How many english/foreigned books have you read in your entire life ?

Sondage - How much english/foreigned books have you read in your entire life ?

0 (I don't understand the question or I never tried)
5% - 16
1 (I tried but... not for me/too hard)
10% - 29
2
6% - 19
3
5% - 17
4
4% - 12
5
3% - 11
6-10 (included)
11% - 33
11-20
12% - 37
21-30
5% - 15
31... and beyond ! (c) Buzz
33% - 96

Total : 285

 

  • Lady K

    Grand chef libraire

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    #91 31 Août 2010 12:59:31

    Only one for the moment The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge. It's simple but really nice to a first book in English. I will read Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory ... soon (I hope !)

  • Eddie Friendly

    Apprenti Lecteur

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    #92 02 Septembre 2010 22:59:30

    That's mainly because I've read only two books in English that it's easy for me to remember them ^^
    The first book I've read in Ensligh is, naturally, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (during my first year of english in the university) and the second is less well-known : it's Moons of Mirrodin, by Will McDermott, a book published by Wizards of the Coast and which is linked to the cards game, Magic the Gathering...

    Dernière modification par Eddie Friendly (02 Septembre 2010 23:01:00)

  • Sita

    Empileur d étagères

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    #93 03 Septembre 2010 00:10:05

    I'm surprised you didn't read much English books ! Didn't you have to read some books for your english class when you were in college ?

  • Taliesin

    Correcteur Bibliomania

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    #94 03 Septembre 2010 00:33:07

    Yerah !! Thanks Sita, with your question to Eddie, I remember that I read "The Glass Menagery" by Tenessee Williams. But I didn't like it :P

  • Eddie Friendly

    Apprenti Lecteur

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    #95 03 Septembre 2010 00:57:01

    I've never had to read english books because of the school, but that's quite normal, should I say, the student's level is so low ^^

    Even last year, in second year of history, most of the students weren't able to speak English at all !! That's a pity, because I love this language, and I've always been a litterar, and not a scientist...
    But I make the choice, when I have this possibility, to watch movies in English, and more rarely to read in English :)

  • Sita

    Empileur d étagères

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    #96 03 Septembre 2010 10:05:11

    Ha! So you're studying History! I misunderstood you saying you read Harry Potter in your first year of English, assuming you were taking an English cursus :-)

  • Eileda

    Lecteur du dimanche

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    #97 03 Septembre 2010 23:13:14

    I think I've read like 18 books in english. The Harry Potter saga and the Twilight one, A lesson before dying by Ernest G. Gaines (it was for my senior year of high school, but a great book nonetheless), Handle with care by Jodi Picoult, Percy Jackson and the last Olympian (couldn't wait for the french translation :D) and the Gallagher girls saga by Ally Carter. I've also read The importance of being Earnest by Oscar Wilde...
    I have currently 3 english books waiting for me so I'm not done reading in english and I find it much more enjoyable to be able to read the original version of a book rather than its translation...

    Dernière modification par Eileda (04 Septembre 2010 00:59:29)

  • Eddie Friendly

    Apprenti Lecteur

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    #98 03 Septembre 2010 23:16:18

    Sita a écrit

    Ha! So you're studying History! I misunderstood you saying you read Harry Potter in your first year of English, assuming you were taking an English cursus :-)


    I should have been more precise, the fact is that I've not finished the first year of English cursus, for several reasons, and because I've found this quite boring (to easy and not interesting, obviously) I've decide to make another choice, not by security, this time, but by passion, and I started my History studies.

    Now, I'm going to begin the third year, and I really love what I do, even if I don't read english books any more. But I'll do it again, I promise, my english level need to be improved ^^

  • Ikebukuro

    Puits de lecture

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    #99 04 Septembre 2010 08:43:01

    About 50, I think ! I try to read in english from time to time.

  • Ankya

    Apprenti Lecteur

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    #100 08 Septembre 2010 12:49:47

    I think I read less than 10 books in English because before last year I was in the South of France. Now I'm in Paris and there is the English Bookshop :) :) :)