Nov 07th 2008 13:07 i
Sounds like fun. I love to look for books too.

Nov 07th 2008 13:08 维维

Nov 07th 2008 13:16 Kairu
You could condense the first two sentences by saying
"I bought 20 Japanese books today (in Vancouver)" It is
useless to say you bought a lot and then to specify the
number of books you bought.

"I enjoyed looking for them for 3 hours" is ok but the same preposition twice does sound a little repetitive so maybe the sentence requires a little bit of rewording. " I had 3 hours of pleasure searching for these books" "I could have 3 fun hours looking for these books" etc, etc. There are many more possibilities but yours is in no way wrong.

Also if you say "I enjoyed looking for them for 3 hours" there is no reason to
state in the next sentence, "I was very happy" as that is already assumed.

I might be wrong but I have a hunch that the english book you are reading is called Holes.

You can also combine the last two into a nice sentence saying "In the 170 pages I have read, the story is very interesting." You could keep it your way as well but till is short for until so you should at least write until.

The more I read it though just erase "up until now" and say "Currently I am on page 170" or something like that.

Holes is a good book, please enjoy it.

Nov 07th 2008 15:16 Ryo
>i
Thank you for your correction!
You also like books!
What is your favorite book?

>维维
Thanks alot.:)

>Kairu
Thank you for your big help!
I understood it very well.:D

Nov 08th 2008 04:42 アンディー
Ahh, Holes! By Louis Sachar, right? Aww, that's a good book! If you haven't seen it already, when you are finished the book you should go see the movie! The movie was also very good, I thought. Sometimes when books are adapted to film it doesn't turn out so well, but this is a good book to film adaptation.

Nov 08th 2008 18:36 Ryo
>アンディー
Hello, アンディー!
Yes, it is. The book is used a easy English, however the story is very interesting!
It's nearly finished!
I think I watch the movie after I read it. Thanks.)

Nov 11th 2008 12:49 i
Favorite book?

Hmm...I don't think I ever have just one favorite of anything. Off the top of my head, a few of my favorite books are:

Neuromancer by William Gibson
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Interview with a Vampire / The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card

I think the last (fictional) book I read was the Watchmen graphic novel by Alan Moore. Now I'm looking forward to the movie!

These days, I mostly read nonfiction...right now, I'm reading A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns... :O

Nov 11th 2008 15:25 Ryo
I saw "Interview with a Vampire" by the movie.
It was good one.:)

I want to read your favorite books someday, because it's too difficut for me now.