Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Monday, February 18, 2013
The Garden Of Evening Mists
Let me start with pointing out what a horrible blogger I am.Not only I stilll havn't transalated my posts into japanese I keep making my post way over the deadline.One again I'm truly sorry.I will try my best in the future.Truthfully I have never read a book that won or nominated by The Man Booker Prize.Lasts week I saw a couple of them being on sale so decided to buy this book.This book was nominated for the award last year but lost to Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel.This book is written by Tan Twan Eng and was published in 2012.Obviously it received positive reviews.
The High and Low
.Great Cover
.The characters is finely presented and the story is also full of lush detail
.The story is sometimes too depressing
Quick Summary
Yun Ling decided to return to Yugiri after she retires and because there was a person named Tatsuji who wanted to see her too discuss about her former teacher Arimoto,who once was the gardener of the emperor of Japan.There he explained to he wanted to see Arimoto's Caligraphy and he also explained about his theories.That Arimoto was once a Tattoo Artist.There Yun Ling also met her old friend Frederick,she confessed to him that she is sick and someday all of her memory will disappear.He adviced her to write her experience in a book her memories will exist forever.With that advice Yun Ling wrote all her memories on Yugiri and her guilt about living while her sister died in the camp.
The Conclusion
This is a very beautiful book.The cover is simply magnnificentmI do have to say that I only picked this book because of its cover but once again I proved that you can judge a book by its cover.The characters are finely written almost of them have an unexplained depth in them.The author also presented the place so beautifully,I would love to visit Yugiri.Unfortunately it doesn't exist but I guess I can still visit Genting Highland but chances are most of the land there are in development.However I have to say that sometimes the story can be a tad too depressing.Almost every chapter I go through broke my heart.In the end the we/Yun Ling never did learn all what we/she wanted but then again we never do in real life but I do hop I will never have that experince.
Rating:8 out of 10
The High and Low
.Great Cover
.The characters is finely presented and the story is also full of lush detail
.The story is sometimes too depressing
Quick Summary
Yun Ling decided to return to Yugiri after she retires and because there was a person named Tatsuji who wanted to see her too discuss about her former teacher Arimoto,who once was the gardener of the emperor of Japan.There he explained to he wanted to see Arimoto's Caligraphy and he also explained about his theories.That Arimoto was once a Tattoo Artist.There Yun Ling also met her old friend Frederick,she confessed to him that she is sick and someday all of her memory will disappear.He adviced her to write her experience in a book her memories will exist forever.With that advice Yun Ling wrote all her memories on Yugiri and her guilt about living while her sister died in the camp.
The Conclusion
This is a very beautiful book.The cover is simply magnnificentmI do have to say that I only picked this book because of its cover but once again I proved that you can judge a book by its cover.The characters are finely written almost of them have an unexplained depth in them.The author also presented the place so beautifully,I would love to visit Yugiri.Unfortunately it doesn't exist but I guess I can still visit Genting Highland but chances are most of the land there are in development.However I have to say that sometimes the story can be a tad too depressing.Almost every chapter I go through broke my heart.In the end the we/Yun Ling never did learn all what we/she wanted but then again we never do in real life but I do hop I will never have that experince.
Rating:8 out of 10
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Ottoline Goes To School
I'm really sorry I know I promised you that I will be transalating my posts in japanese starting this month not only that I only managed to write two posts this month.I will try to transalate them as soon as possible and you can expect three posts next month maybe even four if I have some free time.I read Ottoline Goes to School last week,you might remember that I read the first book for my children book month on May.The book was published in 2008.It is written by Chris Riddell,you might recognize him as the illustrator of the Edge Chronicles.
High and Low
.The Illustration looks much more natural.
.The story is much more stronger than the first book
.Too short
Quick Summary
Ottoline meets a girl named Cecily.Cecily lives in a great house and she also seems to have a great lineage of families.She goes to the Alice .B Smith for the Differently Gifted.Ottoline decides to enroll to the school there she meets more new friends and this put Mr Munroe in a quite unpleasant situation.It seems that the school is hunted and it wants to chase the students away but Ottoline is determine to find the ghost and her hidden gift as well...........................This book is pretty short.If I said more I would be revealing too much.
The Conclusion
I'm glad to say that Ottoline Goes to School was much better than Ottoline and The Yellow Cat.It seems that the author is getting used to his characters,making them much more likable(both in personality and illustration) I also felt that the story was stronger than the first book,sure it is still probably too simple for older readers but I don't think they will complain much considering the beautiful illustration and the wacky characters.However I still hope that the book could be longer.I know this is a children book but considering the huge amount of illustration I just wished there were more text to follow with.Nonetheless I would be glad to reccomend this book to any parents around who are looking a great book for their kids.
Rating;8 out of 10
High and Low
.The Illustration looks much more natural.
.The story is much more stronger than the first book
.Too short
Quick Summary
Ottoline meets a girl named Cecily.Cecily lives in a great house and she also seems to have a great lineage of families.She goes to the Alice .B Smith for the Differently Gifted.Ottoline decides to enroll to the school there she meets more new friends and this put Mr Munroe in a quite unpleasant situation.It seems that the school is hunted and it wants to chase the students away but Ottoline is determine to find the ghost and her hidden gift as well...........................This book is pretty short.If I said more I would be revealing too much.
