I have it, but have not yet had a chance to read it - a friend sent it, highly recommending the book.

Thank you for the phone tip! I'm trying to learn Japanese on my own, and not knowing the pronunciation of unfamiliar words is really hindering me!

You need something at your level. Middle grade fiction or nonfiction, or adult books published for Lower skilled readers. Harlequin romance novels or the readers digest select or readers digest condensed books would be good.

I'm local to the museum! Confirm it is named for the same Mütter.

Oh the irony.

Wilf being a hopeless romantic and alcoholic is like, his thing. And they completely ditched that

Grady Hendrix is a great author.

As if the '/s' makes this a useful comment

I was really into horror in my early teens (early 80s) and would trade books with my best friend's mom. We were big fans of James Herbert and Graham Masterton.

Possibly Read along with an audio book, so you can get context from narrator as you read.

Or just go audiobook. But if you are just trying gain reading comprehension then maybe not so great. If just for the story, I love reading with my eyes closed 😂

There are ebooks options where you can readily look up words, but reading on the screen sometimes isn’t enjoyable.

There are screens that are easier on the eyes, kindle style black in style screen.

maybe give Watership Down a try

I wouldn't know, sorry.

I thought it already had a sequel? (Admittedly, it is only a video sequel, but Grinch Night was a childhood fave)

High school reading lists were pretty great, I’d say if they liked Animal Farm then go for 1984, Fahrenheit 451, Metamorphosis, etc. the shorter classics.

This is right down my alley! By chance, is he the same Mütter the museum is named after?

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Thank you.

That was a great read, thanks!

I read Of Mice & Men at school and it gave our whole class a similar feeling to how you felt about Animal Farm I think

My bit of advice I would give to you is to read what you like and ignore the advice of anyone suggesting you read the "classics" or the latest New York Times Bestseller. There are millions of books out there, and it's important to read only what is of interest to you.

Start with easy books. You can search a book's "lexile level" (that means how difficult the vocabulary is). The lower the level, the easier the book.

We just read it in r/bookclub and a lot of people felt the same way, but it seemed like most everyone stuck with it, ended up enjoying it, and understood the choice to use second-person narration once we reached the end.

I heard about it Friend who read it said something about dystopia but im not a big dystopian fan

The Grinch 2: Electric Boogaloo.