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Author:John Green

My favourite books is The Fault in Our Stars. It is a fabulous book about a young teenage girl who has been diagnosed with lung cancer and attends a cancer support group.

Hazel is 16 and is reluctant to go to the support group, but she soon realises that it was a good idea. Hazel meets a young boy named Augustus Waters. He is charming and witty. Augustus has had osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer, but has recently had the all clear.

Hazel and Augustus embark on a roller coaster ride of emotions, including love, sadness and romance, while searching for the author of their favourite book. They travel to Amsterdam in search of Peter Van Houten the author of An Imperial Affliction. While on their trip Augustus breaks some heartbreaking news to Hazel and both of their worlds fall apart around them. To me, it is a very touching story and i would like to read it again as there are so many touching and great scenes.

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Title:The Demon Haunted World
Author:Carl Sagan
One of my favourite books will definitely be Carl Sagan's book which is The Demon Haunted World.This book is Carl Sagan trying to encourage people to learn critical thinking and skeptical thinking. In the book he mentions scientific knowledge to normal people like us to differentiate between ideas that are considered valid science and pseudoscience which is still confused by today's people. In this book he stated that science performs much better in any other system because it is always being corrected from time by time and science is open on correcting their previous theories and methods.Whenever it's possible, an independent validation should be considered when an idea is thought to be proved.He also stated that skeptical thinking allows people to comprehend,reason and construct and recognize valid and invalid arguments.This way when a conclusion is made, it should come from the premises and the acceptability should not be ignored or accepted because of bias views.This shows that reason and logic would succeed when the truth is revealed.

I personally think this book shows Carl Sagan's view about our world and the society that we live so that he could inspire the next generation to come. In the book he would give metaphors such as "Dragon in the garage" which explains the example of skeptical thinking .To me for someone who admire people who are able to think in such a rational way and put aside their biased views is quite interesting. It makes me realize to question everything and to include a logical view on a situation.I believe that Carl Sagan who is a humble person and a curious person about the universe we live in.I myself can relate to one of his concerned views on our society and find myself being amazed by how insignificant we are in this vast universe.The book caught me thinking on how would a person make use of themselves to be useful and help each other rather than starting pointless conflicts and arguments just to feed on their own egotistic mind.

This book shows me that we all should consider on fighting our own 'demons' inside and would consider to start skeptical thinking and move aside the conflict that we have now and start working together as one.If we don't solve this problem now,we would have delays and a dark future ahead of us but since I am not a pessimist I believe that we have hope on improving our society if not us,then who will?

Muhd Zuhair(FIA)

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Sad Girls by Lang Leav

“Your first love isn’t the first person you give your heart to—it’s the first one who breaks it.”

Sad Girls is a dark but a beautifully written novel that covers issues for the coming age teenagers who is going through a lot today such as drug abuse, suicide, anxiety & secrets. Here it shows us that love can be both beautiful and can also be something that breaks you the most and most importantly it shows us that one decision can change our whole life in just a blink of an eye forever and may effect the lives of the others around us. This book definitely caught me and trapped me, I’ve never not relate so much to such a dark book it made me realize that I am actually maybe a dark person as I’ve been so denial about it but after reading it being a dark person isn’t bad at all. For a growing soul that’s had to deal with so much growing up, a book can definitely make me go back and hit me so hard.

I’ve read so many reviews about this book and how it disappoints some people and how this book is apparently all over the place but honestly to me I think that’s the beauty in it, that’s the whole message. The book caught me by just the title, sad I know but there’s always the beauty in the beast. Maybe I will never be able to express my feelings towards this book and what it means to me, the portrayal of mental illness is vitally important, anxiety was written and it didn’t show like it was a bad thing. Throughout this novel, there was one thing I found; girls supporting girls, this was something that caught one of my attention it was displayed brilliantly.

This book shows me that all of these illness or just self love or self hate is around and can be treated, if you’re a dark person or a mysterious one its really not a bad thing. Infact it’s a good thing, it’ll make people question and go “ oh I wonder why she is the way she is” those are the type of question that keeps one going, this book has taught me that it’s okay to be dark or sad, its fine. Mostly because I am in my own world a lot and this book just became a source of fun, a relation and this is why I chose this book.

By; Erin Maisarah (FIA)

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ME BEFORE YOU.

Autor:JOJO MOYES.

One of my  favourite book definetly  goes to ‘me before you’. Lous goes job hunting until she been hired by Camilla to take care of her sons,Will Traynor who was hit by a motorcycle while crossing the street, leaving him almost completely paralyzed. Will is a total jerk at first.But as time goes by, he slowly warm up to Lou, and their relationship grows closer and closer. However, Will made promise to his mother to take him an assisted suicide facility in six month to end his life. Lou then has a plan to show Will life is worth living,Lou started growing her feeling toward Will. On the final night of the vacation, Lou kisses Will and declares her love for him, saying that she knows about his plan but wants him to be with him.Will still going through with it although he loves her,too. Before his death, Will writes Lou a letter and specifically request that it only be opened while Lou is in Paris café.Will left some money and want Lou continue her education to follow her dream. Will left the last word 'live well' to Lou in that letter.

I love reading love story but this is my favourite one.It involved lot’s of storylines, a funny romantic, morally complex and emotionally devastating book.  I’m inspired by the way how Lou trying her best to take care Will and finding the ways to help Will to save his life. I liked the passion she has towards Will.The way that author end this story is hurtful but it really gave me a deep impression. After reading this book, I learnt to be thankful  and appreciate even a little things. We cherish every moment that we spent with our love one, live our life to the fullest.

TEEJIAEN(FIA)
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P.s. I still Love You , 2015 a young romance novel by Jenny Han as the author.
This novel is all about a girl name called Lara Jean. It started after the fight between Lara Jean, Josh and Peter at the Coveys' Christmas party, Lara Jean realizes that she has fallen for Peter. Hoping to reconcile, Lara Jean heads over to Peter's house with a love letter she hopes for him to read. After a brief talk, the two kiss and decide they want to be a real couple. At school, Lara Jean discovers that someone has posted a video of her and Peter making out in the hot tub from the ski trip. A rumor spreads that the two were having sex. After seeing the video during school, Peter is furious and warns the anonymous poster not to mess with Lara Jean.

