January 2022 Reading List

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) 🇷🇺

The Top 7 Books I Read in 2021 in different languages – English, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian

Here they are, my top 7 favorite books that I read in 2021 in different languages (English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian).

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:57 🇺🇲 (En) Future Minds: How the Digital Age Is Changing Our Minds, Why This Matters, and What We Can Do About It by Richard Watson
2:32 🇺🇲 (En) The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World by David W. Anthony
04:02 🇪🇦 (Sp) Cuentos juveniles del mundo by Victor Vazhdayev
05:09 🇵🇱 (Pl) Znachor. Profesor Wilczur by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz
06:44 🇺🇦 (Ua) Тіні забутих предків – Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky
08:13 🇷🇺 (Ru) Поединок – Александр Куприн
09:15 🇷🇺 (Ru) Сталин. Жизнь и смерть – Эдвард Радзинский
10:46 Conclusion

Thank you so much for watching! ❤️

Here are all 49 the books I read in 2021 – in English, Spanish, Polish, Russian and Ukrainian https://silentpolyglot.com/all-the-boo…

Please let me know in the comments down below what were your favorite books of the year.
I would love to hear your book recommendations! I’m always looking for a good book to read!

My favorites of the past year:
▶ Top 7 Books I Read in 2020 – Reading in different languages – EN, SP, PL, RU (eng subs) https://youtu.be/wHi2zpvpxdw


I want to say a BIG thank you to my English teacher Mrs. Rebecah Propst for her support and for correcting my mistakes. ▶ Rebecah’s Youtube channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPtL…

Note: this is not a sponsored video. I am just sharing some of my favorite YouTube channels that I find helpful.


P.S. I apologize for reading from a script. As some of you already know my story, I can read, write and understand but I still struggle to put my thoughts into words even in my own language – Russian. :)
Here is my story:
▶ I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElN…
▶ I asked 5 native speaker teachers (EN, SP, PL) and one Russian therapist about my language problem https://youtu.be/hz1OVaoDyhE

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

My 2021 Language Learning Goals and Reading Plans (eng subs)

Hello friends! Here are my language learning goals and reading plans for 2021. I know I’m a little late but better late than never!

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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:17 Language Learning goals
3:29 Reading Plans
5:12 Conclusion

The best methods and techniques for improving communication skills were discussed in more detail in one of my previous videos here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz1OV…

I would really love to know what your goals are for this year.
Are you planning to learn a new language in 2021? Or maybe this year you (like me) are going to focus on maintaining and improving the languages you are already learning?

If you have any Spanish grammar book recommendations, please leave a comment down below. I’m trying to find a good book with clear grammar explanations and useful examples of Spanish verb tenses.

Also please let me know your favourite classic novels. I’d love to read more good classical literature in different languages.

I would really appreciate all your thoughts, ideas and book recommendations!

Thank you so much for watching and Happy reading!


P.S. I apologize for reading from a script. As some of you already know my story, I can read, write and understand but I still struggle to put my thoughts into words even in my own language – Russian. :)

Here is my story:

I understand but I can’t SPEAK – my language learning problem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVElN…

My language journey in 5 languages (Russian, English, Spanish, Polish and Armenian) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4Bqr…


Let’s learn languages together!
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▶ Mail: info@silentpolyglot.com

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All the books I read in 2019!

Here are all 32 books I read in 2019 – in English, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian

English 🇺🇲

  1. English Pronunciation in Use Intermediate by Mark Hancock
  2. The King Must Die (Theseus #1) by Mary Renault
  3. The Bull from the Sea (Theseus #2) by Mary Renault
  4. Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings: Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age by Charles H. Hapgood
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Spanish 🇪🇸

  1. Angélica y su amor (La Marquesa de los Ángeles, #6) by Anne Golon

Polish 🇵🇱

  1. Hurra!!! Po Polsku (v. 1) by Małgorzata Małolepsza
  2. Hurra!!! Po Polsku: Student’s Textbook v. 1 by Małgorzata Małolepsza
  3. Dziewczynka z zapałkami by Hans Christian Andersen
  4. Przełęcz. Osada by Kir Bulychev

Ukrainian 🇺🇦

  1. Чарівник Країни Оз – L. Frank Baum
  2. Жовтий туман. Таємниця покинутого замку (Чарівник Смарагдового міста, #5-6) – Alexander Volkov

Russian 🇷🇺

  1. Кормление сельскохозяйственных животных – Г.А. Богданов (1981)
  2. Кормление сельскохозяйственных животных – И.С. Попов (1935)
  3. Кормление сельскохозяйственной птицы – В. Шафров, К. Рождественский
  4. Птицеводство – Г.П. Иоцюс, Н.И. Старчиков
  5. Справочник птицевода – С.И. Боголюбский, В.Г. Васильев, Г.И. Иоцюс и др. (Под ред. С.И. Сметнева).
  6. Бройлерное птицеводство – И.А. Мымрин
  7. Как я изучаю языки: Заметки полиглота – Като Ломб
  8. Искусники планеты Ксанаду – Теодор Старджон (reread)
  9. Звездные врата (сборник) – Андрэ Нортон
  10. Барышня-крестьянка – А.С. Пушкин (reread)
  11. Два капитана – Вениамин Каверин (reread)
  12. Алый Первоцвет – Эммушка Орци (reread)
  13. Анжелика и ее любовь – Анн и Серж Голон (reread)
  14. Анжелика в Новом свете – Анн и Серж Голон (reread)
  15. Анжелика и Демон – Анн и Серж Голон (reread)
  16. Анжелика и заговор теней – Анн и Серж Голон (reread)
  17. Анжелика в Квебеке – Анн и Серж Голон (reread)
  18. Похищение чародея – Кир Булычев (reread)
  19. Любимец – Кир Булычев (reread)
  20. Фаэты (Фаэты #1-3) – Александр Казанцев (reread)
  21. Клокочущая пустота (сборник) – Александр Казанцев (reread)