my first real origami book was montroll's "origami sculptures". I got stuck on most of the models, but instead of ending all this, I bought another book. basic folds are very clear descriped by Peter Budai at his homepage. you can download his usefull basic-fold documentary here:
http://members.tripod.com/~PeterBudai/Folds/Folds.pdf
his whole page is nice:
http://members.tripod.com/~PeterBudai/Index_en.htm
barlou's idea with origami.com wasn't bad, but if I was you, I would start with easy stuff to get some practice (especially with reading diagrams). if you think, all this is getting too boring, you can enter the next level
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its also a very good idea to fold something, you are interested in, like birds of fish. I made the experience, that it was always way easier to fold something I was really interested in.
good books to buy would be:
John Montroll - Favorite Animals in Origami
John Montroll - Easy Origami
John Montroll - Teach yourself Origami
Robert Harbin - Secrets of Origami
Kunihiko Kasahara - Origami Made Easy
greetings
Christian