Before Margot leaves to go back to college in Scotland, she tells Lara Jean to get a job. Taking Margot's advice, Lara Jean volunteers to start a scrapbooking class at the Belleview retirement home, and gets closer to Stormy, an elderly woman who has a feisty temper. Stormy gives Lara Jean relationship advice. Meanwhile, Kitty begins an attempt to set up their father with the neighbor across the street, Trina Rothschild.
One day, Lara Jean receives a letter in the mail from John Ambrose McClaren, telling her that he received the love letter she wrote him. Lara Jean and John soon become pen pals. When Lara Jean finds out that the neighborhood treehouse she and her friends used to hang out in will soon be cut down, she decides to throw a reunion party there and invites John. She also plans to open a time capsule that they buried at the treehouse when they were in seventh grade.

At the treehouse party, Peter brings his ex-girlfriend Genevieve, knowing that Lara Jean did not want her to come. Lara Jean also finds out that the two were hanging out before the party, prompting her to become suspicious, and a little jealous, of Peter and Genevieve's "relationship". During the party, Lara Jean distracts herself from Peter by focusing on John. The group takes it in turn to pull an item from the time capsule, and then decides to play Assassins, which they often played during their childhood. For the prize, they decide the winner will be granted one wish. Lara Jean is determined to win since she has never previously won a game

After the party, Lara Jean and Peter argue about John and Genevieve, and Peter insists there is only friendship between him and his ex. During the Assassins game, Lara Jean discovers that Peter and Geneveive have formed an alliance, causing her to become suspicious again. Lara Jean finds out that Stormy is John's great-grandmother when he comes to visit the retirement home, and also eliminates him from Assassins. Her next target is now Peter, and John decides to help her out.

Meanwhile, Lara Jean and Peter break up when she discovers that Peter knew Genevieve was the person who sent out the video from the hot tub. She tells him if she wins Assassins, she would wish that nothing had happened between them. Lara Jean begins spending more time with John as they scheme to take out Genevieve from the game. Lara Jean ends up winning, and discovers the reason Peter and Genevieve have been hanging out: Genevieve confided in Peter about her father's affair with a younger woman.

Lara Jean meets with Peter at the treehouse the night before it is to be cut down. She tells him her wish is for things to go back to the way they were between them, and Peter professes his love for her.
What i have learnt through this novel is that we need to get closer to a person so that we will get to know them very well and not we judge them by knowing nothing. Loving someone might be not easy but then if both communicate , tolerate and trust each other so bad the relationship will be much easier. Not just that , this novel also shows me that we need to choose someone who will be with us through tough time and accept every conditions in us or i can say "The right one" . Last but not least always have faith in everything .

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Title: We Are All Made of Molecules

Author: Susin Nielsen

This book is not necessarily one that I would find myself reading over and over again but it managed to spark an interest within me simply because of the messages presented throughout the book. Simply put, the story revolves around two families that are opposites to one another beginning to live under one roof. Over time and throughout the book, conflicts begin to arise between the two parents as well as the two kids that are not exactly related by blood.

First and foremost, Stewart is described to be as ‘gifted’ which, from the offset, may have several meanings but later on, the author is quick to mention that Stewart is merely ahead of kids his age in the educational department. At the same time, he lacks the basic social skills and we soon find out that he attends a special school for kids similar to himself. We learn that Stewart had always wanted a little sister and although at one point it may have seemed that his wish was to be fulfilled, the mother, known only as Mom throughout the whole book, was suddenly diagnosed with cancer in her ovaries which led to her death a year and three months later.

On the other spectrum, Ashley could be described as your typical stuck-up and privileged white teenage girl and the author portrays this perfectly throughout the whole book, whether it be through her general attitude or simply the way the author writes the way she talks. In the beginning and halfway through the book, Ashley is deemed to be holding a grudge against her father that confessed to the mother and herself that he was gay. Now, there are two reasons as to why Ashley holds the said grudge with one being the simple fact that she is embarrassed to have a gay father and the other being that it somewhat ruined the family and in turn, possibly her childhood.

Throughout the entirety of the book, there is a sharp contrast between the personalities of the two teenagers as well as their attitude both at home and in school. Since Stewart took it upon himself to enter the typical American high school that Ashley goes to as part of his promise to himself as well as his late mother, we are immediately exposed to the way kids like Stewart who are deemed as ‘gifted’ are treated by guys like Jared, who we later find out was expelled from his previous private school for assaulting a gay student. Though, it came as a relief that Stewart found himself proper friends in the form of two students, Violet and Phoebe. On the other hand, we are introduced to Ashley and her need to remain on top of a supposed ‘social ladder’ in her grade and she accomplishes this by constantly insulting and sometimes degrading her ‘best’ friend, Lauren. Moreover, she is deemed to be more concerned with her looks in school rather than her studies, which can be argued as to be present in the current generation.

A turning event in the book would have to be the New Year’s Party incident involving Ashley and Jared. Prior to this party, Jared had revealed his true intentions with Ashley when he attempted to strip Ashley down to her underwear at his own house but was later interrupted by Jared’s housekeeper. Now, we would expect Ashley to realise the kind of guy Jared really is but her naivety proves us otherwise in that she clings on to this hope of changing the not-so-nice side of Jared merely because she was ‘in love’ with him. At the New Year’s Party where Ashley tried her best to have a small party which later became the opposite (all credits to Jared), Jared is seen to be taking advantage of a drunken Ashley. However, Stewart decides to step in and in doing so, he takes away Jared’s phone that was full of explicit pictures of Ashley and destroys in before reporting the absurd party to the cops. Following the aftermath of the party, Stewart becomes relentless in insulting Ashley whenever she would try and comfort him over the supposed loss of his beloved cat, Schrӧdinger and although his comments may have crossed a certain line, it may be dignified in that it was because of Ashley’s ignorance that may have put them in a difficult situation at that point in the book.

However, soon after Stewart was expelled for his deliberate but somewhat justified pulling down of Jared’s shorts during a basketball game, Ashley decides to form what she defined as a ‘protection squad’ for Stewart once his suspension had been lifted and in doing so, we see a bond developing between Stewart and Ashley and in turn, it may just seem as though they will get along in the near future.

There was an abundance of messages that I deemed as important throughout the whole book. For example, the simple fact that just because someone is considered as ‘gifted’ or simply different than the norm does not justify the cruel abuse or bullying that follows with it. Moreover, we ought to educate young teenagers to focus more on figuring out what they might or might not enjoy rather than their appearance and how well they may fit in. Last but not least, we ought to eliminate the negative connotation having two dads or two mums may have sometimes not because we live in the 21st century but rather, who are we to discriminate and judge those people?

