本好きの下剋上～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～ 短編集２

本好きの下剋上～司書になるためには手段を選んでいられません～ 短編集 #2

by Miya Kazuki, 香月美夜, You Shiina (Illustrator)

貴族院も三年生が終わる。青色巫女見習いの頃に比べると、名前がマインからローゼマインに変わって、身長も25cmくらい伸びた。植物紙の本もいっぱい作った。わたしが知らないうちに、みんなも色々あったみたい。えっ!?　ルッツとトゥーリが婚約？？？
知られざるエピソード満載の短編集第２弾！　WEB掲載のSSや、「第二部　神殿の巫女見習い」から「第五部　女神の化身IV」までの特典SSなど、単行本に未収録の短編計１９編を一冊に！
下町の家族や仲間、側仕え、他領の貴族、王族達などの視点を通して描かれる人生模様。ユルゲンシュミットの各領地を変遷しながら、本編と交錯する物語が拡張する！
各短編に香月美夜の解説入り！
椎名優描き下ろし「四コマ漫画」収録！

＜収録短編＞
エーファ視点　側仕えとの初対面
リコ視点　変化の始まり
ブリュンヒルデ視点　ローゼマイン様と染め物のお披露目
ブリュンヒルデ視点　ギーべ・グレッシェルの娘として
ルッツ視点　元気に成長中
ライムント視点　領地と師弟の関係
オットー視点　旅商人の依頼と冬の準備
フロレンツィア視点　フェルネスティーネ物語ができるまで
トゥーリ視点　ざわめきの中の自覚
ギュンター視点　兵士と騎士の情報収集
ユストクス視点　古ぼけた木札と新しい手紙
バルトルト視点　胸に秘めた怒り
ロヤリテート視点　小さな疑惑
アナスタージウス視点　それぞれの思惑
ルッツ視点　トゥーリの心配
ローゼマイン視点　ラザファムとの会話
エーファ視点　子供達の成長
トゥーリ視点　婚約の事情
レティーツィア視点　初めての祈念式

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Fiction, Short Stories, Slice Of Life, Manga, Japanese Literature

332 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 10, 2022

About the author

Japanese author (香月美夜)

Kazuki started writing novels when she was in her second year of junior high school. After taking an entrance exam, she entered into a national university before graduating and becoming busy with work, stopping her from writing. Once she was married and her child entered kindergarten, Kazuki had more free time, which she used to start writing again. From 2013 onwards, she started publishing her novel Ascendance of a Bookworm on the user-generated novel publishing website Shōsetsuka ni Narō which saw success. In 2015, she officially debuted with said series under the T.O. Books imprint.

Reviews

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok, I’m just all in for these. They are a soft pillow for me.

[Midori318 thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous!

I was enraptured by this book filled with short tales from different characters main and side. I thought at times when the author was introducing the next chapter I would skip the ones that I didn't know yet that never happened. Each perspective was really interesting to read and just kept making me long to reread the whole series again.

[Licho · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of fantasy stories can fall into a trap of feeling like anything outside its main character's journey doesn't exist, making the created world feel flat. Ascendance of a Bookworm does a fantastic job avoiding this problem by fully rounding out all the side characters and the culture that our (sometimes clueless) heroine finds herself in. This short story collection shows the thought that goes into that intentional world building by following the main stories events from the side characters POV, or simply just what's going on in their lives outside the main plot.

Some of the stories are a little slow, and I would recommend this only for "completionists" as the side stories really don't recontextualize anything or bring greater depth to the story. They're fun, but not really necessary to enjoying the main series.

[s. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a fun read!

It's always nice reading from other characters' POV. It makes me understand the lore and world of the story more. A lot of things here surprised me, that's for sure. And it's nice reading about events and things we merely breezed through the main story due to it being not holding as much importance in Rozemyne's perspective. So yeah, that's nice. We had a wealth of Tuuli's POV here and his short stories surprised me most haha still kinda conflicted tbh but alas, I'm glad things turned out the way it should.

I'm curious about Justus' POV. It promises MORE of the story and I can't wait for exactly that!

I'm so glad I got to read this. It was a time well-spent.

[SHANE KLINKENBERG · Rating 5 out of 5]

fantastic collection

I’m heartbroken to find lutz and tulli don’t love each other.

Effa gets some TLC chapters, and we find out more on what was going on with benno and that one girl who’s dad abandoned her for a season.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

YES! More lore! Glad to see the lower city characters again :)

[Jina · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think these stories would be better enjoyed if I actually read them during the points they actually take place in the main series.

[Nischal · Rating 4 out of 5]

klassenbergians (the commoners, at least) live UNDERGROUND!! what a weird way to drop this bit of lore tbh.
my favourite stories were those that featured tuuli and her family, and lutz too.

[slugbiscuit · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good addition. Features additional view points and fills in some of the blanks in the main story.

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely adore reading more Bookworm and the different perspectives is always refreshing. I'm impressed that Miya Kazuki can make each character so distinct and provide the motivations from very different backgrounds.

[Pieter · Rating 4 out of 5]

Like any collection of short stories, some are better than others, but overall it was a good read. I really enjoyed the stories set among the commoners, especially in regards to Lutz, Tuuli, their changing lives and how they became engaged (not particularly romantic, but very pragmatic and believable). So a good read for any fan of the series.