Hi!
I'd like to change a bit a style of my blog. I don't want to write about books anymore, it becomes a bit boring... As the theme of this blog is 'My hobbies', I will write here about what I like to do in my free time.
Today I'd like to mention one of activities which I really like- jogging :).
Here, in Poznań, I do it very often, because my flatmete is also keen on jogging, so I have a motivation ;).
I remember that in high school lessons of PE were really a nightmare for me, i don't know why but I really hated them. It all changes maybe 5 years ago, sonce that time I can't imagine life without sport. In summer I cycle and run, in winter I go to gym or to swimming pool. But this year I want to do the jogging as long as the weather allows.
For me the most important things are comfortable shoes and good music :). I prefer running in parks than between flats, but finally every route is good.
And what types of sports do you like? Maybe you also like running :)?
Wednesday 11 December 2013
Tuesday 26 November 2013
Jodi Picoult
Today I want wrote about Jodi Picoult, an american author. She has written 19 novels so far, which has been traduced to 30 languages. She is known in all world. She admit that apart of being a novelist, her main role is being a mother of three children. That's why her stories are based on real life and real problems. What caracterize her books is a back- and- forthe flashback format, which firstly is a little bit confused but with every pager a reader get used to it. I'd like to describe two of her books which I've read and which really moved me.
Keeping Faith (1999)- Mariah catches her husband, Colin, with another woman. After this incident they decide to divorce and Mariah get a full custodu of their seven- year- old daughter, Faith. Woman fall into depression and in the same time Faith develops an imaginary friend called ''Guard''. She is taken to a therapist who finds that a girl may be seeing God. Miracles start to happen and a world is focused on Faith's gift. Later Mariah fall in love with Ian, a 'tekleatheist' who's travelling around the country searching miracles. If you want to know what happen after that, I recommend you to read the book :)
My sister's keeper (2004)- the story takes place in Rhode Island. Anna's older sister, Kate, suffers from a blood and bone marrow cancer. Anna since the day of her birth is a donor for Kate. At first all is successful, but one day Anna decides to stop it. She wants to have a control over her body and be able to make her own decisions. She goes to a lawyer, Campell Alexander, to ask him for help. From this time Anna's parents start to quarell, many problems appear. The end of the story is tragic, but what I can say is that Kate survives.
A story was adapted into a film in 2009, starred with Cameron Diaz. I haven't seen it yet but I hope a movie is so emotional as a book.
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Keeping Faith (1999)- Mariah catches her husband, Colin, with another woman. After this incident they decide to divorce and Mariah get a full custodu of their seven- year- old daughter, Faith. Woman fall into depression and in the same time Faith develops an imaginary friend called ''Guard''. She is taken to a therapist who finds that a girl may be seeing God. Miracles start to happen and a world is focused on Faith's gift. Later Mariah fall in love with Ian, a 'tekleatheist' who's travelling around the country searching miracles. If you want to know what happen after that, I recommend you to read the book :)
My sister's keeper (2004)- the story takes place in Rhode Island. Anna's older sister, Kate, suffers from a blood and bone marrow cancer. Anna since the day of her birth is a donor for Kate. At first all is successful, but one day Anna decides to stop it. She wants to have a control over her body and be able to make her own decisions. She goes to a lawyer, Campell Alexander, to ask him for help. From this time Anna's parents start to quarell, many problems appear. The end of the story is tragic, but what I can say is that Kate survives.
A story was adapted into a film in 2009, starred with Cameron Diaz. I haven't seen it yet but I hope a movie is so emotional as a book.
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Thursday 14 November 2013
Tolkien- an author for all generations
He everybody!
Today I want to mantion J.R.R. Tolkien- an author whose book 'The Hobbit' started my love for books. I've never liked reading before, but when my friend borrowed me this book I've been reading almost without break. Then I went to library and bought all volumes of 'The lord of the rings', which now occupy a main place in my bookcase.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English wroter, poet, philologist and university professor. In 2008 he was ranked by The times as a sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". His books belongs to fantasy, e.g. The Hobbit, a trylogy The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion.
The Hobbit is a fantasy novel. It describes adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, Gandalf, a wizard, and a group of dwarves, who begin a journey to find a ring. Also we can learn about other types of creatures, such as elves, trolls or goblins.
The Lord of the Rings is a trylogy ( volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) when we can read about adventures of Frodo Baggins and four others hobbits which are travelling with a company of Aragorn, a human, Legolas, an elf and Gimli, a dwarf. In their journey they have to overcome many troubles, many times they have to risk their lives. What really interested me in these books are words, also sentences, written in elves language.
I really recommend Tolkien's books. I haven't read his ther stories yet, but maybe somebody can share his opinion?