- Azeezul Azhar (0332267) FIA

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Title: The Dark Divine , The Lost Saint and The Savage Grace ( The Dark Divine Series )                                                     Author: Bree Despain                            The Books That I’ve Chose Are the Books from Bree Despain’s Dark Divine Series a total of 3 books. I couldn’t choose between which book should I write about because the stories are inter-linked. I got the first and second book first and I was dying for the third book. This series of books made me spend all of my free time reading as there’s many interesting parts that I never encounter on other books. I almost got in trouble as I read them a week before my exams and I couldn’t concentrate before I finished them. Whenever I see these books it reminded me about my school life and how obsessed I was with the books. These books broaden my views on how a story could be written and how different scenes could be connected.The story of these books are about a normal family and a werewolf boy named Daniel. The main character Grace and Daniel were neighbors during their childhood time and  Grace had a crush on Daniel since young . One day, Daniel disappeared after getting into a fight with Grace’s brother leaving him in a pool of blood. After 3 years of disappearing, Daniel came back. Grace wanted to keep a distance towards him but eventually her desire towards him over take her senses. Daniel’s come back lead to multiple interesting scenes. It caused a large impact on Grace’s family as there was a major chaos when Grace’s brother Jude became a werewolf turned into a werewolf. Grace’s father was badly injured with a possibility of not being able to wake up which lead Grace’s mother getting insane. Throughout the story there were many scenes of Daniel and Grace overcoming different problems together. Eventually they had to face the ultimate challenge which was eliminating the dark forces , Daniel’s father which was the cause of all the problems happening .               The values that I've learned from reading these books are love and sacrifice . The characters posses positive attitudes . One of the main values in these books are love and sacrifice. These books taught me to not act in a selfish manner . For example , It lead me to always consider about my family's feelings before taking any actions .                   The contents of this series are a mixture of romance, family and fantasy. Readers who like these types of contents should really get these books !  

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Title: The Dark Divine , The Lost Saint and The Savage Grace ( The Dark Divine Series )                                                     Author: Bree Despain                            The Books That I’ve Chose Are the Books from Bree Despain’s Dark Divine Series a total of 3 books. I couldn’t choose between which book should I write about because the stories are inter-linked. I got the first and second book first and I was dying for the third book. This series of books made me spend all of my free time reading as there’s many interesting parts that I never encounter on other books. I almost got in trouble as I read them a week before my exams and I couldn’t concentrate before I finished them. Whenever I see these books it reminded me about my school life and how obsessed I was with the books. These books broaden my views on how a story could be written and how different scenes could be connected.The story of these books are about a normal family and a werewolf boy named Daniel. The main character Grace and Daniel were neighbors during their childhood time and  Grace had a crush on Daniel since young . One day, Daniel disappeared after getting into a fight with Grace’s brother leaving him in a pool of blood. After 3 years of disappearing, Daniel came back. Grace wanted to keep a distance towards him but eventually her desire towards him over take her senses. Daniel’s come back lead to multiple interesting scenes. It caused a large impact on Grace’s family as there was a major chaos when Grace’s brother Jude became a werewolf turned into a werewolf. Grace’s father was badly injured with a possibility of not being able to wake up which lead Grace’s mother getting insane. Throughout the story there were many scenes of Daniel and Grace overcoming different problems together. Eventually they had to face the ultimate challenge which was eliminating the dark forces , Daniel’s father which was the cause of all the problems happening .               The values that I've learned from reading these books are love and sacrifice . The characters posses positive attitudes . One of the main values in these books are love and sacrifice. These books taught me to not act in a selfish manner . For example , It lead me to always consider about my family's feelings before taking any actions .                   The contents of this series are a mixture of romance, family and fantasy. Readers who like these types of contents should really get these books !  

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Author: Chetan Bhagat

This is definitely one of my most favourite book. Half girlfriend is an Indian English young adult love story novel by Chetan Bhagat. The story is about a guy who loves a girl in his college, but the girl is not willing to accept him as lover but agrees to be his half girlfriend. Which is half of friendship and love.

The story is really touching and emotional at the same time too. That is why i love this book, because i like reading love stories. There were times where i got carried away with the story and ended up with tears. This book taught me to never give up on the person u love and to be strong.  For example the male character went to New York in search of his girlfriend without any information from her except a family friend saying she has migrated over there. In the end they get married and lives happily ever after.

This books shows the almost all young adult love story and obstacle they go through. Journey of love has also been shown in this book of how much the guy go through to reunite with his love. This book has shown me that people can do anything for whom they love and also i learn that true love exists.

Divviya Selvaraja (FIA)

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Author: Leigh Bardugo

If I were to describe the emotions I felt when reading this book, I would probably sum it up as "totally blown away". It was the first book I genuinely enjoyed from start to end after a long dry spell of not reading because nothing caught my interest. Thievery? Scheming? Merry band of bandits in a magical setting? It's almost like the book was written for me.

I've always been a big sucker for fantasy books with magic involved because I love picking apart the world building done by author, and Leigh Bardugo's world is crafted so well. Ketterdam, a hub for international trade, is my favourite setting in the book. You can feel the seediness of Ketterdam from her the way she describes it, the illegal trade that goes behind close doors; the workings of the red light district, how the different brothels are decorated with a theme and how tourists would wear costumes when they visit that location. She writes these little details for each place you visit, and you're drawn in to the world really fast.

What else am I a sucker for? Characters and their interpersonal interactions with each other. And Leigh has written her band of bandits so well, I fell in love with everyone as soon as they were introduced. Their interactions with each other are top tier too, from Kaz and Inej trusting each other as co-workers that evolves into something else, to Nina and Matthias' complicated relationship after Matthias' was broken out of a gladiator ring-prison. It's so... real, and you care about them and how the team works together. Characters are the backbone of a story, if you get bland characters, you get a bland narrator of the plot. You won't get that in Six of Crows.

(Love the casual reveal that one of them was bisexual too, I love and crave for more well written LGBTQIA characters casually written into a story without centering the plot on them being LGBTQIA.)

If I can take away anything from the book, it'll be that a good mix of friends with different strengths and weaknesses can really help you accomplish anything, and that having dreams and a goal in life can really motivate you. It's difficult to take away some typical moral values from a book about breaking into an ice fortress to kidnap someone for large amounts of money, but that's good wisdom that would help a lot in the future, right?

- Abigail Alexandra Lim (FIA)

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This book is about the study of life and living things.This book teaches the characteristics of living organism.Such as respiration, irritability, nutrition, growth and development,excretion and reproduction.From this book I understood that all of the organisms are made up of cells.I also learned about the balance diet.We need to take in food by following the food pyramid. By following the pyramid  to take in different kinds of foods everyday provides a balance diet which makes you healthy and happy.

