Nutshell de Ian McEwan

¿Cúal es el último libro que has leído? Leí Nutshell de Ian McEwan. Durante su noveno mes en el útero, un feto cuenta la historia de un asesinato. Su madre y Claude, el hermano de su padre, son amantes, y están planeando matar al padre de bebé. Por los podcasts que escucha la mamá, el…

Instrumental by James Rhodes

What’s the last book you read? The last book I read was a memoir, Instrumental by James Rhodes, a current concert pianist from London who suffered sexual abuse during several years of his childhood. These experiences left him with several consequences, both physical as mental. He was institutionalized in several mental hospitals and tried to…

Going for a run (Corrections)

These are the corrections and explanations for Roberto’s post “Going for a run” Roberto wrote, “I didn’t need anything more,” replaced with “I was all set” “all set” is an idiom used to mean “ready to go” or “all finished.” “I didn’t need anything more is grammatical, but sounds less colloquial.   Roberto wrote, “you can…

Going for a run

I love going for a run. I’ve run since I was a child; in fact, I still keep several medals from school competitions and local races. While I gave up competitions a long time ago, I have been running a lot more in the last few years just for personal enjoyment.   A few years…

Correr en la nieve (Correcciones)

Estas son las correcciones correspondientes para el post “Correr en la nieve” escrito por Jessica: Jessica escribió “cuando vivía aquí como joven” y fue sustituido por “cuando vivía aquí de joven” En castellano no se dice “como joven” si no “de joven” o “cuando era joven” .En este caso utilizamos “de joven” para no repetir…