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The painter of Signs

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">R.K. Narayan brings the most unique pair of lovers through this book.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Zc6QELtyYCUHhpgeHmAVW5SsOBTKYbpWGoMmKQjXmVE7y6MZI7cl0AFpdqyKFJbV70sWUtuhfYbT1ZIQHj4clSqThp5sK8PaXydflh6RqvkS5CeQI7BXJf7OOTDyImrBzm0KJKiR8G6z/s1600/PainterOfSigns.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Zc6QELtyYCUHhpgeHmAVW5SsOBTKYbpWGoMmKQjXmVE7y6MZI7cl0AFpdqyKFJbV70sWUtuhfYbT1ZIQHj4clSqThp5sK8PaXydflh6RqvkS5CeQI7BXJf7OOTDyImrBzm0KJKiR8G6z/s1600/PainterOfSigns.jpg" /></a>To be frank, I did not enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed <a href="http://heavybookreview.blogspot.in/2013/04/guide.html" target="_blank">Guide</a>. I think I did not belong to the right age required for this book. Maturity in thought is needed to appreciate such a book. The story revolves around Raman, a painter of signs and Daisy, a young lady determined to improve the plight of the Indian population through strict family planning. What is striking about the novel is the modern human psychology and state of relationships. Garnished with the hustle and bustle of a life in Malgudi, the story is written in a simple language. My reading experience was not a very good one as I haven't grown the mentality of liking such a plot. <br />The bittersweet story has a very slow pace and was not very engrossing to me. I plan to read this book once again in the future to make a clearer view about my true experience. What I would like to suggest the viewers of this blog is that go through the book and make your own views and opinions regarding it. Maybe your opinions would contrast mine. However this book is not for children.<span id="goog_2086286303"></span><span id="goog_2086286304"></span></div>

The painter of Signs

R.K. Narayan brings the most unique pair of lovers through this book. To be frank, I did not enjoy this book as much as I enjoyed Guide . I ...

Lost Cat

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2QWzXy71usw_aWASF6r70kYejchzTcUem4CuEghe3RuO7IrwoePuPcOmg8qgOh8dv6bq9SSi8L2vo9SQf_bDKGVscx7kHZB2kJo7hXvH3JYf397CA0IPWr3XK0FhkFGEOge5_sBU4utY/s1600/15793584.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/AVvXsEj2QWzXy71usw_aWASF6r70kYejchzTcUem4CuEghe3RuO7IrwoePuPcOmg8qgOh8dv6bq9SSi8L2vo9SQf_bDKGVscx7kHZB2kJo7hXvH3JYf397CA0IPWr3XK0FhkFGEOge5_sBU4utY/s1600/15793584.jpg" width="209" /></a>The subtitle of this book written by Caroline Paul goes: <b>A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology.</b><br /><b><br /></b>As the name suggests, it can be easily understood by many that this non-fictitious story is about a cat that is lost. The author gets badly hurt in an accident, and hears the doctors saying that she has broken her Tibia and Fibula. She then enthusiastically responds in her morphine haze that they are her cats, making the doctors think of her as hallucinating. Her two cats are introduced to the reader through this, namely Tibby and Fibby.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXO3Ce-mxCERfzwdob2HzEmuxiF1kdLLYv0jYyuhy1faw2yh8PQ_9OVj-aJz1dOZAJ7iUYwQkABpUHIT141GIoiXnh-0YnQhD4UZu-bsxKlehyphenhyphen_MM0nQGdX5bzf6pHMhCGnN77IIowGMI/s1600/Picture1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="27" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXO3Ce-mxCERfzwdob2HzEmuxiF1kdLLYv0jYyuhy1faw2yh8PQ_9OVj-aJz1dOZAJ7iUYwQkABpUHIT141GIoiXnh-0YnQhD4UZu-bsxKlehyphenhyphen_MM0nQGdX5bzf6pHMhCGnN77IIowGMI/s1600/Picture1.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This image shows how interesting the book is. Black lines are interesting parts, yellow spaces boring.</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Next follow rather humorous descriptions of her 13-year old cats, which she prefers to address as 'kittens'. The unthinkable follows, when Tibby gets lost. She drowns in a sea of despair, prays to Allah, Buddha, whom she does not believe in, and even makes a failed attempt of finding the lost cat through the help of a psychic.<br /><br />Read the book to find out if she will even find her cat? I found the book a little boring. The free introduction might kindle interest in the reader to buy the book, but I found the middle section more like a scientific paper. Many forms of wonderful technology are used to track Tibby.</div>

Lost Cat

The subtitle of this book written by Caroline Paul goes: A True Story of Love, Desperation, and GPS Technology. As the name suggests, it can...

