Title; The Great Discovery
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Author; Mandy Loader
Level; 3
Summary;
Tim Saunders was suggested to search for treasure together by Ahmed. According to Ahmed, a girl named Maria and a bracelet which Maria has were the keys for finding treasure. Tim met Maria. She seemed a mysterious girl and wore the bracelet. He thought that the bracelet was from the tomb of one of the last pharaohs or perhaps it belonged to the great Cleopatra. If he could discover Cleopatra’s tomb, he would be so famous. At last, he could find Cleopatra’s tomb and get treasure but something strange have happened to around him.(94 words)
Evaluation; 4 stars
Review;
I chose this book because the picture of this cover was beautiful and I was attracted. I couldn’t atop reading because it was so exciting story. I was attracted by not only this story but also beautiful illustrations.
The history of Egypt and Egyptian tombs are so mysterious and attractive and there are a lot of treasures. So many explorers go searching for treasure. But what they do is breaking a grave open or bad behavior. So ghosts in the tombs, of course, get angry and many strange things will occur because of their curse. That’s horror! (97 words)
2010年1月15日金曜日
Book Review-11; How to be an Alien
Title; How to be an Alien
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Author; George Mikes
Level; 3
Summary;
George Mikes, the writer of these stories, is a man from Hungary. When he met English, he seemed that every behavior of English were strange. He found that the English think cleverly. For example, newspapers or buses behave too punctually.
There are many stories which tell us about English men and women’s daily life, customs and rules. (57 words)
Evaluation; 5 stars
Review;
This book tells me about English men and women’s custom, their way to think and their behavior. I have known a few things about their culture such as drinking tea and behaving gently, but I read this book and I knew so many things I have never heard. If the author knew about Japanese custom and culture, would he write a book about Japan which Japanese seems ‘Alien’?
I think this book was so interesting. I recommend you to read it. So I evaluated it at 5 stars. (88words)
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Author; George Mikes
Level; 3
Summary;
George Mikes, the writer of these stories, is a man from Hungary. When he met English, he seemed that every behavior of English were strange. He found that the English think cleverly. For example, newspapers or buses behave too punctually.
There are many stories which tell us about English men and women’s daily life, customs and rules. (57 words)
Evaluation; 5 stars
Review;
This book tells me about English men and women’s custom, their way to think and their behavior. I have known a few things about their culture such as drinking tea and behaving gently, but I read this book and I knew so many things I have never heard. If the author knew about Japanese custom and culture, would he write a book about Japan which Japanese seems ‘Alien’?
I think this book was so interesting. I recommend you to read it. So I evaluated it at 5 stars. (88words)
2010年1月4日月曜日
Book Review-10; Ghost in the Guitar
Title; Ghost in the Guitar
Author; Paul Shipton
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
Katy was a member of the band called Steel City. She had a boy-friend, Tom, who was its member too. She played the electric piano and wrote some of their songs, and Tom was a guitarist. Aruna, a bass guitarist and a singer, and Danny, a drummer, were members of Steel City. One day, a music competition, ‘the Battle of the Bands’ was going to be held and their band was going to take part in it. But while they were practicing, Katy’s careless broke Tom’s guitar. So they bought a secondhand guitar, but Tom had become stranger and stranger since he got the guitar. Katy wondered Tom’s strange behavior, and she researched about the guitar. Then she found an uncanny event in twenty years ago and she thought a ghost was in the guitar. On the day of the competition, on the final stage, she tried to remove the ghost from Tom and broke the guitar. Steel City couldn’t win the competition but Tom could again become his former self and all the members of the band were happy. (180 words)
Evaluation; 5 stars
Review;
It is an exciting strange story. Tom, the hero of the story, is Katy’s boy-friend. Both of them are the members of the band, Steel City. They hope to become pop stars. They practice every day to play well. The ghost in Tom’s new guitar also seems to hope to become a big star, so the ghost possesses Tom to behave strictly against his mates.
My heart was beating fast while I was reading it. It was not so easy but I could read it without deadlock. So I evaluated it at 5 stars. (94 words)
Author; Paul Shipton
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
Katy was a member of the band called Steel City. She had a boy-friend, Tom, who was its member too. She played the electric piano and wrote some of their songs, and Tom was a guitarist. Aruna, a bass guitarist and a singer, and Danny, a drummer, were members of Steel City. One day, a music competition, ‘the Battle of the Bands’ was going to be held and their band was going to take part in it. But while they were practicing, Katy’s careless broke Tom’s guitar. So they bought a secondhand guitar, but Tom had become stranger and stranger since he got the guitar. Katy wondered Tom’s strange behavior, and she researched about the guitar. Then she found an uncanny event in twenty years ago and she thought a ghost was in the guitar. On the day of the competition, on the final stage, she tried to remove the ghost from Tom and broke the guitar. Steel City couldn’t win the competition but Tom could again become his former self and all the members of the band were happy. (180 words)
Evaluation; 5 stars
Review;
It is an exciting strange story. Tom, the hero of the story, is Katy’s boy-friend. Both of them are the members of the band, Steel City. They hope to become pop stars. They practice every day to play well. The ghost in Tom’s new guitar also seems to hope to become a big star, so the ghost possesses Tom to behave strictly against his mates.
