Neslin Reads: A Book Blog

                                                        TITLE: DEATH UNDER THE DEODARS AUTHOR: RUSKIN BOND GENRE: SHORT STORY, THRILLER PLOT: Death under the deodars is an anthology of eight short stories with a thriller element in it. The plot set up in the Royal hotel at Mussoorie. Miss Ripley Bean, a seventy-year-old spinster, is the central character of the story. The author introduces her as 'Aunt May'. She's a keen observer and epitome of deciphering mystery, though she never acts upon it. She's been a permanent resident in the hotel because her father owned the place, later sold to Nandu before he died. Miss Ripley Bean always accompany with her dog. A few prominent characters in the story are Mr Lobo, the hotel pianist; Nandu, hotel owner; and the author himself. "Death under the deodars" is the first short story, so is the book name. It's based on a murder saw by Miss Ripley Bean at the hotel garden on the eve of a

                                              REVIEW - 5 TITLE: A THOUSAND SPLENDID SUNS AUTHOR: KHALED HOSSEINI GENRE: NOVEL, FICTION                                        PLOT   "One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs   And the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls"                                                           SPOILER ALERT! A thousand splendid suns is a tale of two women, Mariam and Laila, brought together by fate. Book has four parts, set up in volatile Afghanistan from the time of Soviet invasion to the reign of the Taliban. First part narrated in the perspective of Maryam, an illegitimate child of her rich father, Jalil. She lived with her mentally unstable mother at a long distance from her father. Mariam was always desperate to see him, comes once or twice in a month. Mullah Faizullah was the spiritual teacher of Mariam. He was a role model for Mariam. One day she went to Jalil's p

WHAT I HAVE LEARNT FROM "RICH DAD POOR DAD"? TITLE: RICH DAD POOR DAD AUTHOR: ROBERT. T. KIYOSAKI GENRE: NON-FICTION "The main reason people struggle financially is because they have spent years in school but learned nothing about money. The result is that people learn to work for money... but never learn to have money work for them." - Robert.T. Kiyosaki "Rich Dad Poor Dad" is a bestseller personal finance book, eloquently written on the art of moneymaking. Robert. T. Kiyosaki is an American businessman, author and the founder of Rich Dad company. He compares the money making habits of different strata and exemplifies how rich people ace that art.        "The poor and the middle-class work for money. The rich have work for them."  Everyone should work smart instead of work hard. In fact, middle-class people believe in age-old myth "study well and get a good job" and inclinations to these fallacies have left th

                                          TITLE: THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN AUTHOR: PAULA HAWKINS (DEBUT NOVEL) GENRE: PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER NOVEL   GOODREADS SYNOPSIS “ One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl “ Rachel catches the same commuter train every morning. She knows it will wait at the same signal each time, overlooking a row of back gardens. She’s even started to feel like she knows the people who live in one of the houses. ‘Jess and Jason’, she calls them. Their life – as she sees it – is perfect. If only Rachel could be that happy. And then she sees something shocking. It’s only a minute until the train moves on, but it’s enough. Now everything’s changed. Now Rachel has a chance to become a part of the lives she’s only watched from afar. Now they’ll see; she’s much more than just the girl on the train… MAIN CHARACTERS Rachel Watson : Protagonist, a drug addict divorcee Tom Watson : Rachel’s ex-husband Anna Watson : Tom’s Wif

                                     THE BEST FREE BOOK APPS Nowadays life becomes hectic so that one cannot read books on a daily basis. Digitization is the new revolution in every field, so in reading, the ordinary concept of hard copy to read has extinct. People prefer virtual books over ordinary ones. So, as a result, many mobile applications and websites come into action in providing virtual books. Readers can have zillion choices, download to read later, importantly availability of free books! So today I am sharing the best five apps offer free books. 1. AMAZON KINDLE Amazon Kindle is an e-reading device introduced by Amazon. A large number of books in different genres are available in Kindle device. Device price ranges from $77 and above, so Amazon introduces equivalent free mobile application for kindle. Plenty of books available in the Kindle app as well. Most of them are free books while others need a subscription to access. The reader should have an