book review☆16

Last book review!!

I read THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS. I've seen this movie before, So I could read it quickly. I didn't remember what happened in the movie well, but the matter of this book in the last scene was different from the movie, I thought. There were some scenes which were not in the movie, too. In this book, I especially inpressed Mohican's courage and strong spirit. The battle scene is powerful. Also I knew what was colony war by this book and movie. I felt native people's pride. Uncas who is Mohicans, his father and Hawkeye meet Heyward. He is taking two British women, Cola and Alice, to their father. And they are endangered, too. Will the women see their father again? It is also highlight of this story.

This book is a little longer than other books, but I think everyone will enjoy it.

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I read Mr Jealous. This book is also one of teen stories. First story is Mr Jealous. In this story, Cathy, a heroine, is key person. She is enchantress, I think. I feel pity for Rob who is her boyfriend. Second story is Roberto. Sarah, a heroine, meets a boy from Italy, and she falls in love. This is pure love story! Last story is The BULLY. In this story, She wants somethings. Do you think what she wants? Please try to read it!

This book also has READING GAME. It is ineteresting, but you had better try it when you have enough time. It is a little troublesome game, I think.

Sorry, the picture is different from the book which I read. However the content is same, I think.

book review★14

I read Mystery Girl. This book is one of teen stories series. I read Purse which was of them two weeks ago, and I enjoyed reading it. So I read the same series this time. I really like these stories. First story, MYSTERY GIRL, is a boy who is adolescence's story. Although he has a important promise, he is absorbed in a girl. She is also seems to like him, but she really likes him? The ending is ...you can see after you read it!!
This book has two ghost stories and a simple game, So you want to be a ghost-hunter... , too! I tried this game. The result is... "You want to be a ghost-hunter. Perhaps sometimes you nearly see them" I laughed to this result because I've never seen ghost!
This book never bored me. I want to read this series more!!

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I read AMERICAN LIFE. American life, country's story, movie, television and car,etc. This book has many informations about America. America is interesting country, but I have never been to America. I read this book, and I'm interested in America more! I wanna see the Statue of Liberty, I wanna eat American foods, I wanna go to American shools... this book make me think so! And this book has a comic, too. My most favorite page is American Days. This page introduce four American Days with nice pictures. I like this page very much, but I want more informations.
People who have been to America also enjoy reading this book, I think. So if you are interested in America, try to read it!

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I read The Purse. This book has four stories. And the main stories are two comics. One of them, The Purse is interesting story. A hero, Mark finds a purse on the train, and he meets the purse's owner who is young girl after a few days. He is an unlucky boy, but it's interesting, I think. Why I think so? What happens to him? You can understand it if you read the book! The other comic is The Baby-sitters. It's good story, too! However I think The Purse is more interesting than it. The other stories in this book are THE GOOD AND THE BAD and PROBLEMS, PROBLEMS! The former is very short story! And grammar and vocabularies are easy. So I could read it quickly. The latter is teenagers' problem page. 3 teenagers talk their problems. And Scarlett answers them. This book has a simple reading game, too!! I tried it.

This book just likes a magazine! It's very interesting book!! You can enjoy reading it even if you don't like books or you don't have enough time! Let's try to read it.

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It’s MOTHER GOOSE! This book has 86 songs. When I only read the songs, I did not know everything. However if I listen their music, there are many songs which I know, I think. How many Mother Goose do you know? Mother Goose is very simple. You can read easily and enjoy them! You also be able to memorize all songs easily! There are many kind of songs. I like “Humpty Dumpty”. It is on first page. Its song is famous in Japan, too. Do you know English tongue twister? For example, “Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper…” It is one of Mother Goose!! I didn’t know that. Every song is interesting! I wondered who made them. I really like this book! There is this book at picture books area in library. Try to read it!

book review★10

I read PRINCE William. You know Prince William, don’t you? I saw Safumi’s book review before, and I wanted to read this book. I’m interested in him, too. I knew his background for the first time by the book.
This book introduces his childhood simply, and it has some pictures. The picture of William at the age of two is very nice! He is very cute!! He grew up with his mother (Diana)’s great love. In his childhood, he had many friends at school, and he often played some sports. His parents took him and his brother to some places to swim, ski and go shopping, etc. for the holiday. He also went to see people with no homes, and to see very ill people with Diana. Sometimes he had a difficult time. However he seems to lead a full life now. There are a lot of things which he likes - sports, driving, reading books and animals, etc! He has a high popularity among girls. He is handsome!! Do you think so? I want to have a look at him, too!




←William at the age of two!!

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I have a manga written in English. It's FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST! You know the manga, don't you? I've collected the ordinary manga (witten in Japanese) since I was a high school student. And I'm interested in them written in English, too! I like FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST very much!! It is one of my most favorite books.

"The story of FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST is a little difficult", readers who read it for the first time may feel. However you must understand it if you read several times! This manga have many dark stories and grotesque illustrations. So I'm often in a somber mood when I read it. However it has many gags, too!! Gags are very interesting!! Gags are always make me laugh!

I think manga is also a good book for studying English. I actually learnd many English colloquial expressions. Kinokuniya has a lot of manga which are translated into English. These books are expensive (about ￥1000). And I recommend you to read this manga written in Japanese at first.

I wish I could do alchemy, too.