My heart was beating fast while I was reading it. It was not so easy but I could read it without deadlock. So I evaluated it at 5 stars. (94 words)
2009年12月15日火曜日
Book Review - 9; The Ring
Title; The Ring
Author; Bernard Smith
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
Rafael was a poor, crazy man who lived in an old boat as a house on the beach. He had been a well before a certain day. One day, he got a gold ring and then he went mad. The ring was a magic ring. Rafael became mad, and he killed Anita – a so beautiful girl and being in love with each other – and The Soldier – a man who came to the village those days. The story teller looked for the reasons why he committed murder. (86 words)
Evaluation; 4 stars
Review;
This is a mysterious story. I couldn’t believe that Rafael killed Anita, who was in love together. Rafael had been a good man before he got the ring, but he had changed so mad. I was frightened at the ring. If I had the ring, would I commit murder? It was long story so I felt it hard to read but I excited it. So I evaluated it at 4 stars. (71 words)
Author; Bernard Smith
Publisher; Penguin Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
Rafael was a poor, crazy man who lived in an old boat as a house on the beach. He had been a well before a certain day. One day, he got a gold ring and then he went mad. The ring was a magic ring. Rafael became mad, and he killed Anita – a so beautiful girl and being in love with each other – and The Soldier – a man who came to the village those days. The story teller looked for the reasons why he committed murder. (86 words)
Evaluation; 4 stars
Review;
This is a mysterious story. I couldn’t believe that Rafael killed Anita, who was in love together. Rafael had been a good man before he got the ring, but he had changed so mad. I was frightened at the ring. If I had the ring, would I commit murder? It was long story so I felt it hard to read but I excited it. So I evaluated it at 4 stars. (71 words)
Book Review-8; The Escape and Other Stories
Title; The Escape and Other Stories
Author; W.Somerset Maugham
Publisher; Macmillan Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
The Escape: Roger is a tall and hand-some man in forty-year-old. There were many women who wanted to marry him but he had always escaped from them. In a party, he met Ruth, a beautiful nice woman and she also wanted to marry him. Roger once had promised to marry her, but soon he didn’t want to do. But if he broke the promise, he had to pay so much money to her. So he planed to avoid to marrying her without breaking his promise.
Louise: Louise was an attractive woman and she told everybody that she had a weak heart. Everyone believed it and many man were attracted and wanted to look after her. She had married twice. She told both of men to go out and do what they want to do, not only to look after her. But when they followed her words and went out left her at home, she had a heart attack.
The Ant and The Grasshopper: Two men in this story were alike the characters in The Ant and The Grasshopper. George was like to the Ant – working hard and careful with money, his brother Tom was like the Grasshopper – enjoying himself. In the story of the ant and the grasshopper, the ant succeeded, but in this story, on contrarily, George didn’t succeed.
The Fall of Edward Barnard: Both Edward and Bateman loved Isabel. After a while, Edward and Isabel were engaged to marry but they couldn’t marry because Edward had little money. He went Tahiti left her in Chicago to earn. He promised her that he would return to Chicago two years later, but he didn’t some back. Bateman worried about them and looked for him, and then, Bateman found Edward going to marry another woman. Isabel was so sad, and Bateman promised to make her happy. They got married. (308 words)
Evaluate; 5 stars
Review;
This book contains four stories. Every story has humor, sadness and tricks. I like four stories; especially I like “The Escape” the best. Roger was dandy and hand-some, so many woman wanted to marry him but he always escape. He seemed so clever and childish. He wanted to be in free, so escaped from marrying without penalty. The way he escaped is enjoyable.
I enjoyed other stories. It is not so hard for me to understand. I recommend you to read this book. (83 words)
Author; W.Somerset Maugham
Publisher; Macmillan Readers
Level; 3
Summary;
The Escape: Roger is a tall and hand-some man in forty-year-old. There were many women who wanted to marry him but he had always escaped from them. In a party, he met Ruth, a beautiful nice woman and she also wanted to marry him. Roger once had promised to marry her, but soon he didn’t want to do. But if he broke the promise, he had to pay so much money to her. So he planed to avoid to marrying her without breaking his promise.
Louise: Louise was an attractive woman and she told everybody that she had a weak heart. Everyone believed it and many man were attracted and wanted to look after her. She had married twice. She told both of men to go out and do what they want to do, not only to look after her. But when they followed her words and went out left her at home, she had a heart attack.
The Ant and The Grasshopper: Two men in this story were alike the characters in The Ant and The Grasshopper. George was like to the Ant – working hard and careful with money, his brother Tom was like the Grasshopper – enjoying himself. In the story of the ant and the grasshopper, the ant succeeded, but in this story, on contrarily, George didn’t succeed.
