Momo Love

Title: Momo Love
Chinese Title: 桃花小妹/Tao Hua Xiao Mei
Amount of Episodes: 13
Theme Song: What If I Fall In Love With You? By: Cyndi Wang (Love this song!)
Ending Song: Very Quiet By: Fahrenheit
Starring: Jiro Wang (Fahrenheit) as Shi Lang, Cyndi Wang as Tao Hua, Calven Chen (Fahrenheit) as Xue Zhi Qiang, Ken Zhu (F4) as Qi Ge, Lan Jun Tian as Cheng Ge, Ding Chun Cheng as Zhaun Ge, Godfrey Gao as He Ge and Jing Wong as Yun Yi.
Adapted From: Japanese anime Momoka Typhoon
Reccomended For: Teenage Viewers

Summary: Cheng Tao Hua (Cyndi Wang) is the youngest of five brothers. After the fourth brother, her parents were trying hard to have a daughter...and were disappointed to see another son, Yun Yi (Jing Wong) staring back at them. So when they finally got Tao Hua, they were over the moon with happiness.

Tao Hua's brothers always pampered her and sheltered her so much that everytime a boy confessed to her, they would beat him up and make sure he didn't see Tao Hua again. The real test came when Shi Lang (Jiro Wang) comes and makes Tao Hua go ga-ga over him (How can you not? I mean Jiro!!) The brothers don't know what to do, do they beat up Jiro (but he hasn't done anything) or do they wait it out and see what happens between Tao Hua and Shi Lang?

Episode 1 Part 1 (Sorry no eng sub...but I'm sure you can find it on Google)



Wdebo's Review: From the opening song...I fell in love with this drama. (I love the opening song...so kawaii!) The drama is adorable...and has this calm in it that just makes for great viewing!

And also Jiro is very very hawt...(He looks good in his new haircut), so it does make the drama better. And the dog in the drama is sooo cute!! And must I say that I just love all the characters especially Yun Yi...I feel so bad for him tho...he is always left out!

Ok, so that is defidently not the longest review ever...but there's only been 4 episodes out...so I'm sorry :)

Grade: A

Wdebo :)

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Other dramas Jiro is in....

It Started With a Kiss [Click HERE for review]
Rolling Love [Cute! Currently on episode 7, I like it!]
Hana Kimi [Click HERE for review]

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Other drama(s) Cyndi is in...

Smiling Pasta [Click HERE for review]

My Accompany (Wo De Yi Lai)-Jolin Tsai

I love this song!! Jolin sounds very good...she can sing really well even when she's not doing her dance songs.

But, I'm really not sure what the title means, it's just like the one I can count on...my rock. Haha I suck at translating from Chinese to English.

Anyways...hope you enjoy! Such a beautiful song...and the MV is sweet...and the guy in the MV is very CUTE (His name's Jason I think)

Click HERE for Jolin's TTS

Hope you enjoy! And please comment!!

Wdebo :)

Mercy By: Jodi Picoult

Title: Mercy
Author: Jodi Picoult
PAPERBACK
Amount of Pages: 400
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Release Date: April 3, 2001
Geared Towards: Adults
About (New Feature-for Jodi Picoult Books!) : Mercy Killing

"He wondered how he could have been so blinded by something shiny and new and elusive that he couldn't at least give equal credit for the strength of something stable, and strong, and his."

Summary: Cameron McDonald is the police chief of the small Massachusetts town, Wheelock. Nothing really ever happens in this small sleepy town, until one day, Cameron's cousin, Jamie, rushes in to confess that he has killed his wife.


Jamie MacDonald and his wife Maggie were madly in love, everyday was their honeymoon until Maggie was diagnosed with breast cancer which swiftly spread into her bones then crept into her brain. Maggie, drowning in pain, begged her husband to kill her, because his immense love for his wife, Jamie complied.


Cameron's wife, Allie, is one of those wives that loves her husband more then he loves her. She puts him on a pedalstool, idolizing him. She is a rock next to her husband...something that is always there for Cameron, Cameron has never thought much of their love, until one day, a beautiful stranger appears and shatters their love connection forever.


