Books Review | The Last Lecture- Randy Pausch

Before you start reading my dear, I'd like to remind you that this entry is all about books reviews. Word by word. Sentence by sentence. ALL.

On a whim, I decided to read books. I didn't bring the latest collection of mine back to Melaka so I borrowed one from my dearest roomie, which she highly recommended,

The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.

I long heard about this non-fiction novel and I'm really interested in it. (Because at the same time I introduced her another book, Tuesday with Morrie.) So that's the sparks when two book lovers met, we can simply share and exchange any book we loved and because we are staying under the same roof, not worrying she won't return back to you. Hahahahaha!! I'm actually giving out hints *wink wink*. Mr Lee, you still owed me 'My Best Friend's Girl'!!

Okay back to topic, yea I started this book on a whim this evening. Before I started reading it, I asked if it's nicer than Tuesday with Morrie. Once I reached over a few chapters I regretted I'd even asked the question. Though yes, the two books have something in common. They are both talking about the dying professors' life and them giving the last lecture to their students, but they just aren't the same thing.

I actually read Tuesday with Morrie twice. First time in Chinese (Blog posted in Year2008), second time in English (Year2009). It is written by the student a.k.a. author who witnessed and accompanied his professor, Morrie to his last day. By reading the preface is enough to touch the chord in your heart. Sentence like this will never fail to attract me.

'Last class of my old professor's life had only one student. I was the student.'

Back to The Last Lecture I read just now,

see the difference now? It's written by the professor himself. As a record for his family, especially his children, aged 6, 3 and 18-months-old.

It really saddens me much knowing that a man who took every second in life so seriously just to live longer and to spend every single precious moment with his family.

during the hours I read, I actually felt some heartbreaking moments, and they chew me up a little bit inside. It's like walking in his shoes, imaging 'what if.... what if..... what if......', questioning myself this and that repeatedly.

The author himself, let's call him R.P., is an optimist. The book is not all about the processes of him battling against cancer, but also his perspective to life. There are two words he really liked to use, 'Childhood Dreams', which became the core of this book. R.P. has a very loving wife and 3 cutest children. They must be proud that they have a father like this.

R.P. once described he's the Tigger in Winnie the Pooh. And he asked a question

Am I a fun-loving Tigger or am I a sad-sack Eeyore?? For everyone who knows me, I'm sure the Tigger with no doubt. But if I could handle every emotionally thing as he did?? I highly doubt that.

i actually have a secret crush on piglet. So maybe I'm a combination of Tigger and Piglet?

At the end of the book, R.P. did write something to his children as a message-in-future because they were too young to be acknowledged their father's death. By having a thought of the children who grow up and eventually get to know how much love their father wished to give them in person just made my heart aches.

My eyes were brimming with tears at times during that 5 or 6 hours, but I couldn't hold on my tears when I read the last chapter. It's too heartbreaking.

This is the website of The Last Lecture. *Click Me* I got an interesting video to everyone who has read this book. AWESOME one! Because the video is gonna show you the childhood room Randy used to stay! (which one he mentioned in his book! and that's REAL! for god sake!)

the one in video is Tammy, YEAH SHE IS RANDY'S SISTER Tammy!!! She's now the real person in reality! I guess that's the reason why I love to read, I used to imagine everything so gracefully peacefully according to my creativity!

Life is just as simple as this last lecture. It's up to you to take it, or withdraw it. Definitely worth reading!

It's completely different with Tuesday with Morrie. It's like comparing Tuesday with Morrie to P.S. I Love You, although they are about death issues, but they are just not the same thing.

What's true? I ranked these 3 books 5 stars. or more than that.

I spent around 1 hour to write this blog, in total I guess I spent around quality 8 hours immersing myself into the world of words.

thanks to my roomie's warmhearted chocolate milk, and of course this book!

and you'll never know how powerful the words are until that one day, you open up the book and flip to the first page, and start your reading journey like my roomie, and I do.

love,

Ee