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The Famous Five (Part 4)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;"><br />  You all must have heard about "The Famous Five" written by Enid Blyton . I read this book last year, when I was in 8th class. This is the 4th book in the series : Five Go To Smuggler's Top. This is a mysterious and adventurous story. The story starts off with  four children (Julian, Dick, Georgina & Anne) and a dog named Timmy. Julian, Dick, George, Anne and Timmy the Dog meet once again to begin, what they believe to be, a 'normal' summer holiday. Meeting at George's home, the first night doesn't quite go to plan; a terrible storm leaves the household in turmoil as a tree falls on the property. Worried that they may not be able to spend their holiday together, George's father, the formidable Uncle Quentin, solves the problem, by sending them to Smuggler's Top, home to a professional colleague of Quentin's, Mr. Lenoir. Arriving at Smuggler's top, not at all as it seems and they soon find themselves caught in a twisted plot.<br /><br />  When they reach smuggler's top,they find many suspicious things happening around them. Then they start their adventure solving each mysterious thing happening around them. It is simply sweet, and innocently fun - isn't that what childhood is meant to be? For those of you that are familiar with the Famous Five novels, they pretty much follow a similar plot; the children go on their holidays, find something is wrong, investigate and explore, till the plot reaches it's climax, usually with the children facing a bad predicament and finally it being resolved and everyone is back together at the end.<br /><br />  When I read this book, I found it very exciting, gripping and definitely my favourite out of the Famous Five Series, so much that I re-visited the book very often. I hope today's children still get to read Enid Blyton's books - her novels are far too good to be forgotten!<br /><br />  I recommend each and everyone to read this book in summer vacation.You will have a close relationship with this book and you will surely have a good time with it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyybElRDcJqylUw5WmFcVpBTsvCqCCiFQk9VLJBax5DB7kkdE7DAsOPxOxI7UFul7vGxLwwlsAjqUAj1xtYqk16-KM8-rtXXNkUMVAJqbDRXYkvLLqkYWNuHxCP1HLmzhYFVHpn3UmWi3u/s1600/five.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyybElRDcJqylUw5WmFcVpBTsvCqCCiFQk9VLJBax5DB7kkdE7DAsOPxOxI7UFul7vGxLwwlsAjqUAj1xtYqk16-KM8-rtXXNkUMVAJqbDRXYkvLLqkYWNuHxCP1HLmzhYFVHpn3UmWi3u/s320/five.jpg" width="201" /></a></div></div>

The Famous Five (Part 4)

You all must have heard about "The Famous Five" written by Enid Blyton . I read this book last year, when I was in 8th class. Th...

The Visionary Voyage( the magic mirror mystery)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Just as I was choosing books from our school library, this thin book caught my sight. It had a not jet black, but a greyish-black, dusty cover with a really ghostly picture. I picked it up and started reading it with a heart full of exciting expectations. The authors, Luther Tsai and Nury Vittachi started the story referring to two siblings, Miranda and Marco who felt that they were quite neglected by their parents who were always trapped in a busy business schedule and left their children with their affectionate grandpa. Grandpa was missing!!!!! He had vanished leaving them all alone when a sphinxlike package appeared at their door. The children not knowing what to do with it, ended up unpacking the bundle finding an enchanting and magical mirror in it!!!! What was it? A vampire or spirit unleashing mirror or was it just a simple mirror that the ladies used to wear make-up? It looked really antique. As these inquisitive children were examining the superannuated looking object, night fell and the shimmering moonlight from some open window fell onto the mirror and the room filled with the misty moonlight. Every corner seemed to illuminate by it's own and then something happened! The innocents woke up feeling that they had a nightmare but no, they found themselves in a confined room with plenty of supper beautifully arranged on a monstrous table. What is all this going on?<br />They were also swaying from side to side. Oh my goodness! They were dwelling in one of the cabins of a ship! Was it a pirate ship?!!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSMg0ZD5M35lUzjaTmtcuoRAhm9izy1EpBy2yo6OtpLzuTudtZVgXvKj6Ad2c9ilHio7jnFLZLSjbwULTmIQKpwnT1xclZngl-0LKgilxlO5l2_Elp5jsgzB4iVGOCy3TJ0MtCUQI-jZ0/s1600/9788184777864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSMg0ZD5M35lUzjaTmtcuoRAhm9izy1EpBy2yo6OtpLzuTudtZVgXvKj6Ad2c9ilHio7jnFLZLSjbwULTmIQKpwnT1xclZngl-0LKgilxlO5l2_Elp5jsgzB4iVGOCy3TJ0MtCUQI-jZ0/s1600/9788184777864.jpg" /></a>Will Marco and Miranda ever be able to return home safely? Explore and reveal the mystery yourself. This book is a totally entertaining book with as such no scope of improving one's language. It surely can nourish the reader's creative skills, in other words imagination. Recommended for people below the age of 11. The growing curiosity in me when I read the book can be felt by any young reader and this will encourage the person to read on........</div>

The Visionary Voyage( the magic mirror mystery)

Just as I was choosing books from our school library, this thin book caught my sight. It had a not jet black, but a greyish-black, dusty cov...

