Chinese reading challenge, November 2023

Started reading 你们中国好有趣. It's the Chinese translation of a German book in which the author recounts his experiences travelling China

Slow Chinese podcasts (once on my own, once with audio): 77 - 中国的“第一夫人”; 78 - 在中国谈恋爱有多贵; 79 - 李志.

Just read a few topics in mandarinbean.

Reading Mandarin Companion, Level 1 reader: The Secret Garden. It felt much easier this time than when I last tried reading it.

I got to halfway through the 11th chapter of 恐怖高校。I forgot to note down that yesterday, I spent about half of my time reading lessons on DuChinese. I tried reading some in traditional characters to...

Mandarin companion and monkey king.

Finished 活着. It was a beautiful story; sad at times, but also with happy moments.

More 活着

皮皮鲁

I read a few whys on https://10why.net and also tried reading comments on YouTube without letting my old resources down of course.

Finished Mandarin Companion. Smooth read. Going to start new book tomorrow. Have to resist urge to pick a harder book. This level is still good for me as I establish a reaold9ng habit.

TCB

Read for around 2 hours today, a bunch of different stories (17 chapters total) on Du Chienese. Finished reading: Vanity and Some Sables, Witches’ Loaves, The Gift of the Magi, and started reading ...

I got to Chapter 8 of 恐怖高校。The students in the story have just been transported into the video game Resident Evil II (生化危机2) and have to survive the zombies for five hours. The students are not ver...

Mandarin companion, Confucius, Monkey king, an article about drunk driving in Xinjiang.

远嫁的西藏的公主 Rainbow Bridge Graded Reader. Level 3.

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