"This I Believe" is different from any other book I have read. It's about the philosophies of different people. In this book, there is about 80 different authors. They each have a little chapter in the book about 3 or 4 pages long describing their beliefs.
It's actually more interesting than it sounds. The authors describe how events in their lives changed or formed their beliefs. Other authors in the book, just described their beliefs. For example, Sarah Adam's chapter is called "Be Cool to the Pizza Dude". She writes about the reason you should be nice to the pizza delivery man. Elvia Bautista writes about how the murder of her brother affected her. She puts flowers on every grave in the cemetery. "I go because I believe that no matter where you came from or what you believe in , when you die, you want flowers on your grave and people who visit you and remember you that way," (Bautista 18).
Some of the authors in "This I Believe" are regular people like you and I. But there are famous people who are included in this book. Which is kinda cool to hear what they believe in. Some of these famous people include; Albert Einstein, Bill Gates, Newt Gingrich, John McCain, and Helen Keller.
I read your last blog post on the Life of Pi and I wasn't at all surprised about what you said about (you always said you didn't like that book) Anyway, still no surprise that you are reading a book your brother had to read for English, you tend to read a lot of his English books. This book doesn't sound like a book I would enjoy reading at first but it actually sounds like it could be a really good and interesting book. I might have to take a break from my usual Nicholas Sparks book and read this... or I might read Divergent, we will see! :)
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