The topic that I like the most in this book is the circulatory system in our body which is basically about how is the heart functions in our body.Our heart is actually a double pump machine,right side of the heart pumps deoxygenated blood. However,the left side of the heart pumps oxygenated blood.There are also special gates known as valve is to prevent the back-flow of the blood.

I used to read this book everyday when I was in secondary school.I found that this book taught me widespread and profound of life and living things,how the kidneys,heart,lungs and etc function in humans.

Chu Yee Cheng 0332635 (FIA)

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STARDUST

February 1, 1999

By Neil Gaiman

A story of a young man questing for a priceless treasure in order to win the hand of a maiden he decided that he was in love with even though he knew nothing about her.

Evil witches lusting after eternal youth.

Dying kings and princes looking to prove themselves worthy.

You would be forgiven for mistaking stardust for a “by the numbers fantasy” plot if you were not familiar with the authors other works.

However as you keep on reading the book starts to lose its one dimensional nature as the lines between good and evil gets blurred.

In typical Neil Gaiman fashion, the book does not shy away from displaying the ugliness of the world. Everyone has their own agenda and you see the base human nature of the characters as they make selfish decisions that are not masked by the usual fantasy trope of chivalry where the hero is this paragon of virtue that can do no wrong and the villains are over the top caricatures that do evil for the sake of being evil. Instead the protagonists are selfish people and the antagonists have purpose and something to lose.

That is why I find this book special.

It  is almost a parody of the usual fluffed up high fantasy books as it uses its almost nonsensical plot to tell a story in such a way that you come off a smarter person after reading it.

I remember when I first read it as a child.

I was coming off the first few harry potter books and I was jonesing for fix of fantasy when I came across stardust in the library.it had an innocent enough cover reminiscent of the old Narnia books so I was immediately intrigued.

The book took me for quite a ride as it hooked me with its first few chapters that lulled me into a sense of safety before pulling the rug out from under me with its increasingly mature themes. I was often left angry as characters I rooted for in the beginning turned out to be real pieces of work and I felt frustration as the protagonists kept making selfish decisions that seemed ridiculous to me at the time.

Finally I was finished with the last chapter and I realized that this book had managed to wrench out more emotion from me than any other book that I have read before.

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Author: Stephen Chbosky
Year of Publication: 2009

This book is my personal favourite because I find this book very relatable because the author targetted his audiences to the younger generation Y and the generations to come, including myself - where I've personally come across different kinds of people with different personalities. This book is mainly focused towards this teenager Charlie, who is more of an introvert, quiet - and his journey as a freshman, experiencing and being exposed to the reality of the world; alcohol and drugs, high school love, bullies and friendships that were gained and lost along the way. This book has a storyline that paints an image of what a young teenager may or may not encounter, not only school issues but family issues as well, which I personally think is crucial for them to know just so that they don't get a culture shock when they step into high school or a higher education. Not only is this book applicable to teenagers, but I feel that this book should be read by parents as well. Why I say so is because this book does give an insight of what a teenagers mind think about, which the teenager themselves sometimes fail to express how they feel - may it be because of fear of judgment or they just can't put their thoughts into words ; which is dangerous because if the teenager constantly harbours every negative thought in their mind because of the reasons stated above, it may be destructive to their mental health which may then lead to irrational decisions and behaviour.

Esther Tee (0332198) FIA

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Author : Phoolan Devi
Date Published: March 06, 1997

Phoolan Devi, popularly known as 'Bandit Queen', was an Indian bandit and later a Member of Parliament. She was born in India to the lowest caste, a group with few rights and even fewer prospects. Phoolan Devi survived the humiliation of an abusive marriage, the savage killing of her bandit-lover, and horrifying gang rape to claim retribution for herself and all low-caste women of the Indian plains. In a three-year campaign that rocked the government, she delivered justice to rape victims and stole from the rich to give to the poor, before negotiating surrender on her own terms. Throughout her years of imprisonment without trial, Phoolan Devi remained a beacon of hope for the poor and the downtrodden. In 1996, amidst both popular support and media controversy, she was elected to the Parliament. On July 25, 2001, Phoolan Devi was shot dead in Delhi. The identity of her killers is unknown, but it is thought that they may include relatives of villagers killed by her gang nearly twenty years ago.

Why I choose this book as my favorite book? This is because I really like when it comes to true heroine. Like Phoolan Devi itself, she became the heroine of all villagers because she is the only one that can argue with the upper-caste people to get the lower-caste rights. After I read this book, it encourage me to be brave and to speak for my right. She is the only woman in a bandit gang. She will targeted the upper-caste people and will share it with the lower-caste people. She also encourage me to be more discipline when it comes to work. She always do her work good until everyone praised her. She will became aggressive to those men who forced a young girl to be their wives, she became like that because she have the experience of being forced. Although some people will see Phoolan as a bad woman because she attacks, but to the lower-caste people she is their ' Queen ' because she helps the lower-caste people to get their rights back. But it really sad that she got shot when she was giving her speech.

By : Syazwina Binti Khalid (0332761)

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Genre: Fantasy

Author : Soman Chainani

Date Published : 2013, HarperCollins

The book I chose is called “The School for Good and Evil”. It starts in a village called Galvadon , and every four years , two children of either gender and beyond the age of twelve are kidnapped by an unknown force. However, sets of mysterious books appear at a local bookstore, and other children not kidnapped begin to realize the kidnapped children are in these stories. Their theories are not believed.

Soon, best friends Sophie and Agatha find themselves in a potential predicament: Sophie, with her pink gowns and over the top skin care routines, wishes to be kidnapped and become a princess in the fated School for Good, while Agatha, with her black dresses and sulky attitude, is deemed by the villagers to be a "perfect fit" for the School for Evil(Even though she doesn't consider herself so). However, once they are taken from Gavaldon, they are each sent to what seems to be the opposite schools. Sophie becomes a "Never" and Agatha becomes an "Ever" (Nevers belonging to the school for evil, and Evers belonging to the school for good). And the book is very interesting as it portrays friendship, love, jealousy, betrayal, hatred, and selfishness.

I fell in love with the plot and how amazing the character developments are an could relate to some parts of the story , like how Agatha who was an introvert and had self-hatred changed into accepting herself for who she was , and she was skeptical of love in the beginning and after her herself had fallen for the prince. And Sophie who was a happy-go-lucky kind of girl became selfish and full of hatred. But the story also explained how strong Sophie and Agatha’s friendship were. Also it portrayed how nowadays people are; the villagers judged Sophie and Agatha by their appearances instead of getting to know them. When they arrived at the school , both Agatha and Sophie were bullied for their appearance not suiting the schools they were in ( Agatha in Good and Sophie in Bad) , these were the parts I could relate to as now the society would judge your appearance.

