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I finished Hornby's About a

I finished Hornby's About a Boy yesterday, and i loved it! I have never read a book after seeing the movie made of it before, but this time, i was pleasantly surprised, and the book was even more enjoyable than the movie. At certain points the story develops differently, but that's not what made it so funny and readable, but the writing, the language. Because 80-90% of what i read on the web is US-based, it felt so good to read British English again! I used to read a lot of English style and teen magazines and knew all the British slang, but lately i fpund myself using American English all the time. This book brushed up my language again.

Next book is "Fateless" by Imre Kertesz (see previous entry). I am of course reading the original Hungarian book, not the English translation and i am glad i do, because the writer himself said that the current English translation is very poor quality and he wouldn't be surprised if upon reading his book in English, people would be wondering how a book like that could have got the Nobel prize. The book will be re-translated and a new edition will be published in the future.