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Mr. Pink Whistle Interferes

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Fond memories of this book are left behind in my mind. One fine day, when I was 11, I happened to pick this book up from the shelves of my school library and I think that that decision of mine was very fruitful. Would you like to know why? It's because ,before the event took place in my life, I had least interest in my library class and would always be busy chatting with my buddies.<br />By now you might have guessed that, at that point of time I just fell in love with this book due to it's short and sweet stories revolving around Mr Pink Whistle whom I consider a super hero even now.<br />The stories speak about Mr. Whistle, an imaginary character drawn by Enid Blyton, who intervenes into the lives of unfortunate children and changes them altogether. I know that the stories written by Enid Blyton will forever impress the tender minds of children and the biggest proof lying ahead me is myself.<br />Do read through this creative novel, all my dear readers to have a fun-filled experience and   <i>transform into a little kid again</i>( only for those who are not kids anymore).<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIC2iejODFQ7jLCdCf_QmdCV0AWd34QtILQFxjqSG4G21sD5-d_lEu53JslfI-sr8lOQ7dpDWW96-SsvQ0O_OebUKWRQZ10tzCyV6OCMga1T_E0O7gWyJOxfFn2ptmR3G3ALI_5-kZ_LK9/s1600/pinkb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIC2iejODFQ7jLCdCf_QmdCV0AWd34QtILQFxjqSG4G21sD5-d_lEu53JslfI-sr8lOQ7dpDWW96-SsvQ0O_OebUKWRQZ10tzCyV6OCMga1T_E0O7gWyJOxfFn2ptmR3G3ALI_5-kZ_LK9/s1600/pinkb.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div>

Mr. Pink Whistle Interferes

Fond memories of this book are left behind in my mind. One fine day, when I was 11, I happened to pick this book up from the shelves of my s...

Rusty and the Leopard

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This review is written by me after a long time (really long). As usual, Ruskin Bond's mesmerizing, but completely simple form of writing has excited me once again.<br /><br />As the name suggests, you might think that the story revolves around a leopard, but you are completely wrong if you think so! I believe, the first appearance of a leopard was in the last quarter of the book. This is the third book in the 'Rusty' series, and I found it more interesting than the previous versions, as Rusty, the protagonist becomes a lot matured in this book, and he meets a lot of new people to set a life of his own. I felt that 'Rusty's Life' or 'The Adventures of Rusty' as a name for this book would sound appropriate.<br /><br />At the time when Rusty spends his life on the roof, Mr and Mrs Kapoor go out on some work, and Rusty is sent off the house. Rusty meets many new people, and befriends them (some of them were thieves). He always dreams of becoming a writer and goes to England, or perhaps Australia, America, etc.<br /><br />Read this book to find out how will Rusty's fate take shape, and what will happen at the end. If you don't prefer to read the book, then simply read what is written below this!<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrGfKD7sW7AfmV09kgIijcBGeQzGez6UE57nXlrkkWkW6LPniF9Vwi9Ls6r538Q9oi-ps4tEPRNU0u90q13Pr0gAzzHcf7C-MsbkS7kGAbb89z25X1yl3DAhJCUyRyfSdaxwqdi_v7zI/s1600/67785.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizrGfKD7sW7AfmV09kgIijcBGeQzGez6UE57nXlrkkWkW6LPniF9Vwi9Ls6r538Q9oi-ps4tEPRNU0u90q13Pr0gAzzHcf7C-MsbkS7kGAbb89z25X1yl3DAhJCUyRyfSdaxwqdi_v7zI/s1600/67785.gif" width="205" /></a></div><br /><u>Spoiler Warning!</u><br />Mrs. Kapoor dies in a car accident after she goes with Mr. Kapoor. Their son, Kishen is taken away by his father who later marry's another woman. However, he escapes and becomes a thief.<br />Rusty remains homeless and wanders many places, including Hardiwar, where he finds Kishen and both of them return to Dehra.<br />They find an other friend, and three of them spend their nights in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, Rusty discovers an old man, who seems to be a friend of his father; and an old woman who has some of Rusty's Father's books (Including the first edition of <i>Alice In Wonderland</i> which he decides to sell)<br />Rusty then decides to go to England, and does as he wishes. The story ends when he gets seated in the train.</div>

Rusty and the Leopard

This review is written by me after a long time (really long). As usual, Ruskin Bond's mesmerizing, but completely simple form of writing...

