Tag: #ChildrenLiterature

English books I’ve read in 2014

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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The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit

Не пошел у меня что-то в этом месяце ГП-5 (Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix). Зато дочитала, наконец-то, очередную детскую книжку: The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit. Тяжеловато было ее читать из-за обилия старых слов, которые не употребляются сегодня. Да и стиль автора, с детализацией природы/погоды, мне не очень близок. Но, все-таки осилила. Из интересного надыбала вот что:

alder – ольха;
ash (tree) – ясень;
bramble – ежевика;
gooseberries = goosedogs – крыжовник (ягоды);
pomegranate – гранат;
willow herb – кипрей узколистный, иван-чай;
yarrow – тысячелистник обыкновенный;

quicksilver – ртуть (дословно: быстрое, мягкое серебро);
‘tec = tec – разг., сокращ. от detective;

I clean forgot – я напрочь (совсем) забыл;
I couldn’t answer for the consequences – я не отвечаю за последствия;
it makes all the difference (in the world) – это (совсем) другое дело; это (существенно) меняет дело; в этом все дело;
payment on account = payment received on account – оплата по безнал. расчету;
payment on delivery – оплата при доставке; наложенным платежом;
(to) rise to the occasion – оказаться на высоте положения

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English language and books

I think, my English is becoming (getting?) better. I’ve read one more self-teaching textbook and about 200 pages of “Animal Stories for Nine-Year-Olds” chosen by Helen Pailba. The children’s book turned out to be a very useful reading for me, taught me to read faster and not to check with a dictionary for every unknown word.

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Titus Rules OK by Dick King-Smith

Дочитала сегодня книгу “Titus Rules OK” (автор Dick King-Smith). ПрикОльная книжка для детей самого младшего возраста о собаке породы корги, живущей во дворце у английской королевы.

Читается очень легко, и сразу становится понятно, что этот распевный, ритмичный язык – не современный английский, к сожалению :)

Интересные фразы:

Ta = thank-you, thankee, thanks = спасибо;

Ta very much = Ta ever so = большое спасибо;

rules OK = чемпион, рулит, крут (ну, по смыслу :));

and so forth = и так далее.

И еще одно словосочетание (ради него пришлось изрядно помучить Яндекс):

Chocolate digestives = шоколадные бисквиты. Этими печеньями королева постоянно пичкала несчастного корги. Бедный пес!

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