June Books Reviews: Who Moved My Cheese and A Long Way Gone
Adam Foya
Dear All
Below are my short reviews for among the book which I have read in June.
Who Moved My Cheese by Spencer John.
Who Moved My Cheese? is the story of four characters living in a "Maze" who face unexpected change when they discover their "Cheese" has disappeared. Sniff and Scurry, who are mice, and Hem and Haw, little people the size of mice, each adapt to change in their "Maze" differently. In fact, one doesn't adapt at all.
What I could gather from this short book is on CHANGE. The two mice Sniff and Scurry were ready for changes. When they find that Cheese is finished, they did not sit and wait for another one. Instead they were able to put on their shoes and embark on journey to look for another territory of Cheese. While their fellow little people Hem and Haw, were not ready to go and start looking for another Cheese after the first one finished. What I learned from this book is willingness to change and knowing that, success and opportunities are sometimes not where we want them to be. One of challenging moment in life is to know when is the time to change and take another step in life. To survive in this ever changing world, one needs to have capacity to analyze situation and know when it’s the right time to take a sometimes difficult position. One of the quote from the book is “Noticing Small Changes Early Helps You Adapt to Bigger Changes That Are To Come”
I will recommend this book to anyone who hasn’t read it, and its very short, 39 pages only. Similar to this, there is another book: Who Moved My Ladder: The Working Woman’s Guide to Success by Fiona Coyne.
A Long Way Gone- Memoirs of A Boy Soldier by Ishamel Beah
In A LONG WAY GONE: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Beah, now twenty-six years old, tells a powerfully gripping story: At the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. At sixteen, he was removed from fighting by UNICEF, and through the help of the staff at his rehabilitation center, he learned how to forgive himself, to regain his humanity, and, finally, to heal.
This is an extraordinary and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.
When you read this book, you may be tempted to think that it’s a fiction and not a true story. But what Beah reveals are details on how war atrocities especially children. They way which he was running from one village to another escaping the war, how he lost his family and friends is so sad for any young person to experience. In some scene the story is horrifying, on how he turned to be a soldier using drugs and force to kill as revenge. After finishing reading this book, you will know the value of peace which other countries enjoy. Also, the book gives rear story of children who participated in war, survived and was able to rehabilitate. The books re
You may read more about this book here: http://www.alongwaygone.com/
For those in Dar Es Salaam, I have one copy only and can borrow, if you promise to return it.