Друзья! Поздравляю всех с наступающим Новым годом и Рождеством! От всей души желаю вам огромного счастья, богатырского здоровья, творческих успехов и удачи во всех делах и начинаниях!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
¡Feliz Año Nuevo! ¡Feliz Navidad!
Z Nowym Rokiem! Wesołych Świąt!
Shnorhavor Amanor ev Surb Cnund!
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1) The Ivory Tower (a dystopian YA short story) by Kirstin Pulioff.
What a read! This short story blew me away. Amazing, just amazing!
2) Enchanted Castle (Book 1 in The Enchanted Castle Series) by Chrissy-Peebles.
3) A Measure of Disorder (Book 1 in The Mother-Earth Series) by Alan Tucker.
It was definitely one of the best books I read this year! I really loved the setting, the descriptions, the writing. I enjoyed every page!
4) A Cure for Chaos (Book 2 in The Mother-Earth Series) by Alan Tucker.
It’s a great read for YA and older readers!
5) Mother’s Heart (Book 3 in The Mother-Earth Series) by Alan Tucker.
Great books, all three of them! The author has created a unique and believable world with great characters and storylines. I love Jenni and Sara, Brandon and Bonnie, Alisha and Crank, Denny, Lori, Todd… even Mogritas. They are all so real! I miss them already. Hope to find more books as good as these someday!
6) My Mr. Rochester. Episode 1 (Jane Eyre Retold) by L.K. Rigel.
No… I’m sorry.
7) The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution by George John Romanes. (London: MACMILLAN AND CO., 1882).
It was well written and interesting work. I am so glad I found this book!
8) Angelique in Love (Book 5 in Angelique Series) by Sergeanne Golon.
To tell the truth, Russian translation of the book is much better. I would love to be able to read it in the original language (French) one day.
9) Perfect Chemistry (Book 1 in Perfect Chemistry Series) by Simone Elkeles.
A good easy read but slightly predictable at the end. And too many swear words…
10) Rules of Attraction (Book 2 in Perfect Chemistry Series) by Simone Elkeles.
It was just too similar to the first book in the series.
11) Funny Tragic Crazy Magic (Book 1 in Tragic Magic Series) by Sheena Boekweg.
A great plot twist! I loved this book!
12) Anna and the French Kiss (Book 1 in Anna and the French Kiss Series) by Stephanie Perkins.
It was the first English book that I couldn’t finish…
13) The Secret by Taylor Hart.
This was an interesting quick read but I expected a bit more.
14) My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick.
I loved this book so much! This is a very sweet and touching story about family, love and choices we make. Very well written!
15) Hell’s Hollow by Summer Stone.
A good debut book. Interesting but slightly boring sometimes.
16) The Pull of Destiny by Cheri Pye (hotcheri).
I’m reading it right now and I love this book! I really enjoy every chapter, every page of it. What a great read! Thank you, author!
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I hope I will be able to read books in Spanish and Polish soon! :)
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Давно уже прочитала, да все как-то не было времени опубликовать. :)
Hell’s Hollow by Summer Stone (Publication Date: Mar 14, 2013. Print Length: 182 pages).
Не понравилась концовка, скучновато немного, но в целом для дебюта – очень даже хорошо.
Интересные слова и выражения:
Bark up the wrong tree = обратиться не по адресу, ошибиться, напасть на ложный след (You may be barking up the wrong tree asking me this stuff);
bide one’s time = ждать благоприятного, подходящего момента, случая (I was dying to ask him more about being locked up, about what he’d meant when he’d said “murderer”, but I needed to bide my time);
blow off = отшить (Suddenly he seemed sad and serious. I worried that it meant he wasn’t interested in being friends with a freak like me – that he was struggling to find some polite way of blowing me off);
circa = c. = ca. = приблизительно (Just then, the circa – 1970 transistor radio on the metal desk came on by itself blaring oldies. The Hollow was up to its tricks);
croak = (разг.) умереть (The chipmunk died suddenly, like it was super strong and healthy for a minute, like crazy good, and then it had a heart attack or something and croaked);
lay claim to = предъявлять права на что-либо (A few of the local men tried to sneak in and lay claim to this land);
legal pad = блокнот с отрывными страницами из желтой линованной бумаги, без обложки, очень популярный в США (She scribbled notes on a legal pad);
let down = разочаровывать, подводить (I trusted you. How could you let me down like this?);
stall = глохнуть – о двигателе (I knew he’d gotten stuck here when his car had stalled out on his way from West Virginia to San Francisco);
spring= побег, освобождение из тюрьмы или плена. Возможно, от слова «spring» – открывать с помощью пружины, отомкнуть (You figure out how to block those radio signals, then come back and spring us);
wound-up = взвинченный, заведенный (I paced around my small room, too wound up to be still).
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Dasa Book Café is by far one of my favourite places in Bangkok (Thailand)! I buy an interesting book every time I go there. This year I’ve bought from Dasa:
1) The Merck Veterinary Manual, 7th Edition by Clarence M. Fraser (editor), 1991.
2) Cacti (New Plant Library) by Terry Hewitt, 2002. My first English book on cacti! 
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¡Hola a todos! Me llamo Katya y esta es una de las primeras publicaciones en (de?) mi blog que hago en español.
Me gusta mucho aprender las idiomas y me encantan leer los libros y ver las películas (y series) en su idioma original.
Mis TV-series favoritos son:
– en Español: Tú o nadie (Mexico), Sortilegio (Mexico), El internado. Laguna Negra (España), Los Protegidos (España);
– en Inglés: Babylon 5 (USA), Pretender (USA), Roswell (USA), Grimm (USA), All Creatures Great and Small (UK), The Scarlet Pimpernel (UK, 1999).
Tambien me gusta tejer (a dos agujas y a crochet), hacer punto de cruz, pintar (con el método Pintar por números), escuchar música latina, hacer fotos, pasear con mi perro y pasar tiempo com my familia. ¡Bienvenido! :)
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I’ve just finished reading the first chapter of Harry Potter y la Piedra Filosofal – the first Harry Potter book in Spanish.
Thanks for Lingvo, Multitran and a variety of Spanish language websites – they all really helped me a lot in understanding what is going on (happening?) in the story.
So, now I’m looking forward for the next chapters. 
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I’ve just created an Italki account. 
I hope that online lessons will help me to learn foreign languages better.
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Daniela Romo – великолепная женщина, замечательная актриса, певица с незабываемым голосом. Песни: Para Soñar, Quiero Amanecer con alguien, Adelante Corazón, Yo No Te Pido La Luna.
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Вообще, с польским у нас очень интересные отношения складываются. Благодаря прослушанному уже раз пять-шесть “Знахарю” на польском, хорошо понимаю польскую речь на слух, но когда нужно что-то прочитать… эээ… ууу… ааа… – пока что одни междометия получаются.
А про то, чтобы что-то сказать на польском – вообще молчу. :)
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2 дня назад исполнилось 80 лет со дня рождения Кира Булычева – одного из моих любимейших писателей и просто очень хорошего человека!
Удивительно, но Игорь Всеволодович Можейко долгие годы скрывал, что Кир Булычев – это он. Опасался, что руководство Института Востоковедения, где он работал, посчитает фантастику занятием несерьезным и уволит…
Писатель, подаривший миру Алису Селезневу, «Любимца», «Поселок» и много других сильных вещей! Как жаль, что он прожил так мало…
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