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117. All Things at Once bz Mika Brzezinski - quite interesting memoirs of a woman coming from untypical family, whom managed to have untypical career. I couldn't like the character-author, but in general it was not bad read, but I was getting mad when she was writting that when she was over 30, an adult woman, wife and mother of two, she couldn't make well her bad or a good laundry, c'mon!
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118. Misjonarze z Dywanowa. Część 2: Jonasz by Władysław Zdanowicz - second part of 109 book in this thread. It's a satire on Polish army, politics, mission in Iraq. It's based on the [The Good Soldier Svejk] style, but totally adapted to nowadays and Polish reality. A lot of absurd, funny moments etc.
119. Zamordowana królowa (Królowie przeklęci #2) by Maurice Druon - another great book of this author in this series. Written with a sparkle, rich with events, but also with explanation of a historical background and extension of characters known from the first book. Now, I'll start reading the third book.
120. Biała gorączka by Jacek Hugo-Bader - "White fever" - it's a very colorful reportage, which is showing a dark side of life in ex-Soviet republics. Poverty, AIDS, alcoholism, selling organs, women, kids, exploitation, being in a rut. And even though I was reading with bated breath! But still - slough is coming while reading, very "visible".
121. The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents by Terry Pratchett - a cool book of this author in version for kids. Wise and brave rodents, clever and funny-charming Maurice, people as background characters. It's a really good read, pretty some humor, and a new translation it's really good. I recommend this book for a light read!
122. Trucizna królewska byMaurice Druon - next book of this great cycle! Appetizing intrigues, fights for power, influences in the royal court. Really great image of France during a short reign of Louis X. Druon is writing about history in such way, that you almost will forget about breathing :D
123. Saga Sigrun by Elżbieta Cherezińska - Saga of Sigrun (or Sigruns' Saga?) - I loved this book! It's such a pity it's not translated into English! Yes, I was going mad at the beginning because of sooo many description of the sex of main characters ;) But later there were less and less of such scenes and more stories about daily life of a proud northern gentile. Great descriptions of daily life of Vikings, their political fights and expeditions for to rob different places to bring goods home together with the good reputation for themselves. And all this is given to us by a woman, mother, wife, through her point of view. I already ordered other 2 books of this cycle.
124. Wedle reguły kreacji by Artur Boratczuk - - "In the rule of creation" - what a weird book, I really don't know what to write about it. It's not bad, but so strange, I can even sum up my thoughts.
125. Prawo mężczyzn by Maurice Druon - another great book of this cycle. It's #4 and still the quality is the same! Amazing :) Druon is really getting into my top favorite historical authors :) His masterpieces of building intrigues and human characters is really big. I have one more book of this cycle and then I need to wait for the next 2 books I don't even know how long :/
126. Burza od wschodu. Wspomnienia z Kijowszczyzny by Maria Dunin-Kozicka - "Storm from the East. Memoirs from the Kiev region" - moving and interesting account from the fate of Polish landed gentry in Ukraine (they were living there for looong time) during the end of the I WW and years after it. In some moments touching, much more horrifying, sometimes a bit boring (while author was coming to her idealistic talks), sometimes a bit annoying (when according to her everything was done because of Jews). In general - worth reading, but no English version as far as I know.
127. Podróż zimowa by Amélie Nothomb - forth book of this writer which I had a chance to read. It's ok, but it's far after other books which I had a chance to read, just ok. It's a next example of an obsession and its' influence on humans.
128. Wilczyca z Francji (Królowie przeklęci# 5) by Maurice Druon - still a great quality book, this cycle really keeps a cool quality, it's book No 5 (of 7) and each of them is great :) This one made on me an impression of more dark - more direct and cruel fights for power, murders, and the last scene of murdering of the king, brrr...
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:D I have time, I read :) I'm boring person, just work, a bit of friends and family and a lot of reading :>
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:D I stop even thinking about sports, me and sports are not getting well together ;) Well, sometimes a nice walk or a bike trip, but that's all ;)
129. Dance With The Devil by Sherrilyn Kenyon - you can't even know how much I like this series! It's full of sex, delights of sex and partners, talking about love, but I still love this series :D Maybe because of the combination of nowadays and myths? Maybe because of great characters? Maybe because of Ash and Dark Hunters, relations with gods from Olympus and all these "flavors"? It's a great read and I'll tap into next books with pleasure.
