Thread: как быть в курсе на популярные книг? / how to stay up on popular books?

I have found material that suits my level of Russian...
Gossip magazines.... ! Finally I have an excuse to read them.

I am also reading a parallel version of "Karlsson on the roof" (Russian - Swedish). It's really simple language and nothing fancy and poetic.. A bit boring though, I already know the story and it is for children.

At first I was thinking that I should throw myself onto the Russian classics or even high literature... That would be madness, I wouldn't understand anything, and it's not how people speak. It would be like starting ones English studies with reading Shakespeare and the King James Bible... a recipe for failure...

In fact, some of the first books I can recall reading (voluntarily) in English, were the super trashy "Flowers in the Attic" series, which women will remember, and Harlequin romance books.... Anything about Sci-fi or fantasy is not a good idea - it has to have everyday words in it, no specialist jargon.

Very simple and interesting enough that you will keep reading to find out how it ends.
I am looking for such a book in Russian, in fact.

Originally Posted by Hanna

I am also reading a parallel version of "Karlsson on the roof" (Russian - Swedish). It's really simple language and nothing fancy and poetic.. A bit boring though, I already know the story and it is for children.

I like reading children's stories to practice English since these stories are the stories which ignited all the natives with the language so I hope I can get some sort of the same "ignition" to understand English better. I love Kipling's short stories even though I can recite all their Russian versions myself not looking in the book.

For those who learn Russian I would highly recommend Nikolay Nosov (Николай Носов).
Незнайка. (Приключения незнайки и его друзей).
Незнайка на луне.
(There are also "Незнайка в солнечном городе", but it is not as good as the two above.)
Фантазеры (Short story collection including "Мишкина каша" and other stories)

Originally Posted by CoffeeCup

...For those who learn Russian I would highly recommend Nikolay Nosov (Николай Носов).
Незнайка. (Приключения незнайки и его друзей).
Незнайка на луне.
(There are also "Незнайка в солнечном городе", but it is not as good as the two above.)
Фантазеры (Short story collection including "Мишкина каша" and other stories)

http://lib.ru/NOSOW/nezn1.txt
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.http://lib.ru/NOSOW/nezn3.txt
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.Н.Н.Носов. Фантазеры
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