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For me Chinese is a first language, but when other people that can't speak Chinese ask me how to learn Chinese as a second language, the truth is that, I don't have a clue.
A little while ago, I took a trip back to Taiwan and met up with my ...
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I like this book because I like monsters and robots because they are funny. I also think Dr. Stinky's name is funny.
Dr. Stinky made a robot. He was to destroy the city, but the robot played with Ricky instead. Then Dr. Stinky got a lizard...
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The book is about a dog named Maxi and his owner named Jim. Maxi got lost. Jim was driving his taxi and found Maxi. It was snowing and Maxi got into the taxicab. Jim became Maxi's owner. They went to a lot of places together. They drove to the...
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This is the third (and I think final) book of Brian Herbert's Timeweb Chronicles.
Now, I liked the first two books quite a bit, but there were a lot of problems for me about this third one.
As a (grudging) geek, my books need a certain...
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Book 3 of The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series by Michael Scott
Scott does not disappoint with his latest instalment of the series where new characters, both human and inhuman, are drawn into the conflict. The Dark Elders are...
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This book was published in 2005.
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One of the problems with society these days is the incessant encouragement of people to voice their opinion. Of course, this then leads to people making blanket statements about things they know very little about.
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Yakitate!! Japan is a manga created by Hashiguchi Takahashi. This manga is also adapted into anime. You can read Yakitate!! Japan anime review here.
Genres: action, comedy
Theme: cooking
Synopsis: Azuma Kazuma, an energetic and dense...
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INCOMING:
Hi Pat,
This is Dwight Garner, literary critic with the New York Times newspaper. I'm in the process of putting together an article featuring some of the internet's more 'off the wall' book related blogs and I stumbled upon this...
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I thought I would think outside the box today, and submit a review of a book (what? no! she's crazy!). Being absolutely skint, I haven't had the fundage to see many movies lately, so in the meantime I am going to be reviewing anything I can.
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I read both of these books recently.
Timeweb Website:
Really Long Link
The Web and the Stars:
Really Long Link
Both are by Brian Herbert and I don't think they came out in paperback yet (otherwise I'd probably own them). I loved...
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Getbackers is a manga created by Yuya Aoki and Rando Ayamine. This manga is also adapted to anime by Studio DEEN.
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This is a book I picked up in a second hand bookstore - I liked the cover, and the idea outlined in the blurb. Little did I know what a gem I'd found.
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Gash Bell is a manga created by Raiku Makoto. The manga is also adapted into an anime.
Genres: action, comedy
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Synopsis: Genius middle schooler Takamine Kiyomaro...
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Reborn! is a manga created by Akira Amano. This manga is also adapted to anime. You can read Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn! review here.
Genres: action, comedy
Synopsis: A baby hitman named Reborn, who is the Vongola family's #1 hitman of the...
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A story to die for
by Rob Hopcott
Those who like car boot sales, whodunnits with a thriller murder mystery with a good plot will be well pleased by this short story.
A whodunnit set somewhere in the deep countryside, it is a thriller...
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Paradise Kiss is also another manga by Yazawa Ai. This anime is also adapted into anime.
Genre: Romance
Synopsis: To live up to the demands of an overbearing mother, high school senior Yukari has always been a student first and person...
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Billy Liar is essentially Catcher In The Rye with Holden Caulfield's alcoholism and irrational flightiness replaced by afflictions of pathological lying and neurotic rehearsed comedy routines.
It's all about little Billy Fisher who we see...
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Gokinjo Monogatari (also known as Neighborhood Story in English) is another manga created by Yazawa Ai. This manga is also adapted into anime.
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NANA is a manga created by Yazawa Ai. This manga is also adapted into live action movie and anime. You can read my review about the anime here.
Genres: comedy, drama, romance, slice of life
Theme: music
Synopsis: Two young women, both...
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