Book Review 2-18: Love or Money?

I read ' Love or Money?' today. This is the crime and mystery story. The story goes like this. The main character is Molly Clarkson. She is rich. She is 50 years old, old woman. One day, she has a small party for her birthday - only four people. Four people, however, who need the same thing, they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are waiting for her to die. But one person can't wait. And on her fiftieth birthday, Molly Clarkson is killed by someone. And, the investigation is started. I tried to reason, but it was also difficult for me. I couldn't understand the trick or the criminal. The mystery story is always different for me. I want to be good reader of mystery stories. I want to read more mystery stories to train my brain.

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Book Review 2-17: The Wiches Of Pendle

I read 'The Witches Of Pendle', today. This is the true story. This story is the story about witches. Do you believe the existence of the witch? I don't know they are in the world. In English in the 1600s many people believed in witches. Everybody was very afraid of them. The main character is Janet Device. She is 9 years old, poor and thin girl. Her grandmother was witch. Her mother was witch. Her ant was witch. That is what villager believed. So, she was in the prison of Lancaster Castle. She was not witch because she is a child between witch, her mother and normal man, her father. Her families were caught up and they were hanged in front of Lancaster Castle. But she was caught up and went to prison in the Lancaster Castle. Because of she has a name, Device. People don’t like the name of Device. She must stay there in Lancaster Castle with her died family. That is a true sad girl story.

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Book Review 2-16: The Phantom of the Opera

I read 'The Phantom of the Opera' today. This story is fantasy & horror. This story is real story. The place is opera house in Paris. There is said that the phantom lives somewhere under the opera house. The phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. He is maybe like a skull in my image. But the evidences of the person who watched the phantom are different each. It is so strange. But finally, he is disclosed that it is not a goast or phantom. He is a man. He is unhappy Erik. He hides from the world because of his terrible, ugly face. And he played a goast or phantom with several tricks. That is the truth of 'The Phantom of the Opera'.

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Book Review 2-15: The President's Murderer

I read ‘The President’s Murderer’ today. This story is a man who escaped from jail versus against the police. That’s like ‘Prison Break’. But, this story’s detail is very different from it. In this story, the police are villain. Finally, the escaping man is shot down. But he is didn’t murdered the president. The police made him murderer. True murderer didn’t disclose. People know he isn’t murderer. People helped him to escape. But he shot down. This story’s ending is little sad.

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Book Review 2-14: The Monkey's Paw

I read 'The Monkey's Paw' today. This story is fantasy & horror story. An old soldier, Tom Morris came to see old friend, Mr. White. Tom told some interesting stories to the White family. And, he started to talk about 'the monkey's paw' story. The monkey's paw can make three wishes. But, he was very afraid of the monkey's paw. The monkey's always bring unhappiness. But Mr. White didn't believe that. He took it from Tom. Mr. White tried to make his wish. His wish was money. His wish was made. But, finally he died. It is bad to lose yourself because of your desire.

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Book Review 2-13: The Omega Files

I read 'The Omega Files' today. This is short stories. So, it is comfortable to read. The omega file means secret story. EDI (the European Department of Intelligence in Brussele) is like CIA in the U.S. or KGB in Russia. There are strange stories in the world. EDI treat such as strange stories, called 'Omega file'. There are three files in this book. Those are about Drug Company in London, monster of Loch Ness and island of Galapagos. It is very strange stories.

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Book Review 2-12: The Lottery Winner

I read this book 'The Lottery Winner'. The main character is a old woman, Emma Carter. She is not rich. And she has a son in Australia. But she didn't have enough money to visit. One day, she bought lottery ticket. She put it in bag carefully. But she was stolen her bag by young man, Jason Williams in the street. He got angry because the bag he stolen is very poor. He got only little money, lottery ticket and cheap bag. But he knew the lottery ticket is won. He feels happy. At last he is arrested and go jail. But her win ticket didn't go back to her. At last, all money goes lawyers. Finally, the winner of this story is lawyers.

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Book Review 2-11: Five Children And It

I read this book, ‘Five Children And It’. The main characters are five children and ‘IT’, a Psammead, a sand-fairy, thousands of years old. ‘IT’ is very strange shape – fat and furry, and with eyes on long stalks. But, ‘IT’can gives wishes, one wish a day. Children try to ask difficult wishes. ‘IT’ is very tired. At last, children recognized it and stop asking. It was ‘IT’s wish. I like this story. It is very interesting story.

