Before I start the review, I want to take this space to talk about my new love! Yes, there is an app called Kindle, where you can buy books and read them in your cell phone. The collection is awesome and many of the books are also free too!!!
So I am this kind of person who believes that books are treasure and they need to be treasured! Hence, there is a big shelf back in Coimbatore where all my books are lying around. Whenever, I notice a book exhibition, a shop where the guy is selling damaged books at a cheaper rate, book carts, my mom/husband sighs that they have to spend at least half hour with me there, until I decide which book I wanna buy.
I wanted to read Single in Saudi since the time I read a free chapter in Scribd. I tried to search it in Landmark and Crossword but couldn’t get it. So when I started purchasing books in Kindle, I knew what I wanted to buy. And the good thing is that I have shared my account with my hubby, so he also can download the books available in my account. And we also found out that one can’t buy books in iPhone through Kindle. They have to log in to Amazon.com to buy books. Phew what a waste of time. Lucky to be with Android here!!! :D And ya iBooks is a stupid app with only the page-turning graphic as a face-saver :P
Finally, let me get on with the review. Single in Saudi is about the adventures and misadventures of an American nurse who comes to Saudi Arabia in the late 70s to make some quick buck. I like the way she narrated her stories and the humor sprinkled in. In fact, while reading the book, I almost regretted for not considering a medical career. But I immediately bounced back, when I read about the blood and muck that nurses have to see every day. But the truth is that nurses are in high demand all over the world. My husband decreed it as a cheap sleaze and that there was too much of mindless sex sprinkled in. Guys! They still prefer watching porn over reading porn…J
Anyways, the author Jane Smith justified that she was told to put some sleaze in it so that it will sell more. And on my part, it worked because I bought it!!!
So the reasons to read Single in Saudi:
So I am this kind of person who believes that books are treasure and they need to be treasured! Hence, there is a big shelf back in Coimbatore where all my books are lying around. Whenever, I notice a book exhibition, a shop where the guy is selling damaged books at a cheaper rate, book carts, my mom/husband sighs that they have to spend at least half hour with me there, until I decide which book I wanna buy.
I wanted to read Single in Saudi since the time I read a free chapter in Scribd. I tried to search it in Landmark and Crossword but couldn’t get it. So when I started purchasing books in Kindle, I knew what I wanted to buy. And the good thing is that I have shared my account with my hubby, so he also can download the books available in my account. And we also found out that one can’t buy books in iPhone through Kindle. They have to log in to Amazon.com to buy books. Phew what a waste of time. Lucky to be with Android here!!! :D And ya iBooks is a stupid app with only the page-turning graphic as a face-saver :P
Finally, let me get on with the review. Single in Saudi is about the adventures and misadventures of an American nurse who comes to Saudi Arabia in the late 70s to make some quick buck. I like the way she narrated her stories and the humor sprinkled in. In fact, while reading the book, I almost regretted for not considering a medical career. But I immediately bounced back, when I read about the blood and muck that nurses have to see every day. But the truth is that nurses are in high demand all over the world. My husband decreed it as a cheap sleaze and that there was too much of mindless sex sprinkled in. Guys! They still prefer watching porn over reading porn…J
Anyways, the author Jane Smith justified that she was told to put some sleaze in it so that it will sell more. And on my part, it worked because I bought it!!!
So the reasons to read Single in Saudi:
· Get an idea of the Middle East society in the 70s (BTW it is still the same today…)
· Get a glimpse of a nurse’s life (a naughty nurse though)
· Get to know on how much money the Saudis had to throw around from the 70s itself (I mean, Americans, who shudder at the thought of living in Mexico, coming to work in Saudi will give an idea of how rich the Saudi is)
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