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A book review on "Marlin"

Reviewed by: Andrea Paula Malawi Author: Andrew Stanton Publisher: Random House Inc. Publication Date: 2003 Marlin is a book based on the American computer-animated comedy-drama adventure film – Finding Nemo produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures on May 30, 2003. The popular film has won countless of awards and was entitled as the second highest-grossing film of 2003.  The film was directed and written by Andrew Stanton, a 51 year old director, producer, screenwriter and voice actor who also wrote Wall-E and Toy Story 3 under Disney. This book is published in United States by Random House Children’s Books, a division of Random House Inc. “When life gets you down, do you wanna know what you’ve gotta do? Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming.” This is one of my favorite lines from the book. The quote simply touches my heart and made me liked both the movie and the book. It tells the story of the overprotective clownfish name

A book review of "Measles and the Wrathmonk

Book Details Ogilvy, I. (2003).Measle and the wrathmonk. United States:HarperCollins­ Publishers Inc.ISBN: 0-439–79925-2. Synopsis and Evaluation       Measle and the Wrathmonk is a children's fantasy and fiction novel showing a Colossal Adventures in a miniature world , written by Ian Raymond Ogilvy which he is an English-American actor, playwright, and novelist and born in 30th of September 1943 at Woking, United Kingdom. His book was illustrated by Chris Mould and released in 2004 by HarperCollins in the US.It received the Georgia Children's Book Award and translated into at least seven languages.              Measle and the Wrathmonk is story a 10-year-old boy named Measle that lives with his horrid guardian, Basil Tramplebone. Measle's life is horrible and boring. Basil builds a detailed train set using money that was left for Measle by his parents and plays with it, while all Measle can do is watch him. Desperate to play with it, Measle tricks Basil into

A book review of "Frankenstein’s Cat"

Reviewed by: Micoh Zarli Espina            I appreciated Frankenstein's Cat for its fascinating explanation about the often baffling subject of bioengineering and its sister sciences. Emily Anthes explains the many sides of today's modern technology, such as gene modification, cloning, pharmaceutical products (from the farm), prosthesis, animal tag and tracking and gene cryogenics. This book provides a well-rounded summary of these complicated sciences without being boring or simply factual. Her real world examples take us on a journey from the farm, to the pet store and then from the pharmacy to the frozen arc.      Have you ever wondered if the neighborhood cat is spying on you? Read about Operation Acoustic Kitty and find out if this feline fantasy fiction or fact. Do you think bugs are creepy? What about a zombified cyborg beetle? Is Fido so special that you want two of him? Money can buy you an almost exact copy of your pooch but don't expect the same personali

A book review of the novel, “El Filibusterismo”

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Reviewed by: Jaren Dave M. Marfil Title: El Filibusterismo  Author: Jose P. Rizal Chapters: 39 Publication date: 1891 Language: Spanish Genre: Novel, Fiction Book Review El Filibusterismo (The Reign of Greed), is the second novel written by the Philippine national hero Dr. Jose P. Rizal. It is the sequel of Rizal’s Filipino classic, Noli Me Tangere. Like the first book, it is first written in Spanish and was published in 1891 in Ghent and later translated in English, German, French, Tagalog, Ilonggo, and other language. Rizal dedicated the book to the three martyr priests, Fr. Mariano Gomez, Fr. Jose Burgos, and Fr. Jacinto Zamora who were executed by the Spaniards on charges on supervision in 1872. The book depicts the darker, bolder version of the first book and shows the corruption of those in power, emphasizes vengeance, greed, and anger. Story revolves 13 years after the events of Noli , Juan Crisostomo Ibarra, believed to be dead, returns with an alias, Simoun, a