Neslin Reads: A Book Blog

TITLE: DYING OF THE LIGHT AUTHOR: GEORGE R. R. MARTIN GENRE: SCI-FI, FANTASY. GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: A whisperjewel has summoned Dirk t’Larien to Worlorn, and a love he thinks he lost. But Worlorn isn’t the world Dirk imagined, and Gwen Delvano is no longer the woman he once knew. She is bound to another man, and to a dying planet that is trapped in twilight. Gwen needs Dirk’s protection, and he will do anything to keep her safe, even if it means challenging the barbaric man who has claimed her. But an impenetrable veil of secrecy surrounds them all, and it’s becoming impossible for Dirk to distinguish between his allies and his enemies. In this dangerous triangle, one is hurtling toward escape, another toward revenge, and the last toward a brutal, untimely demise. MY REVIEW: Dying of the light ( the original title was After the Festival) is a debut sci-fi from the maestro of storytelling George R. R. Martin, published in 1977. The book has gained wide acclaim and

TITLE: THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL AUTHOR: ANNE FRANK GENRE: NON-FICTION, DIARY. GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: Anne Frank's extraordinary diary, written in the Amsterdam attic where she and her family hid from the Nazis for two years, has become a world classic and a timeless testament to the human spirit. Now, in a new edition enriched by many passages originally withheld by her father, we meet Anne more real, more human, and more vital than ever. Here she is first and foremost a teenage girl—stubbornly honest, touchingly vulnerable, in love with life. She imparts her deeply secret world of soul-searching and hungering for affection, rebellious clashes with her mother, romance and newly discovered sexuality, and wry, candid observations of her companions. Facing hunger, fear of discovery and death, and the petty frustrations of such confined quarters, Anne writes with adult wisdom and views beyond her years. Her story is that of every teenager, lived out in conditions few teen

TITLE: DEATH'S DOOR AUTHOR: PAUL FINCH GENRE: SHORT STORY, CRIME THRILLER FORMAT: KINDLE E-BOOK GOODREADS SYNOPSIS: Obsession makes the heart grow fonder . . . When a stalking case lands on DS ‘Heck’ Heckenburg's desk it seems pretty straightforward. But when Heck discovers that the victim lives in the same house that a young woman was brutally murdered in six years earlier, instinct tells him that it’s not so simple after all. Before long Heck is entangled in something far more dangerous than he had expected. In a race against the clock, can Heck and Gemma stop history from repeating itself – or will they end up getting caught in the crossfire? MY REVIEW: Death’s Door is a short story of the genre “crime thriller.” I read it on Kindle. This story revolves around a policeman DS Heckenburg who happen to investigate a case. The narrative starts with a flashback of a murder, which indeed adds more gripping factors to the story. The investigation