I'm currently reading my first book in english. "Winter of the world" by Tolkien, based in the second world war.
Since I'm just at the beginning of the book, I find it a little hard to advance across the pages (*) and I often need to search the meaning of some words in order to get the sentences. However I am enjoying the experience and I think it will be a very valuable resource to improve my skills.

(*) Is the expression "across the pages" correct?

     As always, corrections about my mistakes are welcome :)

It's difficult to suggest a song without knowing your musical taste but there I go: 

- Blackbird, by Alter Bridge  

I have enjoyed almost every book I have read, regardless of which kind of book it is. Historical fiction is maybe my favourite genre since I learn at the same time I enjoy the story. In fact, I'm currently reading "Winter of The World" by Tolkien, which is based in the Second World War. 

I'm really into chess. I learnt the rules when I was only five years old. I have been member of a chess team here in Spain since then and despite the lack of time I still play it regularly. I also try to follow the most important tournaments where best players take part.

Chess has been very important to me since I was a child. I knew some of my current best friends due to chess and of course it helped me to develop logic skills as well as my mental agility. Furthermore I learnt to be patience and to study all the posibilities before choose the best decision. 

Finally, one note to end. Despite chess is my favourite hobby I'm not sure it is "the smartest game in the world". If you like chess give a chance to "Go". It's an oriental board game at least as complex as chess. It's very easy to learn the rules but extremely hard to be a skillful player. 

It sounds stupid but once I start reading a book I feel that I must finish it so I usually give them a second or even a third chance.
Only a few times the book I was reading was too boring that after a few pages I left it. In those cases I just switched to another one more enjoyable.