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Book Review 2-10: The Jungle Book

I read this book 'The Jungle Book' today. This story is famous. I knew the title. But I didn't know the story. So, I read this book. The main charactor is Mowgli, a human child. But he is raised by wolf. And his teachers are bear and panther. This story is Mowgli's adventures in jungle. This story is like 'Mononokehime', the Japanese animation. I like this book.

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Book Review Extra: Never Too Late

It's fall of reading!! I read this book, 'Never Too Late'. The writer of this book is Yuta Tabuse. He is first Japanese NBA player. He is famous in Japan. I think you know who he is. He write about his experiences of his college life. He was studing abroad to Brigham Young University Hawaii (BYUH) after he graduate from Noshiro Technical Highschool in Akita. Basketball club of Noshiro is the best team in Japan. Noshiro lost just 1 time at offical game during he was in this school. Noshiro won the National Convention 9 times in a low during he was in this school. That is very great. He is elite of basketball. He studied abroad to Hawaii to raise his basketball skills. But he faced the wall of languages. He write about that in this book. You can read about his interesting stories that he experienced during studying abroad in this book. If you want to read this, go library and look for it in sports area on the first floor.

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Book Review 2-09: Matty Doolin

Today, I read 'Mutty Doolin'. The main character is Mutty Doolin. He is fifteen years old. He is going to graduate from school after three weeks. But he doesn't have a plan after his graduation. He wants to get a job with animals, like a farmer. But his parents disagree with it. But their mind change though his son's dog's die. I can understand his feeling very much. Because, I also don't have any plans about my future.

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Book Review 2-08: Mutiny In The Bounty

I read this book, 'Mutiny On The Bounty'. This is true story. The captain of the ship 'Bounty' is hated by crew. So, the crew of 'Bounty' raise a riot against the captain. The story tells about it. This story is filmed. I want to watch it someday.

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Book Review 2-07: Dead Man's Island

I read this book, 'Dead Man's Island'. This is the first book that is level 2. I thought it is difficult for me. But, I could read it without problems. This is little sad story. A young girl, Carol Sandres lived in Hong Kong. One day, she lost his father by aeroplane accident. To forget that acciden, she and her mother moved Mr. Ross' private island. He is mysterious man. And the people who live in this island are mysterious too. Carol thought it is strange. And she found thier secret at last. Mr. Ross was famous pop singer. He got a problem. So, he get away from people. He must kill himself, being famous. And he must live in getting away from people. It was sad story.

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Book Review 2-06: New Yorkers Short Stories

I read 'New Yorkers Short Stories'. This book contains 5 stories. This book tells a life whose live in New York. It is routine stories for New Yorkers, but it is not routine stories for a man who is not New Yorker. There is a lot of dramatic stories in New York. I want to go to New York one time after I read this book.

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Book Review 2-05: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND

I read 'Alice's Adventures In Wonderland'. I have watched the movie of this book. So, I thought I read this book. I watched this movie when I was infant. So, I'm not sure the story. But I feel it is different from the movie. But the outline is same. I could find untold story in movie in this book. It is very interesting.

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Book Review 2-04: Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Today, I read Sherlock Holmes Short Stories. This book contains three stories. I like mystery stories. But it is difficult for me. I always can't understand tricks before Sherlock Holmes solve it. Sherlock Holmes is very clever man. But tricks is too difficult.....

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Book Review 2-03: Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp

I read 'Aladdin' today. I have never read Aladdin. It is first time to touch it. I knew there are a movie made by Disney. But I have not watched it. I didn't know that Aladdin is lazy boy. I was little surprised. Because I thought Aladdin is good boy. It was very different than my image of Aladdin. But, this story is happy ending. This story is happy success story.

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Book Review 2-02: One-Way Ticket

I read 'One-Way Ticket'. There are three short stories in this book. The situations of all stories are the happening in the train. Each stories are very short, so it is easy to read. I feel go to trip by train.

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Book Review 2-01: Under The Moon

Today, I read 'Under The Moon'. The Theme of this story is 'enviroment'. There is Artificial Ozone Layer in the story. It protects Earth in the story. Today, in the real world, ozone depletion is going. I hope to be invent the Artificial Ozone Layer in the real world like this story. By the way, I felt that story is little halfway...

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Book Review 1-14: CHRISTMAS IN PRAGUE

I read Christmas in Prague. It is easy to read. English is not so difficult. The story is a story that Jan and his father, Josef serve as a miraculous reencounter with their family who was separated, Pavel in Prague. It is miracul!! I think the miracle happens if you strongly pray. It is good story.