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Vengeful (Villains #2)
by V.E. Schwab
- Difficulty Level : Normal
- Length :480 pages ( roughly 3 day)
- Type: Fiction / Young Adult
- My Rating: ****
Synopsis:
The story continues from the 1st book, going into the history of Eli, adding a side plot of Marcella
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26856502-vengeful
Book Review:
I like the way how she used the second book to talk about the history of Eli. She makes efforts to bring understanding and connections of how the person get their power.
There were times when the storyline seemed dragged out in the middle.
Although i find that how the last part of the standoff was hastily closed off.
I think most people have this fascination about what happens if all of us are able to have one unique special power. And what will that be? This series goes into that fantasy and creates a very nice plot of the different extreme views that can be created.
Example, the haves and haves not, the righteous and not so righteous. The Weak and the strong, the vain and how some may what to use these powers for their own personal gains.
The Future of the Eurozone: Nation Building in Times of Crises
Speaker: Mr. Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Former President of the Eurogroup, and Minister of Finance of the Netherlands; Former Chair of the Board of Governors of the European Stability Mechanism.
Chairperson: Prof. Danny Quah, Dean and Li Ka Shing Professor in Economics, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
His view on the Greece recession at the time, the mistake was asking Greece to do everything at the same time.
1hr 05 min -> Mr. Jeroen’s perspective on the results of Brexit.
UK being a financial hub at this moment, how will it is able to remain the financial hub given that it will no longer be in the EU.
A Good Short Concise Summary of how things might pan out
Vicious (Villains #1)
by V.E. Schwab
- Difficulty Level : Normal
- Length :366pages ( roughly 1 day)
- Type: Fiction / Young Adult
- My Rating: ****
Synopsis:
2 best friend came up with a Thesis on whether one will be able to acquire special powers after near death experience. They tried to play God.
Both parted ways after each acquiring different power. It depicts the journey of Eli whom find that humans should not have such powers and he seeks to eliminate all such people.
Victor on the other hand felt betrayed that he went to jail due to Eli and seek to kill Eli for it.
Book Review:
This is a good read, the author was skillful in providing enough detail and effort in building up each character. The story telling weave in and out between the present and what happened 10 years ago.
I like the super power theme and how each skill was created specifically to each character. The moral question of how we decide to play god and whether do we comprehend the consequences of it.
The way the 2 main characters fate intertwine with each other is nicely done. The play of anti-hero and whether the villain is really a villain.
The poetic feel about that second chance, do we deserve that? And is there truly something missing when it is gone?
This is not meant to be a deep and detailed book but the story telling is very good indeed. It makes me question about what makes us human. Whether something is missing? ( gene or mental? ) Or maybe its always been there, we simply need to cherish and live our life to the best of our ability because sometimes there may not be a second chance.
The Fifth Risk
by Michael Lewis
- Difficulty Level : Normal
- Length :219pages ( roughly 3 days)
- Type: Current Affairs
- My Rating: ***
Synopsis:
It describes about how Trump basically took over without a plan, how he handled the transition phase and how inadequate the how thing was.
From there he describe with stories on how and what are the roles of some of the USA departments
Book Review:
I always like Michael Lewis books, he is able to find certain interesting stories and write it in a thoughtful way that will spur you to think deeper.
Most people will not know what are the job scope of some of the departments in the government body and most will also stereotype it purely base on the general name. Example is like Department of Commerce is duh of course its on Commerce.
He has managed to spin an otherwise dry topic into an insightful book, a strong country is made up of its core administrative arm. Rome is strong, not only due to its strong army but is also due to its strong administrative machine. How the roads were maintained, how the treasury were ran.
His emphasis is that we should not neglect through willful ignorance or partisan lines that may harm or destroy decades of hard work that maintain a system.
To me i feel, the punchline is this. You need a 1. very competent 2. very smart (able to connect the dots ) 3. a good heart leader (but Just) to lead the country/company/organisation
His/Her job is to be able to recognize talent, like minded people whom share the passion to enable the entity to flourish in the best way possible.
He/She must be able to surround himself with competent people whom are able to specialize in things that he is unable to perform at the highest level that he alone will not be able to achieve.
Shan WeiJian : Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America
Shan went through Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution and was able to witness and experience the results of then that time central planning.
He highlighted numerous time that he stopped schooling after 12 ( elementary school ) and was sent to the Gobi Desert for crop cultivation (manual labour).
Do take note that during that time, reading / education was frowned upon unless they are doctrines from Mao, Marx and Lenin
He had a hunger for reading and taught himself Mathematics using candlelight without any system.
Stayed there for a total of 6 years, and was one of the first cohorts of Chinese students allowed to study in US after the Cultural Revolution.
7 min
1hr 18 min
My Take from the interview
- He was brought up in a society whereby he had no choice, it was only when he went to US then he was asked ( given ) to make decisions/choices
- His hunger for knowledge during that 6 years in Gobi allowed him to acquire the ability to study in US -> that is why he believe strongly in Knowledge that it will bring you out of poverty
- What I think was very important during the Gobi days, he was with this Chinese Pilot whom was trained in the US, their conversation about the US opened up San’s mind to a different world
- Reading is always important as it opens another world -> it opens your imagination
- In his opinion – Hope is something we will strive for
- Another interesting thing that i notice is the way he look at how to resolve situation. sometimes people talk about half empty and half full, he put forth the notion of what are the differences and what are the similarities and we should reconcile base on our similarities. ( this is a personal opinion )
A good trader is someone who manage the risk first, not looking at the possible returns
All the Birds in the Sky
by Charlie Jane Anders
- Difficulty Level : Young Adult
- Length :320pages ( roughly 2 days)
- Type: Fantasy Fiction
- My Rating: **
Synopsis:
Laurence a wiz kid in tech and Patricia a prodigy in Magic went through strange encounters and training that prep them to what they will be
It will be in their lifetime when the forces of Tech will clash with the forces of magic due to their different interpretation of how things should be done.
Book Review:
To be honest, this book could had been better, i do feel there is potential in the plot. A person whom is a genius in tech and a lady who is able to transcend magic boundaries.
i just feel that there should have been more effort to build up the characters, give them more context. Certain scenes were pretty abrupt like the fight at Denver, it was like finished in a few pages. With one of the lady witch head cut off, which was pretty abrupt.
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