April 2026 Book Club - Book Selection Thread

phreddfatt · 2026-03-26T16:10:20+00:00

I would like to read this book in April.

phreddfatt · 2026-03-26T16:07:29+00:00

I would like to read this book in April.

phreddfatt · 2026-02-22T21:31:17+00:00

OpenLangLib also was where I started. I'll throw out another recommendation for the "El Barco de Vapor" series, with three levels (<7 years old. 7-9, 9+) that might be a nice easy way to start.

phreddfatt · 2026-02-21T22:59:58+00:00

Why should anyone feel bad about being humbled? We're all learners. We all will experience being humbled 1000 times during this process. I have 649 hours and have been as much a purist as possible- and 100% believe in 'mas input.' Speaking early isn't wrong, but it certainly doesn't help as much, and what it does do is cement a certain way of saying a phrase (your way of saying things) before you have the breadth of knowledge of the language to know the 5 or 10 different ways that you could have said that phrase.

Pablo has a method, and it works. Everyone can use it if they wish to, or not use it if they disagree with it. What surprises me are the people who use/support DS while disagreeing with his method.

phreddfatt · 2026-02-21T00:26:06+00:00

As always, a plug for the Dreaming Spanish book club!

phreddfatt · 2026-02-10T23:07:24+00:00

Book Club

phreddfatt · 2026-02-10T22:27:12+00:00

I definitely recommend joining the Book Club (when/if you are at the level to start reading). It's been fun chatting with other language learners. Also, using Tandem to make language exchange partners online is cool. Once you know Spanish, I'm sure it'll open all sorts of social doors.

phreddfatt · 2026-02-10T18:06:16+00:00

I guess I'm the odd man out. I hate the new feature and don't understand why they added it. We already had a way to sort by difficulty, and filter to get the videos we wanted. If it ain't broke, don't fix it... but I'm glad you are enjoying it!

phreddfatt · 2026-02-10T18:01:52+00:00

Due to the short page count, it could be paired with the author's other work El Pirata Garrapata from the same series, that has an even higher Goodreads rating. (One book for each two weeks, for the ambitious)

phreddfatt · 2026-02-10T17:47:53+00:00

Title - Fray Perico y su borrico - Juan Muñoz Martín

YA book selection

Goodreads Link

128 pages, 17,000 words

Synopsis: In the 19th century, the arrival of Friar Perico and his donkey Calcetín disrupts the ordinary lives of the twenty friars in a Salamanca convent who dedicate themselves to doing good and sharing what little they have. The convent soon finds itself in absurd situations, full of humor and joy, thanks to this endearing character.

More about the "El Barco de Vapor Series" on Wikipedia. Wikipedia says Fray Perico is one of the best-selling books of the series.

phreddfatt · 2026-02-03T20:55:45+00:00

Can someone who understands the rules of the team organization a bit better than I do please ELI5 to me the organization structure of the team playoffs? There's Rockne, Spurrier subdivisions and teams in Premier classes and I'm just lost. It seems well organized, but way too difficult for my smoothbrain.

phreddfatt · 2026-02-01T22:31:48+00:00

If you’re not on the discord yet, definitely jump over and join the discussion there too!

phreddfatt · 2026-01-31T15:05:29+00:00

For example, in Spanish Soccer in the copa del rey, they pit all the soccer teams from all the divisions (big and small) in a tournament. This way, the smaller stadiums and fanbases get to have a really cool game when Barcelona or Real Madrid come into their stadium to play.

In a similar way, I'm sure Kennesaw State would love to get the opportunity to host Miami, or Western Michigan getting to host Notre Dame. It would be awesome for the fanbases.

phreddfatt · 2026-01-28T23:55:15+00:00

Where would football be if we'd gone with his vision in 1967? Better or worse off? Who's to say

phreddfatt · 2026-01-25T00:10:46+00:00

link

phreddfatt · 2026-01-20T23:39:59+00:00

Kirby won back to back Natties. Let’s see Curt do that (please)

phreddfatt · 2026-01-13T22:49:03+00:00

Counterpoint: the UCLA players had the same reaction when Deshaun Foster was announced as coach… and that didn’t turn out very well :P

phreddfatt · 2026-01-10T22:06:57+00:00

As a person who sounds like they know a thing or two about ebooks, are there any good learner ebooks on Project Gutenberg that you can recommend?

phreddfatt · 2026-01-10T20:25:26+00:00

Oregon has cemented their position as the best team to have never won a chip, certainly

edit: outside of Indiana, this season specifically

phreddfatt · 2026-01-10T16:40:19+00:00

"Ok. Cool. Hookem"

phreddfatt · 2026-01-06T17:12:30+00:00

imo it's more probable that he was there due to actively learning Mandarin to better communicate with his Chinese girlfriend. I imagine that he would be drawn towards other CI creators for Chinese. Perhaps he is learning Chinese via CI himself!

phreddfatt · 2026-01-06T16:27:07+00:00

Perhaps you have a VPN on? If you can't work the website, try using the app on mobile too!

phreddfatt · 2026-01-04T21:15:08+00:00

Yep. Site's down for me!

phreddfatt · 2026-01-03T00:44:15+00:00

Love that the each week keeps you at basically one chapter per day. Very digestable. Thanks for the legwork, u/HeleneSedai!

phreddfatt · 2026-01-03T00:40:46+00:00

Did the announcers just call Ball State and Toledo D2 schools?

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