1.    Sometimes love does not necessarily has to be between a guy and a girl, it could be in the form of friendship.

2.    Sometimes you have to be selfless

3.    People will betray you , even your closest friends

Ang Shyuan Nikki (FIA

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The Giver -
Genre: Dystopian fiction, Sci-Fi

Author: Lois Lowry

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

This book really did leave an impact on me. It gave me a whole new perspective upon how I look at a world of equality and that really did change my mind. Not only was it captivating to read but fascinating as well. We have always thought that a world where everything's is equal means that everything I see fair and great. However, this really proves it wrong. It taught me that when taken away the privilege to choose, we have almost nothing left. We lose the motivation and the understanding of our world around us, which makes us really ignorant.

The story may seem like it is describing an Utopian World in the beginning, but as it goes on, it is not what it seemed it may be. It is a dystopian when taken upon a more thorough look and understanding. Jonas would be the main character, the story revolves around this 12 year-old boy's feelings. When Jonas gets assigned as the receiver of memories, he learns about the emotions and experiences that does not exist in the community he lives in. In summary, we learn that there will never be an Utopian world, everything may seem perfect on the surface but if we look closely, the roots and the details are definitely frightening and imperfect. Thus, an underlying message of communism is not a way of living.

The plot and the message are not the only things that are interesting, the way that Lowry wrote the book too hooked me and made me have the desire to want to read more about it.

My favourite quote from "The Giver" would be, "It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?"

Animal Farm -
Genre: Satire, Political satire
Author: George Orwell
Publisher: Harcourt Brace and Company

I personally find these kind of books very interesting, they give you an insight upon the worlds we want or may have thought it is a perfect word to live in. Again, like "The Giver", Orwell wrote a story that is fairly similar, except he gets straight to the point without much plot hiding the real message he is trying to send out. The book title may seem like a kiddy book but trust me, it gets harsh and is definitely not a children's book.

Orwell wrote this as a satire for the time where the Russian Revolution took place as well as when Stalin came into power, and had the Marxist ideology (A.K.A Communism) take place in Russia. Similar to "The Giver", the reason why I enjoyed these two so much and can't decide which one is my favourite is because of the message it brings.

Karl Marx, had this system planned out thinking it would be the solution for the oppressed and people living in poverty. However, it was not the case. When communism took place, it was a hell hole. People of the rich starts losing their goods and property and many of the people starts losing the motivation to work for a "better life" as all of their end products would be the same as each other and no one gets more or less than anyone.

However, one of this book's quote really did stick with me like glue, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than the others." It really did broaden my way of thinking. I have always thought Capitalism is bad but honestly, we are living in a much better world where we have the freedom to do almost anything we wish to. This system may not be perfect but it is a system that can keep a nation going for many years.

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Genre: Fantasy, Mystery

Author: J.K. Rowling

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

One of my favourite books and had been a huge part in my childhood is the Harry Potter series. I started getting into the Harry Potter craze by watching the movies and instantly fell in love by the stories every book had to offer. Personally, I appreciate things more through visuals. But after I read the Harry Potter book, it gave me a new perception of books. There were many parts in the books that directors didn’t manage to incorporate into the films which was disappointing. J.K. Rowling’s ingenuity has brought us a new world of characters and adventures written in 7 books. The main story of the Harry Potter series is about group of wizards going through many challenges during their schooling years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. The story revolves around the 3 protagonist, Harry, Ron & Hermione.

The reason why I enjoy the Harry Potter series is because of the new ideas that Rowling writes in every book and the many lessons we can learn from it. I was able to learn these things from the books:

1.    Friends that stick by you through thick & thin will always be your true friends. For example, Harry, Ron & Hermione went through many challenges and conflicts occurred among them but they still fought through and stick together in the end.

2.    Love can be the most powerful weapon we can have. Harry’s life was saved by his mother because of her love that casted a spell to protect him from evil.

3.    Diversity. There was a point in the books which had a hidden message about diversity because of the pure-blood & half-blood wizards.

Timothy Chan 0332046 (FICM)

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Genre: Self-improvement

Author: Rhonda Byrne

Publisher: Beyond Words

Throughout my 18 years of life, The Secret has by far been the best book I’ve ever read. The Secret brings you on a journey of self-discovery. There’s a three hour documentary about The Secret, but I still prefer the book. When I first read this book, I felt a strong connection; I felt it talking personally to me. It is a book you wouldn’t want to put down; a book that gets you excited to keep on flipping the next page to see what’s coming next.

This book talks mainly about “The Law of Attraction”, and how our thoughts shape our life. When I first saw the movie version, I did not believe it. I thought it was some kind of magical sorcery. After reading the book, I really do believe in “The Law of Attraction”. This book also talks about the power one possess within oneself. It makes you unleash your true potential and how to be the master of your own life.

The Secret has very much played a huge impact in my life. It’s the book that I’d bring along whenever I go for any competitions so I could read it again, or if I don’t have time to read it, the presence itself gives me the confidence and tells me that I have The Secret in me, and I hold the key to my own destiny. It’s definitely a book everyone should get their hands on. The Secret is life changing.

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Awaken the Giant Within - Tony Robbins
This book is about how to take immediate control of your mental, emotional,physical and financial destiny. Im not really a reader, i usually read kiddy books, but this book is way out of my favourite genre. This book has really thought me on how to balance myself both emotionally and spiritually. Theres always a solution there waiting for me in every one of the pages in this book. This book is really worth reading written by a bery inspiring author, Tony Robbins.

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Author: Sheikh Muszaphar Skukur
Publisher: MPH Group Publishing Sdn Bhd

The book I have read is Journey to Space. This is the only book I have read throughout my 18 years of life excluding text books. The book is about Malaysian's first astronaut back in 2007. The book tell us the journey of Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukur from the selection process all the way to the 10 days in space. The book was impacted me in a way of the sheer amount of dedication and passion of Muszaphar in want to become the nation's first astronaut. He was one of the tens of thousand of people which applied for the spot. The effort really impressed me.

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by Elissa (0332704)

Diary of A Wimpy Kid is a comedy novel written by Jeff Kinney. The book started how the main character, Greg Heffley struggled to fit as he begins his life in middle school. Well, the book was so well-known that it was named "New York Times bestseller" and received some other rewards. So far, there's 3 episodes of films released. The book series released 11 volumes since 2009 till 2016. I hope Jeff Kinney would adding more volumes to the series.

I've learnt a few some lessons from the series.

