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| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7401 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes  12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 17 of 28 28 February 2006 at 2:26am | IP Logged | |||||
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I just finished my next book, the first giallo in the Gorilla serie by Sandrone Dazieri, very pleasant.
There is a discussion forum about Italian gialli, I'll look there to find new authors (I still have a pile to read anyway). So far I'm on schedule but how long will this last? 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7401 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 18 of 28 05 March 2006 at 10:02am | IP Logged | |||||
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I just finished entering all the words, phrases and expressions I had written down when reading the books so far, a total of 1345 words no less! Now I'll have to translate them, print the flash cards and learn them.
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| Magnum Bilingual Triglot Retired Moderator Pro Member United States Joined 7142 days ago 359 posts - 353 votes Speaks: English*, Serbian*, French Studies: German Personal Language Map | Message 19 of 28 05 March 2006 at 11:13am | IP Logged | |||||
Administrator, how do you select what books to buy? In the USA, the bookstores near my home do not sell any French books (the best I can get is Paris Match or Le Monde). I have considered ordering a book from Amazon.fr, but I don't want to buy a book that is beyond my ability. You can not skim a book on the internet. How do you pick a book that is written for the masses in a target language? Something that a 16 year old could enjoy just as much as a 40 year old. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7401 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 20 of 28 09 March 2006 at 11:56pm | IP Logged | |||||
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[QUOTE=Magnum]Administrator, how do you select what books to buy? In the USA, the bookstores near my home do not sell any French books (the best I can get is Paris Match or Le Monde). I have considered ordering a book from Amazon.fr, but I don't want to buy a book that is beyond my ability. You can not skim a book on the internet. How do you pick a book that is written for the masses in a target language? Something that a 16 year old could enjoy just as much as a 40 year old./QUOTE]
Magnum, this is discussed in Finding which foreign books to read. Please ask in the other thread if you have more question and I'll be glad to answer there. Yesterday I finished this week's book, another by Lucarelli. So far I'm on track but I still need to translate the many words I've written down in my Excel spreadsheet and then print out them flash cards. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7401 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 21 of 28 10 March 2006 at 12:18am | IP Logged | |||||
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Here is the summary by author so far:
Week 1: Alan Altieri Week 6: Lucarelli #1 Start of 'Goal' in Language Logbooks Week 7: Lucarelli #2 Week 8: Macchiavelli Week 9: Sandrone Dazieri Week 10: Lucarelli #3 Let's see how far I can keep this! 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Andy E Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 7128 days ago 1651 posts - 1939 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 22 of 28 10 March 2006 at 5:55am | IP Logged | |||||
Well, François, I have to say I'm hugely impressed! I haven't even got round to finishing Il Principe or Dell'Arte della Guerra in English yet.... EDIT: Of course, it may well have been something else of his you read in the original but those are the only works of his I possess. Andy. Edited by Andy E on 10 March 2006 at 6:02am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7401 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 23 of 28 19 March 2006 at 12:24pm | IP Logged | |||||
Hello Andy, sorry I missed your post. It's not the same Macchiavelli, mine is still alive and his works are much easier to read than the dead one. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| administrator Hexaglot Forum Admin Switzerland FXcuisine.com Joined 7401 days ago 3094 posts - 2987 votes 12 sounds Speaks: French*, EnglishC2, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian Personal Language Map | Message 24 of 28 19 March 2006 at 12:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
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I just finished this week's book, a giallo set in Parma by Valerio Varesi and by far the best giallo in the serie so far.
The list now becomes Week 1: Alan Altieri Week 6: Lucarelli #1 Start of 'Goal' in Language Logbooks Week 7: Lucarelli #2 Week 8: Macchiavelli Week 9: Sandrone Dazieri Week 10: Lucarelli #3 Week 11: Valerio Varesi I will make a pause in the reading frenzy to try and catch up with the flash cards. So far I haven't had time to translate, print and study them and I keep bumping in some words not knowing exactly what they are, it's bothering me. I hope I can continue after that but I'll enjoy the break and 7 books in a foreign language by mid march is not bad I guess. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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