A Death in Oxford - Book Boy

A Death in Oxford
Richard MacAndrew
Cambridge English Readers, Beginner
Thriller

I recommend this book because it is amusing and easy to read. It has easy vocabulary and the ending is good. If you like the TV series CSI, you will like to read this book.

Book Boy
Antoinette Moses
Cambridge English Readers, Beginner
Human Interest

It is worth reading because this is a human interest book on the problem of drugs in the young. I also recommend it because it has easy vocabulary. The beginning of the book is sad for me but then it has a happy ending. I recommend that everyone reads it.

Mari, 1st year Basic Level

Double Cross

“Double Cross”
Philip Prowse
Cambridge English Readers, level 3
Thriller

An interesting international thriller set in Scandinavia, London and South Africa. The former Soviet Union has tens of thousands of nuclear weapons already and the Russian army wants to destroy them but it hasn’t got enough money to do it, so Sweden decides to help Russia to achieve it, to prevent terrorists from getting the weapons.

In Stockholm, an important Swedish politician is the victim of an attack and he almost dies.

Monica is an agent for the Swedish Military Intelligence and she has to find out who tried to kill the politician. She is helped by an agent of the British Intelligence.

During the investigation Monica meets a guitarist and both of them have a nice time.

Personal opinion:
I would recommend its reading because it is very entertaining and the interest is kept along the whole book.

Pili Lanuza, 2nd year Basic Level

Casablanca

I love this film!. It's a classic and essential one. It was filmed in 1943.  It's considered as a master work and the second best film from all the times, after "Citizen Kane". In my opinion is one of the best romantic movies in the cinema history. It was nominated for 8 Oscar and won 3 of them.             I enjoy a lot every time I see it and I always feel the same deep emotion, it doesn't matter the times I have watched.             On the one hand, the leading actress, as well as the leading actor did some magnificent performances, I would say that Ingrid Bermana (Lisa) was gorgeous, perhaps better than Humphrey Bogart (Rick), but I don't know, I can't be sure because I adore Bogart. My mother loved him too and she always told me. We watched "Casablanca" together several times.             It's said at first the actress was Michael Morgan but she wanted to earn 50.000 dollar and Ingrid Berman was ready with 25.000. I'm sure that Michael Morgan shouldn't have done like Ingrid Berman.             On the other hand, the music is fantastic, like the memorable song: "As time goes by". I wouldn't tire to listen to it, although I should do 1000 times, in fact I usually listen to.  It's known, when the movie was finished,  the composer Mas Steiner wanted to change the song "As time goes by" shooting the stage again, but he coudn't do it because Ingrid Berman had had her hair cut to film with Gary Cooper "For whom the bell tolls". I celebrate it shouldn't be so!            There are some unforgetable phrases in the movie such as:                       "Play it again, Sam", Lisa tells Sam when she arrives in Rick's café and she listens to it once more "As time goes by", then Rick listens to it too and goes to the piano, where Lisa is...            "You played it for her, you can play it  for me", Rick tells Sam that night, after seeing Lisa...            "We will always have  Paris", Rick says to Lisa, in an exciting stage...            "It's my less vulnerable part", Rich answers to police chief after he told Rick "Remember, I'm aiming you at you heart"            "I think it's the beginning of a good friendship", Rick told police chief at the end of the film.             I would write much more about  this marvellous movie because there are a lot of saying. This is only a little summary.            Have a good time!            Pili Lanuza - Basic 2nd.