Quote Originally Posted by Оля
Quote Originally Posted by chaika
Я начал, кроме книг, читать также и журнальные статьи.
According to my famous theory, in colloquial speech it would be much better: Я начал, кроме книг, читать ещё и журнальные статьи.
I haven't heard about your theory , but I wanted to say the same - one can usually use"также" instead of "еще" not to sound formal.