S.A, Calpurnia, Charlie and Invisible Boy, and Baroque Knights

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• Movie:
  
  1. The Adventures of Tintin
     - Borrowed from an acquaintance.
     - The characters look cartoonish, because the faces are too smooth, I thought.
     - The problem is the story has 2 parts, but there may not be a plan for a sequel, so the script-writer/directory had to change the ending so that the story has a proper conclusion.
     - It's ok, I got distracted by the way the characters' faces' smoothness.
• Anime:
  
  1. SA - Special A Episodes 1-3
     - So far very similar to the manga.
• Chapter Book:
  
  1. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly.
     - Borrowed from BPL.
     - read by Natalie Ross
     - Interesting and fun story about a girl growing up in TX. The year is 1899, she was 11 years old going on 12.
     - The only girl in the family of 6 or 7, I lost count.
     - Her father was an amateur biologist. She followed him and got some good training.
     - I'm curious to know if she would go to college as she had wanted.
  2. Children of the Red King #3: Charlie Bone and the Invisible Boy by Jenny Nimmo.
     - Borrowed from OPL.
     - read by Simon Russell Beale.
     - Continue with Charlie and friends and mystery in the school they go to and the Red King's descendents.
     - very fun read.
• Manga:
  
  1. Baroque Knights 4 by Maki Fujita - in French.
     - Rio seemed to have a split personality. His other one is the monster in the tower where everyone is scared of.
     - End at a cliffhanger!!!!!

Rambling:
• Went to Kino last week because I got $10 gift card to get:
  • ハニービター (Honey Bitter) 9 by Miho Obana, seems like the story has gone into some darker territory!
  • & 7 by OKAZAKI Mari - unexpected event at the end, cliffhanger, of course.
  • イデアの花 (Idea no Hana) 3 by Emura, bad events occur.
  • 嘘解きレトリック (Usotoki Rhetoric) 2 by Ritsu MIYAKO, murder mysteries
  • ハニー (Honey) 3 by Amu Meguro, rival arrived, still cute.
  • 夜さん (Itsuya-san) 1 by Mizu Sahara, slice of life story, relationship between family members.
• Happy Holidays to everyone who celebrates. I may not be able to update next week. In which case, see you next year. Here's to a 2014 with more books, manga, anime, and movies.