First lesson is, dream big. We all know that Greg Heffley is uncorncerned with his own personalities, but yet, it still didn't stopped him from believing he will be rich and famous someday. Even the school's future job questionnaire had predicted he will be a clerk somehow.
If you think you can do it, you definitely can do it no matter what other people says about you. Believe in yourself.

Second lesson is, mom is the best! Well, many of us can relate to this. Susan Heffley, mother of 3 boys never tired of encouraging his boys to read a book, spending time outdoor or maybe get some fresh air outside. She's always spreading positivity when the boys are in their hard times.

Third lesson is, overcome your Fregly.
There's a weird kid in the series, named Fregly. He always pop up somewhere and ask things like, "Hey, does this scab smell funny to you?", "Hey, do you want to see my secret freckle?!" in a really annoying way.

The problem is, Fregly is always spending time around the front yard eager to talk with people, and Greg Heffley always has hard time getting anywhere without having conversation with him.
Well, it's until when Greg actually found a way to go home without ropped to a conversation with Fregly. Well, which is making way to Rowley's house then crawl through the drainage pipe. Even it makes him smells so bad that her mother thought Greg is going through his puberty, and her mom bought a book named "What the Heck Happened to My Body?"
So, do you know what is your Fregly? And have you found a way to overcome your Fregly?

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Genre: Mystery/Young Adult
Author: Judy Blundell

As someone who has read hundreds of books, this one book always comes to mind first when I am asked of my favourite book. I read it at the age of 12, and it changed my perspective on the idea of wanting to grow up and have my own life. This book focusses on a young girl named Evie, who in the beginning couldn't wait to grow up, wear red lipstick, smoke cigarettes and wear dresses. The setting is post WWII in the 1940s, her father comes back from war and takes his family on a trip. A young, attractive general ends up joining them on this trip, and everything somehow goes wrong. Young Evie experiences first hand what it is really like to be an adult, how everything is not as it seems to her young, untainted eyes. She falls in love with the young general, catches her mother having an affair with him and sees her parents come back alone from a boat trip that they took the young general on. She faces trial, is put on the spot and has to choose whether she supports her family or defend the now dead lover. In the end, she ends up choosing her family, which proves to be the right thing to have done.

As far as lessons go, as a 12 year old who could relate to Evie at the time, this book changed my perspective on a lot of things. One of them being I really don't need to be in a hurry to grow up. The book made me realise that I must take my life day by day, allowing myself to be a child. Allowing myself to be a part of my family. Secondly and maybe most importantly, I learnt that family will always have your back, as long as you trust that you will survive this world. As a rebellious child I used to always question my parent's decisions to restrict me from certain things, however as I opened my eyes to the possibility that perhaps they do know whats best for me (which I did after reading this book), time definitely proved to me that it is true.

Rifa

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by Munkh.
author: Frances Hodgson Burnett.
published: Sep 1st 1998. by children classic.

In this book has 6-7 characters, it shows how they meet each other slowly one by one interesting way. Main role is one little girl who orphaned Mary Lennox comes to live at her uncle's great house on the Yorkshire Moors. She is very curious little girl but people said she was the most disagreeable-looking child ever seen. Uncle's house surrounded by  walls and locked with a missing key that makes her attracted to find a way into it. This makes the secret garden gives the clue for people's relationship getting better and closer and brings the new life style for the book characters. However book started with little bit creepy story become happy ever after for all.

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This is a book talking about the adventure of the main character, Geronimo Stilton going on adventures as an editor from The Rodent Gazette. This book cater mainly to children as the author, Elisabetta Dami writes children story books.

What I like about the book is it's easy for people like me who gets bored easily to read. They put effort to change certain fonts of words to emphasize the meaning of the word. This, for me is a interesting feature of this book.

The structure of the story actually are the same in all the books. It's the way how the story is being told in different settings that interest me to read. In the limitation, there is where creativity can really show.

What I learned from this book is in everything, no matter good or bad there is always a start and an end. That is why we should persevere through our hardship or enjoy good times.

Tee Jia Jack - 0332393

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Genre: Fantasy/Adventure
Author: Rick Riordan
Publisher: Disney Books Publishing, Miramax Books, Puffin Books

A normal teenager with dyslexia and ADHD who is always in trouble has his life changed forever when he finds out he’s the son of the Greek God Poseidon and is therefore a demigod. A demigod is someone who is half God and half of any other species. He was sent to a camp with fellow demi- gods where he made friends and learned about his prophecy. He must strive and overcome all the obstacles to make sure a war between the brothers of Olympus doesn’t occur. For him to do this, he must learn to harness his powers with the help of his friends and his teachers.

This book taught me that in life, there is already a path made for you. But no one else but you can be the one to walk it.

Lessons Learned:

1.       Loyalty.

2.       Belief.

3.       Sacrificing for what is necessary.

4.       And always cherish your friendships.

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Nur Aainaa Puteh Binti Hussin ( 0332135) (FICM)
Genre: Adventure,Action
Author: Eoin Colfer
Publisher: Hyperion

Airman can be easily categorize as one of my all time favorite books. The story is based in Ireland where there were still kings ruling the country. The story is mainly focused on a young boy, Conor Broekhart who is a brilliant kid and aspiring scientist. Conor was born from a noble family and grew up having the privileges of nobility. He is also the childhood friend of the princess, Isabelle. However, his live turned upside down after he was framed by the king's right hand man, Hugo Bonvilian who is the villain in the story for the assassination of the king. The story focuses on his life in prison and the plans he made in order to escape the prison to bring justice and save the future of his country. This book also contains some violence, weapons, martial arts and the knowledge of sciences.

This book really catches my attention because people would categorize it as a "boys book". However, Princess Isabelle proves it wrong as she is portrayed as an independent young lady who is also smart as she and Conor learnt under the same tutor and also has basic knowledge of self defense and sword play as she and Conor too trained together. It really helped my 13 year old self to explore the world outside waiting for me and to not be afraid to be adventurous. The story also broaden my mind about a lot of things as throughout the book, many scientific terms and explanations were mentioned along the way. I would recommended everyone to read this book and Eoin Colfer's other books as they are written so vividly you'll feel every emotions reading them.

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Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Genre: Adventure, Dream

The girl on this story forced by her mother to be a business girl like her mother. And she forced by her mother to do homework and can't play with her friends. But one day, their neighbour --- an old man build a plane and try to start it but failed so the girl go and take a probe. And the old man recognize the girl and tell she about The Little prince this story and enlighten girl's dream to be an astronomer. At the end, the girl's mother allow the girls to chase her dreams. In The Little Prince, has represent parents love -- rose, represent friend -- fox and another characther. And it was interesting and start making people think.

