Tag: #polyglotreader

Fahrenheit 451

I just finished reading Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. I read the book in just three and a half days and I really liked the story. Great read, very emotional! It’s definitely a must read for anyone who loves good social science fiction novels!

Two interesting words from this book:
🇺🇲 (En) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)

🔹 heresy = ересь;
🔹 pratfall = падение на зад (например, клоуна) нарочито неуклюжее и вызывающее смех; оплошность, провал (“Life becomes one big pratfall, Montag; everything bang; boff, and wow!”).

Some of my favorite quotes from Fahrenheit 451 are:

“Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward. I saw the way things were going, a long time back. I said nothing. I’m one of the innocents who could have spoken up and out when no one would listen to the ‘guilty,’ but I did not speak and thus became guilty myself. And when finally they set the structure to burn the books, using the firemen, I grunted a few times and subsided, for there were no others grunting or yelling with me, by then. Now, it’s too late.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

“We are living in a time when flowers are trying to live on flowers, instead of growing on good rain and black loam.”
― Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451

Кайдашева сім’я (book in Ukrainian)

Just finished reading in Ukrainian Кайдашева сім’я by Іван Нечуй-Левицький.

A very interesting book, the best I’ve read so far this year! I really enjoyed reading about village life in Ukraine and the people who had to be tough to survive in such difficult circumstances.

Two interesting phrases from this book:
🇺🇦 (Ua) 👉👉👉 🇷🇺 (Ru)

🔹 наговорити сім мішків гречаної вовни = наврать с три короба (наговорить огромное количество неотносящейся к делу информации);
🔹 мати серце з перцем = быть вспыльчивым, острым на язык (“Я люблю, щоб дівчина була трохи бриклива, щоб мала серце з перцем”, сказав Карпо).

Started Reading – 9 January 2022
Finished Reading – 23 January 2022
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★

All The Books I Read In 2021!

Here are all 49 books I read in 2021 – in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian. ❤️

English 🇺🇲

  1. Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson
  2. The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony
  3. Read & Grow Rich: How the Hidden Power of Reading Can Make You Richer in All Areas of Your Life by Burke Hedges
  4. How to Develop Self-Confidence and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
  5. 1984 by George Orwell
  6. Matilda by Roald Dahl
  7. The Witches by Roald Dahl
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  1. The Tall Stranger by D.E. Stevenson
  2. Mistaken (Mistaken #1) by Pixie Unger
  3. Voices of Dragons (Voices of Dragons, #1) by Carrie Vaughn
  4. Refuge of Dragons (Voices of Dragons #2) by Carrie Vaughn
  5. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King
  6. The Marquis Who Hated Women by Barbara Cartland
  7. Awkward Silences and How to Prevent Them: 25 Tactics to Engage, Captivate, and Always Know What To Say by Patrick King
  8. When the Ashes Fall by Jacqueline Druga
  9. Rebirth (The Pretender #1) by Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle
  10. The V Girl by Mya Robarts
  11. Atlantis, the Deluge and the End of the Ice Age by Zarin
  12. Sumerians: A History From Beginning to End by Henry Freeman

Spanish 🇪🇸

  1. Cuentos juveniles del mundo – Victor Vazhdayev
  2. Los conquistadores del fuego – J. H. Rosny aîné. (English version Quest for Fire
  3. En busca del caballo árabe – Luis Miguel Urrechu
  4. La Atlántida – Francisco M. Mota
  5. El secreto de Lena – Michael Ende
  6. Los conquistadores de la Antártida – Francisco Coloane
  7. El libro salvaje – Juan Villoro

Polish 🇵🇱

  1. Harry Potter i Czara Ognia (Harry Potter 4) – J.K. Rowling
  2. Harry Potter i Zakon Feniksa (Harry Potter 5) – J.K. Rowling
  3. Harry Potter i Książę Półkrwi (Harry Potter 6) – J.K. Rowling
  4. Harry Potter i Insygnia Śmierci (Harry Potter, #7) – J.K. Rowling
  5. Znachor (Znachor #1) – Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
  6. Profesor Wilczur (Znachor #2) – Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
  7. Powrót z gwiazd – Stanisław Lem
  8. Paradyzja – Janusz A. Zajdel

Russian 🇷🇺

  1. Поединок – Александр Иванович Куприн
  2. Сталин. Жизнь и смерть – Эдвард Радзинский
  3. Распутин. Жизнь и смерть – Эдвард Радзинский
  4. Рассказы – Антон Чехов
  5. Анна Каренина – Лев Толстой
  6. Воскресение – Лев Толстой
  7. Служебный роман – Эльдар Рязанов, Эмиль Брагинский
  8. Иван Васильевич – Михаил Булгаков
  9. Собачье сердце – Михаил Булгаков
  10. Дневник императрицы. Екатерина II (ЛЕГЕНДАРНЫЕ СУДЬБЫ)
  11. Жизнь лошадей в непридуманных историях и картинках – Наталья Спасская, Андрей Летаров, Нина Французова, Юлия Ермилина
  12. Живородящие рыбки для пресноводных аквариумов – С.А. Сидоров
  13. Камасутра для оратора. 10 глав о том, как получать и доставлять максимальное удовольствие, выступая публично – Радислав Гандапас
  14. Тим – Колин Маккалоу (the English version Tim)

Ukrainian 🇺🇦

  1. Тіні забутих предків – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky

The best book I’ve read in Polish! 🇵🇱

I’ve just finished reading Znachor (Znachor #1) by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz (in Polish).

I really loved this book! Actually, it’s one of the best classic books I’ve ever read! Well-written, deep and very emotional story that gripped me from the very first page and didn’t let go until the end. Amazing, absolutely amazing! Highly recommended! ❤️

Started Reading – 25 August 2021
Finished Reading – 25 September 2021
My Rating: 5 Stars ★★★★★