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Originally Posted by ficbot
So my next question would be where can I find lists of boos in French which I might enjoy? I'd love to see a list of popular books grouped by reading level.
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Hi Ficbot,
I'm French Canadian, and I was just reading an article in a Québécois consumer magazine, and they listed several links for French books. I can't link you to the article, it's only available to subscribers. But here's the list!
Grande Bibliothèque (gratuit)
http://banq.qc.ca/
Environ 16 000 documents en français (romans, livres techniques, livres anciens, etc.). Recherchez le bouton «livres numériques» sur la page d’accueil.
Archambault (payant)
http://archambault.ca/
Le plus important vendeur de titres numériques au Québec. Consultation facile grâce aux 30 catégories de livres et aux thématiques.
L’entrepôt du livre numérique (payant)
http://vitrine.entrepotnumerique.com/
Environ 7 000 titres canadiens-français et des liens vers des sites commerciaux.
Zebook.com (payant et gratuit)
http://zebook.com/
Grande sélection de livres à petits prix (en euros). Recherche facile grâce aux onglets.
Rue des libraires (payant)
http://ruedeslibraires.com/
Portail des librairies indépendantes du Québec. Environ 7 200 titres québécois et 10 000 titres étrangers.
Ebooks libres et gratuits (gratuit)
http://ebooksgratuits.com/
Plus de 2 300 titres dans une interface minimaliste. Moteur de recherche efficace. Sans gestion des droits numériques.
Feedbooks (payant et gratuit)
http://fr.feedbooks.com/
Classiques du domaine public et des nouveautés faciles à trouver en sélectionnant l’option «français».
Renaud-Bray (payant)
http://renaud-bray.com/
Excellente sélection de titres regroupés en catégories. Palmarès et «coups de cœur».
But as for seeing lists of books by reading level, I don't think that's a feature on any of those websites because they're libraries. I didn't check.
When I started reading in English, I started with teenager books. They were easier and with a more accessible vocabulary level. Perhaps you could do that? Another suggestion would be to read a book in French that you already read in English. Also to try: magazines. Or newspapers! My favorite news source is
http://cyberpresse.ca
I've been reading in English for oh maybe 17-18 years now? I would say it took me a few years to really get fluent. What helped me the most was reading Jane Austen. Not your everyday English, it helped me broaden my vocabulary. I consider myself to be fully fluent, even though I don't get to actually speak English very often. Watching tv in English also helped me. And watching movies in English with the English subtitles on.
And if you want to work on your writing, you could try forums, but just like forums in English, they tend to have a low level of writing quality, grammar and spelling-wise.
You don't want to pick up bad habits now, do you?
Good luck!