Book reviews

In the last month I have read two amazing books. The first book is called Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. It was based on a true story. It was about the life Greg Mortenson. Basically he was a climber who tried to climb K2 but failed and when we was up in the mountains he happened upon a small village where the people were extremely generous to him. While he was in their village he realized that they didn't have a school so Greg promised he would build them a school. The book tells his story and how he builds this school, starts a foundation, and is able to build many schools in Pakastan and other surrounding areas. This was also happening around the same time as the Taliban. It is a very inspirational story because Greg Mortenson seems to be a very humble and average man yet he was able to bring so much aid to a very distant and foreign corner of the world. The second book is called The Kindness of Strangers by Katrina Kittle. It was such a good book but it was extremely sad. It is about child abuse and it talks about real facts and things that sadly do happen. It really made me think. It is one of those books that opens up your eyes and shakes up your world because it forces you to ponder the injustice that happens all around us but a lot of times we don’t directly encounter it. Fortunately, so many of us don’t suffer from conditions like illiteracy, homelessness, poverty, or abuse but even in our prosperous country many people suffer from these barriers. Both of these books made me really analyze the contributions I offer not just of money but also of my time and talents to make the world a better place. Both of these books explored peoples lives that are a lot more unfortunate than ours but these people are not hopeless. Each book discussed the humble aide that was offered to these people and how it made a huge impact!