The Distorted Mirror

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">A pleasing book for the people who are already the fans of the writings of  R.K Narayan and O Henry. Though this gripping book with collections of various stories, travelogues and sketches is not the work of the renowned authors mentioned above, still, according to me the work carries a slight influence of these people's writings. R.K Laxman is the youngest sibling of famous writer, R.K Narayan and possesses the same versatile and lively style of writing just like his elder brother. The writings accompany with humongous amount of entertainment and the lively hand drawn cartoons in the book also contribute towards the enormous joy of going past the breath taking passages.<br />The stories are felt very awe-inspiring by me as they not only convey simplicity but also the talent of the writer to give a sudden blow at the end. Every story has a punch of humour in it.<br />Next I admired the travelogues which were so explanatory and illuminative that they made me feel that I myself was site seeing with the writer.<br />The sketches also contented me.<br />Do read the 160 paged illustrated book for a refreshing and enthralling experience and also to learn the art of using one's wit in their writing.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfqvNVZ_GOmjCJmJ5S1cJ8SfJBoQg4iBl-dejfJOdk7IGv1c5SXkeQhj8xxiQxz9mHywUWd5bHoG2OwL1ruACGZ4U4YGL0OFwFh1Ea1nBPl_8hkk5FkLNQLtxa2fvNFXMb13cdC2ou5em/s1600/1484713.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRfqvNVZ_GOmjCJmJ5S1cJ8SfJBoQg4iBl-dejfJOdk7IGv1c5SXkeQhj8xxiQxz9mHywUWd5bHoG2OwL1ruACGZ4U4YGL0OFwFh1Ea1nBPl_8hkk5FkLNQLtxa2fvNFXMb13cdC2ou5em/s320/1484713.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /></div>

The Distorted Mirror

A pleasing book for the people who are already the fans of the writings of R.K Narayan and O Henry. Though this gripping book with collecti...

Oliver Twist-Abridged

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This is a very touching book by Charles Dickens which can tackle one's emotions and also make few, drip tears. A movie was taken from the heart rendering book which  was also very well directed. Oliver, the main character in the book is portrayed as a very innocent boy who has the slightest knowledge of his bad company and surroundings.<br />Oliver is an orphan boy who is  badly treated in his orphanage  from where he is sent to ,once again, a cruel and wicked family where he has to work tirelessly all day long to earn a day's meal. Unable to bear such brutality, the young orphan escapes to the city where he is discovered by a group of notorious thieves. Though these burglars treat Oliver with lots of affection, they teach him to rob rich gentlemen in the process of which he is caught and beaten up.<br />The wealthy complainant seems to pity on the boy and takes him home. But it seems that Oliver is glued to bad fate as the robbers find him and try to make him blurt out if he had betrayed them and spoken out all about their gang to the police.  After that the story ends with a lovely ending which I won't write. I would rather like to recommend the unabridged version as it gives you a taste of old and good literature. Read the book to enjoy a wonderful storyline. The novel's depth will surely please you.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSaRukJ3AhG-uoqtEY01BWrQDhcbChfDuY9XZET5P34xDiZTaKXowjCblnmAlcsMYPT_Jsl4OpGy3dDnzf1h1rwkB3JZ_5-rnfu2WxUTQ0WeUUTYb-0DDGGzI2dTIHCPz6OApTa5uFWXX/s1600/51CGFL4eNbL._SX220_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSaRukJ3AhG-uoqtEY01BWrQDhcbChfDuY9XZET5P34xDiZTaKXowjCblnmAlcsMYPT_Jsl4OpGy3dDnzf1h1rwkB3JZ_5-rnfu2WxUTQ0WeUUTYb-0DDGGzI2dTIHCPz6OApTa5uFWXX/s320/51CGFL4eNbL._SX220_.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><br /></div>

Oliver Twist-Abridged

This is a very touching book by Charles Dickens which can tackle one's emotions and also make few, drip tears. A movie was taken from th...

