1st Book Review (Fig Pudding)

The book Fig Pudding is about a boy named 'Cliff' and his family. As Fig is the oldest in his siblings, he is always made to take care of his siblings. He was hence nick-named 'Mr. Responsibility'.

The story is about the things happening to Fig's family, like his little brother, Josh's baby language and the fact that his sister, Cyn, suddenly decided to become a vegetarian. There are also many things happening to Cliff himself, like he did not want to lent his new fishing equipments to his siblings and he helping out her aunt to make doughhs for cookies, there are some jokes and there are some unhappiness.

There are a lot of exciting twists in the story, however, it ended off with a tragic happening. When Josh's most gullible but kind and caring brother, Brad was cycling with his friends down the slope, he crashed into an ambulance, and he died not long after. The whole family was very sad since this incident, however as Christmas was round the corner, they had to go to their aunt's house to celebrate. Hence, their father made his best desert, Fig Pudding, to their aunt's house. When they were getting out of the car, Josh's little brother stepped into the fig pudding, his mother was mad, but his father was quite calmn. He said that Josh's shoes were new and decided to carry on the procedures. When it was desert time, Cliff's uncle tasted the pudding and said that iwas more delicious then before. He even asked what new ingredients that Cliff's father had added. At this point of time, the family could not bear anymore and burst out laughing, no one coulod understand their outburst of laughter and this incident remained as a family secret.

This book is very nice indeed, if you are interested in it, please do take some time to read it!

Parent Interview

Hmm... There's a lot of books that my mother read, but the book that she likes most most is called <<红楼梦>> (Translation: Dream of the red chamber). The story is about the love triangle of three characters: Jia Bao Yu, Lin Dai Yu and Xue Bao Chai.

The main character, Jia Bao Yu is the adolescent heir of the family, a reincarnation of the Divine Attendant-in-Waiting. The Crimson Pearl Flower is incarnated as Baoyu's sickly cousin, the emotional Lin Dai Yu. However, Baoyu is predestined in this life to marry another cousin, Xue Bao Chai, and hence, there is a lot of sadness and love.

However, this wonderful story is not completed and no one knows the ending, but my mother said that she wished the two lovers to be together in the end. (As most love stories would say.)