Wdebo's Review: Yeah for Jodi Picoult! I love Jodi Picoult books, even though there are some that you just have such high expectations for that sometimes they just disappoint you because of the high expectations you have. I thought Mercy was going to be one of those books, it started out slow, it was hard to get into, and I just wanted to set it down as soon as I could. However, after a bit it started to pick up pace, and got more and more interesting until it became a classic Jodi Picoult page turner.


As usual, the writing is highly addictive, it's amazing how Jodi Picoult is able to pick a controversial issue and turn it into an addictive read. I remember a few years back in my town where there was a family that pulled the plug on their daughter that had been in a coma for a few years and there was just a huge uproar over it...I thought of that a lot while reading Mercy.


I really hated Cameron (I can't find a nicer way to say it). He was an egotistical, arrogant jerk. I couldn't sympathize at all with him, even when he was all borken and sad at the end, I just wanted to laugh at him and say Ha! You got what you deserved! On the other hand, ugh, Allie annoyed me with her meekness. You can say I didn't like their whole family :P


Cafe Cover Chat: Hm, defidently not my favorite Jodi Picoult cover, but it's ok. (B-)


All in all, another wonderful read from the amazing Jodi Picoult! Sure to get you wondering bout what you would truely do for love.


Grade: B+


Wdebo :)

Bad Girls Don't Die By: Katie Alender

Title: Bad Girls Don't Die
Author: Katie Alender
HARDBACK
Amount of Pages: 346
Publisher: Disney Hyperion Books
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Geared Towards: Teens

"I go closer, and walk around her to see her eyes. They are wide open. A trickle of blood drips from the side of her gaping lips.

She is dead.

Next to her is the precious doll, whose hair is still clutched in Sarah's hand.

I step closer-

And suddenly the doll's eyes pop open, bright green and glowing."

Summary (From Front Flap): Alexis thought she led a typically dysfunctional high school existence; dysfunctional like her parents' marriage, her doll-crazy, thirteen-year-old, Kasey; and even her own antisocial, anti-cheerleader attitude.

When a family argument results in tearful sisterly bonding, Alexis realizes that her life is creeping from dysfunctional to dangerous. Kasey is acting stranger than ever: her blue eyes go green; she uses odd, old-fashioned language-and she even loses track of chunks of time, claiming to know nothing about her weird behavior. Their old house is changing too. Doors open and close by themselves, water boils on the unlit stove, and an unplugged turns the house cold enough for the girls to see their breath.

Alexis wants to believe it's all in her head, until these seemingly harmless occurrences become life-threatening-to her, to her family, and to her budding relationship with the student concil vice president. Alexis knows she's the only person who can stop Kasey; but what if that green-eyed girl isn't even Kasey anymore?

Wdebo's Review: Wonderful, wonderful debut novel by Katie Alender. It seems to have this learned experience nature that many debut novels don't have. Katie's writing flows very well and grabs your attention from the very beginning. Bad Girls Don't Die is a very great novel that scared the hell out of me, mainly because of the whole mention of dolls, seriously, if it was about a haunted cat it probobly wouldn't have scared me as much as much as a story about a haunted doll.

The thing I didn't like about the book, was how in the close to ending everything just swirled around really fast and was hard to get a grip upon, it seemed that everything before was very slow mo then suddenly we get to that part and everything is speed up. I think she should have taken some more time to describe what was happening to match the tempo of the rest of the story. Also, some parts just seemed like a badly acted out children's theatere, how a lot of things just seemed to be conveniently there to help.

But I love the ending it was seriously adorable...and just a totally diffrent mood then the rest of the story...which in other books would annoy and piss me off, but in her it just seemed to work.

Carter is seriously so wonderfully adorable...I love him!! He is just so sweet and cute...except a bit slow, if I do say so myself.

Cafe Cover Chat: The cover is very haunting and scary like the book, except would a possed person really take that much time to paint their toes dark red? (B)

All in all, a wonderful debut novel that is a sure need to be read! And a total page turner...for those who like a little mystery, scary story, this is the book for you!

Grade: A-

Wdebo :)

Reflection (Mulan)-Chinese

So, I've been rewatching Mulan...and I overly love all the songs!! XD My fav has to be I'll Make a Man Out of You, but I do really love Reflection....and here is Coco Lee's version...her voice is amazing....and she looks so pretty!

