Note: I have those opinions is because I didn’t read those people’s original works, since I don’t know Russia and French.

U: do you still have that book…the german book…from the library?
U: i can’t find it at any library here
M: yeah, it’s in Chinese
U: what?
M: it’s a quite boring in fact.
U: i thought so
M: I felt sleepy when I read it.
U: the subject is outdated for modern times
M: But I still insisted on to get through some of it.
U: probably written in the style of Marx
M: It just includes some facts, quotes some people’s “speech”
M: not make it a fun story.
U: I like Russian writers…like Checkov
U: very funny
M: Oh, Russian writers just blah, blah, speak too much.
M: Britain writers are funny
U: have you read chekov?
M: He is a short novel writer
U: oh yes…the british are the best at comedy
M: I have tried to read “war and peace”,
U: thats why I like the british
U: always making jokes about bad situations
U: war and peace is awful
M: its Russian writer, right? quite boring.
U: some russian writers are good….the short story writers
U: not the novels
M: I can’t remember the name of that long novel. THe long and boring sentences very impressed me.
U: Dr. Zavogo?
U: or Zavago
M: should be “war and peace”
M: very famous so I tried to read it.
U: a very funny american book…Catch-22
U: you should read it
M: oh, what is it about?
M: I have read a book including two novels: one is written by a British, one is written by a French writer.
U: not much time to explain it
U: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catch-22
M: oh, tks.
U: so here is a link
M: seems you have quoted something from it.
M: let me tell you that book above.
M: One is about a man in an island.
M: Rubinson or something, right?
U: ok
M: one is about 21 days surround the earth.
U: robinson corusso?
M: yeah. it should be a boring story: a man in an isolated island. but the writer made it very funny.
U: i have read that one
U: in high school
M: that travel around the earth within 21 days, should be quite fun, but that writer makes the words quite boring
U: what is the title
M: a British writer and a French writer.
M: Around the world in 21 days.
U: Daniel Defoe wrote Robinson Crusoe
M: oh, very good writer
M: around the world in 21 days was adapted to a movie
U: Around the world in 80 days?
U: Jules Verne
U: french
M: maybe 80 days (blush)
U: yes yes
U: i know this story
U: not the book
U: but the movie
M: I know you will understand if I give you some hints.
M: the movie may be fun.
U: its OK
U: interesting
M: yeah.
U: hey
U: i have to go now
M: ok.
M: tiger
U: ok rabbit…frightened of the tiger mom
U: good night
M: good night
M: (hug)
U: (hug)