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1. What is the title of the last book you finished? What was the name of the author? When did you finish it? How long did it take to read?
2. Was it good? Why?
3. What was it about?
4. Why did you choose it?
5. Are you a voracious reader? If yes, how many books a year do you finish? What kind of books do you like to read? Why? Please recommend a book to the group. If no, how many books do you read a year? Why don't you enjoy books? Do you read newspapers or comics instead?

6. Reading Graded Readers (special fiction and non-fiction books written or re-written for second language learners to enjoy) can improve your English faster than English lessons. Do you regularly borrow books from the Reading Tree? If yes, tell us about your success and failures using the Reading Tree. If no, you must be crazy, why not!!?

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Question 1

The last book I finished was A Dance With Dragons, which is the fifth volume in the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin. I read it over the period of a couple of months, three years ago. I was reading it slowly because I wanted the experience to last.

Question 2

I think that all of the books in the series A Song of Ice and Fire are good, but this was not my favourite book of the series... however, I did enjoy it much more than the previous book, A Feast for Crows (Which I found a little disappointing). The author has a real gift for creating fascinating characters and putting them in shocking and thrilling situations.

Question 3

A Song of Ice and Fire is an epic fantasy with dozens of important characters and several intertwining storylines. It would be impossible to sum up the plot in the time I have available. Very basically, it is about people scheming to take control of The Seven Kingdoms while a much greater threat approaches from The North.

Question 4

I chose it because I enjoy the series and wanted to find out what happens next. There is also a TV series based on the books, but the books include more characters and details.

Question 5

I read every day but recently I haven't been finishing books because I have no room on my bookshelves for any more books! I have mainly been reading non-fiction recently, books like The Insiders Guide to Classical Recordings or The Story of Art, that do not need to be consumed from cover to cover like a novel. I read and re-read certain parts of those books, rather than finishing anything. As a child and as a teenager I used to read one to four books a week, every week. I highly recommend both The Insiders Guide to Classical Recordings and The Story of Art. Both are well-written and entertaining as well as educational.

Question 6

I don't use Reading Tree because I am a native speaker of English. However, I certainly recommend that my students use it!

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