Book Review: For One More Day by Mitch Albom

 

I’ve taken quite a long rest from reading and I’ve been searching for a good read. I had this talk with a friend and she let me borrow her copy of Mitch Albom’s “For One More Day”. I’ve been a fan of Mitch Albom after reading his “Tuesdays with Morrie” and “The Five People you meet in Heaven”. His works are easy to read and the best of it all, readers can easily relate to the context of his book.

“For One More Day” tells the story of Charley “Chick” Benetto and how his life went to the downside. He’s an alocholic, his wife and only daughter cut off their communication with him, he wasn’t invited to his only daughter’s wedding and he tried (but failed) several times to commit suicide. His suicide plan was to return to his original home, Pepperville Beach, and commit suicide there. On his last attempt, he was again unsuccessful (or so he thought) and as he staggers, all bloody and broken, back to his old home he found his mother there. The thing is, she passed away 8 years ago. The book gives the reader a question on what would you do if you were given another chance to meet someone whom you consider to have a very important stand in your life?

Manga Review: Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend)

Site: http://www.onemanga.com/Absolute_Boyfriend/

Summary:
Riko Izawa is really a nice girl but in some reason, gets rejected way too many times by good-looking and popular guys. One night she goes online and signs up for a free trial of a mysterious Nightly Lover "figure". The very next day a cute guy is delivered to her door and as she noticed, whatever physical attributes and/or requirements she entered into the site is possessed by the guy. The guy finally woke up and he wants to be her boyfriend! The cute guy happened to be sweet, smart, a great cook and he looks like a million bucks, which is what he's going to cost Riiko if she doesn't return him in the allotted time...

Drama Review: Dragon Zakura

Cast:
Abe Hiroshi, Yamashita Tomohisa, Nagasawa Masami, Koike Teppei, Aragaki Yui, Nakao Akiyoshi, Saeko

Summary:
Dragon Zakura is a series which concentrated on school themed dramas. Main person here is Sakuragi Kenji(Abe Hiroshi), a former motorcycle gang (but a certain teacher kept insisting he's from a gangster) turned lawyer. He was called to a certain high school to answer the school's problem in bankruptcy, primarily caused by the head director's impulsive shopping habit. He then boldly claimed that he will produce five students who can get into Toudai (Tokyo University; One of Japan's top University). The thing is, the school is known to house the most stupid, idiotic and lazy students ever found in Japan. Most of the students have an average score of 36.

Drama Review: The Quiz Show 2

Cast:
Sakurai Sho, Yokoyama Yu, Maya Miki, Matsuura Aya, Sasai Eisuke, Enoki Takaaki, Mizusawa Elena, TanakaTetsushi, Izumiya Shigeru, Wada Masato, Ohashi Nozomi, Moriwaki Eriko

Summary:
The show revolves around Kamiyama Satoru (Sakurai Sho), Honma Toshio (Yokoyama Yu) and the rest of the trivia show's staff. The contestants are chosen beforehand by a guide (Sasai Eisuke) who informally hands out the game's invitation and acceptance will entirely be on the contestant's choice. "The Quiz Show" is actually a trivia game show wherein the contestants are to give seven correct answers to win 10million yen. However, the show also has a final question which is called"Dream Chance" and if the question is answered correctly, the contestant will have their wish, whatever it is, granted by the TV Network. The game usually starts with innocent, general knowledge questions but gradually plunges into revealing the contestant's personal affairs and/or hideous past which they tried to hide from the public. The contestants are now in a hotseat, given the decision to either reveal/confess their guilt to the public,winning their "Dream Chance", or to lose everything but save their faces.

Kamiyama Satoru, the show's host also have a mysterious past. Before becoming the show's host, Kamiyama had an accident, leaving him in a coma stage for six years and caused him to have amnesia. It was Honma Toshio,the show's director,who tended to his needs and forces him to remember what happened to him in the past.