Books For YOU
Chinese Cinderella
This is a true life story of an unwanted daughter during the communist revolution in China. Chinese Cinderella as it is titled but definitely her story with China at the time of the Communist Revolution makes an interesting background for the universally appealing story of a child overcoming the neglect of her own family.
-How could you expect that there’s a child whose name is always forgotten by her father, and instead of keeping one out from danger, putting her beside death. It is an inspiring story that touches every heart and would inspire one to strive for their dreams.
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The Giver
It is a soft science fiction novel written by Lois Lowry and published on April 161993. It is set in a future society which is at first presented as a utopia and gradually appears more and more dystopic. The novel follows a boy named Jonas through the twelfth year of his life. Jonas’ society has eliminated pain and strife by converting to “Sameness”, a move which has also eradicated emotional depth from their lives. Jonas is selected to inherit the position of “Receiver of Memory,” the person who stores all the memories of the time before Sameness, in case they are ever needed. As Jonas receives the memories from his predecessor—the Giver—he discovers how shallow his community’s life has become.
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Memoirs of Geisha
It’s been 2 years since I’ve first saw this movie. I think it took 2 and a half hour to finished the film but definitely its worth watching.
I’ve got a chance to watch again the movie when my cousin brought a copy of the film in our house and asked me to join her watching it, because she’s making a book review. Yes, a book review, Memoirs of Geisha was first published as a novel before it became a box-office movie. I’ve got a chance to only scan the book on a bookstore and have read a little introduction part of the story. If I’m not mistaken the author create the story after having an interview to a former geisha… anyways I can retell the story better based on the movie, but as always, story’s on books are more accurate, I have browsed also the Internet and found out that some scenes are really change in the movie…
Memoirs of a Geisha is an Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning movie adaptation of the novel of the same name, produced by Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment and directed by Rob Marshall. It was released in the United States on December 9, 2005 by Columbia Pictures, DreamWorks and Spyglass Entertainment. It stars Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, Gong Li, Michelle Yeoh, Youki Kudoh, and Suzuka Ohgo. Ohgo plays the younger Sayuri in the movie, which was filmed in southern and northern California and in several locations in Kyoto, including the Kiyomizu temple and the Fushimi Inari shrine.
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The end
After the two weeks of the released of Harry Potter 7, I’ve finished reading the last book. Definitely JK is very good writer!!!
I thought JK would kill Harry on the last book or both Voldemort and Harry will die, but well, JK gave the excitement and twist to the readers, and the ending came very surprising.
When I finished reading HP 6, I said “From the start I knew Snape is the traitor” (heheh after when I thought he is the one who killed Dumbledore) but mistakes again, at the end of HP 7, I said “Snape is really good. How sad he died.” (hahah that’s what JK gave her reader’ Crazy).
Harry Potter’s place in HIS history, or OURS?
The element of magic in his life. Despite all of the marvelous advancements in technology we surround ourselves with, we long for something more. For some of us, that’s found in spirituality or religion. For others, science and learning. For others, magic. Still others are still searching for something…but most of us hope this isn’t all there is. In the Harry Potter books, Harry has FOUND that “something else” at Hogwart’s.
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“I try to write my books so the reader can’t put them down,” he explained in a 1982 interview. “I try to construct them so when the reader gets to the end of a chapter, he or she has to read just one more chapter. It’s the technique of the old Saturday afternoon serial: leave the guy hanging on the edge of the cliff at the end of the chapter.”
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“Telling stories is one of the most powerful ways to teach values and open doors to new possibilities. In this rich and varied collection, everyone will find at least a few stories that strike a special resonance – stories one will treasure and want to share.”
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The Da Vinci Code is a mystery/detective novel by American author Dan Brown, published in 2003 by Doubleday.
Scholars maintain that, though it may make enjoyable reading, the premise that there is a conspiracy within the Roman Catholic Church to cover up the true story of Jesus is not merely controversial but baseless. The novel has helped perpetuate popular interest in speculation concerning the Holy Grail legend and the role of Mary Magdalene in the history of Christianity. According to the premise of the novel, the Vatican knows it is living a lie, but continues to do so to keep itself in power.
