Showing posts with label Books in English. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books in English. Show all posts

Aga - update
Saturday, August 23, 2008

As I joined this challenge just on 28th of July my achievements are not sooo big, but I still hope to reach the aim ;)


So, how it's up to now? I still did not select 8 books from each group, it'll just arrive with time.


I. Already owned:

  1. "Elephants can remember" by Agatha Christie
  2. "The clocks" by Agatha Christie
  3. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo
  4. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote
  5. "Uśmiech Dalidy" by Dominika Cosic
  6. "Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz


II. Around the World:

  1. "Snow Flower and the secret fan" by Lisa See (02.08.08) - review here
  2. "Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin (13.08.08) - review here
  3. "Forbidden City" by William Bell
  4. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (19.08.08) - review here
  5. "Porte De LA Paix Celeste" by Shan Sa (14.08.08) - review here
  6. "Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood" by Fatima Mernissi
  7. "The Bookseller of Kabul" by Asne Seierstad


III. Books in Polish:

  1. "Tata, one i ja" by Manula Laicka ("Dad, them and me") (28.08.08) - review here
  2. "Zniewolony umysł" by Czesław Miłosz ("Subdued mind")
  3. "Trzepot skrzydeł" by Katarzyna Grochola (22.08.08) - review here
  4. "Jadąc do Babadag" by Andrzej Stasiuk
  5. "Różowe tabletki na uspokojenie" by Krystyna Janda


IV. Books in English:

  1. "Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)" by Jerome K. Jerome (11.08.08) - review here
  2. "Bollywood Nights" by Shobhaa De (09.08.08) - review here
  3. "Bergdorf Blondes" by Plum Sykes
  4. "Notting Hell" by Rachel Johnson
  5. "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by Haruki Murakami (22.08.08) - review here
  6. "The fifth woman" by Henning Mankel


V. Exchanged books (via www.podaj.net or www.bookmooch.com):

  1. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore (28.08.08) - review here
  2. "Dangerous Liaisons" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
  3. "Winter's Tales" by Karen Blixen
  4. "The last promise" by Richard Paul Evans
  5. "L'Anneau du pêcheur" by Jean Raspail
  6. "Promise Me" by Harlan Coben (30.08.08) - review here


VI. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (my proposals for today only!):

  1. "Jacques the Fatalist" by Denis Diderot
  2. "The Monk" by M.G. Lewis
  3. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton
  4. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf


VII. Classics:

  1. "Crime and punishment" by Fiodor Dostoyevski (31.07.08) - review here
  2. "Plague" by Albert Camus


VIII. Popular Reads:

  1. "The Nanny Diaries" by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin (22.08.08) - review here
  2. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling
  3. "Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets" by J.K. Rowling

Posted by Agnieszka Tatera at 8/23/2008 06:52:00 AM 0 comments

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Books to be read by Aga - update
Thursday, August 14, 2008

As I joined this challenge just on 28th of July my achievements are not so big, but I still hope to reach the aim ;)
So, how it's up to now? I still did not select 8 books from each group, it'll just arrive with time.
I. Already owned:
  1. "Elephants can remember" by Agatha Christie
  2. "The clocks" by Agatha Christie
  3. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo
  4. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote
  5. "Uśmiech Dalidy" by Dominika Cosic
  6. "Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz

II. Around the World:
  1. "Snow Flower and the secret fan" by Lisa See (02.08.08) - review here
  2. "Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin (13.08.08) - review here
  3. "Forbidden City" by William Bell
  4. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini (19.08.08) - review here
  5. "Porte De LA Paix Celeste" by Shan Sa (14.08.08) - review here
  6. "Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood" by Fatima Mernissi

III. Books in Polish:
  1. "Tata, one i ja" by Manula Laicka ("Dad, them and me")
  2. "Zniewolony umysł" by Czesław Miłosz ("Subdued mind")
  3. "Trzepot skrzydeł" by Katarzyna Grochola
  4. "Jadąc do Babadag" by Andrzej Stasiuk