This  story let me learn that is not every people love the same things, and do not forced the child do the profession they don't like because that is their life.

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Author: Lauren Kate
Genre: Young Adult Fiction, Fantasy Fiction, Romance Novel, Paranormal Fiction

This novel is the first novel in the Fallen series which has 3 other books titled Torment, Passion and Rapture. In this series, Lucinda Price or better known as Luce was sent to Sword & Cross Reform School in Georgia as she was accused of murdering a boy by starting a fire. At Sword & Cross, she met Daniel Grigori whom she felt oddly drawn to. Later, she finds out that Daniel is a fallen angel and has been cursed to love her. When he gets too emotionally attached to her, she will combust before her 18th birthday. However, in this lifetime she was not baptized therefore if she were to combust she would not be reincarnated. Daniel tries his best to avoid getting drawn to her emotionally however he fails due to the curse. Also, there were other fallen angels as well however some were on God's side and some were on the demon's side. Daniel however, has yet to choose. Due to this, many wants Luce to be dead. Nevertheless, Daniel and the other fallen angels protects Luce from the Shadows and from those who intentions were to harm her.

Adlyna, 0332907 (FIA)

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Author : Jandy Nelson
Genre : Fiction

This story features a pair of twin, Noah and Jude. The twins are really close at the age of thirteen, but few years later, they hardly talk to each other anymore. Conflicts and problems start sparking up ruining their relationship. This is partly due to their sibling rivalry, jealousy over the mother's favoritism and dealing with their love relationships. The early years are from Noah's perspectives on all the matter and incidents. Whereas the later years are about Jude's perspectives on the same matter.

Themes : Sexuality - Noah coming out and dealing with the responses he gets
Art - Play a big part as Noah and Jude uses the art to express their emotions and problems.
Family -  The relationship between one another family members

What I have learnt from the book :
1) Hope. This book gave me so much hope. It shows that by not giving up, I'll soon find a way to overcome the problems and fears.
2) Be whoever you want to be. People might not accept you for who you, but the ones that matters will. Just like the Noah in the book, he knows the consequences he will face for coming out, but he chose to do so because by that, he can only find happiness.
3) Treasure the ones around me. Life is unpredictable. Spend time with my love ones when there is still time.

I really recommend this book because it is written in a very interesting manner. A really heart-wrenching novel that really brings out the emotions and feels while reading.

By - Hoong Ning
Programme - Foundation In Mass Communication

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Genre: Performing Arts
Author: Yuri Lowenthal, Tara Platt
Publisher: Bug Bot Press

This book is geared towards curiosity of the audiences, because it talks about one's personal interest and aspiration of doing voice over in the voice acting industry. It gives out many details for anyone who has any interest in doing voice acting, such as the advised diet to maintain your voice quality, how to vocally warm up and exercise it, auditioning and practicing, hints to help people when already in the industry, how to find the market to promote yourself to the agencies and industries, and how to find demo, agent or job related to voice acting skills.

In summary, this book inspires me further to try performing arts skills, as I used to aspire myself being one doing the job. It gave me quite the impression and depiction about my aspired future career.  Also it takes many efforts to succeed obviously, because the industries are not so big, the main ones are in Japan and United States.

I would recommend this book to those who are interested in voice acting skills. As it is fun, inspiring, and engaging to become a part of it.

By Arief Kurniadi (0332005) of Foundation in Communication (FICM).

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Genre : Horror/Thriller/Fantasy

Author : Darren Shan

Publisher : Harper Collins Children’s Books

Being a huge fan of the paranormal and supernatural world, a series with 12 books about vampires and mythical creatures are definitely not sufficient for me. The story depicts a young boy by the name of Darren Shan who was forcefully involved with the vampires to pay back for his mistakes. As Darren was a young teenager, I could relate to the character a little more. After finishing the series, though I was a little disappointed with the finale where Darren dies, it taught me a lesson that not every story has a happy ending. There were many sacrifices that were made by Darren to protect the people he loved which resulted in his death. It gave me a bittersweet feeling as the Darren Shan series were one of the few I’ve read that had a sad ending. Another thing that I enjoyed was the amazing story plot that was not cliché and mainstream. It keeps the readers wanting more.

In a nutshell, The Saga of Darren Shan taught me that you can never have the best of both worlds. There are burdens and sacrifices to be made. If you aren’t strong enough to push yourself to the limits, that’s when you are at the losing end. This series also taught me that there would always be a huge price to pay if you did something wrong. In this case, Darren lost his identity and his loved ones to be a vampire. Besides that, this series taught me that best friends can stab you in the back too. In the climax of the story, Darren was forced to go against his best friend, Steve who was on a mission to kill Darren because he was driven by jealousy and rage.

Yap Ee-Ween (0332079) - FIA

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Genre: Adventure fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Science Fiction
Author: suzanne collins (original work in September 14, 2008)
Publisher : Scholastic Corporation

My favourite book that I have read so far is The Hunger Games.  The Hunger Games is a 2008 dystopian novel by the American writer Suzanne Collins. It is written in the voice of 16-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in the future, post-apocalyptic nation of Panem in North America. Yes I would go back and read again and again.

Chuah Yi Wen (FIA) 0333037

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The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog

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The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog

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Genre: Short stories and self help
Author: Eugene O'Neill (Original work in 1940)
Publisher (for Chinese version): Tianjin Education Press (2008-09)

As a person who does not have enough patience to finish a few hundred pages novel with hundred thousand of words in it, I am picky when it comes to choosing a book to read. Preferably, I will read short stories, fan fictions online, poems, and just anything that does not contain that many words like most novel does, therefore I do not own that many books in general since most of the materials I read can be obtained from the internet. But there is a particular book I have on my shelf that remains my favourite for years and it is The Last Will and Testament of an Extremely Distinguished Dog (Chinese translated version).

This book contains a few stories of different settings about our four-legged friends, our pet dogs. Most of the stories in it were written in the perspective of a dog, how they feel about their life as a pet, what they think about their owners and also the thoughts and memories they have. Mainly, it is written in the voice of a dying pet. It might not be a book that suits everyone as people might feel uncomfortable reading it, but the main idea of this book is to comfort the ones that experienced the loss of a furry friend, at least that is something I agree on.

