https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph Choose at least 3 of the categories below. Then, add the book title, the author and a short description including new vocabulary about describing books and films and inversion. Finally, read the other students' posts and like as many as you want. en-us 2022-01-12 20:00:05 UTC 2025-06-20 15:28:26 UTC hello@padlet.com clope107 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045820 A heart-warming novel about the first Russian pioneers living in Nebraska. I had to read it for university and although it was beautifully written, I didn't have time to finish it since I was so busy]]> 2022-01-12 20:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045820 clope107 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045827 Not only is this a moving story about feminity and motherhood set in Southern Louisiana, but it also takes you back in time]]> 2022-01-12 20:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045827 clope107 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045834 This is heavy going Irish classic that I think I ought to read one day]]> 2022-01-12 20:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045834 clope107 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045840 It's a thought-provoking story about an astronaut who is left behind in Mars and manages to return safely to Earth]]> 2022-01-12 20:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045840 clope107 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045851 A haunting story about a doctor in Australia who joins a "walkabout" with an Aboriginal tribe]]> 2022-01-12 20:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045851 clope107 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045861 Although it is a beautiful story, I was too young to understand it. Never have I read such a heavy going book!]]> 2022-01-12 20:00:05 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/1989045861 eloisepaton20 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2007460920 This is a thought-provoking novel that represents beauty, youth and avarice and I wish I would have read it before. ]]> 2022-01-23 19:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2007460920 eloisepaton20 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2007464595 Even though this is a spanish classic that we all have to read, no sooner had I started the novel, I knew it was going to be a really heavy-going reading.]]> 2022-01-23 19:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2007464595 martapadillaalbo https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009218553 A thought-provoking novel about the relationship that begins between a retired university teacher and a group of African refugees in Berlin. An interesting way to show this reality. ]]> 2022-01-24 16:30:58 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009218553 martapadillaalbo https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009274429 One of the great novels of catalan literature. A gripping story of the Spanish civil war, narrated by a witness of the Republican side. I bought it a few months ago in a beautiful old bookstore and I'll start it when I can.]]> 2022-01-24 16:51:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009274429 martapadillaalbo https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009307285 Not only is the ancient language, but it's also the heavy-going reading. I remember it was very hard to stay awake while I was reading this book. I would probably think differently now, or not? ]]> 2022-01-24 17:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009307285 dpaez0 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009730561 Not only is a heavy going book, but it is also endless and too descriptive. I don't recommend it!  ]]> 2022-01-24 20:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009730561 dpaez0 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009811211 A haunting and moving book that explores symbols from differents cultures in a captivating way.

]]> 2022-01-24 21:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009811211 dpaez0 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009841783 Even though I have seen the movie, a pending issue is reading the book. Such a heart-warming story.]]> 2022-01-24 21:21:33 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2009841783 jmfornesc https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010789688 It's a haunting  serie not only by his plot about First World War but his characters. Obviously, all the events hadn't happened as show the serie so we realize how the World War devastated families. ]]> 2022-01-25 09:48:35 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010789688 jmfornesc https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010820708 This thought-provoking novel was written between Middle Ages and Renaissance. It's said that author's intention should be educate people againts crazy love and corruption. ]]> 2022-01-25 10:06:23 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010820708 jmfornesc https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010824426 This book perhaps is too long. I'm finding it heavy-going. I would like to began it once again  whenever  I can.  ]]> 2022-01-25 10:08:32 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010824426 44casse https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010883772 A heavy going novel about the life an insurance salesman. I did not feel like finishing it and I hope never have time to finish it.]]> 2022-01-25 10:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010883772 44casse https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010890846 Never have I read a novel as entertaining as this one about a clever Canadian detective. A new Sherlock Holms has happered.]]> 2022-01-25 10:47:40 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010890846 44casse https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010898388 Not only is the argument interesting, war, murders, madness, but it is also very original. A new vision of the creation of the Oxford dictionary.]]> 2022-01-25 10:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010898388 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010985507 Not only is this a romance novel but it also a novel that makes you realize how a women experiences domestic violence with her partner.]]> 2022-01-25 11:51:27 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2010985507 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2011182943 Not only is a heavy going reading, it is about how to create your own bussines. It is not my case, so, I didn´t enjoy the book!]]