Secret Seven Win Through

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qqo0WhfhWvrhphP9H89iM7HcS6fFpUpti6_tZEnvklCTdTD7v7eERm_MzswivmcFkAhNTae2Z-71f_f9c2RwNRjk3CUjgxv4UBkSIo9vzqz9AZf8n3uv7qeDS0nJnegFvI6FKQlKjmE/s1600/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6qqo0WhfhWvrhphP9H89iM7HcS6fFpUpti6_tZEnvklCTdTD7v7eERm_MzswivmcFkAhNTae2Z-71f_f9c2RwNRjk3CUjgxv4UBkSIo9vzqz9AZf8n3uv7qeDS0nJnegFvI6FKQlKjmE/s1600/download.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The original book</td></tr></tbody></table>Another review of a book by Enid Blyton, the seventh in the series, and the most interesting of the three I have read. The language used is somewhat informal, but has a great sense of meaning in it.<br /><br />The story sets out during the season of <i>Easter,</i> with seven members and a dog belonging a secret society (as I have mentioned earlier <a href="http://heavybookreview.blogspot.in/2014/01/go-ahead-secret-seven.html">here</a>) who are very eager to solve problems that create problems to the pubic. They lose their meeting place and start looking for a new one, eventually finding many locations including an old hut, a boat house, a caravan and a cave. They decide to vote, and choose the secret cave as their meeting place, but are unaware of the actual history of that place.<br /><br />They find the cave very '<i>secret</i>' and inconspicuous, and enjoy the sand-covered, cold floor. They bring in their things and enjoy a few 'hidden' days. But after some time, their books and food start disappearing. They set traps near the entrance to catch the unknown intruder, but still continue to find their things stolen surprisingly without any disturbance to their trap.They then find an evidence! A book left by the intruder, which was recognized to be a diary of a person named <i>Albert Tanner</i>.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.enidblyton.net/secret-seven/seven-walking.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="123" src="http://www.enidblyton.net/secret-seven/seven-walking.gif" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Walking Seven</td></tr></tbody></table><br />They start searching the countryside for any clues. Will they find the suspect? Or will they vacate the cave in despair? Or is it a combination of the above two? Read the book to enjoy this wonderful story.<br /><br />Other Enid Blyton book reviews:<br /><a href="http://heavybookreview.blogspot.in/2014/01/go-ahead-secret-seven.html"><i>Go Ahead Secret Seven</i></a><br /><a href="http://heavybookreview.blogspot.in/2013/04/you-all-must-have-heard-about-famous.html"><i>The Famous Five (Part 4)</i></a><br /><a href="http://heavybookreview.blogspot.in/2013/03/the-adventures-of-mr-pink-whistle.html"><i>The Adventure of Mr Pink Whistle</i></a></div>

Secret Seven Win Through

The original book Another review of a book by Enid Blyton, the seventh in the series, and the most interesting of the three I have read. The...

Pygmalion(abridged)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I love to read the unabridged versions of classics but I happened to read this abridged version of 'Pygmalion' originally written by George Bernard Shaw.  This book is framed in such a way that it drives young readers to develop an interest for reading classics. It includes huge black and white illustrations in almost every other page. There was a saying "Don't judge a book by it's cover" which was later modified into "Don't judge a book by it's movie". I have seen the movie adapted from this book, a very old Audrey Hepburn movie- 'My Fair Lady'. Whenever I encounter such an incident, inevitably I give more preference to the the book because it interests me more. However, this time the situation was reversed. The movie gave me a wider and better representation of the emotions and thought processes. Coming back to the book, I am surely eager to read the unabridged version to taste the true essence of the writing. I think this book is meant for children as the human psychology shown here is much simpler to the one shown in the movie. The story revolves around a very ill mannered and uncultured flower seller who meets a professor who specializes in voice training only to be destined to become a person whose outward side looks polished but deep within remains the same. Enjoy reading starters!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I4-Nrbuboy4TY5RqRLdeOk8p42bgOX3Ns7tJDoP-_goHeR2YpQL3-2yaid0glpt4uDMUwZwV_JvoZ14WAEkDgE0Cs8n47DNDULFuKMd-fcpAJDGIc1eTHQ-Nn2EOF4dmTb_sDdeKvrTh/s1600/Pygmalion.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2I4-Nrbuboy4TY5RqRLdeOk8p42bgOX3Ns7tJDoP-_goHeR2YpQL3-2yaid0glpt4uDMUwZwV_JvoZ14WAEkDgE0Cs8n47DNDULFuKMd-fcpAJDGIc1eTHQ-Nn2EOF4dmTb_sDdeKvrTh/s1600/Pygmalion.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div>

Pygmalion(abridged)

I love to read the unabridged versions of classics but I happened to read this abridged version of 'Pygmalion' originally written by...