What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20

Title:What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20 (A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World)

Author:  Tina Seelig
Language: English

Genre: Non Fiction/Self-Help

This book is light-weight yet loaded with simple useful tips in life, as the tagline said 'Skip the Mistakes Everyone Else Makes'. I'll sum up some key points from the book.

When we are facing challenges, it requires different point of view to turn it to opportunities. Many times we look at a problem only based on one perspective, framed by rules or conventional wisdom. As a matter of fact, we can question this conventional wisdom, and revisit the rules. We'll be amazed how there are so many unseen opportunities.  

Opportunities are abundant. At any place and time you can look around and identify problems that need solving.

The bigger the problem, the bigger the opportunity. Nobody will pay you to solve a non-problem.

A Thousand Splendid Suns

Author: Khaled Hosseini

Genre: Fiction/Drama
Language: English

Published: 2007, Penguin

*SPOILER ALERT*

I read this book recently although I knew it was published when I was in high school. At first, I was too scared to read it because my friend told me that it was heart breaking. I'm not really fond of heart-breaking sad stories. I like books which can make me feel cheerful, peaceful, and vivid. But, I was curious, so I grabbed this from my campus library.

This book consists of four parts. The early parts told about two women separately and the last parts told  when finally they interact and live together. They are Mariam and Laila. 

Life of Pi

Author: Yann Martel

Genre: Fiction/Fantasy/Adventure
Language: English
Published: 2001, Harcourt Books

*Spoiler Alert* 

I chose this book for my first review because actually it was the reason I made this blog in the first place. I read this book two years after it was published in 2001. I remember I loved this book, but I hardly remember the story. Well, it was nice to re-read "Life of Pi". I think I should start re-reading all my collections :)