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Most of the books were not listed on the website, so I had difficulties counting words (and words on each page were uneven)

And for dates, I should have recorded the date as soon I as finished those books I’m so sorry ;(

Book #    27                             Words:                             Date: March 30

Title:  Living Buddhism                                                                             Author: Cavan Wood

 Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type: Non-Fiction. Religious Book

• Opening Sentence: A religion without God?

• Favourite word / phrase / sentence:

–       The Buddha as a teacher

–       we all suffer

–       suffering comes about from desire

• Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

– wheel of life[n]: we will be reborn many times in order to give us the opportunity to read nirvana (freedom from suffering or clinging to being)

• Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

I wanted to read books related to Buddhism since it took place in many Asian places, including Korea where I am from, in the past. My grandma, aunt, and mom are a great follwers, so I visited temples a lot, too. I liked the smell, towers, sculptures, and how people were so polite. My mom said she follows Buddhism, because not only does it not force you to follow it, but also she loves the teachings from Buddha. I am a polythesist, who believes in every God, so this was a great chance to know more about religion.

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Book #   28                                                                           Date:  April 4

Title:  Living Judaism                                                  Author: Cavan Wood

Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type: Nonfiction. Religious Book

• Opening Sentence: Judaism is the name given to the religion followed by Jewish people.

• Favourite word / phrase / sentence:

–       Martin Buber’s triangle of relationships: God, Self, and Others

–       Peace begins inside you.

• Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

– menorah[n]: a six branched candle-holder (found in most synagogues)

– mezuzah case[n]: container that contains a summary of what all Jews should believe

• Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

I liked the Martin Buber’s triangle of relationships, which refers to God, yourself, and others. The God created us human. So we human should help each other and worship God. One day, before I go to bed, I said prayers of: appreciate God that I am not sick for both physically and mentally, apologize my bads and how I can be a better person, and prayers for people who has difficulties and how I can help.

Book #  25                                                Date: March 15

Title:  Fun with Chinese Characters                              Author: Peng, Tan Huay

Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type: Non Fiction. Language Book.

• Opening Sentence: As a means of visual communication, Chinese written characters are fascinating in their ingenuity and originality.

• Favourite word / phrase / sentence:

rain character in Chinese (雨)

This looks like it is raining (four dots) And later, I found out ‘umbrella’（雨伞) has exact image of an umbrella. The second character looks like there is a stick, the roof of the umbrella, and angles.

• Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

–       primitive[adj.]: very basic or unsophisticated in terms of comfort

–       fish-bait[n]: African American people that are very scarce in a mostly white dominated area

• Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

I know that Chinese characters are imagery. But the primitive parts were quite similar, so it was difficult for me to memorize all the required characters. (not at school, but private lesson asks me to memorize them in short period of time) So I kind of lost my interest, so I tried to find a book that would help me get more interested in characters. This book was appropriate, it had origins of each character and Chinese stories.

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Book # 26                                                                                            Date:  May 19

Title: Mad as a Wet Hen                                                       Author: Marvin Terban

Genre ~ Non-Fiction / Fiction Type: Non fiction. Language Book

• Opening Sentence: This place is going to the dogs

• Favourite word / phrase / sentence:

“She has a heart of Gold”: but actually Gold isn’t the one that is precious, nice, and pleasant for some people. I would say “she has a heart of vitamin,” because some people would rather be healthy rather than be wealthy, but most people want Gold and it represents everyone’s desire, so that kind of makes sense, too.

• Vocabulary and new terms (with part of speech) and definition:

unsophisticate[adj.]: lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes.

bonfire[n]: a large open-fire used for burning rubbish or as part of a celebration

• Reflection, Connection & Personal Response:

“Positive as a button” was the reason why I chose this book. I didn’t know its meaning, so I guessed why a button would be positive. That was pretty fun. I wanted to predict more idioms and know what they mean, because those symbolic meanings are creative and innovative.

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