Anything by anyone from the beat generation except for Ginsberg

Anything by anyone from the beat generation except for Ginsberg

I wish I could have read A Song of Ice and Fire before watching the show

Plus, it’s probably expected for biographers to be VERY good interviewers and know the best questions to ask, and know when to direct the conversation in the right direction

I speak Spanish natively and English at an advanced level (C2). I also speak French and German but not well enough yet to actually read books.

For books originally in Spanish, I go only for Spanish.

For books originally in English, I try to go for the English version, but I have no issues with getting the Spanish version if it’s all I can get my hands on or if I just don’t care about whether it’s the original version.

For books originally in other languages, I usually go for the Spanish translation, but not because of preference. It’s more about buying convenience, whichever is easier to get is the one I get.

With the latter two, another factor is how nice each edition is. I am big on books as artistic objects, so if a book has a nicer edition in English, I might try to get that translation instead of the Spanish

I read A Game of Thrones in about 3 days the first time I read it

For me, where it really picks up steam is around the 700 page mark, which, granted, is a lot, but once it picks up, it never lets go, and honestly, 700 pages for a 4000+ page series is basically nothing