130. Rio Bar by Ivana Sajko - I have no clue how to write about this book. It's in this modern style, which I generally don't like, but an amount of emotions, impressions, feelings related with Serbo-Croatian cleansing is huge and choking.131. Blacklands by Belinda Bauer - not badly written, a bit crazy story. Nothing particular in comparison to other similar books, just because of the idea itself I gave it a higher note.
132. French Lessons by Ellen Sussman - an interesting romance with a bitter note. It was a long time when I read such book, which would combine a story about love, looking for love, loss, loneliness, rejection, and that's all going throughout 4 stories, interwine and influencing the last of these stories.
133. Dziennik Serafiny by Józef Ignacy Kraszewski - re-read after about 15 years. And I've changed my note for a better one. Now I can get more from this book, I see more, understand more. And I'm sorry for the main character, who was in between the "good behaving girls" time and time of accepting love in marriages and work for living etc.
134. W nadziei na lepsze jutro by Ewa Bauer - it's a debut of this author. It's clear she is keen on psychology. It's worth reading for an interesting thread of relationships and very open ending. I'm curious how she will develop the story in next part, because I'm sure there must be a next part.
135. Making an Exit by Sarah Murray - very interesting book related with death, dead, funeral, mourning. Visiting different countries and cultures, to check out how it's there. A loooot of very interesting descriptions, habits, adventures, information etc. An interesting read.136. The Leftovers by Tom Perrotta - it's hard to decide what do I really think about this book. Amazing idea for the plot, it was "wow" for me, a good development of the plot and characters, but still I couldn't attache to the characters in any way, no emotional bond with them, no addiction to the action. It's a bit pity, because the amazing idea!
137. Rules of Civility by Amor Towles - New York, end of 30'. A group of friends, their life, relations, happiness and sadness. An interesting read, very credibly settled in this city and timing, what a zests there were... And in addition pretty some bitterness of life.
138. Gears of War: Pola Aspho by Karen Traviss - book based on the computer game. An interesting world, something like post-apocalyptic with wars around, but I had a strange feeling, that I miss a beginning, an end and stronger settling down in this world. But I assume that fans of this game have no such problem ;)
139. Imperium wampirów by Clay Griffith - very interesting world - after a Great Butchery vampires are ruling Europe, humans moved to the hot places, because just there they can survive - Egypt, hot parts of America, Africa etc. Vampires here are not shiny weeds, but cutthroat, cruel, treating humans like food raiders. And there is a love story - lovely human princess and heir of powerful vampire clan, she is kidnapped and he is appearing on her path. Very good read and I definitively count that we'll get rest of this series here :)
140. Babskie gadanie by Izabela Pietrzyk - "Ladies gabble" - it's a really good women-lit ;) They are not really chicks anymore ;) Well, at least people would say so for being 44-45 years old ;) Crazy ladies, a lot of wild conversations, many smiles and laughing, problems with men and life. Sometimes I was angry on the main 2 characters - he was behaving like an asshole and she like a teenager - but in general - I liked this book a lot.
141. The Kreutzer Sonata by Leo Tolstoy - confession of the stranger to the stranger while travelling by train. Very "stuffy", dark story of feelings - love, envy, hate, madness, embedded in the world of conventions and rules.
142. Sekretna córka by Shilpi Somaya Gowda - family in India can't afford to have a daughter, family in the USA can't have their own child, the fates are connected, interlinked. Really good book in relation with family, adoption, identity, emigration, sense of belonging, different cultures etc. I read it basically in one day, so it should be a recommendation :)
143. Umierający dandys by Mari Jungstedt - I gave this book lower mark just because of the crude of the style, which I don't know who is responsible for - the author or the translator. Sometimes I gnash because of that :/ In general - quite interesting story, thanks to which I had a chance to get to know Swedish painters, decent crime story but nothing more than that.
144. Mice by Gordon Reece - an interesting study of the transformation from victim to executioner, even more interesting because of the fact that it concerns mother and daughter, and because of what is going on is changing their life totally. And this all is "emblazoned" with thoughts from Macbeth
145. The Silver Branch by Rosemary Sutcliff - time is passing, now we're following the adventures of the descendants of the characters from the first book. Again there are Roman legions, betrayal, fights for the legitimate emperor, friendship of two young adolescents and in some part also a very important symbol - eagle without wings. A good book for youth written in a classical way, where people are important, not special effects.