The Jungle Book

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><b>I was 11 years when I read this book. You may ask me how did  I understand the story at that age. Well, I can tell that, the words used by the author were very simple. He is Rudyard Kipling. He is one of my favourite authors. His style of writing is so simple and understandable.</b><br /><br /><b>  </b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>The book is about a young boy, whose name is Mowgli. A tiger named Sher khan catches Mowgli and tries to eat him.</b></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>All animals in the jungle are afraid of Sher Khan. He is a man-eater.</b></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> A wolf family helps Mowgli and they also take care of him now.</b></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>Mowgli’s best friends are Baloo, the sleepy bear, and Bagheera, the black panther. They help Mowgli in every situation. </b></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>But the time comes, when Mowgli should go away, because Sher Khan would like to come back to kill Mowgli.</b></span><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> So Mowgli goes to a village to learn the people’s language and their life style. A</span></b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> wolf tells Mowgli this and Mowgli makes a plan to kill the terrible tiger.</b></span><b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Mowgli is able to kill him. Then he goes back to the jungle, because the village people thought that Mowgli was bad and naughty.</span></b><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b> When mother wolf hears that Mowgli has killed the terrible tiger she feels happy. Mowgli is very glad to be in the jungle and he lives there for the rest of his life.</b><br /><br /><u>My opinion</u><i><b>: this story</b></i></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><i> is full of drama, and I think that it is a very good story for younger people.</i></b></span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> </span><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><i>The story shows how life in the jungle could be. The moral is that everyone has to fight for his life.</i></b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-Xno7Csgdr-L6R7WhS86F9QhTjBdubgXHGB1iluxpCjFi-jVBhnzUGCObwfFxnyjupqK7PEjn3xkDCkCBnankqeL3D_EVzGg_HxCIqeG-myO3WQaRhYRt2lBE7etZG40q2GPKdqLA700/s1600/4117408399_7f9b3e80e2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS-Xno7Csgdr-L6R7WhS86F9QhTjBdubgXHGB1iluxpCjFi-jVBhnzUGCObwfFxnyjupqK7PEjn3xkDCkCBnankqeL3D_EVzGg_HxCIqeG-myO3WQaRhYRt2lBE7etZG40q2GPKdqLA700/s320/4117408399_7f9b3e80e2.jpg" width="220" /></a></i></b></span></div><span style="background-color: #eeeeee; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', 'Gill Sans', Tahoma, Verdana, Univers, Arial, 'MS Sans Serif', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b><i> </i></b></span></div>

The Jungle Book

I was 11 years when I read this book. You may ask me how did I understand the story at that age. Well, I can tell that, the words used by t...

The day I stopped drinking milk

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;">Sudha Murty is a prolific Indian writer whose works revolve around society and how we can improve it. This book by her is no different. She conveys her messages to all her readers through a very simple but vivid style of writing. There is a swift flow in all the 23 stories in this book with their arrangement/placing done in a very thoughtful manner. The lessons that are revealed from her experiences are very beautiful. For example, one of the stories in this book named "Ganga's ghat" teaches us to carry out social service within our limits and the story "Genes" educates us with the message that we must develop a good value-system as value-systems do not pass from parents to children. A good amount of curiosity generates in the readers while reading the passages. I felt that the book was fascinating and every one, no matter what their ages may be, must go through this book.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrLBmGXNSRxAGQzFQjWOYSrMJ_9n5VrADj8Wgp1mhOdKj8joDztQuASTxcqlDSeajA71yGylrA4HhoUcu6i18bx4ff9046v6UMzcwj9HJPq77igHFyh-YAlApGG79B5wsTEpZzzo4a3g3/s1600/thedayIstoppedDrinkingMilk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDrLBmGXNSRxAGQzFQjWOYSrMJ_9n5VrADj8Wgp1mhOdKj8joDztQuASTxcqlDSeajA71yGylrA4HhoUcu6i18bx4ff9046v6UMzcwj9HJPq77igHFyh-YAlApGG79B5wsTEpZzzo4a3g3/s1600/thedayIstoppedDrinkingMilk.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div>

The day I stopped drinking milk

Sudha Murty is a prolific Indian writer whose works revolve around society and how we can improve it. This book by her is no different. She ...

Boom!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This is the second review of the same book on this blog.<br />I wouldn't hesitate to call it a children's book because of it's extremely simple language and passages. I would recommend all the blooming book worms to start off with this novel as it not only brings interest into young minds but also brings love for books in them. For me the case was different as I read this after quite a many years since I started reading books and in that period of time I had finished many more classic and difficult books, thus compelling me to declare the book to be too easy.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA0KxP5ASP4mh2a7cNTcjZV8PVGEf3E_648OfC_I7limD7hH12T2aYRz5S1L50D4ccwEL9r73h8lzUFPvp5EtfxtN8uVqPaol0DGaoGdofwZf-WC73ldoTaGmhLcn83ltP2YW92Hiqymq5/s1600/Boom.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/AVvXsEgA0KxP5ASP4mh2a7cNTcjZV8PVGEf3E_648OfC_I7limD7hH12T2aYRz5S1L50D4ccwEL9r73h8lzUFPvp5EtfxtN8uVqPaol0DGaoGdofwZf-WC73ldoTaGmhLcn83ltP2YW92Hiqymq5/s1600/Boom.jpg" /></a>This science fiction by Mark Haddon has a remarkable story though the beginning is not very interesting. Due to the growing curiosity in me I finished this book in about four and a half hours, approximately fifteen minutes for each chapter. It all starts when Jimbo accidentally drops some sandwitch on his sister's boy friend's head compelling Becky(sister) to take revenge in the form of a false story regarding the impression created by Jimbo's teachers on him. Then Charlie and Jimbo decide to spy on their teachers which brings out the fact that something is wrong with two of the teachers. They speak in an unusual language and this case interests the two friends very much leading them to meet in outer space. Don't you feel that the story is very interesting and you are getting enthusiastic about reading it. So what are you waiting for? Go ahead and read the book right away.</div>

Boom!

