2018年1月31日水曜日

Anne of Green Gables

 Marilla Cuthbert and her brother Matthew want to adopt an orphan, to help on the farm at Green Gables. They ask for a boy, but they get Anne, who has red hair and freskles, and who talks and talks and talks. They didn't want a girl, but how can they send a child back, like an unwanted parcel? So Anne stays, and begins a new life in the sleepy, quiet village of Avonlea in Canada. But it is not so quiet after Anne comes to live there... (Quotation from the backcover)

 I like this book because the story is warm. Marilla and Matthew are kind. When they get Anne though they ask for a boy, they decide to adopt Anne in mercy to her. Since then, they bring up Anne preciously but sometimes strictly as if she was their real daughter or sister. It is described her growth and her relationships with her friends and with Marilla and Matthew.

Montgomery.M.L.(2000).Anne of Green Gable.Oxford University Press:U.K.

The Double Bass Mystery

 Peny Wade is a musician. She is enjoying her first visit to Barcelona with her orchestra. But first her double bass is lost, and then someone with her orchestra dies. The police want to know what happened, and Peny's life changes as she also slowly learns the truth. (quation from the back cover)

 I chose this book in the last class because I had never tried any mystery story written in English. I had guessed mystery stories were very difficult for me at first, but actually it was not, besides, it was very interesting. The only thing which was difficult is to identify the characters name and their music instruments. Except them, I really enjoyed the story. I want you to try some mystery stories especially this book.

Hermer Jeremy.(1999).The Double Bass Mystery.Cambridge University Press;UK

The African Mask

 “One day Janet gets a letter from her old boyfriend Donald McKinnon. He invites her to visit him in Scotland. But when she gets there stran...