Guide

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This book's review has already been posted once.<br />Guide is a book that turns it's reader into a driftwood which glides across the waves of a variety of feelings such as happiness, curiosity, a little sadness and also affection. The chapters of the book kept me busy wondering the abrupt changes of passages referring to the past and present of a guide and an enforced saint named Raju.<br />The miraculous book deals with Raju who had lost his trustworthiness once and doesn't want to lose it again. In his past Raju had grown an enormous amount of affection towards Rosy, a married classical dancer whom he had brought into the limelight. To save himself from losing his love, he had committed a crime that was not forgivable by Rosy.<br />Later, when his past meets the present, he is bound by the circumstances (read to find out what these circumstances were) around him and has to implement a 12 day fast to do good to his followers. The end of the book is written in such a way that it particularly impressed and pleased me.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqelNFA5ICZLTnyXruHcpBNqnJk3m_GcLcPtVQiz4j9wnHC2G9SHkzqZzAOp4XkkJhqGt5ULDb8bKP8zKWoFaASUo9jFRWMn_4_QWEGVV3RwdNOMgTxR_ac3MlpxDcDvGimgugdqAPK0M/s1600/61BVEOIxEUL._SL500_SS500_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuqelNFA5ICZLTnyXruHcpBNqnJk3m_GcLcPtVQiz4j9wnHC2G9SHkzqZzAOp4XkkJhqGt5ULDb8bKP8zKWoFaASUo9jFRWMn_4_QWEGVV3RwdNOMgTxR_ac3MlpxDcDvGimgugdqAPK0M/s320/61BVEOIxEUL._SL500_SS500_.jpg" width="320" /></a>The novel has an extra pinch of humour here and there gripping the reader's  complete attention in addition to a gorgeous language. The descriptive sentences also lead to the reader's liking towards the bundle of pages. It proved out to be a treasure trove for me and read it to find out what it turns out to be for you.</div>

Guide

This book's review has already been posted once. Guide is a book that turns it's reader into a driftwood which glides across the wav...

My Days

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My Days is a book whose 17 chapters gave me ubiquitous amount of joy, pleasure and entertainment . This was the first autobiography that I read, and it was very lively. It revealed to me the beauty of enjoying life in whatever state it was just as the author, R K Narayan did. The arrangement of the chapters are in such a way that it gives every detail of the novelist's life with a refreshing and poetic touch in it.<br />I liked the the first few chapters really very much which conveyed the joy of being a child in an adorable fashion. With his monkey and peacock company young Narayan enjoyed the Madras sun showing off its enormous power in the form of unbearable heat in the compound of his strict and modern thinking grandma's house. After a few leisure years of pondering here and there Narayan gets admitted to a school on his way to which he keeps admiring the cityscape of the modern city of Madras and gets lost into his own world.<br />He then goes and lives with his parents and siblings in Mysore with the pleasant hilly climate giving in way to a new life. Here Narayan blooms into a teenager hating formal studies as well as exams and craving to read various writings of Dickens, Marie Corellei, Tolstoy, Thomas Hardy and many others. With lots of efforts he somehow manages to get the degree of B.A. giving it a second try.<br />Then comes in the urge to write. He starts with short stories and sends them to London for publication in English magazines and Gazettes. He has many obstacles in his path which includes finding publishers. Then comes Graham Greene to his rescue who vanishes Narayan's problem helping him start his career.<br />Read the book yourself. The autobiography is ornated with cartoons made by RK Laxman which will please and delighten your heart and bring in a chuckle or a broad smile across your lips.There are also many rare photographs of Narayan in this book.<br />Do read for your development in a wonderful and descriptive style of writing and for an amazing experience too.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHm13Y_GFdwthN9jk6UAmexZzYjMjGqzfvS8wIdjtlVOXBupNPrWDr45soZzrr8AjQCOzMV6qMRP2h4LIi4HRt5rOTofAytwapKpDp9pkHF50cgD-llsAtO-q7296dR9rpayG2KWQIcUVJ/s1600/Mydays.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHm13Y_GFdwthN9jk6UAmexZzYjMjGqzfvS8wIdjtlVOXBupNPrWDr45soZzrr8AjQCOzMV6qMRP2h4LIi4HRt5rOTofAytwapKpDp9pkHF50cgD-llsAtO-q7296dR9rpayG2KWQIcUVJ/s1600/Mydays.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>

My Days

My Days is a book whose 17 chapters gave me ubiquitous amount of joy, pleasure and entertainment . This was the first autobiography that I r...