My Reading Progress

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July 18, 2025

My Reading Progress

It has been almost 5 months since I have embarked on reading books in English. So far I have made a lot of progress and read five full books. I have started with two contemporary thrillers: ''Hotel'' by Arthur Hailey and ''The Firm'' by John Grisham. I noticed that in this kind of books the beginning is always riveting, but as the plot unfolds it gets less and less engaging. I learned a lot of words from the former, but the latter was even too easy. The third book was a short novella, ''Anthem'' by Ayn Rand. It is set in a dystopian world where the word ''I'' is unknown and forbidden, and where individuality is renounced: people gainsay sexes and everyone calls themselves ''we''. They work for their ''mutual future'', for their brothers and sisters. I understood approximately 90 percent of words, and it was a helpful experience!
The fourth book was called ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''. It is a renowned philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde that delves into the themes of narcissism, beauty, aging, and youth. There, I found the vocabulary to be quite complicated and sometimes outdated. Nevertheless this book has brought me a ton of joy, and I have learned myriad of new words and expressions.
The last book I have finished was written by one of my favorite authors of all time — John Steinbeck. It is called ''Of Mice and Men''. I found it to be the most riveting and engaging so far. It inspired me to read other works by this author. Hence, I am currently reading another his novel called ''Cannery Row''.

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My Reading Progress

It has been almost 5 months since I have embarked on reading books in English.

So far I have made a lot of progress and read five full books.

I have started with two contemporary thrillers: ''Hotel'' by Arthur Hailey and ''The Firm'' by John Grisham.

I noticed that in this kind of books the beginning is always riveting, but as the plot unfolds it gets less and less engaging.

I learned a lot of words from the former, but the latter was even too easy.

The third book was a short novella, ''Anthem'' by Ayn Rand.

It is set in a dystopian world where the word ''I'' is unknown and forbidden, and where individuality is renounced: people gainsay sexes and everyone calls themselves ''we''.

They work for their ''mutual future'', for their brothers and sisters.

I understood approximately 90 percent of words, and it was a helpful experience!

The fourth book was called ''The Picture of Dorian Gray''.

It is a renowned philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde that delves into the themes of narcissism, beauty, aging, and youth.

There, I found the vocabulary to be quite complicated and sometimes outdated.

Nevertheless this book has brought me a ton of joy, and I have learned myriad of new words and expressions.

The last book I have finished was written by one of my favorite authors of all time — John Steinbeck.

It is called ''Of Mice and Men''.

I found it to be the most riveting and engaging so far.

It inspired me to read other works by this author.

Hence, I am currently reading another his novel called ''Cannery Row''.

My Reading Progress