A WHOLE NEW MIND by Daniel Pink is an interesting and practical book. There are two parts: Part 1 deals with the topic on conceptual age and Part 2 explores the six senses needed to develop the whole new mind ready for this new era.

Pink talks about how our future will depend on our ability to ask and answer the following three questions that will determine between who gets ahead and who gets left behind: […]

LOVE, ROSIE by Cecelia Ahern is thoroughly enjoyable. The whole novel is an exchange of emails, instant messaging, greeting cards, and letters between Rosie and Alex, her childhood best friend, and all the people that matter in her life—family, close friends, and even ‘evil’ bosses.

Alex (Prince Moonbeam) and Rosie (Princess Buttercup) are best friends who grow up together in Ireland. Even though they were apart from each other due to cross-continental moves, marriages, parenthood, work, and family challenges, they stay close throughout. Romance is always under the surface, but […]

LOVE IS THE KILLER APP by Tim Sanders is an outstanding and easy-to-digest book. He is a strong advocate of being a “lovecat.” A lovecat according to him thrives through the sharing of knowledge, network, and compassion.

My favourite chapter of the book is Knowledge. It starts with amassing as much usable knowledge as possible by religiously carving out the time to read and then pouring through as many cutting-edge books in one’s field as possible. […]

LIFE OF PI by Yann Martel is a delightful piece of literary work. Once picked up, I can’t put it down; with every turn of the page, I became curious-er and curious-er. Martel has created an utterly imaginative and uplifting story, not to mention hilarious and totally amusing too.

Life of Pi is about a sixteen-year-old Indian boy, Pi Patel whose full name is Piscine Molitor Patel. He was named after a swimming pool in France. […]

HOW TO READ A BOOK by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren provide insights into the problems of learning how to read and offers a comprehensive and better-ordered analysis of the complex art of reading. I also enjoyed the application of the basic rules to different types of reading and the discovery of new rules of reading. Written first by Adler, Van Doren later joined Adler as a co-author in updating, recasting and rewriting the book. It was first published in 1940, went on to be a bestseller, and was translated into other languages such as French, Swedish, German, Spanish and Italian.

There are four parts to the book. […]

SMALL ACTS OF GRACE by Alice Gray is a wonderful book. It is packed with heart-warming and encouraging stories that make a difference in the lives of those around us. In this easy-to-read book, there are stories on spreading hope, on encouraging others, on being a wonderful neighbor, on friendship, on mothers, on so many more. It’s a book that requires intention to act on our part.

In addition to the wonderful stories, there are also thought-provoking questions […]

Here’s three letter to describe this book: F U N.

LITTLE GOLD BOOK OF YES! ATTITUDE by Jeffrey Gitomer is a highly readable book with information presented in a bite-size format. There are plenty of checklists to be had and each one hits the jackpot. Nice use of color, interesting graphics and cartoons, and yes, this is my favorite part: lots of quotes—by Gitomer and other people.

This is an action-packed book, meaning, you can’t just sit there and expect to gain positive attitude by reading a book. You have to take action. This book will make you think, and no prize for guessing, TAKE ACTION.

BEFORE YOU LEAP has two parts. Part 1 is about Kermit’s life: a life of having over 2,353 family members; how he grew up from a little tadpole, then school, and then getting his legs. He talks about his search for significance and fame; how he got into showbiz and thereafter forming his own team of superstar performers. He also talks about his exciting relationship with the amorous Miss Piggy. Part 1 is rather hilarious.

Part 2 gets on to the more serious stuff for its readers—lessons for your life in 14 croak-licious chapters.