Summer Books!

Although I did not have enough time to engage in something so new in this summer break(had many preparatory works for the senior year), I started reading some interesting books.

The first book is called "Ikegami Akira's World Religion" written obviously by Mr.Ikegami Akira, my favorite Japanese journalist and professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. This book talks the fundamental knowledge regarding influential world religions:Islam, Christiananity and Judaism.

What encouraged me to learn about religion was that many current affairs including the conflict between Israel and Gaza involves religion; thus I realized that religion plays large parts in international affairs, which suggests having some knowledge will be important!

The second book I read is called "The Politics Book" written by an English professor at the London School of Economics and Political Science. This book also talks about fundamental knowledge of politics. 

What encouraged me to read this was that I like reading news articles, especially those about international politics, so I thought having some background knowledge will enhance my understanding of current political affairs.

I have not finished these books yet and will not probably finish within year since I will be busy with my school works. However, I will try to learn new things just piece by piece.