Dive into Reading: Inspiring Book Recommendations

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Cześć Marta. Béście doi. Ja jestem. Sęczliwe bo. Cześć. Tak, tak. Dzisiaj, dzisiaj czytelniczy temat. Dzisiaj będziemy rozmawiać o czytaniu. Today we'll be talking about reading. Even the title is Czytajmy. Let's read. Yes, let's encourage people, yeah, to read books. It's interesting, because many people, since the end of the university, read the book. It's very nice for me. Even at the university they use, they use, they use different scripts.

So, yes, to just keep the part of reading books. Yeah. Unfortunately, unfortunately. Niestety. Ale my, my czytamy, tak? Także to jest dla nas, dla nas najważniejsze. Okay. So, as Roy mentioned, książka, książka is book. Książka. It's, I know there is really difficult word. To jest trudne słowo po polsku. Książka, książka. Yeah? And basically, czytać książki. Czytać książki is to read. Yeah? Yeah, exactly. Ja lubię czytać książki. Yeah, and we have sentence, I like reading ks. Ja też, ba.

Tak, i właśnie, teraz porozmawiamy o tym, jakie książki lubisz czytać. Jakie książki lubisz czytać, yes? So like, which books do you like this, yeah? Exactly, exactly. For example, we can start with the answer, like, I like reading historical books, psychological books, etc., etc., etc. So we have to give an adjective for plural. I would say about me, which books I would. Yes. Ja lubię czytać książki psychologiczne ostatnio.

Rok temu, dwa lata temu lubiłam czytać książki polityczne, political books. Yeah, I used to. I used to like political, like I used to like reading political books. Teraz, teraz mniej, teraz mniej. Tak? Also, I read some books for my uni, for my field of studies, so law books, prawnicze, tak? Muszę, I have to. Ale lubię też literaturę klasyczną, tak? I have any kind of authors, who have been in history, literature, also if it comes to Poland, but also in foreign countries.

For example, I don't know how it's in English, You know, I don't know how it's in English. In Polish, Fyodor Dostojewski. Have you heard Roy about him? Oh, it's a Russian classic, basically. So yeah, White Nights, Białe Noce. But really, personally, osobiście nie podoba mi się. I don't like it. I read a lot of positive opinions, a good opinion, but I don't like it so much. Yes, but yes, it is. And you, Roy, how are you? I read a lot, because normally around 100 for a year and the best was 150.

History, bibliography, politics, but also law, like sovereignty, I don't know in Polish sovereignty. And also, because I have all the podcasts and sometimes guests give me a book on crypto, on meditation. And it is also good, because I never will buy it, but when I read it, I'm like, oh, this is a good book. It's different. A love reading books? Or did it happen to read books? Yes, yes. But not everything. Like, for example, Elon Musk, it wasn't very good. Sometimes it's like... Aha.

I understand. And also audiobooks. because I love when I read, I have a notice and I do something from notice, but the audio is not. It depends on how I have audio, because I have only a book that I read. So you want to read books? No, no, no, no, only 10%, I read books. And many people give me a PDF book, and I don't want to spend time on computer. I'm on the computer, so I'm on the computer and I'm reading a book on the sun, it's the best for me.

Or on the beach, but unfortunately I'm not close to the beach, so... Ah, I understand, I understand, I'm close to the beach, I have a river far, so I often take a book with me. Yes, yes, yes, yes. That's interesting. Like you said, audiobooks 10%, yes? I also, I want to read. And I want to have this physical book, yes? Like this? Yeah, exactly, exactly. And you see, I have... I have probably more than 1000 books. I bought them all the time. My books are on the left. I don't see it now.

But I also have many books. I also have many books which I haven't read yet. Which I haven't read yet. I don't know how to read. I don't know what about you. I have a lot, but... They wait. They wait. One, one, one czekają właściwy moment, tak? Okay. I tutaj też jest ogólne pytanie. Jaki jest Twój ulubiony gatunek literacki? Where's your favorite literary genre? And it's like typical question for, for Polish lesson in the high school or something, yeah?

Usually we don't use it like this phrase because it can be dramat trauma and so on, worth knowing that also there's like that genre basically means gatunek also when it comes to music. Gatunek muzyczny but it's like it's not so natural I would say at all Barberia. It exists. Okay. And also on podcast. There's a lot of podcasts. Yes. Słownictwo, vocabulary related to some related to books, so, zakładka, zakładka, it's bookmark.

