Sign in with Facebook
D.M. Busek’s Followers (6)
1,680 books
|
74 friends
302 books
|
33 friends
552 books
|
25 friends
0 books
|
1 friend
160 books
|
3 friends
1 book
|
1 friend
32 books
|
32 friends
0 books
|
12 friends
D.M. Busek
Goodreads Author
Born
Moscow, Russian Federation
Member Since
July 2012
URL
https://www.goodreads.com/d_m_busek
To ask
D.M. Busek
questions,
please sign up.
Proper Breathing
I (loosely, as required by its setting) translated my own book into English. It can be read on AO3 (https://archiveofourown.org/works/443...). It's almost a different book - the story is the same, but the narative had to be adjusted, now that the protagonist is retelling her story in English. Also, some names were changed, for their own good.
Read more of this blog post »
D.M.’s Recent Updates
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book it was ok
|
|
| The idea was neat, and the execution was fine, and some of the details were indeed in the vein of "you had to be there", i.e. quite exquisite. However: Whereas the typical lightheaded tone of a travel guide fits very well when it sends you to Woodsto ...more | |
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book really liked it
|
|
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book really liked it
|
|
| süß, goldig und putzig - ja, ein bisschen zu zuckersüß, aber bei so vielen Katzen ist alles vergeben. | |
"
Vrillon wrote: "Эфемерный образ "многомудрого" редактора навеян сказками Андерсена, но в реальности таких людей нет. Авторский слог в этом случае всё
...more
"
|
|
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| I used to re-read it regularly when I was a kid, and now I decided to check whether it's still readable, and it is indeed, and the old enchantment is still there, and seemingly dated details are as dated as goblins and dragons, and I forgot all about ...more | |
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book it was amazing
|
|
| I used to re-read it regularly when I was a kid, and now I decided to check whether it's still readable, and it is indeed, and the old enchantment is still there, and seemingly dated details are as dated as goblins and dragons, and I forgot all about ...more | |
|
D.M. Busek
rated a book liked it
|
|
| Through its whole middle, I thought that it's turning into a rather awful Midsomer Murders episode, but in the end it managed to turn out into a better one, a tad sentimental and with some clever denouements after all. At least one, plus a gun plante ...more | |
|
D.M. Busek
and
4645 other people
liked
Cathy's review
of
The Thursday Murder Club (Thursday Murder Club, #1):
"Unpopular opinion alert... but I thought that this book was kind of terrible.
It has a nice concept...sort of. It's partially set in a retirement village, and we are quickly introduced to a lot of quirky characters who have organised themselves into a" Read more of this review » |
|
“One can't have everything. (подумав) I had everything. (подумав еще и повеселев) I still have everything. Пойдемте, Иосиф Михалыч, бензин кончается.”
― Правильное дыхание
― Правильное дыхание
“The respectable family that supports worthless relatives or covers up their crimes in order to "protect the family name"(as if the moral stature of one man could be damaged by the actions of another)
-the bum who boasts that his great-grandfather was an empire-builder, or the small-town spinster who boasts that her maternal great-uncle was a state senator and her third cousin gave a concert at carnegie hall (as if the achievement of one man could rub off on the mediocrity of another)
-the parents who search geneological trees in order to evaluate their prospective son-in-law.
-the celebrity who starts his autobiography with a detailed account of his family history
-All these are samples of racism.”
― The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
-the bum who boasts that his great-grandfather was an empire-builder, or the small-town spinster who boasts that her maternal great-uncle was a state senator and her third cousin gave a concert at carnegie hall (as if the achievement of one man could rub off on the mediocrity of another)
-the parents who search geneological trees in order to evaluate their prospective son-in-law.
-the celebrity who starts his autobiography with a detailed account of his family history
-All these are samples of racism.”
― The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism
