BOOK REVIEWS Sad but true. Most people prefer to watch a film rather than READ.

Well, many of us find it boring to read even ust a simple newspaper, how much more a paperbac!" #ollywood seems to be running out of ideas and instead, ma!es a film out of best$selling novels. And what gets into any boo!worm%s nerves is that the stories were unfaithfully depicted, cutting out best scenes, twisting up the stories, loosely basing it from the original. &ne cannot help compare and ta!e sides. 'ut oh well, there%s no harm in spending a la(y afternoon sitting up, plug your headphones in, open a boo! and be lost into another world only a good boo! can offer you. ). A *hild *alled %+t% by Dave ,el(er Memoir, -on$.iction Dave ,el(er recalls his tragic childhood through his poignant account of sever child abuse from his mother. +n here, he recalls his happy memories with his parents and his brothers until such time it came when his mother began to inflict deadly torture upon his frail little body, poisoning him, starving him, even go as far as to stab him with a !itchen !nife. Everything around Dave was affected, peers, school, and his whole self$being. Dave%s story is only a small picture of the rampant child abuse reports faced by most nations today. Dave%s will to survive, to live despite his sufferings and his determination not to let his mother win over him !ept him alive despite the life$threatening blows upon him. #e ends his first boo! about the loving relationship with his son and being great father to him. /. 0he ,er!s of 'eing A Wallflower by Stephen *hbos!y .iction The Perks of Being A Wallflower is *hbos!y%s poingnant reflection about life, love and friendship seen through a wallflower%s eyes, the eyes who can ust observe and be silent, not ta!ing part in life. *harlie is a freshman in high school, introspective, intelligent and socially aw!ward. 'ut he cannot stay on the sidelines for long. #e begins to open up more when he meets siblings ,atric! and Sam, who helps him navigate his way on the rollercoaster ride of what we call growing up. Dealing with family dramas, school, friendship and the struggle with how you deal with the people around you and the thoughts you have for yourself, there are still memories in our growing up years that would still inspire us that life isn%t so bad after all.