The Conclusion
I'm glad to say that Ottoline Goes to School was much better than Ottoline and The Yellow Cat.It seems that the author is getting used to his characters,making them much more likable(both in personality and illustration) I also felt that the story was stronger than the first book,sure it is still probably too simple for older readers but I don't think they will complain much considering the beautiful illustration and the wacky characters.However I still hope that the book could be longer.I know this is a children book but considering the huge amount of illustration I just wished there were more text to follow with.Nonetheless I would be glad to reccomend this book to any parents around who are looking a great book for their kids.
Rating;8 out of 10
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Beyonders:Seeds of Rebellion
Happy New Year readers.(I know that it has been more than a week but I still feel that i should say it)As I promised you last week I will try to buy my own books for this month.All of my brother and sister banned me from reading any of their book for a month so I have no choice but to buy my own book for this month.
Anyway I do hope you remember that I will be starting to transalate my post into japanese,just saying my japanese really need some brushing so I probably need a couple of month to get my japanese good enough to write a nicely written post but for now you need to bear with my baly written japanese.This book is written by Brandon Mull and it was published in 2012.This is the second book of the Beyonders series.
The High and Low
.The story is more adventurous compared to the first book.
.The characters were more likable than I remembered
.I felt that the author completely ignored Jason
Quick Summary
Jason is now back on the real world,he felt guilty about leaving Rachel alone in that world and he also he need to tell her that the secret word was fake before she confronts Maldor.One day he decided to visit the zoo,once again he heard the music coming from the hippo's mouth and without thinking he went inside hoping it would get him back to that world.Rachel is now on the run,one day she met a woman who can help her training with Edomic(Rachel has a natutal talent for speaking Edomic).She decided to stay with her for a while because she wants to be stronger.After hearing the news that Jason had returned,Rachel thank the woman and took off to find him.After meeting up they decided to meet all the words holder to tell them they don't have to guard it anymore because the word is actually meant for another person but unfortunately they find out that the words holder are getting killed........................................................That's all I will say.
The Conclusion
Like I said the last time Beyonders is a great book.It shows a dark fantasy world but yet I still can feel that it was written for young teen so by doing that it appeals to a lot of readers.This time I felt the book had a far a greater adventure than the last book.This is probably because the events felt more important.Anyway some characters were more likable than I remembered,I know I said the characters were likable when I reviewed the first book but there were still some annoying but likable characters.The only major thing I had to complain was about Jason.Truthfully I felt the author completely Ignored Jason after Jason and Rachel met.
Not to mention that the author made Jason felt useless.Rachel was learning Edomic.She could defeat monsters with that knowledge and that made her a valuble asset but Jason tried to learn the art of sword fighting but that takes years to master and I doubt with the skill he has know will be able to fight three soldiers let alone a monster.Regardless Beyonders is still full of strong characters and a great story that probably will keep you entertain to getthe third book.
Rating:8 out of 10
あけましておめでとうございます、もう一週間以上がたった.しかし私が言うべきであると感じました。約束通りこんげつのあいだ自身の本を読んでみます。実は兄弟の本を借りられませんでした。それで自身の本を買わせます、ところでこんげつのはじめに日本語を使うつもりです。
私の日本語は大変下手のであなたは少し待たけれべなりない、日本語を使かうようになります。
今、あなたは私のひどい日本語を読まさせられます。この本はブランドンマルによって書かれました、2010年に発表されました。
ハイとロー
。この話は処女作比べてもっとぼうけんに感じました。
。キャラクターはわたしの記憶よりもっと好ましい。
。
Anyway I do hope you remember that I will be starting to transalate my post into japanese,just saying my japanese really need some brushing so I probably need a couple of month to get my japanese good enough to write a nicely written post but for now you need to bear with my baly written japanese.This book is written by Brandon Mull and it was published in 2012.This is the second book of the Beyonders series.
The High and Low
.The story is more adventurous compared to the first book.
.The characters were more likable than I remembered
.I felt that the author completely ignored Jason
Quick Summary
Jason is now back on the real world,he felt guilty about leaving Rachel alone in that world and he also he need to tell her that the secret word was fake before she confronts Maldor.One day he decided to visit the zoo,once again he heard the music coming from the hippo's mouth and without thinking he went inside hoping it would get him back to that world.Rachel is now on the run,one day she met a woman who can help her training with Edomic(Rachel has a natutal talent for speaking Edomic).She decided to stay with her for a while because she wants to be stronger.After hearing the news that Jason had returned,Rachel thank the woman and took off to find him.After meeting up they decided to meet all the words holder to tell them they don't have to guard it anymore because the word is actually meant for another person but unfortunately they find out that the words holder are getting killed........................................................That's all I will say.
The Conclusion
Like I said the last time Beyonders is a great book.It shows a dark fantasy world but yet I still can feel that it was written for young teen so by doing that it appeals to a lot of readers.This time I felt the book had a far a greater adventure than the last book.This is probably because the events felt more important.Anyway some characters were more likable than I remembered,I know I said the characters were likable when I reviewed the first book but there were still some annoying but likable characters.The only major thing I had to complain was about Jason.Truthfully I felt the author completely Ignored Jason after Jason and Rachel met.