146. "Ostatnie dzieci bolera" by Raul Perez Torres - "Last kids of Bolero" - lovely stories about different faces of love. Written with a beautiful language, very poetic, interesting short stories, full of emotions, but this style, style, which I truly hate - one sentence is taking the whole page, a lot of symbols and abstraction. And because of that it was really hard for me to read it, tiring.
147. Hanulka Jozy by Květa Legátová - in comparison with the first book this one I liked much more. It's thrilling, moving, convincing, stunning. Maybe the first one was read in a wrong time? The enging of the book - very moving, the whole book - very good.
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148. Państwo Tamickie by Joanna Łukowska - very nice entertainment - stories related with one young family during the end of socialism and start of capitalism in Poland, funny and interesting.Andrea - hihihhi, well, until now this year was good with time for reading :)
149. Po śniadaniu by Eustachy Rylski - an interesting life-literature summary, going through life, believes, literature, a bit tiring.
150. Dziewczyny wojenne by Łukasz Modelski - "War girls" - touching stories of girls and young women whose faith was connected with the II World War and years after it. No pathos and buttering someone up, very reliable stories, no myths just specifics. Bravo for the author that the storytelling was mostly up to the heroines, he was just adding seldom something from his side.
151. The Bungalow: A Novel by Sarah Jio - very good novel about love, searching for the aim in our lives, finding ourselves, understanding. Also very interesting descriptions of working as a nurse during II World War in Bora-Bora. A good novel, even with so much happy ending. But it fits in this book and it's not "oversweet".
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152. 1Q84 #1 by Haruki Murakami - after longer break I had a chance to get to know a next book of this author. What a crazy story! Convulted, real and not real, very interesting story. Right now I need to read another book and I'm very sorry about it as I would much more prefer to read the second book!Andrea - I had a free week before going for a training course. Right now, I'm back, being sick, so I'll probably read more again ;)
153. Jak wychować dziecko, psa, kota... i faceta by Dorota Sumińska and Dorota Krzywicka and Irena A. Stanisławska - "How to raise child, dog, cat... and guy" - very interesting conversations of three ladies. One of them is a vet and animals' psychologist, second one - psychologist and third - journalist. It could not be boring :) They are discussing basically all themes, squarely, unassuming, honestly. Their comments can be useful both - living with animals and humans :)
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154. Królestwo czarnego łabędzia by Lee Carroll - the main idea for the plot is so timeworn as an old sock ;) But the things which were added by the author are very interesting and rising the hope that next two books will be also so interesting. Fairies, gnomes, dragons, Wood Land, vampires, demons, and that's all in New York. It was a good read, good urban fantasy for youth. Andrea - I'm slowly feeling better :)
155. Matki, żony, czarownice by Joanna Miszczuk - "Mothers, wifes, witches" - what a strange story, a bit chick-lit, a bit saga novel, a bit fantasy story, such "I don't know what". Heroines from the last century were really driving me crazy, historical heroines - better, but still not really credible, in general - this whole book is a bit touted.
156. Enclave by Ann Aguirre - a good post- apocaliptic novel for young people. Pretty much about totalitarian society, values, friendship, help, fighting for survival, freedom. Some fragments I found a bit touted, but in afterword the author explained everything, so I can live with it ;)
157. Lew i lilie by Maurice Druon - next fabulous book from the series Accursed Kings. This time happenings related with the fights for the French throne, French-English war and lot of the John I of France. I just have one more (I've heard worse than the whole series) book to read and I plan to do it very soon.158. Kiedy król gubi kraj by Maurice Druon - still interesting, but without this "daw" which the previous books have. And it seems to be a bit more chaotic, but maybe it's just my imagination. English-French conflict, between John and Edward, in the eyes of the Papal Nuncio.
159. Niestety wszyscy się znamy by Bohdan Smoleń - "Unfortunatelly we all know each other" - very interesting conversation about life with Bohdan Smoleń. About work, family, feelings, system, people, cabarets, many different things. A lot of honesty, ounce of bitterness, a bit of smile. Respect for this man.
160. Koty i ich sławni ludzie by Andżelika Piechowiak - "Cats and their famous people" - as usual: it's always great to read about cats :) A lot of interesting interviews, wonderful cats, wise people, tons of feelings. It's very nice read!
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