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Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Reading


It’s a weird way to start bloggin again after a biiig break, but here I am and I will start with changes in my life :)


I started reading. I always liked readin but never was really consistant in reading. Occasional book that I was overwealmed by and then nothing for months. Last year I remmeber I put it again in my NY resolutions, but didn’t do anything about it. And finally when I moved to Brussels, and found Waterstones not too far from home, where I am now a regular guest. I always wanted to read books I wanted - in English, not overpriced in foreign literature section in Kiev and not in 10 years when finally there's russian translation, but actually NOW, when I still want to read it - in the language it was written in.

In 3 months I already bought lots of books…


Now in my bag -> "Authentic happiness" by Martin Seligman


Maybe later I post other books I am reading, and if you have suggestions of good books - feel free to leave a comment - will save me time in the store wondering around the book shelves.

I have my own ritual of buying books: there's gotta be a book on the topic I am interested in, a challenging book on something I am not familiar with (requires thinking), something mind-challenging, something easy (smething funny-easy and sad-easy)… And I read 2-3 at the same time depending on my mood.


I read in the bus, at home, in the park, on the train…


And somehow reading makes me so happy. And this is one addiction I am not afraid of.

6 Comments:

Blogger Marta Kondryn said...

Nadiyka, i've just read the novel ''Oscar and A pink Lady'' by E.Shmit. It's what you call ''something funny-easy and sad-easy''. Very ''warm reading''. Now i'm advising to read it to all my friends.
I have it in on-line version in russian. I can send you it, if you wish.
Hugs to you

May 01, 2008 3:26 AM  
Blogger AselitA said...

I think I need to switch from BMW literature to smth else :) But i'm so bad at e-reading... :(

May 06, 2008 2:22 PM  
Blogger Pui said...

I saw one that you might like, the title is 'Fooled by Randomness' ... interesting already? :)
It's sort of marketing book, just google it.

Recommended site for E-books: http://nowhereman.alfaspace.net/archive/html/text_fic.html

May 07, 2008 2:04 PM  
Blogger ali said...

you look different in tha pic..reading the book..hahaha

with smile,
ali

May 12, 2008 8:33 PM  
Blogger Nadiyka said...

Marta - thank you, i'll find it and give it a try :)

Asel - join the challenge :)) 2 books in 1-2 months!

Pui - i got fooled by randomness two months ago, as you can imagine the title attracted attention :))

Ali!..haha...ya reading changes people :) can u tell me again those books u recommended me last time we had a chat in facebook?...plss :))

May 13, 2008 2:45 AM  
Blogger ali said...

Unconditional Love: An Unlimited Way Of Being (Harold W. Becker)

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Jonathan Safran Foer)

The Prophet (Kahlil Gibran)

Schools That Learn (Peter Senge and others)

Failing Forward (John C. Maxwell)

that's what I can remember for now dear :))

with smile,
ali

May 13, 2008 4:02 PM  

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