MY BEST READ 2019

First forward, I challenged myself to devour 52 books this year. Unfortunately, due to my small ‘tummy’ and my slow ‘chewing mechanism’, I have only done 45 books. I have failed! But I have learned a lot through the 45 copies, out of which I have enlisted what I may call the best 10 of them.

How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie

Some of the Cardinal lessons in the first section of the book:

Principle one; Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain.

                                    Principle two; Give honest and sincere appreciation

                                    Principle three; Arouse in others an eager want

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in others than you can in two years by getting others interested in you.” Dale Carnegie.

Dale Carnegie’s masterpiece is about diplomacy; diplomacy wins almost all the time. He encourages us to always try and see the world from other people’s viewpoint, then we will understand why they acted as they do. By trying to avoid conflict and unnecessary arguments, one becomes the best.

If you want to make a good leader, manager, husband or just be a friend whom people value and respect, this is the book. I will read it again and again.

Dreams from My Father by Barack Obama

The young lad, springing from an obscured and fractured background but through the spirit of determination, he knits up, patches up, rights the wrongs that were done by his father and comes to us as the most elegant, lustered personality, an influential world leader and most definitely the best leader that continues to inspire our galaxies. The book is one of the best memoirs that crossed my finger this year.

Favorite quote from the book, “Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be.” Barack Obama.

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Of the lady that writes so well about the husband; a tough woman, ambitious, brilliant and also willing to learn. Becoming is a demonstration of how Michelle transmuted through faces of time to become one of the best admired personalities in the world. It’s her poignant narration of the losses she had in her life; one; losing her favorite friend Susan and two that of her father. Both died and their demise transformed how she would look at life. In the book, she doesn’t shy from exposing her weaknesses, struggles, and doubts as a young girl trying to find her purpose in life. Also, it reveals a lot about the warm mutual relationship she has with her man.

Michelle says; Everyone on earth is carrying around an unseen history, and that alone deserves some tolerance.

When Breathe Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi

An incredible story of a young neurosurgeon in his heydays, contract cancer that deflates his hopes for a lovely marriage and a fulfilling life. The first time I read this book was in 2017, I got scared and despondent that I teared up. But reading it a second time has given me the oomph, and through Kalanithi’s courage I found a shade of boldness, and an inspiration to make the best of the short life.

What’s so Great About America by Dinesh D’Souza

I loved every bit, I turned every page with an enthuse. The book is rich in knowledge about Western culture and why it has dominated the world for a long time. It presents the reasons why the radical, fundamentalist Muslim nations are overly obsessed with exterminating America and the American idea. The book exposes the strengths of America in detail and persuades the citizens to love their nation to defend it. It’s a book about patriotism. It’s another grand book about diplomacy

It’s Our Turn to Eat by Michela Wrong

Ms. Wrong doesn’t get it wrong, she goes out for broke to provide an illuminating scene of how corruption stinks to high heavens within the Kenyan political class. John Githongo, once a chief Statehouse official and the anticorruption proponent is the whistleblower on the run and he gathers the courage to give Ms. Wrong chilling corruption details that compounded the Kenyan government under President Kibaki.

Martin Luther King Jnr On Leadership By Donald Philips

With so much love and admiration, we are wedded to his inspirational speeches which he dramatized through his reverberating voice chord. He is admired for his boldness, yet King had a lot of homework to do with his cynical and doubtful followers. Donald presents how this grand figure turned around the obstacles and betrayal he faced from his very inner circle, the Negros. It’s one of my best for a masterpiece on leadership.

The Defining Decade by Meg Jay

Meg Jay having studied the lives and behaviors of youths, especially in this information era provides an incredible package of solutions to the millennials. The Defining Decade talks about how young people, recently graduated from campus can adapt to the world without breaking through depression and addictions into drugs and sex. I have always recommended it to my peers, even those who don’t love books. Hey you, this is your book, check it out!

Paulo Coehlo: Warrior’s Life by Fernando Morais

Paulo is a great and famous writer. His biography by Fernando is an illuminating insight into the life of the writer. His struggles, especially with sex, are a great deal of the motif in the book. I admired his courage to boldly talk about those wrong things he did in his youth. Dude tried doing sex in the cemetery, tried homosexuality, tried brothels and every ugly thing around sex adventure; yet he came out sane. And how he metamorphosed from that moral decadence to elegance is something else to admire.

Love and Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs

It’s one of the best family books I have read. Drawing its illustrations from the Christian Scriptures, Dr. Emerson explains how and why men need to give their women Love, and women give their men the Respect they so passionately crave. It’s so illuminating that it can probably help fix impending divorces and breakups, maybe.

MY BEST QUOTES 2019:

“The happiest, healthiest and holiest people on the planet are those who laugh at themselves the most” Mark Batterson.

“You can make more friends in two months by becoming genuinely interested in others than you can in two years by getting others interested in you.” Dale Carnegie.

“Do we settle for the world as it is, or do we work for the world as it should be?” Barrack Obama.

BEST SCRIPTURE: “Repay no one evil for evil. Have regard for good things in the sight of all men. If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men. Romans 12: 17-18.

Best Films 2019: I’m not a movie animal but these two gave me the thrill worth an entertainment: Blind Spot, and Money Heist.

Let’s do this again next year, take the challenge, let’s keep Reading, and of course, Writing.

In the comment section, you can recommend for me your best read. I will appreciate.

Merry Christmas and Happy holidays