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Hey, I just bough it today. I'll start this reading as soon as I finish my underway reading.

Oh that's very nice. What's your name/pseudonym ??? :o I'd like to read anything by someone from this forum, it would be nice. See, as a bookworm (lol) I've always been writing short tales for myself but I never published or even shown it to anyone, because even tough the tales seemed...

In fact we’ll see much difference between reading a work from an ancient author and an nowadays’ author writing about the ancient times. But differently from you, I can’t tell what I’d like the most. Ancient authors writing about their own time, like Balzac and Maugham may seem kind off...

“The Alienist”, by Machado and now I’m reading “Of human bondage”, by W. S. Maugham. The problem is that I don't have as much time as I wanted to so I can’t finish the reading. I’m starting the second volume today. All I wanted was a 3-day free time so I could finish it. I’m loving this book...

lol. That's true :)

Yeah, as far as I know this “Splendeurs et miseres des courtisanes” was translated in English as “The harlot high and low” or something alike. It’s my next reading, for sure. And I already know where to buy it: basically in any bookstore. It’s very easy to find now, but in pocket format, which...

Oh thanks you're so kind!! :) That's a god idea. I may do a research about these devices and who knows I'll buy one. It will be good for me and my books. Maybe it would be better for my books than for me, since I spent most of the day out lol. But it's surely something I'll consider. Those...

This cabinets with door idea seems interesting, maybe even expensive. But I think it would worth the money spent. Anyway, I will see if I can get glass doors in these cabinets. Anyway, it would be very weird, I think. I like to keep a nice indoor decoration and I don’t know exactly the effect...

I shelve my books in a cabinet. It seems to be the easiest way to store books, you can easily take the one you are looking for at any time. But the obvious problem is that the books will eventually accumulate dust. This is not big deal. Dust itself doesn’t spoil the books. But the thing is that...

Both must be great books since everybody says so. But I don't like this kind of reading. I couldn't read any book of those series for more then 10 or 20 pages... It's because a story entertains me only when it’s about situations (fictitious or not) that catch me in a way I'd like to know how it...

When I choose a book to read I look for basically three requirements: a) that at least one of the characters pass trough life experiences akin as situations I’ve been in my real life; b) that I can identify myself in these characters or in these situations; c) that it will not be a mass...

Yeah, Portuguese is my first language. But what would be exactly a "relatively easy stuff"? Oh, and yes, unfortunately no matter the French language learning way I choose I'm sure I wont be able to read Balzac as soon as I desired. Anyway, I was wondering if even being a Hellenic-based...

This guy was one of the most famous French writers. But for the ones who don't know him, I'll make summary of his books. During the 19th century he wrote a collection named "The Human Comedy" composed of more than 80 books (or volumes). But this is not an usual book collection for two reasons...

You should give us a clue about what kind of tale (romance, adventure, crime, classical, surrealistic, etc.) are you interested in... then it would be a lot easier to recommend you a book.

You're right. These two and also my first language came from the ancient Hellenic so that’s why they got some characteristics in common.

But my goal with learning a new language is to be able to read the original versions of foreign books that I've read only the translated versions so far... I wanted to learn french, russian or italian because these are languages that in which there are many published books I'd enjoy reading. The...

I can see you’re reading “Johnny Got His Gun” and I did not know it was a book. I had only heard about the movie so far. But I never watched it because I don’t find it anywhere and I also can’t find a good torrent so I could not download it. But now that I know there is the book I’ve just got...

oh I think I'm lucky I can not complain about the used book stores in my city. The are two good ones only in my neighborhood. If I'm in home, I just have to walk about 15 minutes and I reach them. I can find many titles there I would never find in a not-used-books store. It's great. And there...

Yeah... I think you’re both right. But if I really go for it and start studying a foreign language I would re-read the books I’ve already red in my language (translated versions) but by this time I would use the original versions. Even tough I would have to use the dictionary many times and...

Interesting point. I never tough about it. It makes sense. I would never fell pleasure by reading if I could not create vivid images of the scenes narrated in the text. But the thing is that I always see in my mind's eye the characters and the scenarios when I’m reading. Actually, this is the...