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Canada Day at Harbourfront

July 3, 2008 | Stella | Comments (0)

This weekend, Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre was alive with Canada Day celebrations for the whole family. To celebrate 141 years of Canada, the beautiful lakeside location was teeming with all sorts of people enjoying the numerous events organized specially for the occasion. Harbourfront Centre is a beautiful 10-acre location on Toronto’s lakeshore, and is the venue […]

Once Upon a Marigold.

July 2, 2008 | Stella | Comments (0)

When Christian was still a young boy, he ran away from home. He was found by Ed, the troll, who tried to make him go back home, but Christian was reluctant. So, in the end he moved in with Ed and his two dogs (Hecate and Beelzebub). 11 years later, Christian is grown up and […]

March of the Penguins

June 24, 2008 | Stella | Comments (0)

March of the Penguins             A lot of young people dislike documentaries. They find them boring and dull. I would say that I was one of those people, too. However, March of the Penguins is one documentary that you will love. While it is a non-fictional film about the life of emperor […]

The Outsiders

June 24, 2008 | Stella | Comments (0)

The Outsiders By: S.E Hinton             The Outsiders was one of those books for me that meant more than just the story I was reading.  After finding out the author was sixteen when she wrote it was incredibly inspiring to me.  Any teen wishing to write should hear her story.  She wanted […]

Once Upon A Marigold

June 24, 2008 | Stella | Comments (0)

Once Upon A Marigold is…lame.  The first thing that probably pops into your head when you hear this piece of information is probably that this book must be bad then.  Actually, however, Once Upon A Marigold is a very good book, that is also well written. How?  Yes, the book is lame…but it was purposely […]

Waiting

June 24, 2008 | Stella | Comments (1)

The book tells a story of a man, Lin, who was caught between two worlds. In one, he has an old wife in an old village in China and in the other, a mistress in the city. The mistress is  young and importantly, more appealing to the eye. Throughout the story, the author writes from […]

The Birth House

June 24, 2008 | Stella | Comments (1)

Finally summer is here! I cannot believe that the school year went by so fast. It was so tough to get some “fun-reading”  done when I had so much school work and school related things to read and study that I had very little time to get any reading done that I actually WANTED to […]