Alex

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speaks: Portuguese (Brazilian)

learns: French, English, Spanish

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Novecientos 1

Comecé a leer el libro Novecientos de Baricco. La primera cosa que me ha llamado la atención fue la división de classes sociales en la embarcacion, aun que no sea nada nuevo, en la medida en que esto
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Jun 19 - 1 min. read

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Fall of Giants - Chapter II - First and Second Part

If in the first chapter Ken Follet exposed the reality of poverty and naiveness through Billi`s eyes, and even more, a dose of villainy and nastiness in the Price (the miner who left Billy alone for
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Jan 25 - 1 min. read

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Fall of Giants - Chapter 1, first part

After reading the first chapter of Fall of Giants by Ken Follet I was impressed by how the writer in a sage way, draws the features of the characters by describing the details of the environment. So,
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Jan 17 - 1 min. read

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The fall of giants and a new book club

I just would like to share a new experience: On the 7th, I started a new book club via Skype on the last week. We have already made two meetings, and it has been great! We started in three people,
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Jan 17 - 1 min. read

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Great irony; big hopes

I read yesterday the first four chapters of the "Silk", and what an amazing impression, right? For me, it seems that there is a lot of irony in these chapters, but we can say that is a good irony, at
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Sep 2 - 1 min. read

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Reading La sombra del viento in three different languages

I decided enjoying at Multilingual Book Club because I have always looked for a book club, even a physical book club. However, on my job I usually travel a lot and I cannot compromise myself on these
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Apr 22 - 2 min. read

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Expressions of time in English

I would like to share an episode that has happened a long time ago. It is about a book, which I have begun to read, and I could not stop reading no way. This was my first large book that is called
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Feb 8 - 1 min. read

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The power of extensive reading

I recently watched Teacher Arguelles's video about extensive reading and I have gotten so impressed with his arguments about that subject. The role that reading accomplishes in our process of
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Jan 6 - 1 min. read

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