1.5 book review and 1 more book for the shelf.
This week, I borrowed 3 books from the library. 3 books because its my habit, 2 is too little, 4 is too much, 3 is just right. Now lets not get started on my eccentricities and on to the books. The 3 borrowed books were:
1) Call of the Mall by Parco Underhill
2) The Man Who Changed Everything by Basil Mahon
3) Hand book to life in Ancient Rome by Lesly and Roy Adkins.
I read only the first one so I shall do a review on that. Call of the Mall is a book about american malls and how humans interact inside the mall and also to the exterior of the mall (facade and parking lots etc.). This book is centered around American suburban malls that is difficult for a large number Singaporeans to envision due to the fact that there is no such similar thing that can exist in our island city. I like the first few chapters which is about the distance to such suburban malls and the facade and parking lots. I also liked the information on the how the stores are grouped together in an effort to attract more people. I often spend time at the malls and I can relate to several points regarding mall architecture. However, somewhere near the middle of the book, the style of writing changes from descriptive writing to dialogues. Its not 2 or 3 pages of dialogues but entire chapters of it. I did not understand pages 84 and 123, I did try my best to read the entire chapter back and forth and pages before and after but to no avil. I guess its a cultural thing that separates us from the Americans. There were also some redundant chapters like one on Aqua Massage that is only 1.5 pages long (considering a standard Times New Roman Font 12 with 0.65 spacing width). Overall, it was an OK book, does not use profound langauge but may be hard for people of other cultures to visualise what the author is trying to put across.
I said 1.5 book review because I have not finish reading the next book but I feel that a review can be done. Handbook of life in Ancient Rome is a fantastic reference book for anyone interested in all things roman. Its a reference book so its not meant to be read like a normal book (hence the 0.5 book review). Im suprised it really covers a wide variety of subjects in sufficient depth. The information presented is also accurate, I know because I read roman history since I was 10 and totally fell in love with it.
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I went to kino with my mother today to buy a book called This is your Brain on Music - The Science of Human Obession. I haven't read half of it yet but its very interesting, will do a review when I eventually finish it. Of course I will have to finish reading the last of my 3 library books, The Man who Changed Everything before the dateline.
1) Call of the Mall by Parco Underhill
2) The Man Who Changed Everything by Basil Mahon
3) Hand book to life in Ancient Rome by Lesly and Roy Adkins.
I read only the first one so I shall do a review on that. Call of the Mall is a book about american malls and how humans interact inside the mall and also to the exterior of the mall (facade and parking lots etc.). This book is centered around American suburban malls that is difficult for a large number Singaporeans to envision due to the fact that there is no such similar thing that can exist in our island city. I like the first few chapters which is about the distance to such suburban malls and the facade and parking lots. I also liked the information on the how the stores are grouped together in an effort to attract more people. I often spend time at the malls and I can relate to several points regarding mall architecture. However, somewhere near the middle of the book, the style of writing changes from descriptive writing to dialogues. Its not 2 or 3 pages of dialogues but entire chapters of it. I did not understand pages 84 and 123, I did try my best to read the entire chapter back and forth and pages before and after but to no avil. I guess its a cultural thing that separates us from the Americans. There were also some redundant chapters like one on Aqua Massage that is only 1.5 pages long (considering a standard Times New Roman Font 12 with 0.65 spacing width). Overall, it was an OK book, does not use profound langauge but may be hard for people of other cultures to visualise what the author is trying to put across.
I said 1.5 book review because I have not finish reading the next book but I feel that a review can be done. Handbook of life in Ancient Rome is a fantastic reference book for anyone interested in all things roman. Its a reference book so its not meant to be read like a normal book (hence the 0.5 book review). Im suprised it really covers a wide variety of subjects in sufficient depth. The information presented is also accurate, I know because I read roman history since I was 10 and totally fell in love with it.
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I went to kino with my mother today to buy a book called This is your Brain on Music - The Science of Human Obession. I haven't read half of it yet but its very interesting, will do a review when I eventually finish it. Of course I will have to finish reading the last of my 3 library books, The Man who Changed Everything before the dateline.
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