Title : Life Full of Reading
Author : Syed Ahmad Fathi
Publisher : Independent Insight
No. of Pages : 161
REVIEW 02/2021.
I am sure you have heard the quote “Don’t judge the book by its cover.”
This is one of those books. Do not be deceived by the illustration of a father
pouring over a book with his two children on the cover. This is not a family
book. Nor is it a children’s story book. This is in fact a collection of book
reviews written by the author in various platforms.
I bought this book because I am learning how to write book reviews myself. Fancy that, I am now writing a review of a book on book reviews.
This book is separated into two parts – Long Reviews and Short Reviews. There are 30 books in the Long Reviews and 41 books in the Short Reviews. Only a few of them are novels. Most of the books are about economics, psychology and social sciences. He definitely has an array of non-fiction books and I have read only 5 out of these 71 books. A few I have already bought and yet to read.
Throughout his writing, I could sense that the author was trying to be as objective as he could about the books that he has read. Thus, in the reviews he did not counter the thoughts, opinions and argument presented in the books. However, in certain reviews he did mention about his emotions after reading the book. For example, in his review of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe, Syed ended it with, “If you did not cry reading this book, you have lost your heart.” This is one of my favourite reviews.
In the review of Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, he wrote that he found the saddest part of history when the whole natives of Tasmania were wiped out. I also love his reviews on From Beirut to Jerusalem by Ang Swee Chai, Beyond Chutzpah : On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History by Norman G. Finkelstein.
What I particularly like about Finkelstein’s book is that he criticized Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Professor, who wrote the book The Case for Israel. Finkelstein gave documentary evidence to destroy many of Dershowitz’s claims. This review gave me the realization that whenever we want to write something, we must always ensure that our facts are right. Otherwise, it will damage our position, status and image.
Some of the books that I feel intrigued to read after reading his reviews are the following:
I give this book FOUR 🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars considering that it provides a lot of insights on other books.
I bought this book because I am learning how to write book reviews myself. Fancy that, I am now writing a review of a book on book reviews.
This book is separated into two parts – Long Reviews and Short Reviews. There are 30 books in the Long Reviews and 41 books in the Short Reviews. Only a few of them are novels. Most of the books are about economics, psychology and social sciences. He definitely has an array of non-fiction books and I have read only 5 out of these 71 books. A few I have already bought and yet to read.
Throughout his writing, I could sense that the author was trying to be as objective as he could about the books that he has read. Thus, in the reviews he did not counter the thoughts, opinions and argument presented in the books. However, in certain reviews he did mention about his emotions after reading the book. For example, in his review of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe, Syed ended it with, “If you did not cry reading this book, you have lost your heart.” This is one of my favourite reviews.
In the review of Sapiens : A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari, he wrote that he found the saddest part of history when the whole natives of Tasmania were wiped out. I also love his reviews on From Beirut to Jerusalem by Ang Swee Chai, Beyond Chutzpah : On the Misuse of Anti-Semitism and the Abuse of History by Norman G. Finkelstein.
What I particularly like about Finkelstein’s book is that he criticized Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Professor, who wrote the book The Case for Israel. Finkelstein gave documentary evidence to destroy many of Dershowitz’s claims. This review gave me the realization that whenever we want to write something, we must always ensure that our facts are right. Otherwise, it will damage our position, status and image.
Some of the books that I feel intrigued to read after reading his reviews are the following:
- From Beirut to Jerusalem by Ang Swee Chai.
- The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine by Ilan Pappe.
- The Power of Now : A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle.
- How Starbucks Saved My Life by Michael Gates Gill.
I give this book FOUR 🌟🌟🌟🌟 stars considering that it provides a lot of insights on other books.
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