Ольга Newbie Russian FederationRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 3991 days ago 16 posts - 22 votes Speaks: Russian* Studies: EnglishC1, German, French
| Message 9 of 12 04 February 2015 at 11:10am | IP Logged |
I read 3 books and 1 fanfiction in English now. Every day I read about 10 pages from every book. I read 'Gone with the Wind' by Margaret Mitchell, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' by J.K.Rowling, 'Of Human Bondage' by W. Somerset Maugham, and my favourite fanfiction 'In the House of Fallen Angels' by Rilla (based on the plot of books about Harry Potter). Maybe, my choice of books will be useful for somebody.
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Cavesa Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5024 days ago 3277 posts - 6779 votes Speaks: Czech*, FrenchC2, EnglishC1 Studies: Spanish, German, Italian
| Message 10 of 12 04 February 2015 at 10:00pm | IP Logged |
Well there are many accessible authors to start with. A few exemples:
J.K.Rowling, A.Christie, Ch.Harris, S.King,... and many other popular authors. If you
don't feel like reading a normal book right away, you could try graded readers, their
higher levels might suit you well. However, I think a B1 learner is just at the right
spot to dive into the books as they are. Just take something you enjoy, something you
are passionate about and likely to devour. If you are not that much into fiction, you
can start with wikipedia and try some non fiction books about anything you want. Those
tend to be quite accessible as well.
An important thing: Don't let a book discourage you by being "too difficult" at first.
That is normal, it's called "leaving the comfort zone". If you persevere, you will
surely progress :-)
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KConn Newbie United States Joined 2744 days ago 13 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English*
| Message 11 of 12 16 August 2017 at 11:18am | IP Logged |
Always start with something interesting and simple. Like comic books and then move up
slowly to more advanced classic literature from famous playwrights, like
Shakespeare and
more.
Edited by KConn on 16 August 2017 at 11:46am
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Monox D. I-Fly Senior Member Indonesia monoxdifly.iopc.us Joined 5150 days ago 762 posts - 664 votes Speaks: Indonesian*
| Message 12 of 12 18 August 2017 at 4:41pm | IP Logged |
Cavesa wrote:
An important thing: Don't let a book discourage you by being "too difficult" at first.
That is normal, it's called "leaving the comfort zone". If you persevere, you will
surely progress :-) |
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Haha, I remember having hard times reading the early chapters of Harry Potter due to how Hagrid talks. Luckily it worth it to finish the book.
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