Today, Robin introduced the second round of the Multilingual Book Club.
Here's the link to Robin's video where he introduces the second round of the Multilingual Book Club.
In this post, I'd like to summarize Robin's video.
For the second round, there won't be a common novel. Instead, everyone will be able to read a book of their choosing, according to their level of proficiency and interests. Robin chose to read a collection of shorts stories in Mandarin Chinese called 這些人，那些事. It was recommended to him by a local Chinese restaurant owner.
The second round will start on Sunday, August 1, 2021 and the duration will be four weeks. There'll be two live streams — one halfway through on Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 5 pm (GMT+1) and a final live stream on Sunday, August 29, 2021 at 5 pm (GMT+1). This time, there'll also be some giveaways: each week, five randomly chosen people will win a free month of Journaly Premium. To participate, all you have to do is write a post about the second round of the Multilingual Book Club and tag it with the topic "multilingual book club 02".
If you want to know more about Robin's experience reading the Mandarin Chinese book, 這些人，那些事, you can follow him on Instagram: @_robinmacpherson
There'll also be an Instagram Live every Friday at 5:30 pm (GMT+1) where he'll chat with Jake (CEO of Skritter) in Mandarin Chinese about their experience reading the book.
Here's the link to sign up. If you already signed up last time, you don't need to sign up again.
So do you already know which book you're going to read next month?
How exciting! Maybe this time, I'll join in))
Hi Linda, I've already heard the news as well. I've decided to give it a try in Catalan instead of choosing a new Italian novel before finishing "L'ombra del vento". So I'll try to read "El secret de l'orfebre" :) Have you already chosen what to read?
I will be reading Cesare Pavese - La bella estate. Nice and short too.
@CocoPop, you could read Aztec by Gary Jennings ;))) and write about it in a language such as German :) @Caro, no, I haven't chosen anything yet. I still have some Portuguese books on my shelf. I might go for "Mulheres da Minha Alma" by Isabel Allende or "O Mágico de Auschwitz" by José Rodrigues dos Santos. @Nick: In which language are you going to read? Italian?
So what is the idea behind the Book Club - you read a book and write about it?
Yup, at least that's how I perceived it :) You can either write about your experience reading, summarize chapters, write about interesting quotes or other findings, talk about the historical context, or whatever comes to your mind related to the book, its story, its authors, translators or editors ;) You can read in one language and write about it in another. I suppose you've plenty to choose from ;)) Or if you've different translations of the book you could compare them. You see, the list is endless... :)) Just sign up and you'll see!
@LindasLinguas yeah will be in italian!
I will continue with Carlos Ruiz Zafón and read Das Spiel des Engels. I had intended to read it alongside El Juego del Ángelo, but this is only a 4-week challenge. I am glad that there is a time limit for this next book. I will work hard to finish this book before the next suggested book.
Thanks Linda. As I am not a passionate youtuber, I wouldn't have known if you hadn't written this post. I'm busy trying to find a book.
Okay, I finally registered as well. Let's see if I have more luck this time.
I think I'll ready "El origen de la vida" in Spanish. It's a nonfiction which apparently is not really known, but I found it in a bookstore in Spain 2 years ago and I feel like now would be a nice time to get some more biology-related vocab in Spanish :)
@chazy: Good choice! I'm looking forward to your posts! @Cloudy: That's exactly why I've written this post! @Eduard: What and in which language are you going to read? @Anna: Sounds like an interesting book! I'm looking forward to reading something about how life has formed!