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| Kappa Groupie Japan Joined 5510 days ago 99 posts - 172 votes  | Message 153 of 177 23 June 2011 at 1:36pm | IP Logged |
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Feel a little dumb to mention an English book, but I've recently finished "Something Borrowed." Something blue, something borrowed, something new, something old... You can easily guess what it's about. It wasn't great. Not that I dislike chick-lit (in fact I appreciate it), but I didn't really like the plot and the love interest of the heroine. New York Times bestseller, really. "The Lovely Bones" was one, too, but I could hardly get myself to continue reading it. Losing my faith in New York Times (I know it's a matter of preference though). :/ Yet, I have another New York Times bestseller, "Three Cups of Tea", on my shelf, which I am going to read next. If you have any recommendation for me, please do let me know (I read anything but sci-fi and such, and I don't like vampires!).
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| Matheus Senior Member Brazil Joined 5071 days ago 208 posts - 312 votes Speaks: Portuguese* Studies: English, French | Message 154 of 177 22 August 2011 at 12:37pm | IP Logged |
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In English:
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace; The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho), re-reading; The Zahir (Paulo Coelho), re-reading; Veronika decides to die (Paulo Coelho), re-reading; Percy Jackson - The Lightning Thief. I like reading Paulo Coelho because the vocabulary is very simple and the stories are straightforward, with just a few characters. I am using Kindle to read, because when I find an unknown word, in can check by just selecting the word, it comes with two monolingual Oxford dictionaries. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |
| Juаn Senior Member Colombia Joined 5335 days ago 727 posts - 1830 votes Speaks: Spanish* | Message 155 of 177 22 August 2011 at 4:06pm | IP Logged |
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Immanuel Wallerstein, The Modern World-System I: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century
Standard marxist historiography. Some useful insight, but lacks rigor and coherence. Some of the economics is flawed too. The book that best explains the emergence of early capitalism remains North and Thomas's The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History. An enjoyable and profitable read nonetheless. Also began Buddhism in Practice, edited by Donald S. Lopez, Jr, a valuable collection of primary sources. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Teebs Tetraglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 4853 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English*, German, Hungarian, French | Message 156 of 177 24 August 2011 at 3:00pm | IP Logged |
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At the moment it's 1984 in French and Metro 2034 in German. Edited by Teebs on 24 August 2011 at 3:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mycroft Diglot Newbie United Kingdom Joined 5971 days ago 9 posts - 9 votes Speaks: English*, Italian Studies: French, Spanish | Message 157 of 177 24 August 2011 at 5:21pm | IP Logged |
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For me:
French: Therese Raquin - surprisingly straightforward once I'd sorted all the words for guilt, cowardice and nightmares Italian: Rereading A ciascuno il suo (the Sciascia one) - twenty years ago I read it easily ... now, it's rather slower :( Really looking forward to getting to France and buying something modern and French 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Rykketid Diglot Groupie Italy Joined 4823 days ago 88 posts - 146 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: French | Message 158 of 177 10 September 2011 at 8:01pm | IP Logged |
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I'm reading "Heart of Darkness" by Conrad, some passages aren't that easy but it is
really a beautiful book and it is definetely worth reading. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| oldearth Groupie United States Joined 4885 days ago 72 posts - 173 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish, Esperanto | Message 159 of 177 11 September 2011 at 4:49am | IP Logged |
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Tierra de Todos, Jorge Ramos.
Enciclopdia de la Historia (Ilustrado) El Espijismo de Dios, Richard Dawkins. I quickly tired of the widely translated young adult fiction that a lot of people typically read (e.g. Harry Potter). Nonfiction is so much better. 2 persons have voted this message useful | |
| montmorency Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 4818 days ago 2371 posts - 3676 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Danish, Welsh | Message 160 of 177 17 September 2011 at 4:39am | IP Logged |
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Re-reading Effi Briest (Fontane), while listening to the audiobook from Librivox.
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