Jan. 5, 2026
C1: Books I Have Read This Year. Part I
2025 was quite a prolific year for me, especially as regards literature. Not only had I started reading classics in English and thereupon vastly expanded my vocabulary knowledge, but I can also boast having read almost 6000 pages and having completely finished 20 books. Today, I wish to quickly run through the most compelling of these, succinctly summarizing their plot and circumventing any significant spoilers.
My year began with renowned Franz Kafka, whose magnificent works serve the epitome of Absurdist fiction as well as German literature. His writings amalgamate both realism and fantasique, making the reader feel like he is stranded in a bizzare nightmare. In ''The Metamorphosis'', probably his most famous novella, a nondescript salesman Gregor Samsa wakes to find himself inexplicably turned into an enormous insect. In his other works, like ''The Trial'', Kafka puts his charachters into surreal bureaucratic predicaments, which they are incapable of comprehending throughout the whole story.
In February, I proceeded with a novel I've been longing to read for a long time. ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' has not only introduced me into the genre of Magical realism, but also left an indelible expression on me. Hitherto, I have never read anything that could even vaguely resemble the style of this masterpiece. It follows a story of mythical town Macondo located in Latin America. To be precise, it tells a hundred-year-long story of a family that has founded this town. As the story unfolds, the plot becomes quite convoluted, since new family members tend to have similar or sometimes literally the same names as their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents. Additionally, this book is full of inventive and witty literary tricks. For example, there is a sentence that depicts the accumulated complaints of one female character and lasts almost two paper pages!
To be continued.
To proceed with the tradition, here are the five words I recently learned:
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2025 was quite a prolific year for me, especially as regardsing literature.
Today, I wish to quickly run through the most compelling of these, succinctly summarizing their plot and circumventing any significant spoilers.
Circumventing is definitely understood, you might want to say avoiding to sound less formal.
My year began with the renowned Franz Kafka, whose magnificent works serve the epitome of Absurdist fiction as well as German literature.
His writings amalgamate both realism and the fantasiquetic, making the reader feel like he is stranded in a bizzare nightmare.
In his other works, like ''The Trial'', Kafka puts his charachters into surreal bureaucratic predicaments, which they are incapable of comprehending throughout the whole story.
In February, I proceeded with a novel I've been longing to read for a long time.
can say I've been wanting to read if you'd like to be less formal.
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Some great books you mentioned! Your style is definitely more so academic sounding, great job.
Jan. 6, 2026
I appreciate your help, Cade!
2025 was quite a prolific year for me, especially aswith regards to literature.
Not only hadid I started reading classics in English and, thereupon vastly expandeding my vocabulary knowledge, but I can also boast of having read almost 6000 pages and having completely finished 20 books.
I deleted a couple of words that aren't necessary in this context.
Today, I wish to quickly run through the most compelling of these books, succinctly summarizing their plot and circumventingwhile avoiding reference to any significant spoilers.
'Circumventing spoilers' sounds a bit unnatural, so have suggested an alternative phrasing.
My year began with the renowned Franz Kafka, whose magnificent works serve as the epitome of Absurdist fiction as well as of German literature.
His writings amalgamate both realism and the fantasiquetic, making the reader feel like he is stranded in a bizzarre nightmare.
In ''The Metamorphosis'', which is probably his most famous novella, a nondescript salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes to find himself inexplicably turned into an enormous insect.
In his other works, like ''The Trial'', Kafka puts his charachters into surreal bureaucratic predicaments, which they are incapable of comprehending throughout the whole story.
In February, I proceeded with a novel I've had been longing to read for a long time.
''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' has not only introduced me inserved as my introduction to the genre of Magical realism, but also left an indelible eximpression on me.
Your meaning is clear, just a couple suggestions to make it read slightly more naturally!
It follows a story of a mythical town called Macondo, located in Latin America.
To be precise, it tells a hundred-year-long story of athe family that has founded this town.
For example, there is a sentence that depicts the accumulated complaints of one female character and lasts almost two paper pages!
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Well done! Your vocabulary is excellent, so those classical books must be rubbing off on you :)
Jan. 6, 2026
Thank you for your helpful feedback, vitasoyboi!
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2025 was quite a prolific year for me, especially as regards literature. 2025 was quite a prolific year for me, especially 2025 was quite a prolific year for me, especially |
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Not only had I started reading classics in English and thereupon vastly expanded my vocabulary knowledge, but I can also boast having read almost 6000 pages and having completely finished 20 books. Not only I deleted a couple of words that aren't necessary in this context. |
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Today, I wish to quickly run through the most compelling of these, succinctly summarizing their plot and circumventing any significant spoilers. Today, I wish to quickly run through the most compelling of these books, succinctly summarizing their plot 'Circumventing spoilers' sounds a bit unnatural, so have suggested an alternative phrasing. Today, I wish to quickly run through the most compelling of these, succinctly summarizing their plot and circumventing any significant spoilers. Circumventing is definitely understood, you might want to say avoiding to sound less formal. |
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My year began with renowned Franz Kafka, whose magnificent works serve the epitome of Absurdist fiction as well as German literature. My year began with the renowned Franz Kafka, whose magnificent works serve as the epitome of Absurdist fiction as well as of German literature. My year began with the renowned Franz Kafka, whose magnificent works serve the epitome of Absurdist fiction as well as German literature. |
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His writings amalgamate both realism and fantasique, making the reader feel like he is stranded in a bizzare nightmare. His writings amalgamate both realism and the fantas His writings amalgamate both realism and the fantas |
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In ''The Metamorphosis'', probably his most famous novella, a nondescript salesman Gregor Samsa wakes to find himself inexplicably turned into an enormous insect. In ''The Metamorphosis'', which is probably his most famous novella, a nondescript salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes to find himself inexplicably turned into an enormous insect. |
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In his other works, like ''The Trial'', Kafka puts his charachters into surreal bureaucratic predicaments, which they are incapable of comprehending throughout the whole story. In his other works, like ''The Trial'', Kafka puts his charac In his other works, like ''The Trial'', Kafka puts his charachters into surreal bureaucratic predicaments, which they are incapable of comprehending throughout the whole story. |
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In February, I proceeded with a novel I've been longing to read for a long time. In February, I proceeded with a novel I In February, I proceeded with a novel I've been longing to read for a long time. can say I've been wanting to read if you'd like to be less formal. |
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''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' has not only introduced me into the genre of Magical realism, but also left an indelible expression on me. ''One Hundred Years of Solitude'' Your meaning is clear, just a couple suggestions to make it read slightly more naturally! |
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Hitherto, I have never read anything that could even vaguely resemble the style of this masterpiece. |
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It follows a story of mythical town Macondo located in Latin America. It follows a story of a mythical town called Macondo, located in Latin America. |
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To be precise, it tells a hundred-year-long story of a family that has founded this town. To be precise, it tells a hundred-year-long story of |
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As the story unfolds, the plot becomes quite convoluted, since new family members tend to have similar or sometimes literally the same names as their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents. |
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Additionally, this book is full of inventive and witty literary tricks. |
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For example, there is a sentence that depicts the accumulated complaints of one female character and lasts almost two paper pages! For example, there is a sentence that depicts the accumulated complaints of one female character and lasts almost two |
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To be continued. |
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