IV. Books in English:
  1. "Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)" by Jerome K. Jerome (11.08.08) - review here
  2. "Bollywood Nights" by Shobhaa De (09.08.08) - review here
  3. "Bergdorf Blondes" by Plum Sykes
  4. "Notting Hell" by Rachel Johnson
  5. "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by Haruki Murakami
  6. "The fifth woman" by Henning Mankel

V. Exchanged books (via www.podaj.net or www.bookmooch.com):
  1. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore
  2. "Dangerous Liaisons" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
  3. "Winter's Tales" by Karen Blixen
  4. "The last promise" by Richard Paul Evans
  5. "L'Anneau du pêcheur" by Jean Raspail

VI. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (my proposals for today only!):
  1. "Jacques the Fatalist" by Denis Diderot
  2. "The Monk" by M.G. Lewis
  3. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton
  4. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf

VII. Classics:
  1. "Crime and punishment" by Fiodor Dostoyevski (31.07.08) - review here
  2. "Plague" by Albert Camus

VIII. Popular Reads:
  1. "The Nanny Diaries" by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin

Ok, and now I'm going to my bed and start to read "The Nanny Diaries" before going to sleep (it's almost a midnight here ;))

Posted by Agnieszka Tatera at 8/14/2008 04:29:00 PM 1 comments

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Books to be read by Aga
Monday, July 28, 2008

Ok, now I'm trying to create a list, which is not so easy as you know ;) After some time of thinking I hope to reach 8 books in all of those 8 categories above. I already wrote some books in a few categories as I'm sure I would like to read them in this year. Some categories are empty and I'll be very flexible during next months to fill them :) So...
I. Already owned:
  1. "Elephants can remember" by Agatha Christie
  2. "The clocks" by Agatha Christie
  3. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo
  4. "Breakfast at Tiffany's" by Truman Capote
  5. "Uśmiech Dalidy" by Dominika Cosic
  6. "Panther in the Basement" by Amos Oz

II. Around the World:

  1. "Snow Flower and the secret fan" by Lisa See (02.08.08) - review here
  2. "Berlin Alexanderplatz by Alfred Doblin (13.08.08) - review here
  3. "Forbidden City" by William Bell
  4. "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
  5. "Porte De LA Paix Celeste" by Shan Sa (14.08.08) - review here
  6. "Dreams Of Trespass: Tales Of A Harem Girlhood" by Fatima Mernissi

III. Books in Polish:

  1. "Tata, one i ja" by Manula Laicka ("Dad, them and me")
  2. "Zniewolony umysł" by Czesław Miłosz ("Subdued mind")
  3. "Trzepot skrzydeł" by Katarzyna Grochola
  4. "Jadąc do Babadag" by Andrzej Stasiuk

IV. Books in English:

  1. "Three Men in a Boat (to say nothing of the dog)" by Jerome K. Jerome (11.08.08) - review here
  2. "Bollywood Nights" by Shobhaa De (09.08.08) - review here
  3. "Bergdorf Blondes" by Plum Sykes
  4. "Notting Hell" by Rachel Johnson
  5. "South of the Border, West of the Sun" by Haruki Murakami
  6. "The fifth woman" by Henning Mankel

V. Exchanged books (via www.podaj.net or www.bookmooch.com):

  1. "Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal" by Christopher Moore (in PL)
  2. "Dangerous Liaisons" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos (in PL)
  3. "Winter's Tales" by Karen Blixen (in PL)
  4. "The last promise" by Richard Paul Evans (in PL)
  5. "L'Anneau du pêcheur" by Jean Raspail (in PL)

VI. 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (my proposals for today only!):

  1. "Jacques the Fatalist" by Denis Diderot
  2. "The Monk" by M.G. Lewis
  3. "The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton
  4. "Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf

VII. Classics:

  1. "Crime and punishment" by Fiodor Dostoyevski (31.07.08) - review here
  2. "Plague" by Albert Camus

VIII. Popular Reads:

  1. "The Nanny Diaries" by Nicola Kraus & Emma McLaughlin

So, now just need to read 64 books and write reviews, easy :D

Posted by Agnieszka Tatera at 7/28/2008 10:20:00 AM 4 comments

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