The books I grew up with

I can still remember the time when I had only learnt how to read and my grandfather, trying to encourage my reading appetite, used to buy me a series of short stories for children entitled 'Już czytam'. I absolutely admired the stories as they were definitely suited for my age and interests, although today I am sure I would call them painfully naive. But that was only the beginning of the great passion I developed for books, which was continuously fed by both my grandparents thanks to their commitment and a good taste in books. Among the most important books of my childhood (and therefore of my life) are those by Konrad Makuszyński ('Szatan z siódmej klasy'), 'Hrabia Monte Christo' by Alexander Dumas, and a whole series of novels by Małgorzata Musierowicz. The novels by Musierowicz had been on top of my list of favorites well until I was about 15. I used to read them again and again, and I'm sure I would now again if I weren't so busy. The plot of the series is set in Poznań, my hometown, which definitely only adds to my empathy for its protagonists' adventures. The main plot revolves around the life stories of the members of a family of 2 parents and 5 daughters and later these daughters' offspring. The family is struggling as the mother is a housewife and the father is a University lecturer and both of them think that, in comparison to new clothes or a few sausages (communism flourishing), books are the items worth spending money on. A love story of one of their daughters, later grandchildren, is presented in each volume, each of them making the reader laugh out loud and cry by turns. And the style is everything but soap opera-like, no worries about that one:)
Certainly worth recommendation!

Home

After 7 months of staying alternatively in Rennes and London I finally came back  to my home town Poznań and I am staying at my mum's, that is, at home. It sounds good, home, after a long period of being away. In fact, it doesn't only SOUND good, but it feels good, it smells good and looks so wonderfully familiar in each and every detail. My room is the absolute favorite on my list; it's very comfortably furnished and everything, including pastel colours of the walls and the carpet  and even tightly filled book shelves,  fits my personality and style just perfectly.
The other room that I really enjoy spending time in is the kitchen. First of all, this is the place where most of the time my mother can be found and this alone makes it a nice place. Secondly, it seems to be in human nature that we tend to spend lots of time next to food and drinkeven if not actually eating and drinking as the very proximity is just enough to make us feel safe.
I also like the living room where the TV set is, but having said that, I hardly ever get a chance to watch anything on telly, and even when I do there seems to be nothing really worth watching on and I end up reading a detective story by either Agatha or one of the Scandinavian, recently very prolific and succesful, authors.
I guess that's me for now.