That’s what the link’s for…
Yes, I’m from the Netherlands (45 minute drive to the german border, I’m guessing).

and… thank you! it’s a great compliment. Dutch is my first language, English second.
I guess it just developped rather easily because as a child I always liked the bbc way better than most dutch channels (apparently bodger & badger is eductive after all! imagine that…) And apart from that, I read a lot of english; it’s given me a much bigger vocab-range.
It’s really the same thing as this challenge’s purpose… familiarity helps you learn.

I’m planning on reading more original german work as well, also because I have to next year (for school). But I think at the moment it’ll help me more to read a book I already know really well – it’s a bit like watching the lord of the rings movies in german; I know the script in english so well that I can reference it to what I’m hearing in german. make any sence?

terrible, to be perfectly honest…
they don’t even have it in the library over here! I’ll have to order it after all.
not that I have time to read; I’m in my final year now, and my attitude towards exams is crappy to say the least… so I spend all day learning or sitting around, think about how much I hate doing schoolwork :) (very productive, indeed)

Around April I have to take literature courses, so I’ll at least be reading some German then…. I doubt Harry Potter is allowed though (shame, shame)