Now Reading: "Purity", by J. Franzen

I love reading in English, I think it is one of the best ways to improve one's vocabulary, and it is much more fun than studying from/by using on some textbook...
The last book I have started to read is Purity, by J. Franzen. I have only finished just the first few chapters, and so I still don’t have a complete idea about on the book, but there are a couple of things I really like and I wanted to share with my fellow "italkians".

The first thing is the way the author is able to express the characters' thoughts and feelings. It is fascinating how, with just a couple of sentences, he can make you feel like/as if you are inside the heads of a characters.
The second is the subtle irony - often border-lining with almost sarcasm - that permeates every page. While reading this book I always end up having an half smile/small grin on my face all the time. All the characters I have encountered so far, have some kind of weirdness that makes it so fun to reading about their lives and actions, whilst, at the same time, but in the meantime they are completely credible, they never come across as fake look like a spoof. And the same thing happens with the places, the societies, the situations in which the author have puts his characters.

Have you read this book, how did you find it? No spoilers, please!

Good! A few careless errors, but overall very good! :) Keep reading! It is the best way improve, that and listening. 

Now reading: "Purity", by J. Franzen

I love reading in English, I think is one of the best ways to improve one's vocabulary, and is much more fun than studying on some textbook...
The last book I have started to read is Purity, by J. Franzen. I have finished just the first chapters, and so I still don’t have a complete idea on (about) the book, but there are a couple of things I really like and I wanted to share with my fellow "italkians".

The first one is the way the author is able to express the characters' thoughts and feelings. It is fascinating how, with just a couple of sentences, he can make you feel inside the head (mind) of a character.
The second one is the subtle irony - often border-lining with sarcasm - that permeates every page. While reading this book I always end up having an half smile on my face all the time. All the characters I have encountered so far, have some kind of weirdness that makes  reading about their life and actions so fun, but in the meantime (I guess you meant to say "at the same time") they are completely credible, they never look like a spoof. And the same thing happens with the places, the societies, the situations in which the author has put his characters. 

Have you read this book, how didi you find it? No spoilers, please!

I haven't, but now I'm curious!

:)

Lucia

Now reading: "Purity", by J. Franzen

I love reading in English, I think is one of the best ways to improve one's vocabulary, and is much more fun than studying on some textbook...
The last book I have started to read is Purity, by J. Franzen. I have finished just the first chapters, and so I still don’t have a complete idea about the book, but there are a couple of things I really like and I wanted to share with my fellow "italkians".

The first is the way the author is able to express the characters' thoughts and feelings. It is fascinating how, with just a couple of sentences, he can make you feel that you are inside the head of a character.
The second is the subtle irony - often borderlining on sarcasm - that permeates every page. Every time I read this book I always end up having an half-smile on my face all the whole time (otherwise it sounds redundant). All the characters I have encountered so far, have some kind of weirdness that makes it so fun reading about their lives and actions, but in the meantime they are completely credible, they never look like a spoof. And the same thing happens with the places, the societies, the situations in which the author has put his characters.

Have you read this book, how didi you find it? No spoilers, please!

Great expressions you use here!