slow or just outright fails.

Bokusenou Wrote:Is it just me, or has Dokusho Meter been glitchy lately? I've tried to post comments about five times now, and have just been directed to a "page not found" error. When I go back to the main page my comment has disappeared...I'm not the only one seeing this, right?

I did notice you'd posted the same comment several times...

pudding cat Wrote:

Bokusenou Wrote:Is it just me, or has Dokusho Meter been glitchy lately? I've tried to post comments about five times now, and have just been directed to a "page not found" error. When I go back to the main page my comment has disappeared...I'm not the only one seeing this, right?

I did notice you'd posted the same comment several times...

Ah, it so it is working, I just can't see that I commented...^^; I hope I didn't annoy too many people...

yeah, i can see it in the stream too... but when i go to your page, it shows Ayameさんからのオススメです as the 1st, and only if i click on 全ての新着情報 it shows the repeated one... don't know if that helps though as i don't even seem to have a 全ての新着情報 button on my own page... (presumably this is where you delete stuff from?)

Thanks IceCream! I see them now, but I can't delete anything, or at least I don't see a way to...

Bump!

BTW, I can't see how to add how many pages I've read from a book, or you're supposed to count just pages from books you've finished?

Here's my profile

http://i.bookmeter.com/u/254675

http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/177950

It's disconcerting to see so many abandoned profiles, though.

Why not use Goodreads? (Apart from the recent fact that they sold out to Amazon XD)

qwarten Wrote:http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/177950

It's disconcerting to see so many abandoned profiles, though.

Seems we've got similar tastes. You'll like 氷菓.

http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/265540

Here's mine. You can very clearly see the jump from children novels to ones directed at teens/adults. How many novels did you guys read before you got more comfortable with them? I still only make goals of 10-15 pages a day, depending on the difficulty, because my lack of confidence in understanding the text forces me to constantly look up word definitions.

Anyway why would people use Goodreads over 読書メーター? What's different about it?

Been using for a while

Light novel/book account:
http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/169870

Manga account:
http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/103322

Bonus videometer page:
http://video.akahoshitakuya.com/u/78910

In case anyone's interested, here's mine: http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/121340

I started out with novels (using rikaisama with a text version of the novel, for the majority of them) but then I focused more on manga. I haven’t logged anything for about a month because I’ve been focusing on listening/speaking lately (or well, /trying/ to get myself to anyway). But I’ll eventually return to reading.

TheVinster Wrote:How many novels did you guys read before you got more comfortable with them? I still only make goals of 10-15 pages a day, depending on the difficulty, because my lack of confidence in understanding the text forces me to constantly look up word definitions.

If you’re constantly looking up definitions, then have you considered finding a txt version of the book so you can use rikai-sama while you're reading? It would be faster than typing the words out or looking in a paper dictionary. Though I admit rikai-sama /can/ slow you down if you're not careful because it's so convenient to use that you'll find yourself 'just double-checking' words that you already know.

Some Background: although I can read some books/genres rather easily there are still others that are difficult to read. If memory serves me right, I read 時をかける少女 within a day however 2-4 days was the average for my later novels.

Harder books I had to read closer to the pace you’re at, so they took weeks-months to complete [坊っちゃん for example and of course my first handful or two of books took that long as well]. I have read 29 novels so far [and a handful that I never finished]. In my 読書メーターaccount those are my first entries.

Estimate: Keep in mind, its been awhile since I've read these books so my memory is vague but I'd say I started feeling much more comfortable somewhere around my 12-15th book or so [though yours could easily be different since our language background/reading material is different].

Good luck, hope reading gets easier for you soon !

Mine: http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/297492

It's kinda sparse right now, but it'll look more interesting... eventually? haha~

TheVinster Wrote:http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/265540

Here's mine. You can very clearly see the jump from children novels to ones directed at teens/adults. How many novels did you guys read before you got more comfortable with them? I still only make goals of 10-15 pages a day, depending on the difficulty, because my lack of confidence in understanding the text forces me to constantly look up word definitions.

