October Reading

The unbearable Murcian heat has finally decided to leave us. As winter approaches, you will probably be looking for a good excuse to stay indoors and curl up with a good book. As you are surely well aware, reading is one of the best ways to effortlessly improve your English. Try reading at least one chapter, essay, short story or article a day and you will gradually begin to notice great improvements in fluency and in your vocabulary. I will do my best to post a book recommendation every week or two, as well as interesting articles and essays. In return, I do hope that you all take advantage of these posts and read, read, read! 

See you on Tuesday! 

This week's recommendations:

A Modest Proposal, reflections on gay marriage by American author David Sedaris from the New Yorker

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 

The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the century, Betty Smith's A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience. (Goodreads)

By Betty Smith