Second Spanish Reader

This is without a doubt one of the best paid Spanish readers available for Kindle to-date. In a world where one often has to settle for 40-odd page pamphlets, finding a 500 page reader with solid content feels great. From what I've seen, it also happens to be one of the better ALARM method readers out there. To be honest, I wasn't so sure about this book at first, but getting into it, I quickly began to enjoy myself. The entire reader is actually an endearingly quirky novella about a detective's investigations at a bank. While not an epic work of literature, the story kept me entertained and manged to boost my reading comprehension. Stylistically speaking, The text itself features a mix of formal and informal language contexts rather than tending towards one or the other. This is important for those of use who like being able to process and produce language in context. Best of all, the extensive(excessive) vocab lists and English translations for each passage make the learning experience feel natural. There's no need to wrap your mind around mind-boggling grammar explanations just learn things the natural way...in context! I've bought and read five such English Spanish bilingual books so far, this was the best because, 1) the stories are not slow, which is important, since we're reading slowly already. 2) words and phrases are repeated often, 3) the words and phrases are common and conversational. Having loved reading the first volume in this series of bilingual Spanish/English readers ( First Spanish Reader for beginners bilingual for speakers of English (Graded Spanish Readers) (French Edition) ), I was really looking forward to reading this volume as well. And I was not disappointed. This volume does indeed go deeper and farther in reviewing many more words and all the common tenses, while telling a single, sometimes humorous story. Love it! It is fun to read and learn using this book. It contains half-a-page texts with translations and vacabulary refresher with translations in the form of funny replicas. Perfect for my 50 min daily commute to work.