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I read The Ghost of Genny Castle. It's horror story.
A heroin, Claire, Mr. Burge and his pet, Alexa are important people and animal in this story. Genny Castle has a secret, and it's a dangerous place. At first, Claire is not afraid of the castle. She is interested in the castle and goes to see it. And she has some strange experiences at there. After that we can know "a secret of the castle" gradually. The latter of the story is interesting spot.

I thought this story had enexpected ending. I was surprised at a connection between Claire, Mr. Burge and Alexa in the latter of the story. I felt this story was curious rather than scary. I was absorbed in reading this book when I came to myself!

My recommended scene is from Claire read two witches' story to the end! It, the latter of the story, is really interesting!! What is Alexa? And what is Claire?

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I read The Railway Children. This story is classic.

The main characters are three children who live near the railway with their mother. And they are never rich. They meet many people and they make friends with them. Sometimes they are in trouble or get involved in trouble. It seems as if their life is the adventure! After I read, I felt "Their life is wonderful. Happiness is never influenced by money."

An old man appears in the middle of the story, and he is an important person in the story. When you read this book, notice him, too.

The grammar and vocabrallies in this book are not so difficult. However this book has not been borrowed very much yet. If you like, why don't you read it once?

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I read FOOD AND DRINK IN BRITAIN. This book introduces British food and drink.

Home-cooked food, traditional food, restaurant or pub's food, fast food, a staple food(potatoes) and sweets, etc! Many foods are introduced. And there are some recipes, too! If you like, you can make British food. This book has many nice pictures!! When I looked at the pictures, I wanted to eat all the foods. When you read this book, you will be gradually hungry, too. The most interesting foods in this book are sweets and pub's food.

I like cakes, chocolate and ice-cream, etc. like British people. And one of sweets which were introduced, a trifle impressed me. Do you know a trifle? This book has the picture, too. Seeing is believing(^-^)

Pub is very famous in Britain. Some people actually went to pub this summer vacation, didn't they? If I have a chance to go to Britain, I'd like to go to pub. In this book, some pub's drinks are introduced. I like drink very much. So I want to drink in pub!

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I read Australia and New Zealand. This book introduce Australia and New Zealand. If you like Oceania, why don't you read this book? You'll surely enjoy reading. And, you can learn their geography and history.

Do you know Aborigines and Maori people? They are the original inhabitants in Australia and New Zealand. I had not known about their past or life well before, but this book told me about them.

If you go to Australia or New Zealand, where do you want to go? There are six large cities, Uluru and Alice Springs which is in the center of country in Australia. Also, there are some famous cities in New Zealand. The book tells you about that, too.

And... typical Oceanic animals! Very cute!! The book have some informations about the animals. I especially like koala!

This book have wonderful pictures! You will not be tired of this book.

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I read A WHITE HERON and Other American Short Stories. This book has 5 great short stories written by famous American writers.

The first story is A WHITE HERON written by Sarah Orne Jewett. -- Sylvia, a little girl who is afraid of people and loves the woods, meet a man and make friends with him. He is her first friend, and he wants to find a strange white bird. However sylvia protects the white heron even if she lose a friend. I felt her kind mind and strong courage.

The second story is The Story of Hour written by Kate Chopin.-- A young woman hears her husband's death, and she changes suddenly. I was a little afraid of her.

The third story is The Complete Life of John Hopkings written by O. Henry.-- This is about people who live in the Big City. Different things happen in the Big City.

The fourth story is Luck written by Mark Twain. I like the story the best in this book. This is a general's story. The story tells us, "Intelligence is not so important. Luck is more important!"

The fifth story is The Tell-Tale Heart written by Edgar Allan Poe. This is a man who is very afraid's story. The man says, "I'm not a crazy person!" But I think he is very crazy(^-^;). If you read this story, you will think so.

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I read A NEW ZEALAND ADVENTURE. The book was thin, and I could read easily. I actually read this book in short time when I waited for my friend. I like Australia, and I'm interested in New zealand, too. So I chose the book to read.
The story is interesting. Two girls take a trip to New zealand on holiday. They find a boy's mobile phone there. And while they go to some places to find owner of the mobile phone, they enjoy their trip.
They went to five places in the story. I knew the one of them, Auckland. I also want to try to do bun gee jump from tower in Auckland like a girl does. The sights of other cities or towns are wonderful, too. When I read this book, I wanted to go to New zealand to see the sights.

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I read APOLLO 13. I had not ever know about APOLLO 13 well. I had just heard the name. After I read, I thought"What a hard trip!" And I felt that walking on the moon was very difficult at that time again. I was really sorry the astronauts (especially Jim) could not walk on the moon. No one probably thought such the things happened.
However the astronauts and the controllers at Mission Control had strong faith each other and unerring judgment. The controllers supported hard for the astronauts, and The astronauts' actions were bravely. This was why all of the astronauts could survive and back home, I thought.
Today, some people go traveling in space. I envy them. If I were rich, I could go to space!

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I read Stories of Courage. This book have stories of eight brave people.
One of them is the life of Kenzaburo Oe who is a Japanese writer. His son was born seriously disabled, and his life with the child was difficult. Also he couldn't see any hope. But one day, he met a man who changed his life, and he learned about courage.
In other stories, a female runner who had terrible accident began to run again in race with her strong mind, a housewife left her family and worked as a spy for her hometown during World War 2 and a prisoner in Sudan's long war escaped from the prison to find freedom, though it was very dangerous...etc.
Their actions are all brave! Their stories will give us courage and strength. When times are difficult, I recommend you to read this book!

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