#french reading

[daugterofliterature]

The books of the last few days...

[linguafrencha]

Guys I wanna read more in French but I don’t wanna read any of those classic books I see recommended a lot. Please tell me your favorite French contemporary books!

[bonbonmacaron]

Last week I mostly focused on French. I've been meaning to start watching Arte documentaries for the longest time now and I finally did it. I watched this documentary about nature and how it heals. It was very relaxing and some of the interviews were in Japanese, so I even got some unexpected Japanese practice!

I also started reading Notre-dame-des-fleurs by Jean Genet. It's very stream of consciousness, so I don't feel bad about not understanding everything. I highlight all the words I don't know and plan to review them once in a while.

I started reading a short Murakami story, but I couldn't really get into it. So I studied some N2 kanji and finished Week 3 in my N2 kanji book.

[terriblestudynotes]

French teacher who spent years working at Futuroscope: dont ever use the word barbant its like saying groovy in english nobody does it

Wjec/cbac french reading: BARBANT 👏👏👏 BARBANT 👏👏👏

[naomisfrench]

French Children's Books

An anon asked me for french beginners books, which I'm assuming meant children's books. If not, just let me know what you did mean, nonny.

1. Le Petit Nicolas- these are adorable short stories that are about a little french boy in the 60s. I've read a few, and they were all pretty simple to read, plus the pictures were cute.

2. Le Petit Prince- this is a story about the little prince and those that he meets. Though it's super famous, I actually haven't read it yet because it's said to be pretty hard for a "children's" book.

3. Max and Lili- this is a series about Max and Lili, 2 siblings. It talks about everyday life and seems really cute.

4. Madeleine- stories about a little girl and her 12 classmates.

5. Mr. Leon's Paris/ Le Paris de Leon- a book about the adventures of a taxi driver in Paris.

There are also some great sites where you can find children's books:

1. The French Experiment- a site with a few famous stories like the 3 little pigs and goldilocks and the 3 bears translated into french. This site is great because it has the English translation along with the french.

2. Children's Books Forever- they have a ton of children's books. There are a lot of languages other than french too.

3. Jeunesse- this site has stories for ages 0 to 12, and it separates it's stories by time it should take to read them (less than 5 mins to over 20 mins). The stories are all pretty cute and fun to read.

I hope this list was helpful, nonny! Good luck with your reading!

[languages-and-tea]

ADVICE NEEDED It's not an easy book but I found this at the book section in the supermarket and I'm not sure whether I want to buy it or not. I read the back and I really liked it but, I don't know. Is it really worth the time I could spend reading Umberto Eco? I'm not 100% sure. On the other hand it enriches my political views and understanding of terrorism and would hopefully help me be less scared about living in France next to Geneva.

[daugterofliterature]

A magnificent sky, an espresso Martini, and a poetic reading...

[daugterofliterature]

A new book in French, a novel translated from Japanese, and a black tea.