u/Kemot1612

Hi, I started reading books in English to learn the language. I have read two books so far and they were easy to read. Now I am reading “1984” and it’s a disaster. I have read 20 pages in 3 hours and gathered 80 words that I don’t know excluding those whose meaning I got from context. I feel like I am reading a dictionary. Is it because this book is too hard? I heard that “1984” is not that hard. Do newer books have easier language? I definitely don’t want to choose books based on their difficulty. Is reading books a good method of learning a language? How should I approach it so I don’t get irritated? Even though I skip all the words I don’t know and I don’t translate them right away, I still get no fun out of reading.

I went back to finish all achievements in grounded. To do that, I need to kill all of the side bosses, so I looked up builds for combat. The best one besides the mantis build was the acid edge and fire ant armor combination. However when I test it, it doesn’t deal as much damage as in the video from a year ago. I have the Thor’s trinket, fire ant pet, maxed out armor and weapon, as well as the recommended mutations. I don’t have the buffs from smoothies and food but I don’t think the guy from the video had them either. What could I be doing wrong?