athinkingreedatrAug 2, 20202 min read[ Topic for July : Books and Travelling ]Today I want to go to the high corners of the streets where they are waited for the men’s footsteps setting up, I am fascinated by the...
athinkingreedatrJun 30, 20202 min read[ “MILLIONAIRE IN THE SLUM" - LUCKY OR TALENTED?]The winner of a world-famous television gameshow is a "criminal" ? It sounds quite paradoxical, yet Ram Mohammad Thomas - a waiter at a...
athinkingreedatrJun 30, 20202 min read[ THE LITTLE SISTERS - A Painful Love With Unease ]“I am a sullen pebble Detachedly rolling through life Suddenly resting from an afternoon flight” In an autumn afternoon, when the sunset...
athinkingreedatrJun 30, 20202 min read[REVIEW] “Man and boy” by Tony Parsons - WHAT MAKES A GROWN MAN?“Every father is a hero to his son. At least when they are too small to know any better.” Harry Silver - in a vulnerable moment with a...
athinkingreedatrJun 13, 20202 min read|A Quiet Childhood - Duy Khan|Just as the name implies, the book is a memoir about the author’s childhood. However, only after having read the book will we find that...
athinkingreedatrJun 13, 20202 min read[GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES - GLIMMERS THAT NEVER FADE ]When mentioning that title, you may easily recognize: “Oh! What a beautiful cover!". That is your impression? Above all, what lingers in...
athinkingreedatrJun 3, 20201 min read[ Topic for June: Books and Families ]There was a time I thought I had extraordinary powers, a time when no matter where I sleep…, I would find mother beside me when I wake...
athinkingreedatrApr 18, 20201 min read𝑭𝑼𝑵 𝑭𝑨𝑪𝑻𝑺:1. Perhaps each and every one of you have gone to a bookstore not actually check through a few books but rather to inhale that peaceful...
athinkingreedatrApr 13, 20202 min read|𝑮𝒐𝒕𝒉-𝑶𝒕𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒊|“What exactly is death?” “Goth” is a collection of events revolving around the 2 main characters. The girl, who always wears nothing but...
athinkingreedatrApr 11, 20202 min read|Thousand Cranes - Kawabata Yasunari|I came to know of Kawabata Yasunari on a late evening in a library, and the first book of his I picked up was his Nobel prize awarding...
athinkingreedatrApr 6, 20202 min read|The Lake - Banana Yoshimoto|There is a saying that: “People can be indifferent and silent as a lake”. However, what if the lake wants to stir up but can only mange a...
athinkingreedatrApr 1, 20202 min read[Review] The Mother Who Wields A GunOur elders once said: “Come invaders as they may, for even women shall fight”. But for Nguyen Thi Ut, even Southern women holding their...
athinkingreedatrMar 29, 20201 min read [The Garden of Words]Rain. Takao loves it when it rains, as along with it comes the fragrance of the sky and the sound of raindrops on the umbrella. Not only...
athinkingreedatrMar 25, 20202 min read“Lord of the Flies” – William Golding: More than just a book…-Bernard Henri- It is known that we search for our own goals in the entirety of our lives, which is an action that lies deep beyond our...
athinkingreedatrMar 23, 20202 min readA THINKING REED - To Be A Thinking Reader"Man is only a reed, the weakest in nature, but he is a thinking reed" _ Blaise Pascal (Con người cũng chỉ như cây sậy, thực thể yếu đuối...
athinkingreedatrMar 23, 20201 min readA guide for first-timers to ATR (A Thinking Reed) We are sure you are still hesitant whether to follow us or not. Perhaps you are all wondering: “Such is the number of novels that...