Windmills of the Gods - Review

I happened to read this novel last week end and here is my review of it:

This story revolves around Mary Ashley, wife of Dr.Edward Ashley, an American professor in the Kansas University, who is chosen as the US Ambassador to Romania, one of the Iron curtain countries. She is forced to take up the position after the planned brutal murder of her husband and is challenged to adapt herself rapidly from the safety of a small town called Junction City in Kansas to the challenges of Romania, the culture shock, threats to her life and the social rules that an Ambassador has to adhere to.

On the other hand, the narration of the character of a top professional assassin who operates his killings, without any flaw has been dealt with in a very thrilling and shocking touch. The suspense of who the assassin is has been sustained till the end. Finally the assassin gets a contract to kill the Ambassador in a spectacular fashion on a spectacular night.

The scene, setting and revealing of whom the assassin is and the ones behind the plan are unexpected and thrilling. Another typical Sheldon novel. :)

Overall: Thriller/Action

Visa Interview -Details

Had my first ever (many more to come :) )Visa interview yesterday...Here is how it went…

I was very much tensed regarding the procedures. It was scheduled for 08:00 hrs. I reached the US Embassy (Chennai) well ahead of time, @ 7.15 itself accompanied by my dad. A long queue was waiting outside... Corporate executives and others, all in formals… Felt very excited seeing the old people with hunch @ their back waiting for the interview… :) :)

A security guard guided me to keep all the required docs to be ready for the verification procedure. I finished all the verification procedures @ the entrance, and headed to the main door. It was a very big and heavy door with caution “Heavy door, A little care can avoid accidents”… :( :(

Felt nervous @ every stage….
We were asked to take the respective seats…After 10 minutes I was asked to proceed to one of the counters. As I watched others who were going through the proceedings; I could see that only their documents were being verified and it was not an actual interview.

Very soon it was my turn. I greeted the lady with a smile and handed over my documents and passport to her. She verified all the details and asked me to go to the interview venue, which was in the next building…

Hmmm… I was relaxed a bit as the first phase was over. I reached the next building, the exact place where I was to be interviewed.

I had no problem joining the BEP counter. And there came my turn again, I felt as if this was my ‘D’ day… :( :(

Making myself relaxed, I reached for the counter. The interviewer greeted me and asked for my docs and passport. I could hear the commotion @ the other counters asking various questions…
He verified all my docs, took my finger print impressions and asked few questions which I was able to answer very easily without any nervousness.
At last he wished me Happy & Safe journey, and informed me that the passport will be returned back to me after the stamping process in a few days….

Felt relaxed, happy, excited, a mixture of all feelings and I returned back to where my dad was waiting for me, and informed him the good news….

He hugged me and congratulated me for my success.

Returned back home happily…on the way back home I called up my mom, and all my friends who were waiting for the results… (And I bunked my office too and had a nice day of sleep :) )

Visa Interview

Cleared my Visa interview yesterday... :)
More details about the interview in my next post.....

Mood : Happy,Excited...

The Sands Of Time -Review

Happily spent my weekend reading "The Sands of time" by Sidney Sheldon

I love reading Sidney Sheldon's novels. And this one turned to be one among the best I have read.

The story is set in Spain and centres around four nuns and their involvement with Basque nationalists and the Spanish Army. Begins with Colonel Acoca raiding a convent in search of the famous rebel leader Jaime Miro. Stories of four nun's who find themselves running for their life, each having a secret grape yard for their own with shocking past life. And ends up with success in their life, turning them to great and new personalities.
It has action, adventure, and romance and of course the style of writing about the flashback was even more thrilling.

Overall : Fast paced/good

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