dalbertthekid
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The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort is a must read. Becoming a Scorsese/DiCaprio movie this fall.
The Wolf of Wall Street by Jordan Belfort is a must read. Becoming a Scorsese/DiCaprio movie this fall.
I really want to read this since I'm a big fan of Wall Street stuff. It's very poorly reviewed on Amazon though which gives me pause. I'm reading "The Buy Side" right now which is pretty good.
Has anyone attempted to read a book in its native language (that isn't your first language), and how did it go for you?
I've been thinking about trying to tackle One Hundred Years of Solitude in Spanish someday as a goal, but as of now I'm just an intermediate reader at best. I can read short stories and short articles with a moderate degree of comfort. I'd definitely like to get back into it and practice more, but I'm probably not ready for something as complex as a novel like that.
Maybe a longshot question, but any recommendations for a less intimidating Spanish-language novel?
Been on a run of Bukowski lately:
Post Office
Ham on Rye
Hollywood
I think Post Office is my favorite of everything I've read of him. Just absolutely hilarious stuff. Henry Chinaski is a great American hero.
I really want to read this since I'm a big fan of Wall Street stuff. It's very poorly reviewed on Amazon though which gives me pause. I'm reading "The Buy Side" right now which is pretty good.
I recently read The Crying of Lot 49 and am about to get into Gravity's Rainbow. I liked Pynchon's style and the story was pretty interesting for what it was. I'm excited to jump into Rainbow.
Have any of you read the prequel to Wool or the newly released finale? I read Shift over vacation and it was amazing. Dust came out on the seventeenth and I'm just getting into it.
I have read all but the newest one. I think the returns are diminishing but I enjoy them all.