In which languages do you read books?

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Sunday, June 13th 2010, 4:00pm

In which languages do you read books?

As the title says, do you read books in multiple languages, or do you usually stick with literature in your own language?
If you have books in foreign languages, what's the main reason you have books in those languages?

Lately most books I bought/read were in English, mainly because the books were not available in Dutch or they are way cheaper as English pocket than Dutch paperback.
Apart from English I have some books in German and French. The French ones were read last in high school, for French literature, while I still (on very irregular basis) read German books (bought in Germany, partly because of the lack of English books in some shops)
I read them sometimes to practise my German a bit, which I should also do again with French :P

I also have a Czech book, but that was bought for fun (HP 3, which was ver cheap over there ;)), so I don't read it.
Though I would like to have some Spanish books to try if you can learn the language a bit by reading (mainly of books you sort of know).

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Sunday, June 13th 2010, 7:21pm

I'm reading English books these days mostly to improve my skill... but also because I have it just in English. So what else can I do? Till last year I've read mainly books in German but now usually in English.

I've read also a couple of books in Italian, but just for the school.

So I'm not really sure whether my next book will be in English again due to all the German books which I haven't read yet, but still in my bookshelves are.
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Monday, June 14th 2010, 7:00am

Usually I read books in English (due to my studies), French, German and Dutch.. I have some books in Frisian too. So it just depends on what I have to read or what I feel like reading :)
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Wednesday, June 16th 2010, 7:08pm

Usually Estonian, but lately I've been also reading books in English for practise and I also have a book in French, which I'm hoping to be able to read one day.

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Friday, June 18th 2010, 12:38am

I read books,mostly, in Korean.:)
and have some English books because of study, or reading original.
Magazines are in Japanese, as they are so various have many information.:D
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Friday, June 18th 2010, 1:29am

English, Malay and Indonesian.

hey guys, well i read books in English, Malay and Indonesian, because these are the languages that I know and fluent at. But sometimes when I hit the bookstores (Malaysia has BORDERS, KINOKUNIYA,MPH AND POPULAR) I actually flip through some books in Foreign language to see what's inside :) Wow most of you here are MULTILINGUALS, so I salute all of you!! thumbs up guys!

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Friday, June 18th 2010, 10:14am

well.. being multilingual could be useful sometimes :D Thanks Zatimi! :D
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Saturday, June 19th 2010, 3:56pm

hm... I read books in English, German and sometime in Italian. I have also a few Comics/manga in Japanese which I read sometimes (I hope I can improve it soon a little bit more, so I can read also small books).
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