[오늘의 한문장] The Affair : (Jack Reacher 16)

‘She won‘t be on file anywhere. Why would she be? She was a kid. She didn‘t serve and she wasn‘t a cop.‘
I said, ‘Nothing ventured, nothing gained.‘ - P234

[오늘의 한문장] The Affair : (Jack Reacher 16)

The door was right in front of me. It was open. I took a breath and stepped into the lobby. Sometimes if you want to know for sure whether the stove is hot, the only way to find out is to touch it. - P18

[100자평] The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Movie Tie-In Edition)

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (Movie Tie-In Edition) (Paperback) - 『줄무늬 파자마를 입은 소년』원서
존 보인 지음 / David Fickling Books / 2008년 10월

마지막 반전은 충격적이다. 너무나도 조용히 너무나도 급작스럽게. 아이들 책이라 낭만적 결론을 상상한 나는 브루노 만큼이나 순진한 아니 어리석은 인간이구나. 영화 존 오브 인터레스트가 생각나는 책.

[오늘의 한문장] The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

‘I suppose I am. How old are you?‘ he asked.
Shmuel thought about it and looked down athis fingers and they wiggled in the air, as if hewas trying to calculate. ‘I‘m nine,‘ he said. ‘Mybirthday is April the fifteenth nineteen thirty-four.‘
Bruno stared at him in surprise. ‘What didyou say?‘ he asked.
‘I said my birthday is April the fifteenth nine-teen thirty-four.‘
Bruno‘s eyes opened wide and his mouthmade the shape of an O. ‘I don‘t believe it,‘ hesaid.
‘Why not?‘ asked Shmuel.
‘No,‘ said Bruno, shaking his head quickly. ‘Idon‘t mean I don‘t believe you. I mean I‘msurprised, that‘s all. Because my birthday is Aprilthe fifteenth too. And I was born in nineteenthirty-four. We were born on the same day.‘ - P109

‘Where I come from is much nicer thanBerlin,‘ said Shmuel, who had never beento Berlin. ‘Everyone there is very friendly and wehave lots of people in our family and the food isa lot better too."
‘Well, we‘ll have to agree to disagree,‘ saidBruno, who didn‘t want to fight with his newfriend.
‘All right,‘ said Shmuel. - P114

[100자평] Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3 : The Last Straw

Diary of a Wimpy Kid #3 : The Last Straw (Paperback, International Edition) ㅣ Diary of a Wimpy Kid (윔피키드) 11
제프 키니 지음 / Amulet Books / 2009년 7월

문장이 쉬운 듯 하면서도 정확한 이해는 쉽지 않네. 미국 문화, 10대 문화에 대한 배경지식이 없어서인가. 계속 읽어보자.