The Fall of Edward Barnard: Both Edward and Bateman loved Isabel. After a while, Edward and Isabel were engaged to marry but they couldn’t marry because Edward had little money. He went Tahiti left her in Chicago to earn. He promised her that he would return to Chicago two years later, but he didn’t some back. Bateman worried about them and looked for him, and then, Bateman found Edward going to marry another woman. Isabel was so sad, and Bateman promised to make her happy. They got married. (308 words)
Evaluate; 5 stars
Review;
This book contains four stories. Every story has humor, sadness and tricks. I like four stories; especially I like “The Escape” the best. Roger was dandy and hand-some, so many woman wanted to marry him but he always escape. He seemed so clever and childish. He wanted to be in free, so escaped from marrying without penalty. The way he escaped is enjoyable.
I enjoyed other stories. It is not so hard for me to understand. I recommend you to read this book. (83 words)
2009年12月1日火曜日
Book Review – 7; The Secret Garden
Title; The Secret Garden
Editor; Jennifer Bassett, Tricia Hedge
Publisher; Oxford University Press
Level; 3
Summary;
A little girl Mary was bad-tempered and disagreeable child. One day, both of her parents died of a disease so Mary was sent to her uncle, Mr. Archibald Craven. Mr. Craven and his housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock, were cold, and Mary felt so impatient. She had a servant, Martha, told her a secret that there was a special garden nobody could enter because it was locked up. Mary could found the key and there she experienced some magic. She told it Dickon, Martha’s brother, who were loved by animals in Craven’s garden. One night, Mary found Mr. Craven’s son, Colin. He was ill and couldn’t walk by himself own, and he was so crooked. Mary persuaded him to go to their secret garden, and then, when Colin experienced the magic, his week legs became more and more strong. Though Colin and Mr. Craven hadn’t liked each other, the moment Colin showed his recovered legs, Mr. Craven was so glad and gently smiled to his son. (164 words)
Evaluation; 5 stars
Review;
It was the first time I read the story ‘The Secret Garden’. Mary was bad-tempered and selfish girl and, I felt, she was also so active, innocent and strong. Her vitality and curiosity enabled herself to find the key of the secret garden and enter it. Colin’s illness – crooked mind and week legs – were cured by her vitality and Colin and Mr. Craven were reconciled.
In this story, there were many characters but it was not so difficult for me to read and I enjoyed it. So I evaluated it at 5 stars. (93 words)
2009年11月20日金曜日
Review-6; Psycho
Title; Psycho
Author; Robert Bloch
Publisher (Level); Penguin Readers (3)
Summary;
Marion Crone, who is a secretary from Phoenix, is in live with Sam Loomies, who lives far away in Texas. She wants to marry him, but his money shortage prevents them from getting married. So she steals $40, 000 from her boss and drives away with the money to be with Sam. It’s a long, dangerous journey. It’s dark, it’s raining, she’s tired and hungry, and so she enters the small, quiet motel. She wants to feel perfect and take a shower. Then, while taking a shower, she is killed by someone. Norman, her boss, wonders his mother killed Marion. When Lila, who is Marion’s sister, Norman, and anyone there are confused, Arbogast a detective researches and thinks about this case. Everyone searching for some information about Marion, Arbogast is killed by someone, and Norman and Sam have a quarrel and Sam is injured by Norman. And Lila is barely injured and killed by Norman but Sam helps her so she is all right. At last, Dr.Steiner, Lila, and Sam can get the entire story. All the mysteries are solved. (180 words)
Review; 5 stars
I was so excited. This is a story full of thrills and suspense. I couldn’t believe that Marion stole a huge amount of money to marry her lover. And I was shocked at the scene of Marion’s death. I was also frightened very much at the killer and attracted to this story. This story has been made into the movie, “Psycho”. I really want to watch it, although I’m afraid that I can’t sleep the night for fear. I evaluated it at 5 stars.(84 words)
Author; Robert Bloch
Publisher (Level); Penguin Readers (3)
Summary;
Marion Crone, who is a secretary from Phoenix, is in live with Sam Loomies, who lives far away in Texas. She wants to marry him, but his money shortage prevents them from getting married. So she steals $40, 000 from her boss and drives away with the money to be with Sam. It’s a long, dangerous journey. It’s dark, it’s raining, she’s tired and hungry, and so she enters the small, quiet motel. She wants to feel perfect and take a shower. Then, while taking a shower, she is killed by someone. Norman, her boss, wonders his mother killed Marion. When Lila, who is Marion’s sister, Norman, and anyone there are confused, Arbogast a detective researches and thinks about this case. Everyone searching for some information about Marion, Arbogast is killed by someone, and Norman and Sam have a quarrel and Sam is injured by Norman. And Lila is barely injured and killed by Norman but Sam helps her so she is all right. At last, Dr.Steiner, Lila, and Sam can get the entire story. All the mysteries are solved. (180 words)
Review; 5 stars
I was so excited. This is a story full of thrills and suspense. I couldn’t believe that Marion stole a huge amount of money to marry her lover. And I was shocked at the scene of Marion’s death. I was also frightened very much at the killer and attracted to this story. This story has been made into the movie, “Psycho”. I really want to watch it, although I’m afraid that I can’t sleep the night for fear. I evaluated it at 5 stars.(84 words)
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