Do you like reading?

[Jessica]

¿Te gusta leer? Books? What's your favorite genre? Do you have a favorite book title?

[ElDanés]

I like reading a lot. Mostly books on languages, or travel.

[Tomisimo]

I love reading all kinds of material. Fiction, non-fiction, short stories-- all kinds of things.

[sosia]

I read all kinds, but I don't like horror.
Short stories: Kipling, Chejov
Fantasy: Tolkien, Terry Prattchett
Historical: lots of...
comics, manga, newaspapers, glass bottles, prospects,...........everything
greetings

[deborahj]

Me encanta leer, pero quando empiezo un libro nuevo, no quiero dejarlo, quiero terminarlo muy rápido.

Leo todos los tipos de libros, me gusta más las autobiografías.

Mi autora favorita es una inglesa, que se llama Maeve Binchy, se escribe libros narrativa.

Ayer he terminado un libro de Ross Kemp, que se llama "Gangs" es de un documental,
fue muy interesante. ( what l want to say is, that the book is from a documentary )

Debbie

[deborahj]

David, as we are on the subject of books, could you give me the name of a good english/spanish, spanish/english dictionary.

Thanks a lot

Debbie

[geeper]

Sólo leo a aprender. Nada más.

[ruby]

Hola Deborahj

I have just bought Diccionario Cambridge Compact para estudiantes de inglés - a little on the expensive at 27.50 euros but I think worth it (sorry i know this question was for David !! - hope you don't mind the suggestion)

I thought that it might help me understand words from a Spanish perspective.

Ruby

[ruby]

I have just finished reading 'The Ghosts of Spain by Graeme Tremlett' and found it fascinating.
I am now reading Cuenta Cuentos Billingúe - tres obras de la literatura infantil. tres clásicos. little red riding hood (Caperucita Roja) beauty and the beast (bella y la bestia) and Puss in boots (el gato con botas). I hope it will help me understand a little more of this wonderful language that I am struggling with !!

Ruby

[deborahj]

Originally Posted by ruby

Hola Deborahj

I have just bought Diccionario Cambridge Compact para estudiantes de inglés - a little on the expensive at 27.50 euros but I think worth it (sorry i know this question was for David !! - hope you don't mind the suggestion)

I thought that it might help me understand words from a Spanish perspective.

Ruby

Hi Ruby,

Thanks very much for the info, l have a small collins at the moment thats not very extensive, l think a good dictionary is essential for language learning. I will see if l can get the one you suggest sent to me.

Thanks again,
Kind regards
Debbie

[deborahj]

Originally Posted by deborahj

Me encanta leer, pero quando empiezo un libro nuevo, no quiero dejarlo, quiero terminarlo muy rápido.

Leo todos los tipos de libros, me gusta más las autobiografías.

Mi autora favorita es una inglesa, que se llama Maeve Binchy, se escribe libros narrativa.

Ayer he terminado un libro de Ross Kemp, que se llama "Gangs" es de un documental,
fue muy interesante. ( what l want to say is, that the book is from a documentary )

Debbie

I would be grateful if someone could correct the above for me.
Thankyou

[sosia]

Escrito originalmente por deborahj
Me encanta leer, pero cuando empiezo un libro nuevo, no quiero dejarlo, quiero terminarlo muy rápido.

Leo todos los tipos de libros, me gusta más las autobiografías.
Leo todo tipo de libros, pero me gustan más las autobiografías

Mi autora favorita es una inglesa, que se llama Maeve Binchy, se escribe libros narrativa. , but better
"Mi autora favorita es inglesa, se llama Maeve Binchy, y escribe narrativa"

Ayer he terminado un libro de Ross Kemp, que se llama "Gangs" es de un documental,
fue muy interesante. ( what l want to say is, that the book is from a documentary )
Ayer terminé un libro de Ross Kemp, llamado "Gangs", del cual se ha hecho un documental/que sacó de un documental, fue muy interesante
Debbie

del cual se ha hecho un documental
The book was so good that somebody has made a documentary about it
que sacó de un documental,
The book source was a documentary

greetings

[deborahj]

Muchas grácias Sosia

[CrOtALiTo]

I like read books about informatics and also cars, I think that we all must read some book because it can helps us to learn more above our language, for example I like read awfully text that are wrote in English, so I can to learn more words in English and knows things above another places of my world, I think that read books in the language that you are learning is good so you can learn to write and speak faster.

[barrenfield]

Leo un libro de espanol - Spanish Now! level 1 Textbook/Workbook! Ha! Ha!

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by deborahj

David, as we are on the subject of books, could you give me the name of a good english/spanish, spanish/english dictionary.

Thanks a lot

Debbie

I have the HarperCollins Unabridged in my office for reference. It's about 5 inches thick, but worth it. For a more portable dictionary, I like the New World Spanish/English Dictionary by Salvatore Ramondino. It's a pocket-sized paperback, albeit a little on the thick side as well, but it's easy to carry around and quite comprehensive. (I also like the typeface, but I guess I shouldn't be revealing those idiosyncracies ) Those are the two dictionaries I would recommend.

[CrOtALiTo]

Ok. It's nice that you always are reading some book, instead I only carry a book that is a dictionary of English and Spanish, but it good, because he has helped me a lot when I need him.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

Ok. It's nice that you are always reading a book. Instead, I only carry a book that is a dictionary of English and Spanish. But it's good, because it has helped me a lot when I need it.

Corrections above. There is no gender associated with most inanimate objects in English. The pronoun we use is it.

[CrOtALiTo]

Thanks Rusty for your help, you are always a person very heedful with all us.

[Elaina]

There is no gender associated with most inanimate objects in English. The pronoun we use is it.[/quote]

Well.........I beg to differ.....

Men always say "fill her up" (car)
She was good to me (car)