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The American Diary of a Japanese Girl, by Yone Noguchi (1875 - 1947)

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This is the fictional diary of a young Japanese woman, first published in installments before being published in a single volume. The book describes Morning Glory's preparations, activities and observations as she undertakes her transcontinental American journey with her uncle, a wealthy mining executive.
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/63256

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[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yone_Noguchi (Yone Noguchi)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Diary_of_a_Japanese_Girl
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 16
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1901
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Genres for the project: Fictional Biographies & Memoirs

Keywords that describe the book: travel, Japan, America

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Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

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"Section (or Chapter) # of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The American Diary of a Japanese Girl, by Yone Noguchi. Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of The American Diary of a Japanese Girl, by Yone Noguchi."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: americandiary_##_noguchi_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. americandiary_01_noguchi_128kb.mp3)

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Post by EmberLin »

Hi there, thank you for starting this project!

May I please read section 1? Unless you wanted it of course!

A question on pronunciation: Would you read “Amerikey” as it is spelled, or just say America?
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Post by Lynnet »

EmberLin wrote: July 14th, 2021, 10:52 pm Hi there, thank you for starting this project!

May I please read section 1? Unless you wanted it of course!

A question on pronunciation: Would you read “Amerikey” as it is spelled, or just say America?
All yours. I would say it as written…. Ameri-key.
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Post by EmberLin »

Lynnet wrote: July 15th, 2021, 7:55 am
EmberLin wrote: July 14th, 2021, 10:52 pm Hi there, thank you for starting this project!

May I please read section 1? Unless you wanted it of course!

A question on pronunciation: Would you read “Amerikey” as it is spelled, or just say America?
All yours. I would say it as written…. Ameri-key.
Thanks a lot! :)
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Post by Maddie »

Hi, I'd be willing to DPL on this project, if that's alright!
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Post by EmberLin »

EmberLin wrote: July 15th, 2021, 9:07 am
Lynnet wrote: July 15th, 2021, 7:55 am
EmberLin wrote: July 14th, 2021, 10:52 pm Hi there, thank you for starting this project!

May I please read section 1? Unless you wanted it of course!

A question on pronunciation: Would you read “Amerikey” as it is spelled, or just say America?
All yours. I would say it as written…. Ameri-key.
Thanks a lot! :)
Hi again - I apologize, but I will have to drop out of this one. There is a slur in the text I am not comfortable recording. Sorry again!
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Post by Lynnet »

EmberLin wrote: July 20th, 2021, 9:41 pm
EmberLin wrote: July 15th, 2021, 9:07 am
Lynnet wrote: July 15th, 2021, 7:55 am

All yours. I would say it as written…. Ameri-key.
Thanks a lot! :)
Hi again - I apologize, but I will have to drop out of this one. There is a slur in the text I am not comfortable recording. Sorry again!
That’s fine. Not every text suits every reader :mrgreen:
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Post by Lynnet »

Maddie wrote: July 20th, 2021, 4:49 pm Hi, I'd be willing to DPL on this project, if that's alright!
Great
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Post by EmberLin »

Lynnet wrote: July 21st, 2021, 7:59 am
EmberLin wrote: July 20th, 2021, 9:41 pm
EmberLin wrote: July 15th, 2021, 9:07 am

Thanks a lot! :)
Hi again - I apologize, but I will have to drop out of this one. There is a slur in the text I am not comfortable recording. Sorry again!
That’s fine. Not every text suits every reader :mrgreen:
Thank you for your kindness and understanding! Everyone here has been amazing. :D
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Post by jakemalizia »

This one is looking lonely. Shall I start it off with Sections 0, 1, and 2?
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Post by Lynnet »

That would be great.
The divisions are somewhat fluid, but please discuss with me before changing them.
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Post by jakemalizia »

Here are my sections:

Section 0: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/americandiary_00_noguchi_128kb.mp3 - 1m41s
Section 1: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/americandiary_01_noguchi_128kb.mp3 - 19m04s
Section 2: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/americandiary_02_noguchi_128kb.mp3 - 10m14s

I must admit, playing a young Japanese girl was a bit of a stretch :lol: , I hope did a serviceable job.
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jakemalizia wrote: August 20th, 2021, 10:12 am Here are my sections:

Section 0: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/americandiary_00_noguchi_128kb.mp3 - 1m41s
Section 1: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/americandiary_01_noguchi_128kb.mp3 - 19m04s
Section 2: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/americandiary_02_noguchi_128kb.mp3 - 10m14s

I must admit, playing a young Japanese girl was a bit of a stretch :lol: , I hope did a serviceable job.
Thank you. If we all only ever read “to type”, we would be severely limited.
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Post by Maddie »

I apologize for the inconvenience, but I may be unable to PL in a timely fashion. Between my new job and online training and the first few weeks of college classes and my entire house coming down with covid AND my two puppies developing tracheal bronchitis, I'm stretched a tiny bit thin. I'll try to get to these as soon as I can but it may be a bit. If someone wants to take over the project, I understand but I'm also excited about this project and will try to make it and all the others a priority
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Post by Lynnet »

Sections 0, 2 PL OK

Section 1
~2:35 I hear "even without footgear" should be "even with footgear"
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