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Learn Chinese - Mandarin Phrasebook for Travel in China
Travel and Education
App
Learn Chinese is an easy to use mobile Chinese phrasebook that will give visitors to...
AT (1676 KP) rated Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma in Books
Apr 23, 2020
I know that the anime is popular, but I haven't gotten around to watching it yet. I wasn't sure that I'd like the manga, but I grabbed volume 1 recently, and was pleasantly surprised! I had expected it to be like a textbook cookbook type of manga that gets too into the recipes and ends up being boring. However, Food Wars is a good mix and keeps the storyline light and interesting. You're not turning page after page of the same diagrammed, cutely drawn recipe. The main characters do talk their way through their cooking times, but it's not overly drawn out. Some manga series have that magical "it" factor, and some definitely don't. This one seems to have it. It's cute, funny, has a good protagonist, and everything that revolves around him on the outskirts is interesting in its own way, as well. There's enough to carry an actual story, and enough motion in the plot to keep the action moving. Volume 1 also includes the short that was originally featured in Shonen Jump, but I'm glad the details were reworked. Overall, I think it will be a cute series.
AT (1676 KP) rated Zo Zo Zombie, Vol. 1 in Books
Jun 27, 2020
Zo Zo Zombie is a manga series aimed at junior readers. It's full of silly, gross elementary school age boy humor. It's consistently full of that type of humor, so if you're looking for something for an elementary school aged boy to read, check this out. It's probably best for 4th-6th grade readers.
Diablo Cody recommended Pandora's Box (1929) in Movies (curated)
Ever the Diplomat: Confessions of a Foreign Office Mandarin
Book
In this entertaining and engaging memoir, former ambassador Sherard Cowper-Coles lifts the lid on...