Reading in Spanish is kinda like that. It's not that I can't do it--it's that it takes me so long to get into the book and start really *reading* instead of translating. It's killer.

I'll never forget, though, when I was in Spain, and struggling through literature in classes (some of it in the equivalent of Shakespearean English) I was able to fly through more modern, popular literature. That was so nice. *sighs wistfully*