Which book are you reading this week?

Hullo,

I just started reading The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick.  I first watched (finished season 2 last month) the tv show and I couldn't resist buying the book when I saw it in the bookshop. I only read about 20 pages but it's already different from the tv show, so I think I'll be able to separate the two quite easily and not be disappointed in either medium (hopefully). I rather like the beginning of the book!

@camicam: I don't have any particular books to recommend, but you should look at children's books/tales or YA books because it's easier to understand. Or you could read a story you've already read in French so you basically know what happens and don't really need to focus on that. If I were you, I'd try the more recent published books or shorts stories, novellas, etc. because as time goes by, language becomes simpler and gets easier to understand. Mostly. Though, if you happen to read Jane Austen or Dickens, you'll find many French words in there so...

Now that I think about it, I think a read an abridged version of Pride and Prejudice, in which the story was kept as it is but with a simpler vocabulary/syntax. You could also try to see what Harrap's bilingual collection proposes, or any other publisher with the same type of collection.

Hope this helps!

@Shuufleur, I didn't have the opportunity to see the TV series but The man in the high castle is a fantastic book, probably one of my favorites written by Dick (with Ubik). I started reading some conferences by the man himself and so far, it is not disappointing !

I recently got a few scifi books in English. I think I will start with Behold the Man by Moorcock (it fits a challenge I'm doing) and then one of the white whales of mine : Heinlein's Stranger in a strange land. But what I really want is to get my hands on Dune, just so I could read before the movie gets out. I already read it as a teenager (so a loooong time ago) but now my English is way better I would like to read it in English.

I'm finishing Ashes falling for the Sky from Nine Gorman and Mathieu Guibé

I love the idea of this topic. I read a lot in english, without problems, but I don't have a lot of chance to practice the writing part.
Right now, I'm reading the serie The Witcher in french, I finish the first book lately, and going to start the second as soon as I have the chance to.
After, when I would have finish all of them, which going to take some times, I have three english books on my shelf that I plan to read.

Hello !
I just finish the third book of "La passe-miroire" , by Christelle Davos.

I find very difficult to give a "level" of reading for a book or another. For the ones here who struggle with english reading, what's your main problem if you can identify it ? Vocabulary ? Bad english -like Ourlig says for hagrid's in HP- ? or written/litterrary forms we don't learn at school ? Or just focus ?

I'm living in an english-speaking country, and for me, the harder is any book trying riddle or humor. I'm still so focus on the reading it-self that i can't really process this kind of thing !
I tried a Pratchett : Awfully hard. I tried The Restaurant at the End Of The Univers (douglas adams, le dernier bar avant la fin du monde in French) one or two years ago and I couldn't. It's back on my reading list, i'll see if I can get through now !