As I have mentioned above, this book is great to heal someone from the pain of losing their beloved fur animals, which was the reason I love this book so much, as I was also one of the people that got enlightened from it. At the age of 12, my pet dog passed away and it was one of the worst moments I had in my life. I thought to myself that I did not do a great job as an owner and it was all my fault, I told myself I will never own any pets anymore, so I will not need to suffer the same pain over and over again. Little did I know that my view towards this has change forever after reading this book. I must have been so selfish to think that I should never own a pet just so I will not be hurt again, when I can actually continue to spread the love. Every time I went back and read the few stories from the book, tears would start piling but in the same time it was healing. In the past year, I lost my beloved cat but I got to cope with the pain better and I guess it is all thanks to this book. In my own opinion, this book does not only portrays how we can overcome the sorrow of a pet lose, but it also implies a message to cherish everyone that are still with us, as we never know when will we be apart.

Leow Meng Jie (FIA 0332007)

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Genre: Inspirational Fiction

Author: Mitch Albom

Published Year: 2003

The story begins on the last day of Eddie’s life.  Eddie was an 83 year old war veteran who worked as a maintenance manager at an amusement park. Unfortunately, he passed away on his 83rd birthday, he risked his life to save a little girl from a falling cart. He is then sent to the afterlife where he discovered that heaven is not a destination but a place where your life is being explained to by the important people in your life. For Eddie, it was five people who he met in heaven, some of them he knew and yet some of them were total strangers. The five people he meets in heaven will bring him on a journey from his childhood memories up until his most recent memories. These five people will explain their connections with him on earth and helping him understand his life.

What I like about this book are the quotes that are used, which are really inspiring and relatable to me. These quotes have helped me through my toughest days and it is one of the reason why I am who I am today. For example, “Learn this from me. Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us but hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.” From this quote, I remind myself everyday that I should forgive and forget instead of watering the tree of hatred inside of me. If you’re interested in inspirational quotes and storyline, then I would highly recommend this book. It teaches you a lot of life lessons in a long run.

Natasha Tan (FIA)
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Genre: Classic Literature
Author: William Shakespeare
Publish date: 1597

As for now, this is my current favourite book which is Richard III by William Shakespeare. It's original release date is in 1597 but the latest adaptation of the play was only in 1995. A brief summary of this book is about Richard III who was known as the unworthy king during this time. He had locked up his own wife, murdered his nephews who were descendants of the actual throne and murdered countless of people just trying to make his dream become a reality.

In the opening chapters of the book, Richard had actually been targeted to be killed, unfortunately the killer was fooled and got himself killed instead. He had gone mad with power to the extent he even locked up his wife in a tower so he can fool others into thinking she had died. Richard was considered as a disrespected person for doing such things when he was never intended to become a king. He was a harsh, mean, sly and outspoken person to be in fact as in the actual play, he was known to talk out loud to himself about his cunning plans.

Going more in-depth, at one point where he finally murdered his nephews, he was the only one to claim the throne. This highlights how gruesome he was to others. Jumping towards the near end of the play, during war, Richard was haunted by the souls of his past which consisted of his nephew, wife, the murderer who was hidden in a wine barrel and including his first man who played a big role to his ruling of the throne.

The moral of this book is to reflect upon humanity. It highlights how messed up it is back then and how it still happens in our current world despite being a marginal gap of 400 years. It shows us how people are still disrespectful and how anyone would do anything to gain power. Probably a good(okay maybe not really that good of an example) would be Donald Trump. It reflects the character of selfishness and how he creates a scene by restricting his own country with he world showing hate and racism. As some may know that in the Elizabethan era and more specifically in England, people were just as racist and messed up. It's like a circle of life when you think of it, how society still reflects upon the past and not wanting to move on.

Why I am attracted to this book is because it has an impact upon how our current society should treat one another more peacefully. It reflects how the past shouldn't be repeated in order to live in peace and harmony with no racism issues, hate or even war to begin with. The main fact is everyone wants power and the hate generated from this is because some do not have the opportunity to contribute to society. In conclusion to this, I would recommend others to read the book in order for them to reflect upon how the change in society still revolves around past events. I would read it again and again too because it just serves as a reminder of who we are today and how everything can be changed with some minimal effort in order to become more united with others.

Name: Nabil Luqman
Student ID: 0330782

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Genre : Fantasy and Romance

Publisher : Little , Brown and Company

Awards : Won 28 Awards and 16 Nominations

Before I started reading the Twilight book series , I watched the first movie that was released in 2008 . I fell in love with this movie that focuses on the relationship between a teenage girl and a vampire . Later , I decided to read the twilight book that was written by the author  Stephenie Meyer . I discovered that in the book the story was more detailed and I loved it even more . I started reading all the other twilight book series from then on . As I was so interested in the novels I wanted to find out more about the creator , Stephenie Meyer .

Did you know  Stephenie actually dreamt the twilight on June 2 2003 . In a matter of three months she had transformed her dream into a complete novel . I was amazed how her dream turned into a multi award winning novel and also later turned into a multi award winning film . It was a surprise to me when I found out that she also says that her writing is strongly influenced by music, and she posts playlist on her website of songs which specifically inspired her books.  Bands include most often in her playlists are Muse , Blue , My Chemical Romance , Coldplay and Linkin Park .

STEPHENIE MEYER (SHARMINI0030397

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Genre: High-fantasy/fantasy
Publisher: William Morrow
Awards: Won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Novel amongst others.

I've read my fair share of high fantasy novels ever since I discovered them in my college days and the one book that will always have a special place in my heart, that I return to read now and again, would be this one. It is actually the 2nd book I've read from Gaiman, and it is this very book that made me fall in love with his writing style, the rich tapestry of characters he brought to life that seemingly leapt from the pages of book into my over-active, imaginative mind and the detail that went into crafting an absolute masterpiece. It was truly a delight to read, and when I read it the first time around, I had finished it in 3 days.

For anyone who loves ancient mythologies of the various gods, goddesses and deities around the world and from different cultures, this is a brilliant modern interpretation and adaptation of them. It tells the story of the perennial struggle between the old and the new, set at a time when the influence of the old gods have diminished and new gods have risen to vie for their place in the hearts of men. It's a road trip  novel of sorts across America set against the backdrop of an impending epic battle between the old gods and the New American Gods of the internet, media, fame, and modern transportation. But can the honour of the old gods truly be restored with the banishment of the new ones?

How this novel had impacted my life? I must say that in the days after my dad's passing, in order to cope with the sense of loss and grief, I turned to reading, and this book was one of those that I had read at that time. The themes in the book dealt with death, grief, finding one's destiny or place/purpose in this great scheme of things called life, and more importantly, that there are things in this world that is not what it appears to be. It was refreshing to me, as I had never read any book like this, you can say that it was a very cathartic process for me reading this book and hence, whenever I need to re-discover my purpose and mission, and know what I am here for, all I needed to do was pick this book up and read it again.