hehe, this is my first time learning Spanish, and it's coming pretty slowly. I'm not being very proactive about learning though, I should be learning faster. I have a background in french, and apparently that's supposed t help.
That's too bad you read it after. I find that often a movie can never be as good as the book. If the movie had every last detail, it would be way too long. I'm disappointed I watched the movie before trying to read the book. I'm trying to wait long enough so that I forget the story when I read it.