I'm reading River Town

I'm reading River Town by Peter Hessler who has been in (is- if he is still there) China and wrote down his experiences.

I was thinking about expanding my English vocabulary. A guy who is famous for teaching English on the internet said that reading original books in English is the best way, so I followed.

What books should I choose is the first task. To be honest, I'm not very interested in fiction, I prefer real events, the record of actual events. So I chose the book River Town. I think it will be easy to understand for it is about the things I'm familiar with, and it will be interesting to know how China is observed in a foreigner's perspective.

So far I have read about a quarter of the book. I can realize Peter's feeling about the strange things he encountered in the town he lived, sometimes I forced a smile. Yet most of what Peter had described in the book about Fuling in China had changed since he first came there in 1996. China has developed rapidly and became more enlightened and modern during the past 19 years, while it was enough time for a baby to grow into an adult, the young generation have more independent minds less influenced by the official politics education than the older generation.

I may finish reading this book in 3 weeks. The next book on my list is Benjamin Franklin's autobiography.

Please add a comment if there are other good books you recommend. Thanks in advance.

How about reading more modern autobiographies like Barrack Obama or George Bush? Both of them have written autobiographies.IF you prefer non fiction you can read other books about Western culture.I read a great book called The Circle which was about the Internet and Social Media.

I'm reading River Town

I'm reading the River Town by Peter Hessler who had been China and wrote down his experiences.

I was thinking about extend my English vocabulary. A guy who is famous for teaching English on the internet said that reading original book in English is the best way, so I followed.

What books should I choose is the first task. To be honest, I'm not very interested in fictions, I prefer the real things, the record of actual events. So I choosed the book River Town. I think it will be easy to understand for it is about the things I'm familiar with, and it will be interesting to know what China is observed in a foreigner's perspective.

So far I have read about a quarter of the book. I can realize Peter's feeling about the strange things he encountered at the town he lived, sometimes I forced a smile. Yet most of what Peter had descripted in the book about Fuling in China had changed since he first came there in 1996. China has developed rapidly and became more enlightened and modernized during the passed 19 years, while it was enough time for a baby to grow into an adult, the young generation have more independent minds less influenced by the official politics education than the elder.

I may finish reading this book in 3 weeks. The next book on my list is Benjamin Franklin's autobiography.

Please add a comment if there are other good books you recommend. Thanks in advance.