Read for Books is a charity book drive to raise awareness and share the gift of reading with the less privileged. From 10 to 26 July 2021, for every 10 people who read for 15 minutes, one book will be donated to selected beneficiaries.
Read for Books 2021 is supported by Scholastic Education International (Singapore) Pte Ltd, Kinokuniya Bookstores of Singapore Pte. Ltd, and Popular Book Co (Pte) Ltd.
This year, the Humanist Society (Singapore) is a participating organization, in collaboration with the Humanist Book Club (Singapore). In total, we collected 30 photos. Previously, the Humanist Society took part in the 2017 Read For Books.
If you wish to submit your photo together the Humanist Society participants, you can send your photograph to secretary@humanist.org.sg
Some photos and their descriptions
Loh Kwek Leong is reading National Geographic Dinosaurs for his grandson. It’s about how paleontologists find dinosaur fossils and assemble them for display in museums. The book has many nice pictures of dinosaurs.
Dinesh is reading Marvel Dr Strange.
Grace was reading Born a Crime for her book club. It’s about Trevor Noah and his experiences growing up in apartheid South Africa. It is fun, insightful and fast-paced.
Nora is reading John le Carre.’s The Constant Gardener . It is a profoundly moving story of a man ennobled by his wife’s tragic murder, and the exploration of the dark side of capitalism.
Sarah is reading Charles Darwin’s Origins of Species with a foreword by Prof John van Wyhe.
Xiuqi is reading The Illustrated Guide to Extended Massive Orgasm by Steve and Vera Bodansky, PH.D! A sensual work of candid discourse, this book is a stimulating read that is bound to titillate the senses and leaves the reader wanting more. Illustrated for extra reading pleasure, Extended Massive Orgasm fills the gaps within a repressed and incomplete sexual education system.
Pallavi is reading The Travelling Cat Chronicles bu Hiri Arikawa.
Sivaneshwary reading Dan Brown’s books, Origin. It is intriguing and there is stimulation and enlightenment on abstruse topics by the author. Her other favourite is the Da Vinci Code.
Adrian is reading Fooled by Randomness, written by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, at the Orange & Teal restaurant. It’s about how humans mistake randomness for non-random events. It is an easy read with very understandable examples.
Ashwini reading one of Stephen King’s Novels ,The Shining.
Mohan Raj’s vision is to be a billionaire and space traveller. Not surprising that Elon Musk is his idol and what’s more importantly to read about his most favourite person: Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is Shaping our Future.
