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View Poll Results: How do you feel about the level of the BOTM
I'm a native speaker taking part and so of course I find it easy...  0 0%
A bit too easy  0 0%
Right at my level  2 25.00%
A bit difficult but that helps me learn  3 37.50%
A bit too difficult but I could manange  0 0%
Too difficult for me to finish the book without frustration  3 37.50%
My dicitionary doesn't contain that many characters  0 0%
Voters: 8. You may not vote on this poll

muyongshi -

Okay I know this is broad but in the interest of trying to help us all further in our common goal
of learning Chinese, sometimes it's nice to see where everyone is at. So think in general (for
those that have tried) how you felt about the BOTM levels and for those that have never read the
books before check out a few chapters of a previous one and then respond.

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skylee -

I am not interested in the books chosen at all.

Different tastes, I guess.

muyongshi -

You could suggest some too because I don't always like them either (i just have more of a need to
learn than you so I just can't be that picky).

imron -

Quote:

I am not interested in the books chosen at all.

You're welcome to suggest something you like for February Actually, I'd welcome suggestions by
native speakers, rather than having to try and find something myself

As for the original question, the level of Chinese is not a problem, the biggest thing is just
finding the time to read.

skylee -

Then perhaps you could consider "停車暫借問". The book was written by 鍾曉陽 (Zhong
Xiaoyang) when she was eighteen (1980) and brought her to fame almost instantly (got her an award
from Taiwan). Zhong was born in Guangzhou but grew up in HK. I am re-reading the book (currently
reading the 2nd part). Mine is a 1987 HK version and strangely there are many typing errors in the
book. Frankly it is not my favourite book (of her stories the one I like best is 二段琴) but I
think there is no harm reading it.

Here's an on-line version -

Part 1 "妾住長城外" -> http://www.white-collar.net/01-autho...y/01-tc/01.htm

Part 2 "停車暫借問" -> http://www.white-collar.net/01-autho...y/01-tc/02.htm

Part 3 "卻遺枕函淚" -> http://www.white-collar.net/01-autho...y/01-tc/03.htm

imron -

No problem. We'll make that February's book.

Jenny311 -

“Actually, I'd welcome suggestions by native speakers, rather than having to try and find
something myself ”

-- Might be a good idea! I guess I should do this sometimes. But a question: Is this aim for
language skill or literature appreciation? And BTW, I know more about classical works(I don't mean
ancient works, but relatively older ones) than morden works.

An idea:
Have your guys heard about the film Lust Causion directed by An Lee? I guess most of you know it.
Then how about reading the short story which the film based on? You can easily find it by googling
色 戒.

imron -

Quote:

But a question: Is this aim for language skill or literature appreciation?

A little bit of both I guess. However I think the main aim is just to encourage people to read,
and when a group of others are reading the same story, it helps give you motivation to continue
reading. From this perspective, it's important to choose stories that can hold the reader's
interest.

I'm not sure if it's just the way the books are written, or if it's the language used, but I tend
to find more recent books (i.e. 当代 vs 现代）more interesting, and therefore more able to
hold my attention and make me want to finish them. The same is also true of English novels.

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