> 2022-01-25 13:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2011182943 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2011204837 This is a heart-warming tv serie about how a woman can become a master chess player. No sooner had I finished the Netflix serie than I wanted to read the novel.]]> 2022-01-25 13:52:56 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2011204837 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2011228934 It is a heavy going reading that was mandatary at school. For me, it was complicated to get involved in the story. All in all, today maybe I would recommend this book, of course, it is a Catalan classic.]]> 2022-01-25 14:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2011228934 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2014763397 The plot was intriguin, I couldn't predict how it would end. Not until the last page did I guess what happened.]]> 2022-01-27 00:37:04 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2014763397 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2014795163 Perhaps a thought-provoking book that raised many interesting questions. Not until did you read the book you understand the plot]]> 2022-01-27 01:04:21 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2014795163 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2014809447 A haunting book which stayed with me long afterI read the book. No sooner had I finished this gripping novel Than I though to see it in a film]]> 2022-01-27 01:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2014809447 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015351216 Not only the plot is great, it's also very great written. The story it's explained from a point of view that you can be the detective. For me, it's an intriguing plot and I never have I read a black novel novel as Agatha Christie do. Furthermore, there's a TV serie, "Los misterios de Laura", where the crime appears  in one of their chapters. ]]> 2022-01-27 08:23:04 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015351216 helenasola2005 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015400061 A book about love, race and afro hair. A woman called Ifemelu moved from Nigeria to the States for a better life. Not only is it mature and thoughtful but also a heart-touching story.]]> 2022-01-27 08:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015400061 helenasola2005 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015557887 A heartbroken story about two teenagers who fall in love with each other but can't stay close due to their unusual illness which makes them stay at least five feet apart. Never have I read such a moving book.]]> 2022-01-27 10:29:19 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015557887 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015625720 Inspired from The Odyssey, the Homer’s epic poem, Ulysses is considered as a Master piece from Modernist Literature but, I couldn’t continue reading after the first chapter. Despite I thought that it was a heavy going book, I believe that no sooner have I the time I’ll get it.]]> 2022-01-27 11:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015625720 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015669357 I saw The Handmaid's Tale TV series and I was impacted by the topic and the meaning that could be in our society, a thought-provoking and intriguing story, and I decided read the book. This is a dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood and my surprise was that it has been written in 1985 and depicted situations that we can recognize nowadays. Not until I have read the book do I understood how terrible and predictable the future is.]]> 2022-01-27 11:47:44 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015669357 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015723561 When I was read “Cien años de soledad” (One hundred years of solitude) never before have I felt this passion for a book. I sometimes dreamed that I ask the author to tells me the story very close to my ear, like if your grandfather were telling you a very long and wonderful story before you sleep. I felt absolutely gripping with the characters, the landscape and whit the magical language of Garcia Marquez.]]> 2022-01-27 12:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015723561 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015875541 In my opinion, I ought to read one day this heavy going British classic, where for the first time the strength of women is vindicated.]]> 2022-01-27 13:50:41 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015875541 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015911354 This is a heart-warming and teenager film where you not only fall in love with the story, but also with the characters.]]> 2022-01-27 14:06:24 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015911354 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015924185 Not only is the plot great, but it's also very well written. A haunting and intriguing book that leaves no one indifferent.]]> 2022-01-27 14:11:48 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2015924185 helenasola2005 https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2024404545 A classic novel that almost everybody has heard about. The story it's a bit heavy-going, but not until you reach the end will you find it haunting and heart-touching. ]]> 2022-02-01 23:00:37 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2024404545 miriamgfageda https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2033804852 The memory of painted eyes is above all a love story. It is the story of four friends from the Barceloneta neighbourhood between the 1920s and 1930s. The proclamation of the Republic filled them with illusions, but the beginning of the Civil War and the subsequent Francoist repression ruined everything. The life of the four friends is marked by the events of the time, especially the love story between Germinal and David.

]]> 2022-02-07 18:33:49 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2033804852 miriamgfageda https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2033861752 The plot takes place in the "Colonia Vidal de Puig-Reig" in the 50s. The colony were industrial communities located near the rivers.The story begins with the fire of a part of the factory until the abandonment over the years. The plot takes place between the secrets, the abuses of power and love between the factory director and the widow of a dead worker in the fire. All this to show life in a Colony. Birth, living and dying between the walls of a factory. In which not only is the place of work, it is also school for the children, the church, the stores and the houses where they live.]]> 2022-02-07 18:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/clope107/ba1j0yyyz5dfe6ph/wish/2033861752