Dear Friends, Its really an interesting topic. I read books of many categories i.e History, Literature, Philosophy, Business, Social Sciences and many more. Most of them in my mother toungue - Tamil and the rest in English. I ll write about them when i find enough time. Good topic. keep it up.
love Immanuel Prabhu On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 8:48 PM, Pablo <[email protected]> wrote: > I Eric, Ed and all, > > I consider myself a bad reader. I couldn't say I have a favorite book > nor a favorite song LOL Well, I read everyday whatever thing related > to my daily routine, both at work or during my spare time. I read IT > news, and some sport and general selected news, anything. I receive > comics in my mailbox. I love the Wizard of Id, Archie and Pickles. I > realized myself I don't have more time for my comics reading. > > Thank you, > > Pablo > > On 7 jul, 22:20, Eric Kanto <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ed and other beloved members, > > > > This is a really interesting topic. > > I'm always interested in discussing friends' hobbies as I can learn a > > lot of exciting things from their sharing, their stories. It's a good > > way to start a conversation by asking others' hobbies. People are > > often very enthusiastic when talking about what they like. And one of > > my favorite topic is books. Recently, I've read a book about the life > > and career of a genius, Nopoleon Bonaparte, whose reputation spreads > > worldwide. > > > > To be honest, I don't know much about this person. I just know that he > > was a very successful captain who won almost every battles in Europe > > and was really ambitious and intelligent. I'm very curious about what > > character he had that made him so successful. Just after reading some > > first pages I immediately found out the reason. Do you know what it > > is? The reason that he was so successful is that he had a hobby of > > reading books, especially those related to war and law. He read books > > all day long, whenever possible. He had a small room with full of > > books of all kinds. He was very proud of it and considered it as his > > own library. No wonder he possessed such an intelligent brain. > > > > Although Napoleon had many characters for me and also many others to > > learn, the most important thing I've learnt after reading this book is > > the enthusiasm of reading books. Almost every one knows that reading > > is a very good hobby but not many people make it their hobby. It could > > be possibly because they are too busy with other stuff such as > > watching movies, playing games and so forth. However, from my own > > experience, from what I've seen from successful people, it seems that > > no one could achieve a big succuss without having a great passion of > > reading books. Napoleon Bonaparte and Bill Gates are two typical > > examples. > > > > I also very passionate about books but I'm not sure if I could achieve > > a small success in the future ^_^ > > What about you? could you share some of your opinions about reading > > books and your favorite books. > > > > Cheers, > > Eric > > > > On Jun 30, 5:35 pm, Eduardo Costa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi people, > > > Let´s start a discussion and invite people to improve your english > here. > > > > > The question is: > > > > > 1. Do you have time to read books ? > > > 2. What kind of book do you read ? > > > 3. What is your favorite book ? > > > > > Take care > > > > > Ed. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "ESL Podcast". > To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just > reply this message > For invite your friends, visit: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite > Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: > http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ESL Podcast". To post to this group, send email to: [email protected] or just reply this message For invite your friends, visit: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/members_invite Know how help us, visit this FAQ at: http://groups.google.com/group/eslpodcast/web/frequently-asked-questions
