What Books do you read? Thread

[Orcnet]

Or the what book are you reading lately? Thread.

With the current "stay indoors and you'll get the soup virus" pandemic, I got the feeling I had to re-browse this forum I had fun staying before.

Anyways, I'm almost done with the Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien, might start covering up with other book genres.

 

[deepstrasz]

The Reader's Lounge

 

[Orcnet]

The Reader's Lounge

Oh right my bad, I forgot there is a thread about this kind of topic.

 

[Chaosy]

I don't really read books anymore. I went and looked for books I thought I liked a year ago based on recommendations of books I like.
I found close to nothing, and those few I found did not have a Swedish translation. And yes, I refuse to read books in English.

 

[deepstrasz]

And yes, I refuse to read books in English.

I'd read them in their native languages to avoid the first filter but what can you do. At least it might seem a bit better with movies that you can watch with subtitles.

 

[Orcnet]

I refuse to read books in English.

That's fine, as long as those local books fits your interest, it's worth it.

I too had similar paper backs with Non-English translation based on my mother language, and I find them quite interesting.

 

[Chaosy]

I'd read them in their native languages to avoid the first filter but what can you do. At least it might seem a bit better with movies that you can watch with subtitles.

Yeah it ruins the experience slightly, as certain things and jokes only work in the original language.
Witcher comes to mind, the Swedish translation is Häxkarl which roughly means Witchman which is considerably less awesome than Witcher (very difficult to take seriously to be honest). Not sure what it is in Polish, but presumably better.
I have some sort of mental block when it comes to English literature for some reason, I cannot enjoy it.

Although I do watch (English) movies without subtitles so no clue what my problem is. It is what it is I guess.