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F for Friends

par Laura S

I met my two and only real friends at school. We were only eight but we couldn't be separated! Mary was a short fair-haired girl, with amazing blue eyes contrary to James who was a tall guy, brown-eyed with brown hair. Even though we were close friends,...

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D for Diversity

par Laura S

After couple years, my family and I finally moved to the north of the US. We've settle into an apartment in the Bronx. My mother found a work as a maid, and my father was working in the buildings construction When my parents went to work I was looked...

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E for Expansionism

par Laura S

My name is Laura, I was born in Nacogdoches, in Texas. My dad always told me that we were Mexican, but I don't know, I don't really feel like I am. If I remember corretly after the texane revolution, the Republic of Texas was independent. However the...

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book review

par Laura S

I've just finished to read my book for the second reading challenge! This time I choose a novel by Peter Dickinson, The Seventh Raven. The story takes place in London, in Notting Hill; where the seventeen-year-old Doll Jacobs is helping to stage a children...

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film

par Laura S

A really good movie that came out recently in France, The Theory of Everything . The Theory of Everything is a biographical romantic drama film which deals with Stephen Hawking's life. In fact this movie is an adaptation of the memoir Travelling to Infinity:...

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self portrait

par Laura S

A self portrait is a way to depict yourself, the way that you are or the way that you want to be seen. It's also a way to convey a message, to express freely about yourself, and to leave a print of you on earth. There are different types of self-portrait:...

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short story

par Laura S

My favorite short story is "The landlady" by Roald Daht. Billy Weaver, a teenager, is coming to London for the first time so he's searching for a cheap hotel. Following the advice from a porter, he goes to The Bell and Dragon hotel, but at the last minute...

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Favorite book

par Laura S

I don't really have ONE favorite book, because they're all so different, I can't choose one. But if I had to choose a book which has impressed me, I would say "I'll Be Seeing You" by Mary Higgins Clark. It's such an absorbing story which deals with a...

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Favorite quotation

par Laura S

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it" I really love this quotation by Tori Morrison, it's rewarding and it pushes me to do things! This quotation is not only about books, it's about life! If...

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What reader am I ?

par laura

I've loved reading ever since I was young, because that allows me to escape from reality. When I really like a book I can't stop reading it again and again! But I don't consider myself as an excellent reader either because when I don't like a book I can't...

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