Showing posts with label books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label books. Show all posts

Friday, June 30

Fully Booked Bonifacio High Street Turns 10 | Anniversary SALE


Book sale ALERT! Join Fully Booked as they celebrate 10 years of bringing books and booklovers together at their branch in Bonifacio High Street! Find great reads in their Atrium Sale for as low as Php50 from July 1-31, 2017, and make sure to stay tuned for more anniversary fun coming our way soon!

Reference:
http://www.facebook.com/fullybooked



Thursday, February 23

The BFG | Book vs Film


Hey, everyone! My mom got me a copy of Roald Dahl's The BFG. And I've also watched the new movie based on it. Now I will share with you the similarities and the differences between them.

Of course, the main scenes and events are similar and, uh, I don't like using grown-up, ever-so-complicated words, because I'm NOT a grown-up so I'm not gonna use them. Okay, anyway, the first difference is how the bad giants ended up in the end of the story. In the book, the terribly ugly giants were placed in a terribly deep pit and were doomed to eat terribly disgusting snozzcumbers for the rest of their life. But in the movie, the terribly ugly giants were thrown into a terribly deserted island, and were doomed to eat terribly disgusting snozzcumber seeds for the rest of their life. I also noticed that in the book, there was no frobscottle at the Queen's, so the BFG whizzpopped, or farted on his own. But in the movie, he brought a bottle with him, and gave some to the others. So, everyone else whizzpopped too. Also how the end ended. In the book, Sophie teaches the BFG how to read, write, and speak properly. But in the movie, that didn't happen.

I hope you liked this! And HAPPY READING!


Monday, September 19

The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl | Book Report



Title: The Magic Finger
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake 

Characters:
  •  A little girl
  • Mr. Gregg
  • Mrs. Gregg
  • Philip
  • William

Location: The Gregg's House 
Time: in span of 3 days

About: A little girl who puts the Magic Finger on anybody who upsets her and makes her see red. Later on, after the Greggs shoot sixteen ducks and kill a deer, the little girl puts the Magic Finger on them and replaces their arms with wings. Then, after the Greggs get locked out of the house by four human-sized ducks, almost getting shot at by ducks and everything turns back to normal, the Greggs changed their surnames to Egg, destroyed the guns, and fed the birds and became friends to all animals, all thanks to the Magic Finger.



My Favorite Event: When the ducks pointed guns at the Greggs
My Favorite Character:  The little girl
Because she:
  • is smart
  • is a lover of nature
  • is funny 
Overall: The Magic Finger is a surprising, and interesting book that bookworms would love to read.




Sunday, September 18

Matilda by Roald Dahl | Book Report


Title: Matilda 
Author: Roald Dahl
Illustrator: Quentin Blake

Characters:
  • Matilda
  • Lavender
  • Miss Honey
  • Miss Trunchbull
  • Mr. Wormwood
  • Mrs. Wormwood

Location: Crunchem Hall
Time: School year

About: It's about a little girl named Matilda, who's parents think that she is a nuisance that should watch TV and read no books at all. But Miss Honey, her kindergarten teacher, knows that she is a genius. Matilda is more intelligent than most people think, and she has discovered that she has the power to move things with her mind, with that and her extraordinary way of thinking, her mean family and a really horrible headmistress had better watch out!

My Favorite Event: When Miss Trunchbull got terrified when she found a newt swimming in her "necessary" glass of water.

My Favorite Character: Matilda of course!

Because she:
  • is clever
  • is brave
  • is kind
  • is thoughtful 
  • loves books

Overall: The story of Matilda is an interesting, adventurous, funny and mysterious book that kids are sure to love.




Monday, September 5

Boxcar Children


The Boxcar Children Series is one of the book sets that I collect for my library. These books are exciting mystery and adventure books. They are about 4 children who once lived on their own in an old boxcar. The eldest is named Henry Alden, and the second eldest is a girl named Jessie Alden, followed by another girl called Violet Alden, and the youngest is named Benny Alden.

The Aldens now live with their grandfather, James Alden, a rich and joyful-and-kind(and rich) kind of person. When their parents died, the children  were worried that their grandfather was a cruel old person. So, after looking for a good place to stay, they discovered an old boxcar in the woods. Then, after a few finishing touches, BOOM! The perfect place for them to stay, near a village where Henry worked in a garden for a kind doctor and his wife. When Violet got sick =6 and they found their grandfather, they lived with him in his big house. And he even put their old boxcar in the backyard for them to play in. Forget joy-and-kind, any old person who could just do that without hesitating is a nice-and-joyful-and-rich-and-kind kind of person =3. And the kids really loved their grandfather!

Since they lived with their grandfather, the Boxcar Children have encountered lots of mysteries (I love mysteries, so do they) and new friends. Overall, I say that The Boxcar Children Series are great for those who like mysteries, like me. Anyway, Have Fun Reading!




Friday, September 2

National Book Store | My Personal Store


Other kids prefer getting toys on their birthday or as a reward for doing good deeds, I don't. I love going on a shopping spree at the nearest National Book Store branch for books, and supplies. Whenever my Loly or Honey, who are both OFWs ask me what I want for a gift, they already know that a trip to National Book Store will be my answer.

Since they both live in another country, they ask my aunt Jaja to go with me to National Book Store to get books and art supplies, mostly paper and notebooks. Just give me paper, glue and scissors, and I will make you any paper structure. With paper, a pencil and some coloring pencils, (ideally Faber Castle) I will draw you anything (except a realistic person and a horse that looks real) you want.

I also like making crafts like a lap desk out of a cardboard box and a bracelet made of pipe cleaners. I'm always looking forward to make a new craft everyday. That is why National Bookstore is what I would prefer and why it feels like my own personal shop.