March was the time I restarted my reading habit and binged on some social commentary, history and nonfiction books. I read a few fiction here and there and in total, this month I read over 10 books in different genres.
These days, I am taking my time to read rather than rushing through a book. Typically, I read when I am commuting or waiting for certain things to finish. Other than that, I donโt really have specific time to read but whenever I am free, I make the best of my time to read. These are the books that taught me something new, in no particular order.
If you have watched Crazy Rich Asians, you must be familiar with its novelist, Kevin Kwan. Rich People Problems is the last part of the Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy. In this story, the main character and spotlight is Astrid Leong, Nick Youngโs cousin who is an icon and fashionista and the whole plot highlights her relationship with her former fiance, Charlie.
When reading the novel, I couldnโt help but to picture Gemma Chan (The actress who plays as Astrid in the film). However, the novel takes a different route than the movie where in this novel, it was Astrid who caused her marriage with Michael. So, perhaps itโs why the Crazy Rich Asians 2 wouldnโt be released as they need to completely change the storyline to match the first film. Still, the story is entertaining and you will get sucked into Youngโs family and their drama just as I did. Definitely the type of book you read to pass the time.
When I tried to learn more about corruption in Indonesia, I stumbled upon this book, The Grey Book that discusses modern corruption and how itโs deeply rooted and ingrained in the society. Alfred is a seasoned professor and focuses on finance. So, thatโs why through The Grey Book, he wrote about corruption through the financial lens and how corruption takes shape even in the digital era.
It's a refreshing read to understand corruption and one of the best ways to understand Indonesiaโs corrupt system and navigate it. This is a must-read for anyone wanting to invest in the country or even doing a business.
These days, I also read quite a bit of spiritual and christian related books. I stumbled upon this book after finishing The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: King Solomonโs Secrets to Success, Wealth, and Happiness by Steven S. Scott. Miracles in Papua is a biographical book from Litโs family navigating their faith from Atheist upbringing to believing in Christianity.
With the backdrop of colonization in Indonesia, it gives an insight on how interfaith lived in the country back in the day including the christians. This book is for those who love history and explores faith at the same time. Hank Litโs family story moved me and it was just an enjoyable read.
When I wanted to learn more about Solomon, I wondered what book I could read and stumbled upon this gem. Solomon was a rich man during its time and considered one of the wisest men on earth. The book is also dissecting proverbs and teaches us how Solomon acquired his wealth and what lesson we can get from it.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book and learned so much from it. It also made me read proverbs more and try to learn from it.
And last but not least, I also finished Poverty by Matthew Desmond. It is one of the most fantastic books I have read and loved it. It made me understand poverty in the United States and how urban poverty shapes society too.
I hope that this April I can read more books again and increase my library collection too.
๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ (๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ค) ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ผ๐๐พ๐บ๐๐๐๐พ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐บ๐
๐๐๐ & ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ถ๐ณ, ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ญ๐ถ๐ด๐ต, ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ. ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถโ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ด, ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฑ ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐บ; ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆโ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ธ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฃ ๐ข ๐ค๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ฐ๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด. |
