What I’m currently reading? Three books in different languages! 
(En) Refuge of Dragons (Voices of Dragons #2) by Carrie Vaughn
(Pl) Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling, (Translator Andrzej Polkowski)
(Sp) Los conquistadores de la Antártida by Francisco Coloane
What book(s) are you currently reading?
I’d love to hear all your thoughts and recommendations. 
Just finished reading Voices of Dragons by Carrie Vaughn and I really enjoyed this book. ❤️
The story was so gripping that kept me up into the night! I just couldn’t put the book down!
Can’t wait for the sequel! 😘
Two interesting phrases from this book:
🇺🇲 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)
🔹 hand-me-down = подержанный (hand-me-down truck)
🔹 walk/be on eggshells = ходить на цыпочках, подбирать слова (… he was walking on eggshells around her).
Started Reading – 9 June 2021
Finished Reading – 11 June 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★
Just finished reading the sixth Harry Potter book in Polish. Now I’m so looking forward to reading the final book in the series!
How do I find time to read? 
I read everywhere, whenever I can, even if I have only a couple of minutes. I read on the train, read while standing in a queue, I read at a café etc, etc.
You can always find time to read if you have a really good book with you. The book that you just can’t put down! 
I just finished reading The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.
This book was written by David W. Anthony and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, not just because these subjects (prehistory, horses and languages) are my three favorites.The author also did a really fantastic job and described his detailed and very interesting investigation into the origins of Indo-European languages, the location of the Proto-Indo-European homeland and so much more.
This book was very well written and well-illustrated, and I would highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in knowing more about the Indo-European language family, the domestication of horses, the invention and use of wheeled vehicles, and also about Russian and Ukrainian archaeological studies.
Some interesting quotes from the book:
“It is oddly ironic that capitalist archaeologists made the mode of production central to their definition of the Neolithic, and Marxist archaeologists ignored it.”
“…you cannot understand the Indo-European problem if you ignore migration or pretend it was unimportant in the past.”
“Horse domestication might have depended on a lucky coincidence: the appearance of a relatively manageable and docile male in a place where humans could use him as the breeder of a domesticated bloodline. From the horse’s perspective, humans were the only way he could get a girl. From the human perspective, he was the only sire they wanted.”
“The absence of bit wear means nothing, since other forms of control (nosebands, hackamores) might leave no evidence. But its presence is an unmistakable sign of riding or driving.”
― David W. Anthony, The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World.
Started Reading – 19 March 2021
Finished Reading – 15 April 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★
Дочитала ГП-5 на польском. Самая большая книжка в серии читалась на удивление легко. 
И, как обычно, незнакомых слов было много в самом начале (13 слов на первой странице первой главы), а в конце книги их стало значительно меньше (6 слов на странице предпоследней главы и всего 4 слова в начале последней главы).
Супер-история, на самом деле. Учит языку (языкам! ) и не приедается!
I just finished reading Matilda by Roald Dahl and I loved this little book! 🇬🇧 💖
The writer has a great talent. His characters were so real! I literally cried while reading this touching story and remembering my own childhood...
Started Reading – 13 February 2021
Finished Reading – 20 February 2021
Just finished reading the fourth Harry Potter book in Polish (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire).
It took me nearly two months to finish reading the book. I’ve also noticed that I started to encounter significantly fewer unknown words at the end of the story.
I’m really looking forward to reading the next book in the series! 
Hello friends! Here are my language learning goals and reading plans for 2021. I know I’m a little late but better late than never!
Just finished reading Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson.
This is by far one of the best nonfiction books I’ve ever read! It was published back in 2010, but it’s worth reading even today. The author has captured the problems we are facing right now: how this new digital age is changing the way we think, our ability to focus and compose new ideas, and much more.
I really liked some of his quotes. For example:
“We have developed a culture of instant digital gratification in which there is always something to do – although, ironically, we never seem to be entirely satisfied with what we end up choosing.”
“We have also created a society in which schools teach children how to pass exams but don’t generally teach children how to think.”
“While we may be communicating with each other more, we may be listening and understanding each other less.”
“Fakery, insincerity, and big fat lies all prosper in a world that is too busy or distracted.”
“… too much information isn’t just useless, it’s harmful.”
“… digitization plus connectivity has increased the amount of information it’s now possible to consume to the extent that our attention is now fragmented all of the time.”
“We need to do a little less and think a little more. We need to slow down – not all the time, but occasionally. We need to stop confusing movement with progress…”
So it was a very interesting and thought provoking book, and I really enjoyed reading it.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who has concerns about our rapidly changing world in the digital era. 👍🤗
Started Reading – 11 November 2020
Finished Reading – 11 January 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★
