reading report / april

(english version is available below)

когда я сажусь писать новый текст про книги, которые я прочла за последний месяц, я осознаю, как, на самом деле, долго могут длиться эти несколько недель. а еще, сколько же всего можно успеть за эти отрезки времени! начав этот пост, я удивилась тому, что книгу мег вулицер я прочла в апреле, потому что по ощущениям было это давным-давно. все-таки интересный это опыт - останавливаться, оглядываться назад и осматриваться вокруг. мне нравится весь этот процесс. в апреле было много художественной литературы, но было и немного нон-фикшн. открывай полную версию этого поста, чтобы узнать больше о моем чтении.

every time i write a new text about books that i have read within a past month, i realize how long these several weeks can last. and how much you can actually manage to do in these periods. when i started writing this post, i was surprised by the fact that i had read meg wolitzer`s book in april. it felt like it had happened a while ago. this is definitely a very interesting experience to pause, turn back and look around. i enjoy this process. in april, i was very much into fiction, but made time for some non-fiction as well. open the full post to find out more about my reading.

fifty books in eleven months

two thousand sixteen is not even over yet and i am already summarizing what it has been like. reading plays a major role in my life and this is the first time, when i got a chance to properly analyze it. when the year started, i had a notion that i wanted to get better at organizing and structuring my life. i asked myself, how could i do it? tracking my reading habits seemed like a good way to start. eleven months later i have some results to share with you, as well as quite a few details on when and how i have read fifty books in eleven months (nine, if to be perfectly frank). 

five books in eight days

today i would like to tell you about the books that i read and to remind you that i started using good reads this year, so you can follow my reading progress here.

when i wrote "writing has been my solution from a very young age. everything that had happened and had mattered a lot to me, had to be documented in this or that (written) way. it is a meditation for me, it is a medication for me", i actually had to use "words" instead of "writing", because it is the power of words, that save me. both reading and writing is my remedy from everything. words are my favourite company, my guards and my heroes. they are always there for me in the form that i am free to choose. when i feel like i am full of thoughts - i write, when i feel empty and lost - i read. it sounds magical, but no matter what the problem is, i always feel better after doing one of those things. perfect solution? doing both.

so, a little bit more than a week ago i had to buy a present for a friend, i knew right away i would buy her a book. for a second, i wondered whether i would not be boring by making this obvious choice, but then realized that i am always happy to get a book and she is the same. a book i bought and, i hope, she liked it. of course, while "visitting" a bookstore online, i could not stop myself from buying a couple of books for myself. i did not have anything particular in mind and decided to buy something i have never heard of. this is what i do from time to time and the process of choosing is always a lot of fun.