English how about just conversation?

Hi,
I think it’s difficult to begin a conversation without having a topic you are interested in. - Jus smalltalk is not everybody’s interest.

And another point: speaking English may be quite easy. But writing English is much more difficult.

I regret that such a written conversation seems to be impossible. 

Mirisfad

It seems that nobody wants to communicate in English.
 

Well, that is certainly not the case, @yoli. I tried several times to muster some interest in myself to take part in English conversation but the topics seemed quite hopeless to me. As @mirisfad points out, not  everyone likes small talk or travel or the weather. I am quite interested in a general way to practice my English but I feel there should be something more to talk about. Just now I can`t think of anything to engage in in a deeper way, maybe books and literature and poems, several people might be reading a book together and discuss it, that would be something to my personal taste but I only suggest it as an example. Maybe other members could come up with ideas? 

Hello @Yoli and welcome @Bonzadog, @mirisfad and @flacon !
 
Nice to read you again, yoli :-)
But why are you so impatient ?
You have been away for some time, too ;-)
 
What a pity, Bonzadog, that you haven't used your English, too - especially as a native speaker ;-)
I'm looking forward reading your English phrases.

Mirisfad, what are items, you would be interested in ?
Writing is as well as speaking just a matter of practice. Unfortunately I have currently less practice in speaking but I enjoy using a language in any way.
And by the way, as well as in German, discussions in English can be very interesting/entertaining !
 
Flacon, literature is a good idea, I think.
In my case I have currently not the time to read a lot other books.
But perhaps I'm going to start another thread with a certain item.
And I can spend a hint for a book, which I heard of - or: of which I heard of ? *grmpf - Corrections very welcome :-)
I'll write it in the other literature thread…
 
Have a nice weekend !


PS:
I was wrong, thought, there exists a literature thread but didn't find one where my hint would fit to.

So here:
The author Tobias Schlegl was talking in the NDR talk show (German), you can watch it here, if you want. A very interesting and impressive human.
And there he suggested his book "Strom" which seems to be interesting.
Well, I probably wouldn't like it because I don't like e.g. whodunnits or certain kind of fiction but apart from this I can imagine that the book is very good and the item fits to this forum with the older people, too ;-)
So, perhaps one of you would like to read it...
 

 Just now I can`t think of anything to engage in in a deeper way, maybe books and literature and poems, several people might be reading a book together and discuss it, that would be something to my personal taste but I only suggest it as an example. Maybe other members could come up with ideas? 

Good morning everybody
I hardly ever write here, but don't like the idea seeing this (friendly) thread dying. For this reason I like to introduce you to  a book I'm reading right now. I bought it last week at the airport leaving Florida. Maybe you'll like it, here is what's written on the cover:

Elizabeth Strout - Lucy by the sea

I March 2020, Lucy's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to go back in a week or two.Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea.

Elizabet Strout won "The Pulitzer Prize for Olive Kitteridge in 2009


globetrotter

Here is a description of the book „Strom“ in German:
https://www.piper.de/buecher/strom-isbn-978-3-492-07133-8

I am sure this book is thrilling, emotional and treats an actual topic and it is a book in German.
Wouldn’t it be better to choose an English-American book when we want to discuss it in English?

What about e.g. these books:
https://www.amazon.de/Coldest-Winter-Paula-Fox/dp/0805078061 ?
https://www.amazon.de/Through-My-Eyes-Ruby-Bridges/dp/0590189239 
https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1022805554?ProvID=11000522&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvL-oBhCxARIsAHkOiu04A5FrngnONAKqGRlq8PSedVefYOLGyGqQdD4v9vK7FjvcyxNQL7MaArTAEALw_wcB

Or something similar?

What are your ideas? 

Mirisfad

 

Another book I was looking for might be:

https://www.thalia.de/shop/home/artikeldetails/A1003129922?ProvID=11000533&gclid=Cj0KCQjwvL-oBhCxARIsAHkOiu0BbiXp2Cc8TQMMciIb8NbGmsLQFqRMsBr_lfQH7Hl68-a4NNcqL5EaAt_TEALw_wcB

If you would like, we could correspond.

Elizabeth Strout - Lucy by the sea
  A Good  idea but until I order it and read it, time goes by. Never heard of Elisabeth Strout.