Oh that's true, but it's still better to speak the language if you can! And you're right, it really is a beautiful language. I love it the most out of the ones I speak.
You were born in France? My mother was French, we spent almost every summer out there. It was an amazing experience getting to grow up in two countries every year.
I need to check out some more french literature, I think. I used to keep up on my languages that way - Spanish books one week, Italian the next, etc - but the dreams tend to side-rail a lot of things.