Today I want to mantion J.R.R. Tolkien- an author whose book 'The Hobbit' started my love for books. I've never liked reading before, but when my friend borrowed me this book I've been reading almost without break. Then I went to library and bought all volumes of 'The lord of the rings', which now occupy a main place in my bookcase.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English wroter, poet, philologist and university professor. In 2008 he was ranked by The times as a sixth on a list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". His books belongs to fantasy, e.g. The Hobbit, a trylogy The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion.
The Hobbit is a fantasy novel. It describes adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, Gandalf, a wizard, and a group of dwarves, who begin a journey to find a ring. Also we can learn about other types of creatures, such as elves, trolls or goblins.
The Lord of the Rings is a trylogy ( volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King) when we can read about adventures of Frodo Baggins and four others hobbits which are travelling with a company of Aragorn, a human, Legolas, an elf and Gimli, a dwarf. In their journey they have to overcome many troubles, many times they have to risk their lives. What really interested me in these books are words, also sentences, written in elves language.
I really recommend Tolkien's books. I haven't read his ther stories yet, but maybe somebody can share his opinion?
Thursday 7 November 2013
Jane Austen
Today we're gona move to 1775, a year when Jane Austen was born. Her books are differetns than those of 2 previos authors. She wrote romantic fiction and an action took place in mansions or in castles. What I like in her books? First of all, I like descriptions of customs and clothes. I'm fascinating with the culture and style of living in XVIIIth and XIXth centuries. And also I like the way she describes adventures of main caracters.
Manfield Park was the first novel of Jane I've read.It's about a girl, Fanny Price, who is taken from her poor family to be raised by her uncle and aunt. She lives there with her 4 cousins, but only one of them, Edmund, takes care of her. Unfortunately, Fanny fall in love with him.
Few years later a family, to be precise brother and sister, Crawford buy a mansion near Mansfield Park. From that time a situation of Fanny and her family starts to become more and more difficult. I don't want to arite details, what I can say is that these problems are connected with love. I really recommend this novel to everyone who likes reading about love in XIXth century :)
Pride and Prejudice was written in 1813. Elizabeth Benner, a main caracter, has a astong relationship with her father and her sister, Jane. She fall in love with Mr Darcy, a wealty owner of the family estate of Pemberley in Derbyshire, but first they are forced to spend time with each other and they have to force their prejudices.
These 2 books are my favorites, but Jane Austen has written much more, for example, Emma, sense and sensibility, Persuasion, Northaner Abbey. I haven't read them all but they're waiting in my bookcase till February, when all the exams from winter session will be passed :)
Manfield Park was the first novel of Jane I've read.It's about a girl, Fanny Price, who is taken from her poor family to be raised by her uncle and aunt. She lives there with her 4 cousins, but only one of them, Edmund, takes care of her. Unfortunately, Fanny fall in love with him.
Few years later a family, to be precise brother and sister, Crawford buy a mansion near Mansfield Park. From that time a situation of Fanny and her family starts to become more and more difficult. I don't want to arite details, what I can say is that these problems are connected with love. I really recommend this novel to everyone who likes reading about love in XIXth century :)
Pride and Prejudice was written in 1813. Elizabeth Benner, a main caracter, has a astong relationship with her father and her sister, Jane. She fall in love with Mr Darcy, a wealty owner of the family estate of Pemberley in Derbyshire, but first they are forced to spend time with each other and they have to force their prejudices.
These 2 books are my favorites, but Jane Austen has written much more, for example, Emma, sense and sensibility, Persuasion, Northaner Abbey. I haven't read them all but they're waiting in my bookcase till February, when all the exams from winter session will be passed :)
Saturday 26 October 2013
Guillame Musso
Hi everyone!
Today I want to mention other author whose books I really like- Guillame Musso.
He's from France, but now he lives in New York. He started to write when he was 26 years old, but his first novel wasn't so popular as the others.
In 2004 he wrote 'Afterwards' - a story about life after touching dead. Main character, Nathan, drowned saving her friend in a lake. In hospital he's in cardiac arrest and see a light in a tunel . Finally, he come back to life. When he's adult, he meets a doctor who claims that he can predict someone's death.
'A Mix-Up in Heaven' - story about Juliette, a 28-year old French woman, who meets Sam, a prediatrician from New York, and they fall in love witch each other. Unfortunately, she has to go back to Paris and Sam can't convince her to stay with him.
An aeroplane with Juliette explodes few moments after take off. But it's not the end of their story...
'Will You Be There?'- Elliot is a surgeon very popular in a medical environment. He's still missing Ilena, a girl who died 30 years ago. Elliot is given an opportunity to return to his past. I don;t want to give too much details, this is a kind of a book which keep a reader in suspense from the first page.
