Just Plain Weird by Tom Upton. I got this book as a free kindle purchase some years ago (on January 7, 2014) and I really wasn’t expecting it to be that good.
What a story! I really loved this book. This was one of the best YA science fiction I’ve read so far.
It was well written, interesting and just-plain-weird. :)
Highly recommended!
Started Reading – 22 September 2018
Finished Reading – 07 November 2018
My Rating: 5 Stars
Когда-то давно читала эту книгу на русском. У нас она называлась: “Узник моего желания” (автор Джоанна Линдсей). И вот наконец-то удалось найти книгу на английском языке: Prisoner of My Desire by Johanna Lindsey, и прочитать ее в оригинале.
Интересно, но… мне больше понравилась русская версия. Обычно бывает наоборот, и я от оригинала просто оторваться не могу, однако здесь я так и не смогла погрузиться в историю до конца, почувствовать ту химию, что была между персонажами в русской переводе.
Прочитать книгу в оригинале, конечно, всегда интересно, но вот если соберусь когда-нибудь перечитывать эту историю – буду читать ее на русском языке. :)
Начала читать: 17 августа 2018 г.
Закончила читать: 29 августа 2018 г.
Project Snow by Cherita Smith. I got this book as a free kindle purchase about six months ago (on November 21, 2017) and I really enjoyed reading it a lot.
It was an interesting short story that had me gripped from the very beginning and kept me guessing until the very end! I’d definitely like to read more books written by this author.
Started Reading – 24 June 2018
Finished Reading – 28 June 2018
My Rating: 5 Stars
Книга Джеймса Хэрриота “О всех созданиях – больших и малых” – одна из самых любимых книг моего детства. Брала ее в библиотеке много раз: читала, сдавала, а через какое-то время снова брала.
И вот, наконец-то в первый раз прочитала ее в оригинале – All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Смеялась и плакала, иногда одновременно. Удивительный талант у автора – умение перенести читателя в описываемые события настолько, что ты просто не можешь оторваться от истории.
И даже зная, чем дело кончится, ты каждый раз, как в первый, переживаешь за героев книги, всех без исключения, людей и животных с одинаковой силой!
Кстати, в оригинальной версии все это еще сильнее ощущается. И возможно поэтому я читала книгу так долго. Просто… не хотелось, чтобы она заканчивалась. Хотелось побыть с персонажами еще немного подольше.
Начала читать: 20 декабря 2017 г.
Закончила читать: 22 февраля 2018 г.
Моя оценка: 5 из 5 (Была бы возможность – поставила бы выше!)
Great talk and a great lecturer! She also wrote a book called The Jungle Effect: A Doctor Discovers the Healthiest Diets from Around the World–Why They Work and How to Bring Them Home. The book sounds really interesting, I hope to read it soon!
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I just finished reading On the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves. Interesting book, fast-paced and engaging.
Started Reading – 21 March 2015
Finished Reading – 27 March 2015
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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