My teachers told me that the best way to learn Spanish is to read in Spanish so I bought this book.  It was written by one of the heros of Alhambra, an American named Washington Irving.  Our tour guide said that it is perhaps the best book in American literature  (and that was after I had already bought it so she didn’t influence the purchase).

Eli and Fani, I am going to follow your advice and read in Spanish.