GOLDFISH

The writer is Raymond Chnndler and this is in Oxford Bookworms. It is a book about crime and mystery.

The main characters are Carmady, Kathy Horne, Peeler Mardo and Wally Sype. The action is in Los Angeles, Olympia and Westport.

I was looking for a book in the library when suddently I saw it on the shelves. I started to read the summary. It was perfefct to read in English. On the other hand, the subject was interesting.

The story begins with Carmady. He's a private detective and at that moment he had not had any work until Kathy Horne arrieves at the office. She tells him a story about Leander Pearls. She lives alone on one side of the house and the other side is hired by Peter Mardo. When he was in prison he had a partner, Wally Sype. One night, Wally had drunk a lot and told him the story about the pearls. Despite the story, Carmady does not want to discover where they are until Kathy says that there is a reward (25,000 dollars) for that person who finds out where the pearls are. When Carmady arrives at Peelers's house, he is dead. Someone wanted to talk to hm and later kill him. Carmady continues studying the mystery with other camarades.

In the book, characers are always smoking. The story was written in 1933. It is interesting to know where the Pearls are all the time.

I recoomend the book strongly if you like the subject. There is action, crime, money anb good characters.

By Vanessa Varela Gómez (Intermedio 2).

80 Days Around the World Intro (if you are over 30, please watch this video!!)

By Bruna Iglesias (Básico 2).

This is an adventure book by Jules Verne. The rmain characters are Phileas Fogg, a rich English gentleman; Jean Passepartout, his French servant; and Fix, a Scotland Yard detective.

The places of the story are London, Egypt, India (Bombay and Calcutta), Japan and America (San Francisco and New York).

The book is about a journey round the world in eighty days.

Phileas Fogg bets 20,000 pounds he will go round the world in eighty days, so he and his servant start a journey, but there is another person: detective Fix. He follows them because he thinks that Phileas Fogg if the thief of the Bank of England and he wants to catch him.

By Miriam Gómez (Básico 2).

The book is about Phileas Fogg, a rich man. He makes a bet with his freinds: he has to go around the world in eighty days.

His servant's name is Passepartout and he travels with him.

In this trip, Phileas fog will meet his future wife and they have a lot of adventures.

This is the song for you to sing along (if you are over 30 you will shed a tear!!):


FOG, I'M THE ONE WHO MADE THE BET
AND I KNOW WE'LL BE EXACTLY RIGHT ON TIME
FOG IS MY NAME AND I COULD PLAY WITH MY LIFE IN MANY WAYS
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY

HERE I AM - A RIGADON
I'M A TICO - D'MASCOTA
IT'S MY TURN - THE GENTLE TOUCH
A ROMY THEY LOVE ME SO MUCH

HEY NOW THEY STORY MUST GO ON
'CAUSE A LOT OF TIME HAS GONE
WE MUST BE READY
TO GO AWAY

80 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD
WE'LL FIND A POT OF GOLD
JUST SITTING WHERE THE RAINBOW'S ENDING
TIME - WE'LL FIGHT AGAINST THE TIME
AND WE'LL FLY ON THE WHITE WINGS OF THE WIND

80 DAYS AROUND THE WORLD
NO WE WON'T SAY A WORD
BEFORE THE SHIP IS REALLY BACK
ROUND, ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD
ROUND, ALL AROUND THE WORLD

THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL (Ira Levin)

The story takes place in Brazil and Germany and the main characters are Ezra Liebermann, who in real life is called Simon Wiensental and is a Jew from Austrian; and Dr. Mengele, a sick doctor who makes research on twins. I chose this read because it is an interesting story and it mixes facts and characters from real life and fiction.

In 1974, many years after World War II, Dr. Joseph Mengele meets other six people to explain his plan: "ninety-four men must die in the next two and a half years. The Aryan people will be the rulers of the world". These six men must kill the ninety-nine people. All of them are 65, they are or were civil servants, they have wives in their forties and have a thirteen-year-old son.These are Hitler's circumstances as a teenager and all teh kids are the result of Dr. Mengele's genetic experiments to clone Hitler.

Ezra Liebermann discovers Mengele's plan. They meet and Mengele tries to kill Ezra, but a cloned boy stops him.

The author masterfully mixes facts and stories and teh book is very well-written and action-packed. I would recommend this book to people who like suspense. You can find out more about real-life characters. It si one of these books you like discussing with a friend.

By Rosa María iRodríguez Rivas (Intermedio 2)

What are you reading now?

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Hello,

I would like to know the title of the book you are currently reading? Is it a thriller? A romantic book?

Please, post your comments here.

THE FIFTEENTH CHARACTER

This is a thriller by Rosemary Border (Oxford, starter level).

The book is about Sally Brown and Zapp. He can't find a CD and finally she finds it.

I liked it because it is exciting.

Happy Hills is a happy place where visitors like taking photos of their children with Happy Hills characters. Sally Brown is a student. She works at Happy Hills on holidays.

Today a famous singer comes to Happy Hills. He presents a new CD, but he can't find it. Sally finds out that the thief is one of the characters at Happy Hills. Zapp gives Sally an invitation to his big concert.

By Rosario Uzal (Básico 2).

Mr Bean - The Restaurant -- Im Restaurant

Mr Bean is a book written by Rowan Atkinson, Richard Curtis, Roben Drescoll and Andrew Clifford (Penguin Readers)

It is a comic book about Mr. Bean in the restaurant with a manager, a awaiter a man, a woman and a violinist; and in the launderette with a manager, an old woman, a young woman and young man.

The book is about a funny man, Mr. Bean celebrating his birthday in a restaurant. He has trouble with food and finally he goes to do the laundry.

I love Mr. Bean and his little teddy bear.

By Chus Cotón (Básico 2)

A letter from Adam

John Milne
(Macmillan Readers).

Thi is a short story with three main characters: Adam, Saul and Martha. It happens in Minta, Darpur.
The book is about Saul's letter. He lives in a foreign country abd sends a money order to his parents, but his father does not get the money. Finally he asks for help.

I loved it because it is easy to read.

Miriam Gómez García.