Wednesday, March 29, 2006

Artemio Cruz - FINISHED!!

At last I finished "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz"!! I read the end in French because it was faster than Spanish!! I should have finished it a month ago lol! I can be such a procrastinator XD

Saturday, March 25, 2006

English Phonetics

Here is a good book for French speakers who want to learn English phonetics:
"Règles et exercices de prononciation anglaise", by Lionel Guierre (Ed. Armand Colin Longman)
ISBN: 2-86644-078-1 

Monday, March 20, 2006

La Muerte de Artemio Cruz, Part II

Yeah well, March 20, still got 100pp to go... I shall finish it but i wanna do other stuff... sometimes it's hard to concentrate... that's why i haven't read it yet... But ya I'll read now and tomorrow, and hopefully finish it before Wednesday! Since tomorrow I have no class due to the riots here in France (yeah they blocked the schools...)
Hmm so I'll let you guys know what happens! I have loads to read! I also have "Windows on the world" by Frédéric Beigbeder to finish! A friend lent it to me a long time ago XD
OK reading! Hehe :D

Friday, March 17, 2006

Done with Chomsky

OMG I am done with Chomsky's book! w007!

Hegemony or Survival

I have been reading Chomsky's Hegemony or Survival since October. It was so boring at first that I didn't feel like reading it but I had to get some knowledge and I had to start somewhere!
I finished the book a few days ago and just have 10 pages left (the author's Afterword). I am planning on finishing it this weekend! I will let you guys know if I made it!

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

La Muerte de Artemio Cruz

Recently I have been reading a book called "La Muerte de Artemio Cruz", by Carlos Fuentes. It's in Spanish, so it's a little hard for me to read it quickly, because there are so many words I don't know, and also because of the author's writing style! In this book, you don't know who speaks, or what's going on, you have to guess many things.
Not long ago I had found an interesting blog called "a book a week", where the guy said he would post the book he intends to read during the week... I wanted to do that too, but I failed! I have been reading Chomsky since October and still have about 50 pages or so to read from that book! Been on Atemio Cruz for like 3 weeks and haven't finished it (I must say the lack of interest didn't help lol, plus I was busy doing other important things).
I have a friend who studied English so hard that he is now fluent and writes like a native! That's impressive, because when I met him, although he could speak English, he made mistakes he doesn't seem to make anymore... I am kinda jealous... I see everyone around me make progress, and I feel like I don't... Well, ya I speak English fluently but I mean apart from that? <.< Can't rest on my laurels now, can I?
Time flies, and I feel like I have time to do nothing... Man gotta finish that book this week!!!
Kk, gonna read! *reads*