As for pronouciation (do u mean pronouciation when u say "reading characters?")... pinyin can be very help.

make sure that u pronouce every 'b' 'p' 'm' 'f' ……in a right way, and then it will be much easier

The basic units of meaning in English is pronouciation. But Chinese characters are based on images (...hieroglyphs)

And then, the different parts of a character bear the different responsibility. One part is to express the meaning, and another is to represent the pronouciation.

For example, the character"花"(pin yin: hua 1), the radical(部首) “艹” is to express the meaning ("花"is some growing plant), and "化" is to represent the pronouciation. (the pin yin of 化 is: hua 4)

星期一

今天早上九點我才起床。我起床起得那麼晚，是因為我的課三點鐘才開始。真輕鬆！
我不知道我要寫什麼， 於是在這兒停下。=-=
我打算每天在Italki上至少寫一篇文章。如果我的語法有錯，請幫我改正。我還尋找一個交換語言的朋友！如果有興趣，就請留言。

我自己 myself

现在我正在学习中文，因为我想要到中国读大学。
我住在墨西哥 ，母语是西班牙语。             （因为是墨西哥人，所以母语是西班牙语。）把原因放在前面会更好。
我喜欢电影，音乐。。。之类的东西