I’m from Singapore, which is a city state in Southeast Asia. This year, I pledged to read a larger variety of books from all over the world. I think that the American culture is over-represented, whether in the popular books section or in terms of its availability in bookstores, and I want to set myself a goal to read books from different parts of the world, open myself up to the worlds of authors around the world, including various parts of Africa, Latin America, and even Southeast Asia.