I wanted to show you. I have a few, but I don't know if I have it close. I have one very good metal and sometimes there's a paper, but I don't know where it is. I don't know if I have my book, who will read it right now, here. I wanted to show you, I wanted to show you, when I was in Turkey, I grabbed some bookmarks, which were made of like material.

I have this. This is a dolphin. Harry Potter vibe. But, I can find now, but in Turkey, yes, I bought some like material. With the eye, is it? Yes, they did it like, you know, like carpet. One, one wyglądają jak, jak dywan. Tak, tak. Teraz, teraz niestety, nie, nie. O to jest lepsze niż robić, nie wiem, jak mówi, ale czasami ludzi robić to, on to nie jest dobre, bo książka jest kaputwórna, tak? Nie, nie, nie. Ja, ja, ja bardzo dbam o książki. I care about books. So, so much.

Okay. So, yeah. I co? Była zakładka. Strona, page. page, yeah. Also, when it comes to website, yes, strona internetowa, yeah, page. Also like i i don't know how to say it but sometimes there's the size of the the writing because i have one time someone gives me a princess or other side but the words were like two millimeters and i was like i don't know i don't know like you'd have to have a magnifying glass okay i know i know like like

uh drug no not drug not drug sorry uh oh my gosh i missed this word in Polish. Text. Czcionka. Wielkość czcionki. Like the size of the... Czasami ludzi kłamie. It's like that. It's like words. Czasem czcionka jest bardzo malutka. Ledwo co widać. Czcionka. As you see, our students, even I sometimes forget some words in Polish. Dobrze. The next word, rozdział. So basically chapter. It's a chapter, tak? Pierwszy, drugi, trzeci. We use it with cardinal numbers.

And also, we use it when it comes to life, this word. I will start a new chapter in the life. Yeah, exactly. Like Napsic, tell us, you have a new chapter in the university? Yes, yes, I am in the first year of studies. I don't know what you call it, we call it teenager, but next is... Yes, teenager is... nastolatek or nastolatka but I would say, that I'm a young adult. You're a young adult. Yes, like a young adult. Like in the, you know, have you heard about the Sims?

Have you heard about this still? I've never been, but I remember. I used to say when I was younger and when I was, well, there were categories, you know, and it was like młody dorosły young adult and then dorosły and then adult ok so rozdział and then we have twarda okładka okładka so it's cover hard cover and here I'm keeping słownik słownik it is dictionary yes worth knowing for you it comes from word Słowo, which is word. Yeah.

So, yeah. Here's English-Polish. Oh, I can see because it's spoken. Yeah, I can see it. So, it's like hardcover. And miękka. Miękka okładka. So, paper bag. Yes, słowo. Miękka okładka. Here, George Orwell. Yes. Citałem tę książkę, bardzo ciekawa. Tak. Bo to jest nasze życie teraz. I don't know, if it's 36, I don't remember what year George Orwell wrote. Yes, probably it should be somewhere in here, but the title is 1984. But I can find exactly which year. But probably you're right,

probably you're right that it was like, yes, something like this. It could be 36, yeah. Yeah, 36. Okay. So, and also the word, which is also new in English for Roy, it is a set book. In American English, it's like a required book. It's like the school, it's like the list. It's an obligatory book. Yes. We call it lectura. So you said you forget some words sometimes. Like, I forget that word. So I don't know that I ever used the word set.

We had probably something, maybe required books, but we used to get a list where I was in the school, and that was Mathematica, Geography, Biology, etc. And I don't remember what it was called, set book or required books. I had to ask myself, Yes, we call it basically lektury, like szkolne, school, szkolna lektura. Yes, we've discussed sometimes about some books and, oh, someone said, oh, to była szkolna lektura. Yes, it was like, like, ser book. But also, we just use it also for book.

