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05-01-2001, 09:45 AM

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as a very slow reader, I enjoy so much...

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As a French, I have recently discovered Tolkien and I m reading the LOTR in English. I have decided to do so for more authenticity and upgrading of my language skills...
I have always been a slow reader, so I let you imagine how slow I can read in English...but what a cheerful and spellbinding process! I even re-read some passages twice or three times to enhance the spell and emotions.
I am definitely not a fast-reader, but even if I had the ability to be so, I would still read at the same pace.
It is 3 weeks I have been reading regularly (working, I can only open the book in the evening) and I have read only 180 pages. It's just the beginning of the LOTR, when Strider and the Hobbits have just noticed black riders in the far, and fling themselves to the ground, behind the stone ring...The exciting thing is that I have two contradictory feelings: For sure, i desperately need to read forward, but I am afraid to finish the story!!!
During the day, at work, I feed my imagination and dreams with pictures that I can grab in the Internet. It increases all the more my desire to read...but the pace remains the same!
I am definitely slow and my way to the Mount Doom will be long...very long.

Bye dear you!

Dagelur

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05-01-2001, 09:45 AM	#11
Dagelur Guest Posts: n/a	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 1</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> as a very slow reader, I enjoy so much... Hello dear fellows! <img src=smile.gif ALT=""> As a French, I have recently discovered Tolkien and I m reading the LOTR in English. I have decided to do so for more authenticity and upgrading of my language skills... I have always been a slow reader, so I let you imagine how slow I can read in English...but what a cheerful and spellbinding process! I even re-read some passages twice or three times to enhance the spell and emotions. I am definitely not a fast-reader, but even if I had the ability to be so, I would still read at the same pace. It is 3 weeks I have been reading regularly (working, I can only open the book in the evening) and I have read only 180 pages. It's just the beginning of the LOTR, when Strider and the Hobbits have just noticed black riders in the far, and fling themselves to the ground, behind the stone ring...The exciting thing is that I have two contradictory feelings: For sure, i desperately need to read forward, but I am afraid to finish the story!!! During the day, at work, I feed my imagination and dreams with pictures that I can grab in the Internet. It increases all the more my desire to read...but the pace remains the same! I am definitely slow and my way to the Mount Doom will be long...very long. Bye dear you! Dagelur </p>