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| WentworthsGal Senior Member United KingdomRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 4878 days ago 191 posts - 246 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Swedish, Spanish | Message 169 of 177 23 November 2011 at 5:49pm | IP Logged |
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SWEDISH
I'm currently reading my 2nd Swedish novel. En Bit Av Mitt Hjärta by Peter Robinson. Still at the beginning but I'm loving how I'm understanding more and more as I learn more and more words through general study :o) The book I read before was a teen book - and much easier to understand lol - I Taket Lyser Stjärnorna by Johanna Thydell and I really enjoyed this book. Definitely want to read more of her work in the future :o) 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5058 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 170 of 177 24 November 2011 at 12:03am | IP Logged |
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It's not really a book, but I'm currently reading Ælfric's Life of St Edmund. It's
actually very interesting and I'm really starting to get used to Ælfric's variety of Old English (ys instead of is and such funny things!). Oh, I'm also Pushkin's Станционный смотритель, but I've yet to finish it. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Humdereel Octoglot Groupie United States Joined 4968 days ago 90 posts - 349 votes Speaks: English, Spanish*, Arabic (Levantine), Arabic (Egyptian), Arabic (Written), Turkish, Persian, Urdu Studies: Russian | Message 171 of 177 24 November 2011 at 10:09pm | IP Logged |
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Arabic
Alf Layla wa Layla I've read several stories but there still some that I haven't gotten to. Qamar Parisi by Ahmed Jumaa Persian Ferdowsi's Shahnameh still captivates me, and I just got a copy of Hafiz's Divan. 1 person has voted this message useful | |
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5837 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 172 of 177 27 March 2012 at 5:26pm | IP Logged |
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ENGLISH NOVEL
Yesterday I read a whole book of 260 pages in English which is a bestseller on the Anglophone market and used as a "Schullektüre" in Germany: "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon, Cornelsen, 2003 This is edition with added English vocabulary explained in English under every page. It's a detective novel with a the teenage protagonist Christopher who tells the story. The story is very special because Christpoher is a gifted autist with the Asperger-syndrome. So he preceives the world in a very different way than non-autists do. Mark Haddon: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Wikipedia) Fasulye Edited by Fasulye on 29 March 2012 at 7:49am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Mauritz Octoglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5058 days ago 223 posts - 325 votes Speaks: Swedish*, EnglishC2, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, Esperanto, French Studies: Old English, Yiddish, Arabic (Written), Mandarin, Korean, Portuguese, Welsh, Icelandic, Afrikaans | Message 173 of 177 28 March 2012 at 12:04am | IP Logged |
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@Fasulye: How interesting! I remember that read it (or a part of it) at school years ago, so I guess it's
"Schullelektüre" here as well. I myself am, strangely enough, reading a book in Danish: Livet mellem husene ('Life Between Houses'). It's about city planning and how interaction between people takes place in public spaces. However, I'll hopefully receive Il nome della rosa (The Name of the Rose) by Umberto Eco in a few days, which I'm really looking forward to! Edited by Mauritz on 28 March 2012 at 12:05am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| lafeeverte Triglot Newbie France Joined 4581 days ago 6 posts - 8 votes Speaks: Turkish*, French, English | Message 174 of 177 01 May 2012 at 12:42am | IP Logged |
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Currently I'm reading
The Hunger Games (I listen the audio book of it while I follow the words on the book , to improve my pronounciation) and Le Club des Incorrigibles Optimistes - Jean Michel Guenassia Edited by lafeeverte on 01 May 2012 at 12:43am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| Toffeeliz Diglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5670 days ago 116 posts - 130 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: Russian | Message 175 of 177 02 May 2012 at 2:45pm | IP Logged |
一个人去跑步by槁木直子 I bought this in Taiwan over the summer and constantly reread it. It's the first native book I have read entirely in Chinese. I love slice of life comics and am a casual runner myself. I'm eagerly awaiting the sequel which was released in Chinese yesterday in Taiwan, but I'm unlikely to recieve that until June. Can't wait until I can read it in the original Japanese! (one day...) 《哈利·坡特》于魔法石by JK Rowling The first Harry Potter book has never been my favourite, but this book has the descriptions for the rest of the series and a story I know very well. I'm a little dismayed by how much of the vocabulary is still new to me (I highlight everything that is even slightly unknown to me, or anything I should like to use in writing/conversation myself). I've read chapter 1 so far and am addicted! 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| prz_ Tetraglot Senior Member Poland last.fm/user/prz_rul Joined 4849 days ago 890 posts - 1190 votes Speaks: Polish*, English, Bulgarian, Croatian Studies: Slovenian, Macedonian, Persian, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Dutch, Swedish, German, Italian, Armenian, Kurdish | Message 176 of 177 02 May 2012 at 10:23pm | IP Logged |
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Several books in order from the most often read to the least often:
Brisingr, Christopher Paolini (Polish) Brodeck's Report, Philippe Claudel (Polish) Гераците (The Hawks), Елин Пелин (Bulgarian) Големите скитачи (The Great Wanderers), Методија Фотев (Macedonian) In waiting room: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, J.K. Rowling (Czech) S@motność w Sieci (Loneliness On The Net) And some others. Just to stop being such a lazy bum... 1 person has voted this message useful |
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