Giminez vs. Buzan vs. Picoult
Thursday, September 21, 2006
♥ Thursday, September 21, 2006
I finished
Colour of Law by Mark Giminez on130906. That'd be the day after i was back from California. Great debut, although i'd pretty much guess the counter-defense (and of course, feeling pretty smart about it! :)) I guess, you read a few Agatha Christie, you'd just about figured out all abstract murder stories. Anyway, the quick 'smart-ass' comments, are what makes the book palatable and hilarious. To tell the truth? It isnt as realistic as other legal novels..but well, it kept me going 3 days straight. Thats something.
Tony Buzan's
Power of Verbal Intelligence(170906), is one of 3 books i shared with Brendon. Its quite an insiteful read..and focuses alot (almost too much i think) on the efficacies and power of mindmaps. Well, considering how i've been spending say 20 years on my own study methods? Suddenly introducing something like this, is really quite a blow. haha. No harm trying though.
Ok, when you see the cover of any Jodi Picoult books..you'll see this. 'Author of My Sister's Keeper and The Pact'. I already sang so much praises for My Sister's Keeper..I have little left for
The Pact (210906). A suicide pact made between 2 childhood friends-turned-lovers drive 2 families tragically apart. And what lies between the truth, between the judging community, between a life lost and a life's freedom is...a lawyer. Marvelous isnt it? Of course, in every book that i read concerning these people, the authors somehow holds back on portraying them with a soul. Wanna know a lawyer joke? 'whats the similarity btw a sperm and a lawyer?' Answer: ' Both have one in a million chances of becoming human.'
Nevertheless, thumbs up, thumbs up to Jodi Picoult. Another 3 day read-when-i-can marathon.
