My Reflections-The Tale Of Despereaux by Kate Dicamillo

Wonderful.This word echoed in my mind as I placed this magical book gingerly on the table,satisfied that I had a good read.The Tale of Despereaux is an excellent fiction book.I was extremely engrossed in this fairy-tale like adventure that I had my eyes glued to this book and could not put it down until I finished it.It creates an atmosphere of magic and this implants a world filled with castles,talking mice into the reader's avid mind.This book mainly revolves around a mouse with abnormally large ears called Despereaux Tilling.His adventures and quest for love and honour as a magnificent knight for his princess  grips the reader's attentions with immediate effect.Despereaux is different from the other mice in a positive manner;instead of chewing crunchy paper from books which other mice treat as a delicacy,Despereaux reads the content of a book,savouring every word of it.The story is about a beautiful princess rescued by a heroic knight in shining armour.This,however,manages to give the reader a hint of the events which were about to happen next.This drives the reader to read on,eager to know the outcome of the story.Desperaeax is unique in a positive manner;for instance,he reading a book in a library or rescuing the princess from the cunning,sinister rats make him a brave knight.This aspect makes the story a fairy-tale springing to life through words weaved in a nonetheless beautiful manner.This book is absolutely a fantastic,beautifully created fairy tale which ultimately,gives all readers a sense if satisfaction after reading.I can assure you of that.The author's ability to use the theme of mice along with bravery and love and transforms it  into a fairy tale impresses me.Her story flows with a smooth transition, piecing the story perfectly  together like a jigsaw puzzle,allowing the reader to fully interpret the story over time.Combined with twist and turns,an adventurous mouse with great ambitions along with bravery,courage and honour,this is a book you would not want to miss.

I am sure of it.

Mercurial Tom-Imminent End

Absolute destruction.

Screams of agony.

Horrified civilians scurried across.

The paradise had transformed into a slaughter house.

A green spaceship crashed into a building,deafening sound.

Civilians strewn across the mahogany ground.

He was impatient.Time was running out.

The world,his world, had to be destroyed.

BotTOM line.

"Mum,where's my toy monster?"

Word Count:54 words

The 55 Word Blog Entry-My 55 reflection

Done by Gary Leong

55 words an essay?How on earth is that possible?

Well guess what?

Newsflash.Bingo.

We are learning micro fiction.

Cruised through 2 pieces,this is the third.

The future gleams,micro fiction is short.

It may seem hard on the outside.

With frequent practices,the inner beauty would rise to the surface.

Sweet.

Word Count:55 words

The Last Stand

“You have to be lying.”

Eyes crossed. Disbelieved.

“YOU HAVE TO BE LYING!”

Eyes darted towards the man at the mall.

The man’s moustache twitched in anger as he glared at his boss.

He thumped his fists against the mahogany table,arousing the den of security.

“That’s the reason why I don’t need you.”

Unconvinced.

Failure.

55words

Apology

I apologise to everyone that I had accidentally put "gals" at the last sentence instead of "happy".It was because of the spell check that the computer gave me similar meanings of the word to me and I had accidentally picked "Gals".I apologise fo that mistake.

My Mother's Comments on My Reading Habits

After requesting for my mother to comment on my Reading Habits(you can find it on my blog here),she felt that she knew I would love reading after exposing me to all kinds of books when I was a innocent little child.She felt that my reading habits developed because of this main factor:constantly exposing me to storybooks.According to my mother,she knew that I loved fantasy and adventure storybooks from the very beginning.How is this possible?She knew it when I was at a tender.young age of 2 years old.Once,my mother said that she gave me 2 books,one with colourful pictures of happy and happy dragons while the other one contained picture of an apple with a delightful smile on its shiny red outer "covering".After minutes of careful observation on me (I could not remember anything as I was too young!),she said the 2 year old baby was constantly slapping the colourful graphic pictures of happy robots and dragons,a grin formed on my then chubby face.According to my mother,she also added that I did not glance at the book with the smiling apple afterwards,leaving the Apple book to lie forlornly in a corner.Instead,I continued to admire the beautifully illustrated pictures in awe,with wide opened eyes.This gave my mother a mentality instantaneously:When I grow up,I would concentrate my reading on fantasy and adventure storybooks.Her predictions were true as time flew past as I started to pick up more storybooks to fulfill my utter curiosity.She was delighted I had picked up reading as she feels that reading not only improves one's level of language,it also transports readers into another different world of fantasy and imagination,giving a reader to let their hair down from a hectic work or study schedule.It was like killing two birds with one stone.She felt that reading brings countless benefits to a reader and she felt that that was what had happened to me.

I was gals I had picked up reading.

Mother's memorable read

I knew my parents read books but I had never knew they would read the same books as me when I was in primary school and I still do.It was pure coincidence that I read the popular,world re known Star Wars novels which surrounds light sabres,star ships,aliens and clone troopers.I know this may sound unusual and moreover,strange,my mother reads them.She told me that it was common knowledge in all families that Star Wars are only catered to the needs of boys and burly man(I guessed your family had the same mentality)and it is not a good choice for gentle girls and women to read them.Well today,I stand for my point and changed this fact in my family:Star Wars are for humans of all ages,regardless of your gender.I have to admit,when I had asked my mother what she had read before,she mouthed 2 silent words,looking at me with be wilderness:Star Wars,I was shocked.I asked her the question one more time just to confirm and she was still firm with it.It was a wonderful fact that there was another Star Wars fan like me in the family.Why Star Wars,well,my mother said that she loved science fiction novels since a tender young age.She said these science fiction novels were extremely interesting and even helped give us the a glimpse of the humans' future reality and what actions would have an impact on us.She adores the action theme and cliffhangers endings of the Star Wars books and that was what drove her to read then till she was 14 years old.Although the Star Wars novels was a long forgotten,faded memory,she said it gave her an insight of the amazing things a novel can do on a human being and caused to have a certain passion for reading storybooks.Even though my mother has lost the habit of reading Star Wars novels,she said the novels she had read would always have a special place in her heart.I know this would be hard to believe but believe it.

Anyone believes about intergalactic star ships in the future?How about light sabres?