So, this isn't the actual MV, because they won't let me embedd it...but if you, the real MV is HERE. This is just the song with clips from Mulan...but enjoy!

Hope you enjoy! And please comment!

Wdebo :)

Kahlil Fong (方大同)

Ok, it has seriously been AGES since my last TTS post...so here I am...with another ABC (American Born Chinese) to share with you all..woohoo!![I just had to add this picture...just because it looks cool :) ]

So, first a little info on Kahlil.

Born in: Hawaii...Moved to Shanghai when he was 6

He Speaks: English, Mandarin, Shanghainesse, Hawaiian Pidgen English, and Cantonesse
Born: July 14, 1983 (Age 26)

The thing I like most about Kahlil, is he doesn't just go with the whole "look" of Taiwanese idols...he has so much talent he doesn't need that, not like a lot of the Taiwanese idols...who only have their looks and not an ounce of talent in them.

Anyways...onto the music....

Kahlil has SUCH a soulful voice...it's AMAZING!!

Here's his cover of Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You By: George Benson (It's in English!)..and it doens't hurt that it's a simple song...and fun to sing to :D The MV is pretty ugh...but the song is awesome.

And 紅豆 (Red Bean)-Very nice song by him

Hope you enjoy! And support Kahlil! And please comment!

Wdebo :)

How to Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation By: Simone Elkeles

Title: How To Ruin Your Boyfriend's Reputation
Author: Simone Elkeles
PAPERBACK
Amount of Pages: 257
Publisher: Flux
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Geared Towards: Teens
Extra Info: This is the third book in the How To Ruin series.
From: Thanks to Flux for sending me a review copy!

"God, take care of him, I pray silently. Because he's my past, and my future"

Summary (From B.O.B):

Guess who's jetting off to

the Holy Land this summer!

Yes, it's me-Amy Nelson-Barak. I've volunteered for ten days of military training in Isreal with my friends. The Sababa brochure said it would be a "fun" summer experience. Okay, so I didn't sign up to probe I'm not a princess stationed at the same base.

Too bad nobody told me:

~It's hot in the Negev desert...like, so hot your makeup melts off and you get under-boob sweat spots.

~You can't sleep in until 11 AM

~You shouldn't kill bees with your flatiron-don't ask.

~Peeing in a hole isn't easy (when you're a girl)-double don't ask.

When I find out our team leader is my boyfriend Avi, I'm totally psyched...until I learn he has to treat me like all the other recruits. Can you say OY VEY!

Wdebo's Review: Oh. My. God. I absolutely ADORE the How to Ruin series...they are just so easy to relate to (the teenage sarcastic voice part not the dating-a-hot-Isreali-soldier-and-being-part-Isreali-myself part). Amy is such a great character...her voice is funny and just seems to voice everything that a teenager would actually think.

I absolutely love her storyline and writing, the writing is very simple but just so addictive...it just pulls you in and makes you want to read until the very end to see what kind of shananigins (lol-love that word) Amy can get herself into...and the total heart pounding romance she gets with Avi. Except the first page is kinda cheesy...the "Hi My name is..." is very Junie B. Jones...but I guess it does help you get into the story again. The How to Ruin series just seems to get better and better with every passing book.

Fav character? Avi def! OMG he's like the perfect guy in the whole world. He's perfect because of his imperfections...(Too perfect people are weird and kinda scary...that just makes them unperfect?) he has problems too, but he's a) hot b) a soldier c) very romantic and just seems like the perfect guy except for the small *Spoiler Alert!* he kissed another girl more then three times! Gasp *Spoiler ended* but apart from that I wouldn't mind having my own Avi next to me :)

Cafe Cover Chat: I like the cover a lot it's very simple and the white and pink lettering contrast nicely..and I really like the curly font it's pretty. (B+)

All in all, all How to Ruin lovers will not be disappointed...such a great story. And for those who haven't discovered the How to Ruin series yet...go out and get the first one (list of titles on the bottom), I hope you enjoy!

Grade: A-

Wdebo :)

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Books in the How to Ruin series...

1. How to Ruin My Summer Vacation [Click HERE for review]
2. How to Ruin My Teenage Life [Click HERE for review]
3. How to Ruin Your Boyfriends Reputation