by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 24th, 2010
When I was young, my parents bought me many books about adventure, so I personally like adventure fictions and movies. In this way, lord of the flies was a book that was good enough to make me interested. It gave me lots of impressions and lessons.
The book starts off by the plane crash [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 7th, 2010
Title: The Count of Monte Cristo
Author: Alexandre Dumas
Pages:509
Prepare for adventure, count on revenge.
This book was very impressive and overall the story was really interesting. The main character, Edmond Dantes, got into the conspiracy and was put to jail on his wedding day. His best friend wanted to take his [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 7th, 2010
Title: The Education of Little Tree
Author: Forrest Carter
Pages: 328
The Education of Little Tree is the book that was written based on the childhood of the author, Forrest Carter. Because of the early death of Carter’s parents, he spent his childhood under his grandpaents who were Indians. Thus, he learned the beauty [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 7th, 2010
Title: The Good Earth
Author: Pearl Sydenstricer Buck
Pages: 420
This book appealed me because the background of it was ancient China. The author of the book is American but she was born in China, so it was easier for her to write this book. She considered the place as her mental home until her death. [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 6th, 2010
Title: Le papillon des étoiles (The Butterfly of the Stars)
Author: Bernard Weber
Pages: 314
We are the only one, but are we the first one?
The reason why I chose this book to read was because that it was the piece written by Bernard Werber. I love his books because the story line [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 6th, 2010
Title: L’Arbre des possibles (The Tree of Possibles)
Author: Bernard Werber
Pages: 306
The writer, Bernard Werber wrote stories since he was seven. His book, Tree combines several stories that people commonly don’t pay attention to. Those eighteen stories in the book attracted me with new perspectives and ideas of unique things.
One of [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 6th, 2010
Title: Tuesday with Morrie
Author: Mitchell David Albom
Pages: 232
Tuesday with Morrie is one of my favorite books. I personally like this author since I really liked his other books. The author’s writing style is very warm and well organized. The whole story is arranged with different lessons on every Tuesday, and I [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on January 6th, 2010
Title: The Last Lecture
Author: Randy Pausch
pages: 268
Imagine you knowing the fact that you are not going to live for long. How would you feel, and what would you do? You may panic, cry for a long time or tell others how terrible you feel. This is the most common and natural [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on December 1st, 2009
Blowin’ in the Wind
by Bob Dylan
How many roads must a man walk down
Before you call him a man?
Yes, ‘n’ how many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer, my [...]
by Jee Yoon, (21 posts) on December 1st, 2009
To kill a mockingbird
“SHOOT ALL THE BLUE JAYS YOU WANT, IF YOU CAN HIT ‘EM.
BUT REMEMBER, IT IS A SIN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.”
If there were two mediums given to you with the same topic, what would you choose: the book or the movie? It is always hard [...]
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