Anyway why would people use Goodreads over 読書メーター? What's different about it?

so you look up words while you read. like pause, look up, continue? what I did (when i had free time) was I take a picture of the sentence with my iphone (point to the sentence) and then look it up later. It is a pause but it's way more brief than copying it by hand or looking it up right then and there. Most of the stuff i look up now a days aren't pivotal to the plot or following the story or whatever... it's words i can learn to increase my japanese vocab and comprehension.
so i don't know if the words you are looking up are really important and central to the story and you don't know it or it's a descirption that's not really central to the story and it bothers you...

http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/124681
here's mine

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to increase your reading speed and increasing your confidence with understanding you hvae to read a lot. looking back i must say reading a lot is really helpful. For me i read a lot of internet and books and tv shows and lyrics and anything. I just look back and i just have to say you have just to read a LOT. just think about it with your english. why are you so comforatble reading it or so fast at it or whatever. the best way to read a lot if to find stuff you want to read. for me i have a huge que so i have no problem with that....... so that's my problem lol. i know i dont' have time to read all of it... anytime soon anyway.

Another possibility is that the author's writing style isn't compatible with you or there's other authors who have writing styles that you'd enjoy more.... so that's why your speed is slower than it would be if you found an author that you love.

howtwosavealif3 Wrote:what I did (when i had free time) was I take a picture of the sentence with my iphone (point to the sentence) and then look it up later.

That's a great idea.

It can be useful for general reading on the move when checking a dictionary is just a drag, and then you can even use those pictures to create Anki cards if that's your thing.

it really bothers me when i dont' know all the words on the page. but it makes no sense for me to look up everything every time i come across it,,, at least right then there.

I never used the picture i took to make the anki card because i type fast in japanese and the words are vertical and it might get cut off and then start on the top. some of the crap you have to do in paint before you paste sounds time-consuming. i don't recommend using the picture, just learn to type faster. If it's manga I tihnk it's fine, I wouldn't recommend it for books.

I did use to handwrite the sentences (with the word or grammar) as i read but that's time-consuming and my hand-writing is bad (I hand-wrote it because it seemed annoying holding the book open as i type it if let's say i underlined words with a pencil + i have to search the page for the underlined word) so this is definitely better. trust me you're not not learning or remembering anything from hand-writing/copying the sentences. It's just a time sink. the only reason i did that at that time is because i didn't have a smartphone! lol. thank god for technology!

I probably have like 1000 pictures right now lol. i don't have time to look it up or rather ihave a lot of stuff to do. but you know if such a day comes where i have lots of free time and ifeel like learning 50 japanese words, I can. I know where it came from and why i care rather than looking up than obscure kango words in the news. I call it obscure some of these words are impossible to understand just from listening (I'm mad reliant on the kanji). I personally just don' thave interest in the news in general. the pictures i took from the books are a nice source of vocab i can learn when i feel like learning vocab. I also have a bunch of sentences i compiled reading from the internet but i didn't look it up because i read it on my iphone.

Here I am:
http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/341738
This is actually my first profile on a Japanese SNS. I've spent one hour just reading through the menus. It's definitely a lot of language practice.
I've added the Japanese books I own..in the piled up category. The only one I've really started reading is the Bento book (I really want to get more into Japanese cooking).
Now, if I could just figure out how to add the pages I've read....

raluca Wrote:Here I am:
http://book.akahoshitakuya.com/u/341738
This is actually my first profile on a Japanese SNS. I've spent one hour just reading through the menus. It's definitely a lot of language practice.
I've added the Japanese books I own..in the piled up category. The only one I've really started reading is the Bento book (I really want to get more into Japanese cooking).
Now, if I could just figure out how to add the pages I've read....

You don't register individual pages, only whole books. When you register a book as read, its number of pages will be added to the total and your total number of read books will increment.

Quote:「読んだ本に追加」のボタンをクリックすると、読み終わった日や感想・レビューを書くフォームが出ます。また、読書データが更新され、読書ページ数や読書冊数が増加します。