Not to mention that the author made Jason felt useless.Rachel was learning Edomic.She could defeat monsters with that knowledge and that made her a valuble asset but Jason tried to learn the art of sword fighting but that takes years to master and I doubt with the skill he has know will be able to fight three soldiers let alone a monster.Regardless Beyonders is still full of strong characters and a great story that probably will keep you entertain to getthe third book.
Rating:8 out of 10
あけましておめでとうございます、もう一週間以上がたった.しかし私が言うべきであると感じました。約束通りこんげつのあいだ自身の本を読んでみます。実は兄弟の本を借りられませんでした。それで自身の本を買わせます、ところでこんげつのはじめに日本語を使うつもりです。
私の日本語は大変下手のであなたは少し待たけれべなりない、日本語を使かうようになります。
今、あなたは私のひどい日本語を読まさせられます。この本はブランドンマルによって書かれました、2010年に発表されました。
ハイとロー
。この話は処女作比べてもっとぼうけんに感じました。
。キャラクターはわたしの記憶よりもっと好ましい。
。
Monday, December 31, 2012
The Pinhoe Egg
I'm sorry but once again I decided to read a book I already owned byt don't worry I haven't posted my review for it yet.The Pinhoe Egg is a book written 2006.It was written by the late Diana Wynne Jones and it is a book from the Chrestomanci series and a continuation from Charmed Life.It is the last book she wrote for the Chrestomanci series.
The High and Low
.The story is as interesting as ever.
.The characters were charming.
.Really loved the cover.
.Some characters were underused.
Quick Summary
Cat was just sitting there when he heard Janet and Julia talking about horses.Julia asked Janet to ask her father for horses because she felt that Chrestomanci will be more lenient on her because what happended to her.Chrestomanci agreed to buy a horse for them eventhough he's not fond of the idea.After a series of situation Cat ended up owning the horse.chrestomanci asked him to care for the horse properly meaning no magic.Marianne(The second protagonist of the story)needs to take care of Gammer's Cat(Gammer is the title given to the woman's chief)because Gammer is not in a stable condition and the other villagers want her to move with one of them so it would be more easier to look after her.Because of this Gammer's house is now unoccupied and they decided to sell to someone(to a Pinhoe to be exact)you see all of the villagers use magic as they please so they try to hide their action from Chrestomanci fearing he would stop them from using their magic................................................................That's all I'm going to write
The Conclusion
I already said this and I'm going to say it again,Diana Wynne Jones is one of the best fantasy ever lived.This may not be her strongest book but she rarely dissapoints me.Diana Wynne Jones had a knack of making charming characters.Most of them are full of life relatable and almost never annoying.Charmed Life was written in 1977 and this book was published almost 30 years later but Jones still managed to capture the essence the first book had.The book also had a great cover,always a good thing in my opinion.My biggest complain was how Jones didn't use musch of her suppoting characters I would love to read more about Millie,Joe and especially Janet she was basically non existance in this book.I would had really loved to see her interact with cat more like she did on the first book.This book was the last of the Chrestomanci series and it is the seconnd book to future Cat and I really glad that Jones managed to make this book great.
Rating:9 out of 10
The Conclusion
The High and Low
.The story is as interesting as ever.
.The characters were charming.
.Really loved the cover.
.Some characters were underused.
Quick Summary
Cat was just sitting there when he heard Janet and Julia talking about horses.Julia asked Janet to ask her father for horses because she felt that Chrestomanci will be more lenient on her because what happended to her.Chrestomanci agreed to buy a horse for them eventhough he's not fond of the idea.After a series of situation Cat ended up owning the horse.chrestomanci asked him to care for the horse properly meaning no magic.Marianne(The second protagonist of the story)needs to take care of Gammer's Cat(Gammer is the title given to the woman's chief)because Gammer is not in a stable condition and the other villagers want her to move with one of them so it would be more easier to look after her.Because of this Gammer's house is now unoccupied and they decided to sell to someone(to a Pinhoe to be exact)you see all of the villagers use magic as they please so they try to hide their action from Chrestomanci fearing he would stop them from using their magic................................................................That's all I'm going to write
The Conclusion
I already said this and I'm going to say it again,Diana Wynne Jones is one of the best fantasy ever lived.This may not be her strongest book but she rarely dissapoints me.Diana Wynne Jones had a knack of making charming characters.Most of them are full of life relatable and almost never annoying.Charmed Life was written in 1977 and this book was published almost 30 years later but Jones still managed to capture the essence the first book had.The book also had a great cover,always a good thing in my opinion.My biggest complain was how Jones didn't use musch of her suppoting characters I would love to read more about Millie,Joe and especially Janet she was basically non existance in this book.I would had really loved to see her interact with cat more like she did on the first book.This book was the last of the Chrestomanci series and it is the seconnd book to future Cat and I really glad that Jones managed to make this book great.
Rating:9 out of 10
The Conclusion
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