Not like a ser book, like required. Oh, to jest bardzo dobra lektura. Like, it is like a really good book. Yes? To jest bardzo dobra lektura. Każdy powinien to przeczytać, for example. Yes? Tak, tak. I, Mark, co jest twoja lubiona książka? Oj, oj, oj, oj, oj, oj. Ciężko wybrać, wiesz? Ciężko, ciężko wybrać. I think I had a few, yeah? But I can choose like one. Nie, nie, nie, nie, nie potrafię wybrać tej jednej, tak? But I would like to mention about Mały Książę, you know?

It's a little bit. No, no, no, no, no. Mały Książę, you know what is the name Książę? A priest, isn't it? Yes. Okay, yeah, because it's similar. Yes, so it is The Little Prince, yes, by Antoni Desin. Oh my gosh, now my French is not Frenching. So The Little Prince I think it's a book for a person at every age yes, different life situations let's say.

I think it's a book for everyone it's a book for everyone and she brings this courage it brings wisdom you know, I think that it's not my favorite one, it's not my favorite one, but I think it's the book which also is like must-have book to read. Yeah? A twoja? There's a few too, but it's difficult. It's difficult to pick. But it's very good, for example, when you're doing business or when you're talking with people.

How to win friends and influence people by Derek Harnedy? because I remember reading, I read, I don't remember, 20, 30, I don't remember, but I have a lot of notes. I read it a few times, and then now I bought audio too, because now it's better to listen, because I know. And I also read my son, who has 11 years old, and he loves it. I said, it's very important, and you listen to everything, and it's good. And I also read the wheel of health, because I love reading books that are like,

for example, 80 years, 100 years old. It's interesting. One is, it's like, people who live 100 years old, and it's the Himalayas, the hundreds of the Himalayas. For me, it's a very important text. Yeah. I have to read it for sure. Like I have to read about it more, like some recommend also. Yes, a bit more. But also, as you said, if you're pretty recommend, I believe. I believe you. I believe you. So someday I will try. I will read. I will read. I will read. I will read.

And the last words, the last words, the library. It's like library. But also, if you have a lot of books at your home, you can say that you have your own.

So like in the middle, between these two words, between these two letters, we just add czy biblioteczka also. Oh, this one is my biblioteczka, tak? Where a biblioteca library, yes, like public, yeah? Or university, yes? Or like miejska, miejska biblioteca. So in some neighborhoods, yes, there are. Półka, półka for books, na książki, półka na książki, so it's like bookshelf, yes? Yeah. And the last one. Księdhania, bookshelf.

Dostępnie, bo dla mnie jest bardzo trudno czytać książkę po polsku, ale w Łodzi jest bardzo małe, może być po angielsku zawsze, on Amazon, when I read the book, it's on the internet. Unfortunately, the book is on the internet. It's a little bit. When I'm on the internet, I'm back to Ireland or Great Britain, it's okay. You know what? You know what? You can find books in English, you can find in Empiku. Empik is a... Yes, it is. It's a shop. You can find it. I'll explain it. Advertisement.

No, basically, it's like a shop, there's everything. Yes, now even they have cosmetics, etc. But mainly, it's like kind of bookshop. Yes, księgarnia. And usually, even they have little bookshelf with some titles in English. Yes, I pretty recommend. But you're right when it comes to Amazon. And also, as a Polish, I bought books on Amazon. Because it's a little bit. It's cheaper and faster. And faster.

But you don't read it in Polish. It's weird, because sometimes it's a half-time, when it's a lot more in Polish than in English. But unfortunately... Yeah, yeah. Roy, ale... Później, może później czytam. You have to read in Polish. Musisz czytać po polsku. I also recommend it to you, our viewers, yes, for our visitors, because it really develops our language skills. To naprawdę pomaga naszym umiejętnościom językowym. Ja mam około 7 książek po angielsku, tak?

Połowę z nich przeczytałam, half of them I read. It's not a lore, basically, it's not a lore. But I read a lot of articles, I read a lot of articles, I read a lot of articles, in English, and last time I bought the first book in Turkish, when I was in Turkey. I first, also about my first Turkish book. Reading, reading develops. Not only in the foreign language, but also in your native language.

Even in our old system. yeah yeah and it was all yeah no that's it jane career badsel so you can uh yeah what you might do today just write to us let us know what book you would recommend and also are you actually reading polish books so you can find everything about marta to get lessons from her or listen to her tiktok and her music and her singing and they're in the show notes but the audio and the video you find everything about me scan the qr code

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