My second hand book haul from today. ❤️ Books in English! 🇬🇧 🇺🇲
🔹The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett. An interesting comic fantasy novel.
🔹Agent of Byzantium by Harry Turtledove. Alternate history, fantasy and more!
Small used book haul
Tag: #English
Books by H. M. Hoover in my wishlist!
I’d like to read these books someday:
Treasures of Morrow by H. M. Hoover (1976)
The Delikon by H. M. Hoover (1978)
Away Is a Strange Place to Be by H. M. Hoover (1990)
When the Ashes Fall
Прочитала When the Ashes Fall by Jacqueline Druga. Сначала было очень интересно, но потом интерес начал угасать и дочитывала до конца уже без особого энтузиазма. Хорошая книга, но я ожидала бОльшего.
Выписала только две фразы:
T-bone = broadside (collision) = врезаться в бок автомобиля;
jack = самая малость, чуточка (You know jack…).
October 2021 Reading List
3 interesting books I’m reading this October:
When the Ashes Fall by Jacqueline Druga (in English) 🇺🇲
Profesor Wilczur by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (in Polish) 🇵🇱
Сталин. Жизнь и смерть by Edvard Radzinsky (in Russian) 🇷🇺
The first book by Barbara Cartland I’ve read in English
Barbara Cartland pure romance novels. I love reading them from time to time in Russian. 🇷🇺 This was the first novel by Barbara Cartland that I’ve read in English 🇬🇧 and I liked the book!
The Marquis Who Hated Women by Barbara Cartland. In Russian it would be called “Маркиз, который ненавидел женщин”. :)
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Some interesting words and expressions from this book:
🇬🇧 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)
🔹 hansom = hansom cab = двухколесный экипаж (кучер сзади)
🔹 hamper = корзина с продуктами (с крышкой)
🔹 by hook or by crook = by any means = всеми правдами и неправдами, во что бы то ни стало (“… find her father by hook or by crook.“)
🔹 cock-a-hoop = в восторге, ликующий, бурно радующийся (“I am cock-a-hoop only because I am so grateful!”)
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Started Reading – 18 August 2021
Finished Reading – 24 August 2021
A very short book review: The V Girl
The V Girl by Mya Robarts. I’ve wanted to read this book for a long time after reading the description and all the amazing reviews on Goodreads but it was not at all what I had expected. It was very uncomfortable to read at times…
What I’m currently reading?
What I’m currently reading? Two great books in different languages! 
(En) How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Dale Carnegie.
(Pl) Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci (Harry Potter #7) by J.K. Rowling, (Translator Andrzej Polkowski).
A really good light romance novel by D. E. Stevenson
Just finished The Tall Stanger by D. E. Stevenson (in English). 🇬🇧 ❤️ I really enjoyed this novel. It was well written, fast paced and very romantic! 🤗
I liked the plot. But the most important thing is the language of the book. The richest English language, which is rarely seen today!
Some interesting phrases from this book:
🇬🇧 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)
🔹 come weal come woe = в горе и в радости;
🔹 making a mountain out of a molehill = делать из мухи слона (“You think I’m making a mountain out of a molehill?”)
🔹 be someone’s pigeon = be someone’s concern (“… declaring that it was her pigeon…” = “… это было ее дело”)
🔹 straight as a die = прямой, честный, такой не подведет (… Ned was the soul of honour – straight as a die!)
Started Reading – 28 May 2021
Finished Reading – 23 July 2021
My Rating: 4 Stars ★★★★
An interesting book about dragons!
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 ★★★★★
Anna Karenina – the same opening line in 5 different languages (Eng, Esp, Pol, Rus, Am) /Read aloud
Hi friends! Today I’m going to read you in 5 different languages the same first sentence from a famous Russian book Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. Let’s compare this famous opening line, and how it’s pronounced in Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian.