What I’m reading in October 2022? Two good books in different languages! ❤️
Քեռի Ֆեոդորը, շունը և կատուն by Eduard Uspensky (in Armenian) 🇦🇲
Погоня by Василь Лис (in Ukrainian) 🇺🇦
What I’m reading in October 2022? Two good books in different languages! ❤️
Քեռի Ֆեոդորը, շունը և կատուն by Eduard Uspensky (in Armenian) 🇦🇲
Погоня by Василь Лис (in Ukrainian) 🇺🇦
What I’m reading in March 2022? Two good classic books in different languages! ❤️
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells (in English) 🇬🇧
Обломов by Иван Гончаров (in Russian) 🇷🇺
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
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 ★★★★★
What I’m currently reading? 3 interesting books in 3 great Slavic languages: Russian, Polish and Ukrainian!
Cylinder van Troffa by Janusz A. Zajdel (in Polish) 🇵🇱
Кайдашева сім’я by Іван Нечуй-Левицький (in Ukrainian) 🇺🇦
Юнкера by Александр Куприн (in Russian) 🇷🇺
Here are all 49 books I read in 2021 – in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian.
English 🇺🇲
Catherine the Great by Michael Streeter
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!
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) 🇷🇺
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 ★★★★★