This is the second review of the same book on this blog. I wouldn't hesitate to call it a children's book because of it's extrem...

A tiger for Malgudi

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">If you've gone through all my reviews you must have understood by now that I am a Narayan fan cause I feel all his books are mind boggling.<br />I didn't have a similar experience with this one as I felt it to be boring at many points. Personification is the main device used in this book to please it's readers where a tiger narrates it's life story with interventions of paragraphs told by the author himself. The main character of the book is Raja, a tiger with other important characters like Captain and 'Raja's master' whose name I do not know.<br />The story has a nice flow but it's pace is very slow according to me.The events revolve around Raja's conversion from a wild beast to a circus' baffoon and then to a beautiful soul who understands the life problems of humans and has just the body of a tiger and nothing else similar to the ferocious wild tiger. Words in usage are appreciable and the easy language tries to grip it's readers.<br />The passages are long and the book isn't divided into chapters which dawned a feeling of disappointment in me.<br />However, don't go by me, instead create your own opinion about the book after reading it!<br />                                           <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ivKqh1eapNZcdHxUtoYwEtKciQPySlqOkIJcU3ZlIZOeDsEIUNY3gA2iWlk2Z2btwLXlRBqT-POlwcjEyYPpK6zm8PrZ6lA-tzLQA5B9_ylJqFRvHv8pi3nvmDym7qKHL6QeLQHC9Zxr/s1600/8185986111_t.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7ivKqh1eapNZcdHxUtoYwEtKciQPySlqOkIJcU3ZlIZOeDsEIUNY3gA2iWlk2Z2btwLXlRBqT-POlwcjEyYPpK6zm8PrZ6lA-tzLQA5B9_ylJqFRvHv8pi3nvmDym7qKHL6QeLQHC9Zxr/s320/8185986111_t.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><br /></div>

A tiger for Malgudi

If you've gone through all my reviews you must have understood by now that I am a Narayan fan cause I feel all his books are mind boggli...

The Journey to the centre of the earth-unabridged

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">At first I felt that the pace of this awe-inspiring book was too slow and that it started to bore me, but after the actual journey to the centre of the earth started I could not judge the pace of the writing as I increased my own reading pace to a good extent due to the growing curiosity,axiety and excitement in me. Day and night I spent all my available time in reading the passages of the book.So, to conclude from this I could say that this science fiction novel was very gripping due to the author's vast imagination which almost touched the impossible but still compelled the reader to believe it. That is what I think I love the most about this novel.<br />Coming to the story, Professor Otto Lindenbrock, the most unpredictable person ever with a very impatient nature candied with a lot of will power and an enormous store of knowledge, with his nephew, Axel come across a book which has no value to the normal public but is of great value to the professor. Why? (Because he was the most unusual man and...) The book had a note from it's ex-owner (I actually don't know how many ex's), Arne Saknussemm which had the key to the passage from where one could plunge into the earth to have a good look at the bowels of the earth. Soon they start their expedition inspite of a lot of resistance from Axel. I don't want to tell any more exept that the three( Hans is a guide from Iceland who accompanied the lunatic professor :) and his nephew to their strange and life threatening voyage) have to face too many difficulties and obstacles.<br />My most favourite character in the novel is Hans, who is very brave, speaks as little as possible, expresses almost nothing about his feelings , has lots of common sense and presence of mind, is  very strong and last but the most important of all that he is the only reason for the three to return safely back to the surface of the earth.<br />Do read this science fiction novel to have a glimpse of the great imagination of the author and to pass a good time visualising the incredible scenes and climaxes from the book.<br />                                            <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATlYBV8_cX6-5AeEYH9zmJXNMIVuvkJbShtAg_D_9XO8qG2c25VuEoPnZJizPLRzaLDAtpzpYPxv_kBTz71PJSOrimI6UIU-mBn4bIkmvs_PycagbKwXb7RYZJ8rQrMF_xz_KZvMyF19K/s1600/9780140624250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATlYBV8_cX6-5AeEYH9zmJXNMIVuvkJbShtAg_D_9XO8qG2c25VuEoPnZJizPLRzaLDAtpzpYPxv_kBTz71PJSOrimI6UIU-mBn4bIkmvs_PycagbKwXb7RYZJ8rQrMF_xz_KZvMyF19K/s1600/9780140624250.jpg" /></a></div><br /></div>

The Journey to the centre of the earth-unabridged

At first I felt that the pace of this awe-inspiring book was too slow and that it started to bore me, but after the actual journey to the ce...