'Girl on Paper'- a famous writer, Tom Boyd, one day meets the heroin of his novels, Billy. All the time she's telling him that when he'll stop writing, she'll die. They spend together most of their time, but Tom really wants to win back Aurore, his love. Billy strikes a deal with him- if he writes a next book, she'll help him find Aurore.
I've presented just a few books of Musso, but, of corse, there are just a part of his literary output. If someone likes reading books with a pinch of suspense, I recommend his novels.
Today I want to mention other author whose books I really like- Guillame Musso.
He's from France, but now he lives in New York. He started to write when he was 26 years old, but his first novel wasn't so popular as the others.
In 2004 he wrote 'Afterwards' - a story about life after touching dead. Main character, Nathan, drowned saving her friend in a lake. In hospital he's in cardiac arrest and see a light in a tunel . Finally, he come back to life. When he's adult, he meets a doctor who claims that he can predict someone's death.
'A Mix-Up in Heaven' - story about Juliette, a 28-year old French woman, who meets Sam, a prediatrician from New York, and they fall in love witch each other. Unfortunately, she has to go back to Paris and Sam can't convince her to stay with him.
An aeroplane with Juliette explodes few moments after take off. But it's not the end of their story...
'Will You Be There?'- Elliot is a surgeon very popular in a medical environment. He's still missing Ilena, a girl who died 30 years ago. Elliot is given an opportunity to return to his past. I don;t want to give too much details, this is a kind of a book which keep a reader in suspense from the first page.
'Girl on Paper'- a famous writer, Tom Boyd, one day meets the heroin of his novels, Billy. All the time she's telling him that when he'll stop writing, she'll die. They spend together most of their time, but Tom really wants to win back Aurore, his love. Billy strikes a deal with him- if he writes a next book, she'll help him find Aurore.
I've presented just a few books of Musso, but, of corse, there are just a part of his literary output. If someone likes reading books with a pinch of suspense, I recommend his novels.
Saturday 12 October 2013
Books- my love
My hobby- books. I read them everywhere, at every time. I prefer good books than the Internet (maybe it's a bit weird, but that's true :) ).
Here I'd like to mention some of my favourites authors and also some titles which I'd like to recommend. today I'll write about Nicolas Sparks. for me he's the most important person in a literary world. Why? The answer is simple- I've read almost all of his books, whan I start to read them, I can't stop. He writes about everyday problems which everyone can suffer. about feelings which aren't strange to us. I'd like to present some of his books which I like the most.
'The notebook'- the truth is that first I've seen a movie based on this story, but I've also read this book. It's about love and memories, about man who every day visits his wife in a hospital and tell her stories about their past. Sometimes she remember some of the moments, but in the end she doesn't recognise his husband. It's a bit sad but it also show us how strong the love could be.
'A walk to remember'- other story about love and ilness, this time it's about two young people who fall in love witch each other, but the problem is that a girl have a leukemia. They spend almost every moment together. Unfortunately, a few days after their weeding, the girl die.
'Message in a bottle'- I think that everyone had hears about leaving a message in a bottle and throw it to the sea. This is a theme of this novel. Theresa is an editor and during her travel to Cape Cod she finds a letter signed by Garette. It's a love letter adressed to a Catherine. Theresa finds two other letters written by the same person. When she meets Garret, ahe doesn't admit him she'd learned his letters.If you wanna know how does the story ends, I recommend you to read this book :)
Today that's all. Next time I'll write about Guillame Musso, so see you :)
Aga
Here I'd like to mention some of my favourites authors and also some titles which I'd like to recommend. today I'll write about Nicolas Sparks. for me he's the most important person in a literary world. Why? The answer is simple- I've read almost all of his books, whan I start to read them, I can't stop. He writes about everyday problems which everyone can suffer. about feelings which aren't strange to us. I'd like to present some of his books which I like the most.
'The notebook'- the truth is that first I've seen a movie based on this story, but I've also read this book. It's about love and memories, about man who every day visits his wife in a hospital and tell her stories about their past. Sometimes she remember some of the moments, but in the end she doesn't recognise his husband. It's a bit sad but it also show us how strong the love could be.
'A walk to remember'- other story about love and ilness, this time it's about two young people who fall in love witch each other, but the problem is that a girl have a leukemia. They spend almost every moment together. Unfortunately, a few days after their weeding, the girl die.
'Message in a bottle'- I think that everyone had hears about leaving a message in a bottle and throw it to the sea. This is a theme of this novel. Theresa is an editor and during her travel to Cape Cod she finds a letter signed by Garette. It's a love letter adressed to a Catherine. Theresa finds two other letters written by the same person. When she meets Garret, ahe doesn't admit him she'd learned his letters.If you wanna know how does the story ends, I recommend you to read this book :)
Today that's all. Next time I'll write about Guillame Musso, so see you :)
Aga
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