@leosmith: there is a medium option between those two for Japanese though... that's reading books on the computer along with Rikaichan.
Although good authors generally don't repeat exact descriptions the way that bad authors often do, they do have their own style, and you're likely to meet words more than once. If the book isn't too far above your level, you end up picking up quite a few. If you can stick with the same author through at least a few books, it's even better.
Anyway, that way you only have furigana where you need it, and instant looking up power, which is perfect.
I do think it depends on how much you already know though. Certainly, if the vocabulary level is farrrr above you, you're much better off SRSing until you feel comfortable.
i dunno though, i can only stick with srsing for a month or two at most before deleting the deck, so i tend to only use it when i move onto a new subject that has lots of unknown vocabulary...
Re: Murakami, i've only read about half of book 1 of Hard Boiled Wonderland so far, but i certainly wouldn't say it's on the same level as 東野圭吾. The hardboiled wonderland part, maybe, that isn't hard, but the descriptions in "The end of the world" can be quite difficult in some places, i think...
Murakami's another one i'd love to have more of on the computer rather than in paper form... >.< why are there only 1 book of him and 伊坂幸太郎 in 5000 books?!?
Although good authors generally don't repeat exact descriptions the way that bad authors often do, they do have their own style, and you're likely to meet words more than once. If the book isn't too far above your level, you end up picking up quite a few. If you can stick with the same author through at least a few books, it's even better.
Anyway, that way you only have furigana where you need it, and instant looking up power, which is perfect.
I do think it depends on how much you already know though. Certainly, if the vocabulary level is farrrr above you, you're much better off SRSing until you feel comfortable.
i dunno though, i can only stick with srsing for a month or two at most before deleting the deck, so i tend to only use it when i move onto a new subject that has lots of unknown vocabulary...
Re: Murakami, i've only read about half of book 1 of Hard Boiled Wonderland so far, but i certainly wouldn't say it's on the same level as 東野圭吾. The hardboiled wonderland part, maybe, that isn't hard, but the descriptions in "The end of the world" can be quite difficult in some places, i think...
Murakami's another one i'd love to have more of on the computer rather than in paper form... >.< why are there only 1 book of him and 伊坂幸太郎 in 5000 books?!?
it sounds pretty decent though.
