TYK readalong survey and a Qi Ye/TKY age overview

[rekishi]

I'd floated the idea privately before and wanted to see if there was an audience here for it.

Would anyone be interested in a Tian Ya Ke readalong? I wouldn't be quite book club but not far off either.

So this post is to gauge interest and if there's enough of it to get an idea of modalities you might favour.

The novel has 77 chapters of varying lengths and 4 short extras. It has been completely translated (see this carrd page for details) so there wouldn't be any waiting for new chapters. I plan to go relatively slow (I am both a slow reader and have a pretty busy job), so everyone who wants to and hasn't read the novel yet can read ahead as I don't plan to avoid spoilers either for the drama or the novel itself.

I'd likely put a few quotes and thoughts into the post to spark discussion.

Questions! :D

1. Would you be interested at all?


2. How many discussion posts a week would you prefer? (My current plan is either two short ones or one longer one.)


3. How much volume would you prefer? (Chapters are of varying length but often short, but I'd need to settle on how many to combine.)


4. Anything else you'd like to add/see?

Secondarily, I was very confused by some of the timeline going on in Qi Ye and Tian Ye Ke, especially where people's ages are concerned, so I broke down the age information we get for the characters throughout the novels on my DW:

Qi Ye and Tian Ye Ke timeline thoughts

Obviously, rampant spoilers for both Qi Ye and Tian Ya Ke.

Comments

[rekishi]

Awesome!

I only finished it a few weeks ago (and then read Qi Ye), but having finished the drama - I read the novel first then watched SH - now and having Qi Ye context I hope to get some more thoughts! :D

I'll hopefully post a schedule towards the end of the week/the weekend. I need to really sit down with it and I have a few long days at work this week.

[peachpai]

Sounds good! I'll keep an eye out.